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The long-awaited Black Friday weekend is finally here! This time, we have decided to handpick some of the best deals from a selection of manufacturers to help you save your precious time (and money!) while upgrading your kit.
While our MZed Black Friday Sale has been in full swing since the beginning of the week, with discounts on MZed Pro and individual courses as well as freebies and gear giveaways (worth $7,000!), the market is literally exploding with offers from an endless list of manufacturers.
If you’re in the market for new equipment, then this might be the perfect time to invest your well-deserved money. So without further ado, let’s dive into the best deals of this Black Friday season, from cameras and lights to accessories and softwares!
If you’ve been waiting impatiently to upgrade your lighting or audio kit, here’s your chance! Indeed, starting today, Aputure and its sibling companies amaran and Deity are running a Black Friday sale on a selection of over 50 products, including lights, modifiers, and microphones, with tasty discounts of up to 45%.
The sale is live until Sunday, November 27th at 11:59pm PST. Here’s a selection of their finest deals, but you can find a complete list of affected products on the Aputure Store.
Aputure
amaran
Deity
Link: Aputure Store
Canon’s Black Sale offers are particularly succulent on their DSLR camera bodies and lenses, but you can you also save some money on a selection of their recent RF-mount mirrorless cameras and glass. Here are some of the hottest deals:
DSLR bodies & lenses
Mirrorless bodies & lenses
Link: Canon’s website
FilmConvert’s Nitrate and CineMatch are some of the most popular film emulation and camera matching plugins on the market. Compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut Pro, they are updated periodically to support footage coming from the latest camera models.
Normally, an individual FilmConvert or CineMatch license would cost you around $179, with the price of the all-in-one bundle usually set at $249. However, the company’s running a Black Friday sale with discounts ranging between 40 and 50% on the entire product range.
Link: FilmConvert’s website.
Hedge’s mission is that of making your life easy when going through the complexity of today’s post-production workflows. For example, their softwares include intuitive tools to can create multiple backups of your valuable media (Hedge) or transcode original footage into proxy files (EditReady). More recently, the company integrated Mimiq into their offering to help out Avid Media Composer editors working collaboratively.
Hedge’s Black Friday offers apply to a vast range of their products, including single-app purchases, special bundles, upgrades, and even lifetime licenses. Discount can reach up to 50% and here are some of the highlights:
Link: Hedge’s website
SHAPE’s Black Friday sale is pretty straightforward. Indeed, the company is offering a flat 25% off on their entire lineup of products, spanning through all sorts of camera rigs and accessories.
What’s cool is that affected products include some of their latest releases, such as their LWAKS Single Filter 4×5.65” Matte Box (usually $329, now $246) or their HSMDV ARRI Dovetail shoulder mount system (usually $889, now $667). So if you’re interested in upgrading your camera rig, hurry up and head over to their website to find the perfect piece for your kit.
Link: SHAPE’s website
When it comes to rigging accessories and wireless follow focus systems, Tilta’s name is undoubtedly one of the first that comes to mind. Until November 30th, the company will run a daily Flash Sale with up to 37% discounts on very limited quantities (about 20-30 pieces) of their most popular products. These include their Mirage Matte Box and Nucleus-M lens control system.
Other Black Friday offers from Tilta include:
Link: Tilta’s website
Ulanzi is a Chinese manufacturer whose main focus is on the development and production of camera supports and rigging accessories. Back at IBC 2022, we had the chance to take a closer look at their newly-released Zero Y Lightweight Travel Tripod.
The company’s Black Friday 2022 discounts and gifts are scaled depending on the size of your order. Here are the relative details and promo codes:
Link: Ulanzi’s website
Featured image credit: photo by gryffyn m on Unsplash / Edited by CineD
Are you going to take advantage of these deals? What piece of gear are you going to upgrade first? Let us know in the comment section below!
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Francesco Andreola is a Milan-based filmmaker. He currently teaches the Video Technology class at the European Institute of Design (IED) in Milan. He works in the Camera Department as a camera operator and assistant.