5 best early Black Friday camera deals you can snag right now!

5 Best Early Black Friday camera deals you can snag right now!
(Image credit: Future)

If you want to beat the Black Friday rush and snag the content creator in your life an excellent do-everything camera with 4K capabilities or help them move up to the next level with a pro-grade camera, now is the time.

The best camera deals of the season are here, with end-of-year savings on photo gear. You've come to the right place if you're a budding or pro photographer looking for the best price on a new camera. To help you save on your investment, we're hand-selecting today's best camera deals and sharing them below. 

Some tremendous early Black Friday Deals on some of our favorite cameras are starting to bubble up. Right now you can get a Sony ZV-1 for $648 from Amazon. Down from $749, this matches the lowest price ever for this popular vlogger camera. 

See our Best Black Friday Deals hub for more early holiday deals.

Top 5 camera deals happening now

Sony ZV-1 Content Creator Camera: $749 $648 @ Amazon

Sony ZV-1 Content Creator Camera: $749 $648 @ Amazon
Save $101 on this Sony ZV-1 has been a vlogging and content creator favorite for a few years now, and it remains so. It features a 20.1MP stacked illuminated sensor, a 3-inch articulating display, fast autofocus, excellent in-body stabilization, and the ability to shoot 4K HDR video and live stream. 

Price check: $649 @ Best Buy

Nikon Z 30 Camera Kit with 16-50mm Lens: $849 $699 @ Best Buy

Nikon Z 30 Camera Kit with 16-50mm Lens: $849 $699 @ Best Buy
The Nikon Z30 features a 20.9MP APSC CMOS sensor, 4K video at 30fps, and this kit adds in a 16-50mm lens to give content creators plenty of options and room to grow. It comes with a flip-out touchscreen selfie monitor, a built-in stereo microphone with adjustable sensitivity, a red REC light, and a smartphone app for controlling the camera with a compatible phone.

Canon EOS R50 18-45mm kit: $799 $749 @ Best Buy

Canon EOS R50 18-45mm kit: $799 $749 @ Best Buy
Save $50 on this Canon EOS R50 with a 24.2MP  CMOS (APS-C) sensor and DIGIC X processor. It can shoot 4K uncropped movies with Dual Pixel CMOS AF II at up to 30 fps oversampled from 6K and Full HD High-frame rate movies at up to 120 fps. This EOS also comes with a Canon flip-out touch display. 

Panasonic LUMIX S5II Full Frame Mirrorless Camera kit with 20-60mm lens: $2,299 $1,999 @Best Buy
Save  $300!  

Panasonic LUMIX S5II Full Frame Mirrorless Camera kit with 20-60mm lens: $2,299 $1,999 @Best Buy
Save  $300!
You can snag this pro-level Panasonic Lumix S5 II Full Frame camera at this great price and get a Lumix 20-60mm lens. It has a 24.2MP full-frame sensor capable of filming videos at 4K 60 and up to 180fps in 1080p for crisp, super slow motion. You will also enjoy the Lumix industry-leading Phase Autofocus and object tracking. 

Price check: $1,998 @ Amazon

Sony Alpha 6100 Mirrorless Camera: $849 $699 @ Best Buy

Sony Alpha 6100 Mirrorless Camera: $849 $699 @ Best Buy
Save $150 on the Sony Alpha 6100 a nearly legendary vlogger and content creator camera that features a 24.2MP sensor for excellent images and video. With excellent autofocus and real-time object tracking, your subjects look sharp. Adding that to 4K video capabilities, it's a win at this price. 

Mark Anthony Ramirez
Former staff writer

Mark has spent 20 years headlining comedy shows around the country and made appearances on ABC, MTV, Comedy Central, Howard Stern, Food Network, and Sirius XM Radio. He has written about every topic imaginable, from dating, family, politics, social issues, and tech. He wrote his first tech articles for the now-defunct Dads On Tech 10 years ago, and his passion for combining humor and tech has grown under the tutelage of the Laptop Mag team. His penchant for tearing things down and rebuilding them did not make Mark popular at home, however, when he got his hands on the legendary Commodore 64, his passion for all things tech deepened. These days, when he is not filming, editing footage, tinkering with cameras and laptops, or on stage, he can be found at his desk snacking, writing about everything tech, new jokes, or scripts he dreams of filming.

Read more
best gaming deals Man holding Razer V3 Pro controller
Best gaming deals in February 2025
best laptop deals silver HP laptop 14 against blue gradient background
The best laptop deals right now in March 2025: Spring savings on Mac, Windows, ChromeOS
Woman wearing beige Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones
Our favorite Sony noise-cancelling headphones are up to 40% off now — 3 deals I'd add to my cart
Surface Laptop 7 against blue background
The 7 best early Presidents Day laptop deals at Amazon right now — from $699
Best Buy Black Friday in July sale, log in yellow
Best Buy is having a big weeklong sale — here are 27 deals I would snag
Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus, HP Laptop 15, M4 MacBook Pro, Apple Watch Ultra, and Insignia 4K TV against blue background
Best Buy is having a 48-hour sale, here are 7 deals to snag before it ends
Latest in Cameras
Presence Multi-Sensor FP300
The Aqara Presence Sensor FP300: Finally, a sensor that's battery-powered!
apple homekit
Apple's rumored smart home camera could spell bad news for Amazon
Woman pressing the action button on a pair of black Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
Are my Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses spying on me? No, but college students are
Close up of the lens on the Reolink Altas PT Ultra smart home camera
Reolink Altas PT Ultra review: This smart home camera boasts one surprisingly colorful feature
The Reolink Altas PT Ultra smart home security camera on display at IFA Berlin 2024 with a Laptop Laurels award trophy
The Reolink Altas PT Ultra makes smart home security cameras smarter — and more secure
Amaran Prosumer lighting hands-on: Your content creation just leveled up
Amaran Prosumer lighting hands-on: Your content creation just leveled up
Latest in Deals
The HP Victus 16 on a wood table with a blue duotone background beside a Laptop Mag deals icon
The HP Victus 16 is one of the best-value gaming laptops I've ever reviewed. And it's $600 off right now.
Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 9 against blue gradient background with epic deal sticker.
The excellent Lenovo Legion 5i RTX 4070 gaming laptop hits its lowest price since Prime Day for Amazon's Big Spring Sale
The Kindle Colorsoft ereader in front of an orange background beside a Laptop Mag deals icon
Upgrade your reading experience for less with this Kindle Colorsoft deal for Amazon's Spring Sale!
Silver HP Laptop with epic deal sticker against a blue gradient background.
This epic Walmart Super Savings Week deal slashes $500 off the HP Envy Laptop 17
Apple iPad 10th Generation
iPad 10th Generation is $80 off with two years of AppleCare+ during Amazon's Big Spring Sale
The unbelievably compact form of the Mac Mini M4, seen in this animated GIF that shows how heat dissapates through its body, is made possible by the power-efficient performance of Apple silicon combined with an all-new innovative thermal architecture.
The Mac Mini desktop PC is the hipster's choice for best PC. And it's on sale.