Amazon Prime Day Photography Deals

Amazon Prime Day is a twice-yearly shopping event exclusive to Prime members, with discounts across a wide range of products. If you’re into photography, Prime Day is the perfect time to upgrade your gear.

Below are some must-watch products that are featured in the sale, helping you capture that perfect shot.

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Canon EOS R50 V with RF-S 14-30mm Lens Kit

The EOS R50 V is the first camera in Canon’s V series, made for people who want to shoot video and stills with one small body. It pairs a 24MP APS-C sensor with Canon’s DIGIC X processor, so you get sharp stills and 4K video at up to 59.94p (cropped), or 4K 29.97p using the full width of the sensor.

The kit lens is a 14-30mm power zoom, which works out at roughly 22-48mm on a full-frame camera. That wide view suits travel, small rooms and filming yourself at arm’s length, and the motorised zoom moves smoothly while you record.

Canon has also added a record button on the front and a tripod mount for shooting upright video, so it is a good fit if you make videos for social media as well as taking photos.

Nikon Z 6II

The Z 6II is a full-frame mirrorless camera that handles stills and video equally well, which makes it a sensible step up from an APS-C camera or an older DSLR. Its 24.5MP back-side illuminated sensor performs well in low light, so you can raise the ISO indoors or at dusk with less noise.

It shoots at up to 14 frames per second for sport, wildlife and children who won’t sit still, and its buffer is much deeper than the original Z 6, so it keeps going through longer bursts.

Two card slots (one CFexpress/XQD and one UHS-II SD) let you record to both cards at once, which is a real comfort at a wedding or any event you can’t shoot again. Video goes up to 4K UHD at 60p.

Sony E 70-350mm F/4.5-6.3 G OSS Lens

If you shoot with a Sony APS-C camera such as the a6400 or a6700 and want to get closer to wildlife, birds or sport, this telephoto zoom is well worth a look. It covers 70-350mm, which works out at 105-525mm in full-frame terms.

It weighs about 625g, so it is light enough to carry all day and to hold by hand, and Sony’s Optical SteadyShot reduces camera shake at the long end of the zoom. The linear autofocus motor is quick and quiet, which helps when you are tracking a moving subject or recording video.

It belongs to Sony’s G series, the range just below G Master, so you get sharp results from corner to corner without the weight of a professional lens.

DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo

The Osmo Pocket 3 is a pocket-sized video camera on a built-in three-axis gimbal, so your footage stays smooth while you walk, run or chase the dog around the garden. Its 1-inch sensor records 4K video, at up to 120fps in slow-motion mode, and copes well with sunsets and evening scenes.

The 2-inch touchscreen rotates for horizontal or vertical shooting, and ActiveTrack keeps you in the middle of the frame when you stand it on a tripod and move around.

The Creator Combo adds a DJI Mic 2 wireless microphone transmitter, a battery handle for longer shoots, a wide-angle lens and a mini tripod, which covers most of what you need to start vlogging.

Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo Instant Camera

The Instax Mini Evo is a hybrid camera: it takes digital photos, lets you pick the ones you like and then prints them on Instax Mini film, at about 2 x 3 inches. Because you choose before you print, you only spend film on the shots you actually want.

Ten lens effects and ten film effects give you 100 combinations, and there’s a selfie mirror on the front. It will also print photos from your phone over Bluetooth, using Instax’s smartphone app.

It’s a fun camera for parties, family gatherings and days out, and it makes a lovely gift. Instax Mini film is sold separately.

Godox TT520II Flash Speedlite

If you’ve never used a flash beyond the one built into your camera, this is a low-cost way to learn. The TT520II fits cameras with a standard hot shoe from Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm, Olympus and Pentax, and it is fully manual, so you set the power yourself in eight steps from 1/128 up to full.

For a learner that’s a strength rather than a limitation. Working in manual teaches you how flash power, distance and aperture work together, and you get the same result from one shot to the next.

It also has a built-in wireless receiver with 16 channels and two optical slave modes, so once you’re comfortable you can take it off the camera and light your subject from the side.

SanDisk 256GB Extreme PRO SD Card

A memory card is one of the cheapest parts of your kit and the one you least want to let you down. This latest version of SanDisk’s Extreme PRO card reads at up to 250MB/s and writes at up to 170MB/s.

A fast card helps your camera clear its buffer sooner after a burst, and the V30 rating means it is quick enough for 4K video. You’ll need a compatible card reader to reach the top speed when you copy photos to your computer.

At 256GB it holds thousands of RAW files, so a single card can see you through a long trip or a full day at a wedding.

Samsung T9 Portable SSD 2TB

Keeping the only copy of your photos on a memory card or a laptop is a risk. A portable SSD gives you a fast backup that fits in a pocket, and the 2TB T9 reads at up to 2,000MB/s and writes at up to 1,950MB/s.

To reach that speed you need a computer with a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port. On an ordinary USB-C port it still works, just more slowly. Samsung’s cooling design stops it overheating during long copies, and 2TB holds tens of thousands of RAW files.

It’s small enough to travel with, so you can back up your cards every evening while you’re away.

Watch for these products during Amazon Prime Day to get the best deals and add something useful to your kit bag!

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