It’s that time of year again, ‘Prime Day’ is back! Today is the 4th annual “Amazon Prime Day” (July 16-17, 2018) and for 36 hours Amazon is having its biggest set of sales and only for Prime members.

The deals have already begun lining up and rolling in, and we’ll be continuously updating this post throughout the day with the best, and most relevant photography-related deals as we sift through the rough to find the diamonds.

If you’re not familiar with Prime Day, it’s essentially a 36-hour flash sale on thousands of items from Amazon, with the caveat being that to take advantage of them you must be an Amazon Prime member. Should you get Prime to take advantage of this? That depends, but Prime usually runs about $100 a year and depending on what you’re buying you could offset the price easily. Even if you’re not sure, there’s a 30-day free trial you can sign up for. In addition, if you’re a student with a ‘.edu’ email address you can get a whopping 6 month free trial and 50% off Prime right now! Check that out here.

What To Expect

Amazon will be adding new deals for Prime Day almost by the minute throughout the period, and many of those will be ‘Lightning Deals’. These deals are highly-discounted deals that last only for a few hours. They happen every day on Amazon anyway, but on Prime Day they are rampant and are the ones to really look out for. Basically, if you see something you want, act fast.

Of course as with any big sale, there are a few great deals hidden in a sea of average ones, so we’re here to help you navigate through them so that you can save on things you need (or just want) for your photography hobby or business.

To get started, check out the full Camera and Photo Section of Prime Day.

Below are a few of the more notable items sales and the ones that are going fast.   We will continue to update this page as the sale progresses.

Amazon Prime Day Photo/Tech-Related Deals

Batteries

• Bonai 24-pack 1100 mAh AAA Rechargeable Batteries 1.2V Ni-MH High-Capacity Batteries
• Canon LP-E6 LP E6N Battery RAVPower Rechargeable Battery Charger Set

Memory Cards, Hard Drives & Storage

• SanDisk 500GB Extremem Portalbe SSD
• LaCie Rugged Mini (1TB, 2TB & 4TB) USB 3.0/2.0 Portable Hard Drive + 1mo Adobe CC
• LaCie DJI CoPilot BOSS Computer Free In-Field Direct Backup & Power Bank With SD Reader (200GB) + 2mos Adobe CC
• Seagate Backup Plus Slim (1TB, 2TB, 4TB & 5TB) USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive + 2mos Adobe CC Photography
• Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8TB External Hard Drive Storage (4TB, 6TB, 8TB & 10TB) + 2mos Adobe CC
• Seagate Duet Cloud-Syncing 1 TB Portable External Hard Drive + 1Year 1 TB Amazon Drive Plan
• Seagate DJI Fly Drive For Drone Footage With Micro SD Card Slot And USB-C to USB-C Cable + 2mos Adobe Premier Pro CC
• SanDisk Extreme SDXC UHS-I Card (16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 124GB & 256GB)
• SanDisk Ultra Micro SDXC UHS-I Card With Adapter (16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 200GB & 400GB)

Cameras & Lenses

• Polaroid Snap Instant Digital Camera (Black)
• Polaroid PIC-300 Instant Film Camera (Black)
• GoPro Hero Session (Black)
• Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 21MP Camera With Leica DC Vario-ELMARIT F2.8-F4 Lens
• Meike MK-E-35-1.7 35mm F1.7 Large Aperture Manual Prime Fixed Lens APS-C for Sony E-Mount Digital Mirrorless Cameras
• Rokinon AE14M-C 14mm f/2.8 Lens For Canon
• Rokinon AF 35mm f/1.4 Auto Focus Wide Angle Full Frame Lens for Sony FE Mount

Lighting & Lighting Equipment

• Samyang 35mm f/2.8 Ultra Compact Wide Angle Lens for Sony E Mount Full Frame, Black
• Godox Ving V860IIN 2.4G GN60 I-TTL HSS 1/8000s Li-ion Battery Camera Flash Speedlite
• Chromo Inc CI55000230 Macro Ring 48 LED Power Light for Canon, Sony, Nikon, Sigma Lenses
• Photo Doctor 18″ LED Video Ring Light with Mirror, 6ft Stand Tripod, Adjustable Heavy Duty Mount for DSLR, iPhone & Android Smartphones
• Emart 10′ x 8′ Photo Background Stand 

Mobile Phones & Mobile Accessories

• LG V35 Thin-Q 64GB Unlocked Phone
• MotoX (4th Generation) With Hands-free Amazon Alexa 
• AUKEY Ora iPhone Camera Lens
• mophie Power Boost XXL Universal External Battery

Camera Bags

• Pelican 1400 Case With Foam (Black)
• Pelican 1510 Case With Foam (Black)
• DIGIANT Extra Large DSLR Camera Backpack, Canvas Camera Bag with Rain Cover for Cameras/Lenses/Tablet/17.3” Laptop
• Beschoi Waterproof Lightweight DSLR Camera Bag
• Qipi Sling Style Camera Case Backpack With Inserts

Computers & Computer Cameras

• Apple Macbook Air MD231ll/A 13.3-inch Laptop (OLD VERSION)
• ASUS FX503VM 15.6” 120Hz FHD Powerful Gaming Laptop, Intel Core i5-7300HQ Quad-Core 2.5GHz Processor, GTX 1060, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD, 8GB DDR4, Windows 10 Home
• Google Pixelbook (i7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB)
• Full HD Webcam 1080P/1536P

Tripods & Accessories

• BONFOTO 671A Travel Aluminum Tripod
• K&F Concept 62″ DSLR Lightweight Aluminum Tripod With 360 Panorama Ball Head
• Mactrem Camera Tripod, 62.5″ Lightweight Alluminum Alloy DSLR Tripod Ball Head Travel Tripod

Music & Random Tech

• Logitech H800 Bluetooth Wireless Headset with Mic for PC, Tablets and Smartphones
• Datacolor SPYDER5PRO 
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018 For PC (No Subscription Needed)
• Samsung Gear VR With Controller

#AmazonPrimeDay Twitter Chatter

Check out some of the chatter around Amazon Prime on Twitter in the box below.

#AmazonPrimeDay Tweets