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The Sony A7S III is coming on July 28th

July 16, 2020 by John Aldred 1 Comment

Well, it seems that we now have a solid day for the announcement of the Sony A7S III mirrorless camera. A listing has popped up on the B&H website, with no information, except for an event teaser image shown above and a notification of when pre-orders will begin.

The teaser image shows the A7S III logo with the slogan “Imagination in Motion”, reinforcing that this will be a more video-centric camera, like its predecessors. The date and time listed is July 28th, 2020 at 10am Eastern. This matches up with the date and time shown in the listing when pre-orders will become available.

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Use these tips and tricks to make your jewelry photos sparkle like diamonds

July 6, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment

Photographing jewelry gives you plenty of creative options, but it doesn’t come without challenges. In this video from B&H, you’ll see plenty of useful tips for getting the best from your photos of rings and other jewelry. No matter if you shoot engagement and wedding photos or photograph jewelry for e-commerce, these tips will help you tackle the challenges and come up with creative setups.

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B&H employee “removed” after publicly opposing “Black Lives Matter” movement

June 11, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 89 Comments

An employee at B&H Photo’s Human Resources department recently shared posts on social media that openly opposed the Black Lives Matter movement. A day later, he was “removed from his position,” according to B&H.

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Coronavirus allegedly forces B&H to furlough 20% of its employees

May 6, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 4 Comments

According to a recent report, B&H Photo & Electronics recently furloughed around 20% of employees. The major electronics retailer managed to postpone the decision for weeks, but it was eventually forced to do it due to the coronavirus crisis and the resulting lockdown.

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The Canon 5D Mark IV drops below $2,000 in its biggest sale ever (and $800 off EOS R)

December 13, 2019 by John Aldred 7 Comments

Released back in 2016, the Canon 5D Mark IV has proven over and over to be an extremely capable and popular DSLR for photographers. Even today I see people every day debating back and forth on whether to get one or just go with a new-0ld-stock 5D Mark III to save a little money. Well, this sale will help settle that internal debate for you.

B&H is currently running a sale from now until Christmas Eve on the 5D Mark IV and EOS R with some massive discounts. Body only with the accessories kit is just under $2,000 while the kit including the 24-105mm f/4 lens sees a huge $1,300 reduction.

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B&H is offering “Green Monday” discounts up to $600 on Sony A6500 mirrorless kits

December 9, 2019 by John Aldred 4 Comments

It looks like B&H has some substantial discounts on the Sony A6500 and its various kit combos today for “Green Monday”, with most reductions sitting around $400 and the highest being a whopping $600. The sale includes body-only and kits including various combos of 16-50mm, 16-70mm, 18-105mm, 18-135mm, and/or 55-210mm lenses.

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How to spend $1,000,000 on photography gear at B&H this Black Friday

November 29, 2019 by John Aldred 3 Comments

While the world is looking for bargains today, we thought we’d look at the opposite end of the spectrum, the most expensive gear we could find on the B&H website this Black Friday. Our plan was to produce a setup that, if you won the lottery, you might actually consider buying. Gear that should work well together, and costs a ludicrous amount of money.

Can we actually spend $1,000,000 on photography gear? On a kit that could actually serve a useful purpose? I mean, sure, we could spend $233K on just one lens and adapt it to a Sony, but where’s the fun in that? Ok, scratch that, it does sound kinda fun, but it’s not exactly practical, is it? And that’s what we’re trying to look at here.

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B&H releases a statement disputing allegations of sales tax fraud by NY Attorney General

November 22, 2019 by John Aldred 7 Comments

B&H recently made headlines after being accused by the New York Attorney General’s office of being short on sales tax by at least seven million dollars over the past 13 years. They allege that B&H intentionally miscalculated sales tax in order to make their prices look more attractive to customers to outsell the competition.

A statement has now been issued by B&H spokesperson, Jeff Gerstel, disputing these claims, stating that their approach is the same way the entire consumer electronics retail industry works, and that the AG just wants to tax New Yorkers on money they haven’t spent.

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B&H shares rebates with customers, gets a lawsuit in return

November 17, 2019 by John Aldred 24 Comments

The Verge reports that the New York Attorney General believes retailer B&H has dodged over $7,000,000 in taxes in a lawsuit filed recently. It’s all to do with the “Instant Rebate” offers, which are common amongst online retailers these days. The suit claims that B&H has “cheated” the NY sales tax and that they “chose profits over principles”. The investigation and lawsuit come as a response to a whistleblower they say approached them in January 2016.

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Photographers, don’t miss out on these lighting deals, ending on Saturday

November 14, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for a new speedlight, modifier, a transmitter, or even studio accessories – now’s the perfect time to visit B&H. There are plenty of items on a discount, especially Godox flashes, and some of these deals could save you over $100. If you order a few items… well, it adds up! I guess Black Friday came early at B&H, so check out the offer and see if there’s something for you.

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