A long time American tradition, Black Friday (November 23) and Cyber Monday (November 26) have become increasingly popular in Australia in recent years, offering a great opportunity for filmmakers to grab some great gear on a budget. This year is no exception, with discounts on cameras, software, computers, and more anticipated around the internet. Here’s a selection of the best deals. Stay tuned for more!
Nikon D750 DSLR Camera (Body Only) – $1396.95 on B&H
A giant of the industry, B&H is already offering a wide range of discounted cameras, lenses, drones, memory cards and more from brands like Nikon and Canon. The best part? Shipping to Australia starts from as little as $12.26 USD. Keep an eye on their one-day deals, too.
Australia missed out Amazon’s last Black Friday, opening just weeks after the big day. The online retailing giant is always a one-stop shop for good deals on electronics, including equipment like RODE microphones, and has already kicked off their sale early, but particularly this year look out for deeply discounted DSLR cameras. Many of the major companies announced new models this year, meaning they’ll want to clear the decks.
Look out for discount codes and more for a wide range of equipment on here – new sale items are already being added daily.
Laptops, cameras, and more. The Good Guys has already started previewing upcoming sale items, so keep an eye on the website in the lead up.
Holding off on buying that Creative Cloud subscription? Now is the time to grab one – last year there was 20% off.
Sigma 14mm F1.8 DG HSM Art lens – $1599 retail price, $100 off
Up to $150 savings, featuring impressive savings on its award-winning Global Vision lens line, with a large focus on Art lenses.
Sales on gaming gear, desktops, laptops, and more.
Amplifiers, microphones, and more for all budgets – 20 – 60% off from November 22 to 28.
An incredible library of unique VFX stock footage that won’t look like the stuff used in a million films you’ve seen before, this one-stop-shop is offering up to 55% off for Black Friday. Be sure to sign up to their newsletter for updates.
A sale in a whole month of good deals, take a look at Moza for 10% off all accessories, and deep discounts on a selection of gimbals, including the groundbreaking MOZA Air and MOZA AirCross.
With computers and cameras among the many items anticipated to be on sale, Harvey Norman’s one day sale is sure to produce deep discounts no matter your needs. Be sure to sign up to their mailing list for any updates.
Another industry giant, sign up for their newsletter for the latest updates and check out their already running sales.
Getting a head start, Sony is already clearing out TVs, cameras, and audio equipment.
Another retail electronics giant, look out here for speakers, computers, cameras, and more.
UPDATED 21/11 Red Giant today announced that its annual year-end blowout sale will return for 24 hours only on December 4th. From 8:00 a.m. PST (11:00 a.m. EST) on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 to 8:00 a.m. PST (11:00 a.m. EST) Wednesday, December 5, 2018, customers can enjoy 40% off everything in the redgiant.com store. This blockbuster sale arrives just in time for the holidays and the start of a new year, and can be applied to full licenses, upgrades, full suites, individual products and even products from the academic store* (where everything is already 50% off).
ADDITIONALLY, in true Red Giant fashion, every 12 hours for the next two weeks leading up to the sale, folks will have a chance to win the complete Red Giant toolset including Trapcode Suite, Magic Bullet Suite, Universe, Shooter Suite, Keying Suite and Effects Suite – in total, over $100K in free software will be given out between now and December 3rd. To enter, follow @redgiantnews on Twitter and retweet the special contest tweets that use the hashtag: #RGYearEndSale. Enter once every 12 hours for a chance to win. Contest ends Monday December 3, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. PST (9:00 p.m. EST). That’s 30 chances to win more than $3,500 in free software.
