The Canon Direct Store will be starting a sale tonight on refurbished lenses and speedlites: they’re featuring 15% off these items. The sale is expected to start after midnight tonight. The sale ends October 13th. They’re also offering 20% off select refurbished bodies (none of the high-end ones).
UPDATE: The store was restocked Monday at 1 PM ET, including all the popular high-end lenses. Read our update post for details.
You can browse the full list of refurbished items. Unfortunately not many are in stock; the best deals in-stock deals will be:
- EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM for
$1087.32SOLD OUT - EF 17-40mm f/4L USM for $571.19
- TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II for $1495.32
- EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM for $1155.32
- TS-E 90mm f/2.8 for $951.32
We’re also eagerly awaiting these popular lenses to come back in stock at fantastic prices:
- EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II for $1699.32 (set notification)
- EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM for $1563.32 (set notification)
- EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM for $1495.32 (set notification)
- EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM for $713.32 (set notification)
- EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM for $917.32 (set notification)
- EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM for $598.39 (set notification)
All refurbished items now come with a 1-year Canon Warranty.
Thanks for the heads up.
Ditto – Thanks!
What time zone?
Most sales start 12:30 AM or 1 AM ET, some times as late as 3 AM ET. Canon’s pretty inconsistent.
Is there a code that you need to enter for the discount? Are the cameras on sale too? Does all refurbished cameras come with a white box and not the original?
No discount code required; some cameras will be 20% off (but likely not the high-end ones), and all refurbished items come with white boxes, not original boxes.
Does the Canon US site ship to Canada? I tried making an account on their website but I did not see any option to enter a Canadian address
Unfortunately, they do not.
Why does Canon have this sale if most of the L series are out of stock?
They’re still out of stock from the last sale that was two weeks ago. My understanding is these sales are pre-planned months in advance. I think it’s likely they’ll restock during the sale.
The 24-70 f/2.8L II was available for a brief time today. In talking to Canon, they had a handful and they went quick. There are none scheduled for backfill at this time, so they doubt they’ll be any more during this sale.
Yup. We saw it go in-stock at 1 PM, and it lasted about 30 minutes before selling out. Some CPW readers already let us know they got it after our notification e-mail.