The Big Photographic Deals thread

Minstadave · 26 Nov 2020 at 11:11

Shows as 499 for me.

Greebo · 26 Nov 2020 at 11:53

Fantastic deal on luminar 4, aurora HDR, photolemur 3 and 13 sets of LUTS for under £20.

https://www.humblebundle.com/softwa...medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=tile_index_5

atm even on skylum site in Black Friday sale, this package would cost you £200. Bargain of the year for photo editing software

Captain · 26 Nov 2020 at 13:30

Spleen Sauce said:
Ludicrous deal on the Sony 85mm 1.8 FE lens on rainforest again. Its currently £399 and you can get £40 off that with instant voucher. Honestly if you don't have one of these and you have full frame Sony, do yourself a favour and buy it.

Amazon, ocuk don’t sell camera lenses.

Showing as £499 still.

Funky-Melon · 26 Nov 2020 at 14:21

Can get the Sony A7 III on Wex atm for £1445 after cashback. I was about to pull the trigger on a Fuji X-T4 but this is making it very hard now

Greebo · 26 Nov 2020 at 14:44

Funky-Melon said:
Can get the Sony A7 III on Wex atm for £1445 after cashback. I was about to pull the trigger on a Fuji X-T4 but this is making it very hard now

After owning a A7iii I would say go for that

Funky-Melon · 26 Nov 2020 at 14:53

Greebo said:
After owning a A7iii I would say go for that

My Dad has one that I've used a few times when visiting and although the image quality, AF and low light performance is exceptional, I just didn't like the camera. I keep getting pulled to the Fuji as a better 'overall' package.

But then IQ is the only thing that technically matters in a camera, so I should just get the Sony but....

I could go in circles forever and never pick one

£15 · 26 Nov 2020 at 19:16

Spleen Sauce said:
Ludicrous deal on the Sony 85mm 1.8 FE lens on rainforest again. Its currently £399 and you can get £40 off that with instant voucher. Honestly if you don't have one of these and you have full frame Sony, do yourself a favour and buy it.

Looks like I've missed it!

I did manage to pick up the 50mm for £129. (I'm going to return the one I paid full RRP for.

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£15 · 27 Nov 2020 at 20:09

Has anyone posted that Capture One are doing 30% off for BF? Same as Affinity.

GMac11 · 28 Nov 2020 at 12:52

BadMojo said:
Has anyone posted that Capture One are doing 30% off for BF? Same as Affinity.

I did see that but it's still quite expensive and they often have these sales throughout the year (I suppose the same could be said of most BF sales).
I have been bombarded with offer codes for CO21 for the past 3 weeks since I own 20 which are cheaper than the 30% off.

£15 · 28 Nov 2020 at 16:09

I took the plunge and got Capture 20, which includes an upgrade to v21. I've been waiting for a deal and now seemed as good a time as any, without any guarantees on future discounts coming my way.

EGuitarStar · 28 Nov 2020 at 17:34

Greebo said:
Fantastic deal on luminar 4, aurora HDR, photolemur 3 and 13 sets of LUTS for under £20.

https://www.humblebundle.com/softwa...medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=tile_index_5

atm even on skylum site in Black Friday sale, this package would cost you £200. Bargain of the year for photo editing software

Just made the jump from Lightroom Classic to Luminar 4, at £20 for Luminar 4 plus all the extras it is indeed a superb bargain.

Thanks.

Captain · 28 Nov 2020 at 18:03

EGuitarStar said:
Just made the jump from Lightroom Classic to Luminar 4, at £20 for Luminar 4 plus all the extras it is indeed a superb bargain.

Thanks.

Is it a lifetime purchase or just for 1 year?

EGuitarStar · 28 Nov 2020 at 18:08

Captain said:
Is it a lifetime purchase or just for 1 year?

Lifetime purchase, not a subscription.

muttclugg · 28 Nov 2020 at 18:27

I nearly went for Luminar 4 last night but I find it very slow on my system!

EGuitarStar · 28 Nov 2020 at 19:47

muttclugg said:
I nearly went for Luminar 4 last night but I find it very slow on my system!

I had this too on an i7 2600k system about a year ago. Using a 5th generation i5 now and much better but yes I still notice the performance difference between how lightroom performed compared with Luminar.

GMac11 · 28 Nov 2020 at 22:22

I have Luminar 4 on both my PC and MacBook Pro. My PC is fairly top of the range as it's my gaming rig. Anyhow I gave up using Luminar on it as it's just so poorly optimised for Windows. It runs so much better on MacOS.

Kamakazie! · 1 Dec 2020 at 15:16

I wanted to like Luminar (tried v3 when it was free) but found it really slow on W10 as well which is unfortunate as I won't go down the subscription route for LR and at some point will need to switch.

Greebo · 1 Dec 2020 at 16:27

GMac11 said:
I have Luminar 4 on both my PC and MacBook Pro. My PC is fairly top of the range as it's my gaming rig. Anyhow I gave up using Luminar on it as it's just so poorly optimised for Windows. It runs so much better on MacOS.

Maybe i just notice any probs with my build as its like a sledgehammer cracking a nut!

£15 · 1 Dec 2020 at 22:31

Amazon are selling the Sony SEL50F18F E Mount Full Frame 50 mm F1.8 Prime Lens for £129 and it's also available on instalments. The price is the lowest it's been, but I'm not sure if the instalments are account specific.

ethan · 2 Dec 2020 at 00:46

Captain said:
Is it a lifetime purchase or just for 1 year?

Except Luminar 4 is losing it's support for Luminar AI. Still a bargain for £20.00 if you'll make use of it but it's not a Lightroom or photoshop replacement.
Edit: for the record, Luminar 4 runs fine on my PC.