Unbelievable! A massive £700 price drop takes Canon’s full-frame EOS R8 to a record low price for Black Friday

Full-frame cameras used to be just for pros and serious hobbyists, but Canon has made the high-quality format more affordable in recent years with models like the EOS R8. The powerful mirrorless camera features the 24MP sensor, blazing fast autofocus as the EOS R6, plus a handy flip-out touchscreen, and it started life at a much lower price of £1,699.99. It's only 18 months old, yet right now it costs just £999 at Clifton Cameras in the Black Friday sales – a whopping £700 off.

I really didn't expect a new(ish) full-frame camera by Canon for a grand, yet here we are. It's not the only superb Canon deals either – the price of the EOS R6 Mark II has been slashed by £880 at Jessops, which is the model above the EOS R8 in Canon's range of mirrorless cameras. You can find that deal, along with all my top picks, over on my Black Friday camera deals 2024 page.

Elsewhere, our Black Friday deals page casts a wider net covering all kinds of tech, and offers a live blog highlighting breaking deals.

Today's best Canon EOS R8 UK deal

Canon EOS R8: was £1,699 now £999 at Clifton Cameras

£700 off! Get one of Canon's best budget full-frame cameras for even less today, thanks to a combined £300 saving and massive £400 cashback offer from Canon. This deal gives you a 24.2 MP full-frame CMOS image sensor and an uncropped 4K movie feature that runs right up to 60 fps. The 3-inch LCD touchscreen is also vari-angle so you can use it for composing shots at awkward angles.

There's a raft of other Canon cashback savings to be had – another standout deal is for the pricier full-frame Canon EOS R6 Mark II for just $1,899 at Jessops (was £2,779) – that's £880 off!

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Canon's EOS R8 didn't excite me at launch because it wasn't anything new. However, Canon's objective was clear and smart: take much of the tech from the pricier EOS R6, and put it into a smaller, lighter and cheaper body, complete with a much lower asking price.

The EOS R8 offers the same 24MP full-frame sensor and autofocus system and high-speed performance as the EOS R6. And if you don't need the better build quality, battery life and image stablilisation of the EOS R6, the EOS R8 is a shoe-in, especially for this record low price.

Now there's a huge £700 off at Clifton Cameras, the EOS R8 is my pick of cheap full-frame cameras from any brand – you won't get anything better for the price.

More of today's Black Friday sales in the UK

• Amazon: up to 68% off toothbrushes and TVs
• AO: savings on games consoles and appliances
• Argos: up to 50% off toys, Lego, TVs and gifts
• Boots: up to 50% off Dyson, Oral-B and Philips
• Currys: early deals on TVs, appliances, laptops
• Dell: laptops, desktops, monitors from £299
• Dyson: up to £150 off
• Ebay: up to 50% off refurbished tech
• EE: up to £600 off Samsung and Apple
• John Lewis: up to £300 off appliances and TVs
• LG: £1,000 or more off TVs and appliances
• Samsung: up to £600 off TVs, phones and tablets
• Very: up to 30% off phones, appliances & clothing