There are some really nice rebates on some of the Nikon Z lenses. $300 off the 24-70mm f2.8 is a crazy deal and $200 off on the 14-30mm f4 is also pretty awesome. Unfortunately no rebate on the 24-70mm f4 or the 50mm f1.8. Which that 50mm f1.8 is priced very competitively considering it’s the best 50mm ever made.
Nikon Z 20mm f1.8 – B&H – $100 off
Nikon Z 24mm f1.8 – B&H – $100 off
Nikon Z 35mm f1.8 – B&H – $150 off
Nikon Z 85mm f1.8 – B&H – $100 off
Nikon Z 14-30mm f4 – B&H – $200 off
Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 – B&H – $300 off
If you just bought one of these lenses from B&H and are still in that 30-day return window, call them up and ask if they’ll give you store credit for the difference. I’ve done that before and they worked it out for me.
Rokinon is also rebating its 14mm prime. They have a few versions of the 14mm out there. An old one that has crazy mustache distortion, this refreshed one that fixes most of the issues with their old one. And they also have a new one designed specifically for mirrorless which is not yet available for the Z mount. This one here is pretty much a DSLR design with an extension tube permanently attached.
Rokinon MF Z 14mm f2.8 – B&H $150 off
Also, the Z6 is still hanging out at its new price of $1,800. I’ve seen it as low as $1,600 in the past, so this price currently isn’t really a deal, deal.
Nikon Z6 – B&H
The Z7 is listed at its new price of $2,600. We’ll likely see better sales on this in the future as well. But $2600 for that camera is still crazy good.
Nikon Z7 – B&H
From everything I’ve heard, Nikon is keeping the Z6 and Z7 in the lineup at these new prices. For what you get with the original Z6 and Z7 it’s kind of a crazy deal.
I’m not going to upgrade my Z6 to the Z6 II. Instead, I’ve decided to keep the Z6 and replace my A7rIII and EOS R with the Z7 II. So I can keep the Nikon Z6 for low light street stuff and use the Z7 II for landscape. I’ve made up my mind to consolidate down to just two systems, Fujifilm for APS-C and Nikon for full-frame. For now. I might still keep the A7rIII and EOS R around for lens reviews. But it was the size, the weight, the MTF charts and the cost of that Z 14-24mm f2.8 that sold me. It’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen from an ultrawide zoom. And honestly, I don’t see wider than 14mm really being useful which is why I never really got into that 11-24mm f4 Canon or the 12-24mm Sony. I use those ultra wide zooms mostly for landscape photography where at 14mm the tripod legs being in the shot are always an issue already. And I don’t really like going full kama sutra with my tripod to make an 11mm or 12mm work.
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Picked up the 35mm based on your “obsessed” post, Alik. I loved the way you talked about how you use that lens.
🙂 I still love that lens. I got mine last year during the sale too. I’m glad Nikon does these aggressive sales, it really helps when building up the lineup. I’m trying to figure out what else to get. I wanted to get a 20mm but since I’m going to go for the 14-24mm f2.8 I think maybe I’ll skip it for now.
The 14-24mm 2.8 looks amazing, but for now, I think I am going to stick with the F4 zooms for landscape (14-30) and walk around (24-70), and use the 1.8 primes for my 6 month-old fast-moving son! I am so tempted by the 24-70mm 2.8 on sale, but I am really trying to keep my Z lens collection on the smaller/lighter side, as size/weight were one of the primary reasons I went mirrorless.
I was originally going to go with the 14-30mm f4, but I live near mount ASO in Japan (when I’m in Japan) which lends itself to some great astro photography. So now I kinda want the f2.8 for that. Then again, I could just do the 14-30mm f4 and a 20mm f1.8, and I think that actually comes out cheaper, and probably lighter. Hmm.
I think the 14-30mm + 20mm combo makes a lot of sense if size/weight are important. I am amazed by the size and weight of the Z5 (or any of the Zs, really) + 14-30mm combo. 5 years ago, you would have paid $7000+ for a FF camera+lens combo that went to 14mm, was sharper than the AF-S 14-24 2.8, weighed less than 2.5lbs, and was about 6” long, including the camera! Now you can get that combo for $2400!
Yeah it’s crazy and we are spoiled. When I was first starting all I could afford was a cheap 14mm f2.8 Rokinon with my 5DII.
Alik – What did you decide? Hold out for the 12-24 or go with the 20 + 14-30 combo?
I’ve decided to go for the 12-24mm. I read a bit more about the 14-30mm and it has a bit of distortion and vignetting that it fixes with lens profile corrections. So since I would be using it mostly as a landscape lens I wouldn’t want that. So I’ll just get this lens for now and I’ll be good to go for the next 10 years. The 14-30mm is what you want when compactness and lightweight is the priority over image quality.
Yeah, I have the 14-30 and love it’s size and weight. It is sharp in the extreme corners in daylight at f5.6+, but gets soft and noisy in the extreme corners (due to the vignetting correction) in lower light. That being said, I am using it for travel and daytime landscape, so it is perfect for my needs, and I love how compact it is.
How long do the instant rebates usually last for?
Usually at least a few weeks.