13 Best GoPro and Camera Deals for Black Friday (2025)

If you are in New camera market, this holiday season is a good time to buy. There are some great Black Friday camera deals available right now, including one on our favorite GoPro, the GoPro Hero 13 Black. There are plenty of other GoPro camera deals, along with some good buys on cameras from Insta360, DJI, Fujifilm, and more.

For more information about action cameras, see Our complete guide. Be sure to also read our guide to Best GoPros, Best 360 cameras, The best instax cameras, Best travel camerasand The best mirrorless cameras.

Best deal for action cameras

GoPro hasn’t launched a new model of its Hero action camera this year. Last year’s Hero 13 is still the newest, but it’s on sale for Black Friday anyway. Last year’s GoPro Hero 13 was the first significant change for GoPro Leading action camera In many years. The company has added an interchangeable lens system, along with Macro, Ultra Wide, and Anamorphic lenses, as well as a set of four neutral density filters. The new interchangeable lens system opens up shooting possibilities that simply don’t exist Other action cameras. For some reason, this camera is often overlooked. It’s just fun to shoot with.

I think the smartest part about the Hero 13’s new lens and filter system is that the Hero 13 Black automatically detects which lens is attached and changes the Hero 13’s settings accordingly. This is especially great for those who don’t want to fiddle with adjusting their camera settings every time they change lenses or use a neutral density filter. I’ve been using all three lenses for over a year and they’re all great, but the ultra-wide lenses are my favorite. I mainly use a GoPro to shoot from the handlebars of my bike, so the wider the shot, the better and more immersive the shots become, hence my love of the ultra-wide camera. the The ultra-wide Hero Black version is also on sale.

Everything that made GoPro a household name is here too, with industry-leading ultra-smooth stabilization, all sorts of useful shooting modes, and support for GoPro’s Quik app. Also note that if you Purchase through gopro.comthe company includes a year of GoPro Premium, the company’s cloud storage service, and if GoPro has a drawback, it’s battery life. OK, but not great. I suggest grabbing an extra battery.

So, since there’s no Hero 14 this year, how future-proof is Hero 13? I would say future proof too. I’ll admit, The DJI Action 6 was newly announcedwhich has a variable aperture lens, is very interesting, but it’s still auto aperture rather than giving you a full aperture priority mode. I’m also a little wary of DJI products, given the ban on imports that starts on December 23, 2025. The Insta360 Ace Pro 2 below is also on sale, and I love that camera too, especially with the new accessories that turn it into something more like a photo shoot. But ultimately, when I head out the door to ride, kayak, or, currently, snowshoe, the action camera I reach for is still the GoPro Hero 13 Black.

Other great action camera deals

Offers on action camera accessories

Best 360 camera deal

GoPro Max 2 is Best 360 camera You can purchase and it is currently $100 off. The Max 2’s dual 14mm (35mm equivalent) lenses record a 1/2.3-inch slice, the largest available on a 360-degree camera. This gives what GoPro calls “True 8K” video, by which the company means that the actual recorded area of ​​the sensor is 8K, whereas other 360-degree cameras have an 8K sensor, but only record about 6K or 7K of that sensor as an actual image. The short story is that the Max 2’s video is sharper and sharper. Pair that with 10-bit color support in log files and you’ll have footage that the competition can’t match.

Other 360 camera deals

A fun digital camera without a screen

What if there was a film camera that took digital pictures? This is the Camp Snap camera, the screenless aspect means that, like film, you don’t know what your photos look like until later – you can keep shooting without being pulled out of the moment as much. The Camp Snap can hold up to 2,000 photos on a pre-installed memory card, and comes with a USB-C cable for downloading photos to your computer. This is a fun gift to give as well.

Best deals on instant cameras

The Instax Mini 99 from Fujifilm is the best Instax camera for those who love manual control and creative effects. The Mini 99 offers some manual control of focus and exposure, as well as some fun color effects, like the ability to simulate light leaks just like thrift store cameras collecting dust on your shelf. There are two dials on the top of the Mini 99. One acts as an exposure compensation dial, allowing you to adjust the exposure value (EV) two stops brighter and two stops darker. I found L (Lighten) and L+ useful when shooting against snow, which tends to overwhelm small sensors like this. It’s also good for strongly backlit scenes, although it’s still not suitable for Instax. The Mini 99 has a 60mm lens made of plastic. It works out to roughly the same field of view as a 35mm lens in 35mm format (or if you prefer, somewhere between 1x and 2x on your iPhone). The shutter is fixed at f/12.7, which means you’ll rely on the flash for all but bright, sunny outdoor shots. However, unlike a few other Instax models, with the Mini 99, you can turn off the flash for those well-lit shots, and that means far fewer blurry photos.

Other instant camera offers

Best deals on our favorite photo printing services

A photo is not a photo until you print it. Strong words, but I will stand by them. Fortunately, there are some great deals out there right now that will let you print your photos without spending a fortune.

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our Favorite place to print photos It offers a 30 percent discount on its printing services. The Mpix offers high-quality prints at a reasonable price even when it’s full price, which makes this a great deal. The Mpix prints on Kodak Endura paper and offers a variety of paper options. I tested the E-Surface, which displays rich, deep blacks and true-to-life colors. It holds up well over time; The photos we printed in 2013 look exactly as they did when we got them. We also love Mpix books and calendars.

If you need to print gifts for your family, Shutterfly is offering a 50 percent discount sitewide. We are fans Shutterfly book printing servicewhich achieved the best results so far on our site Test photo printing services. We also love calendars. The printing is good enough, especially for the price, and shipping is generally fast.

The highest quality prints in our tests came from Adorama’s Printique service. It will be the best choice in our business Printing Services Directory If it were a little cheaper, that would be the case with this deal. You can choose from a range of papers, and they are listed by their actual names such as Kodak Endura or Fujifilm Matte. I also like the option to print the date and file name on the back of each photo.

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