Archives for April 2015

One Year of Prime + Unlocked Fire Phone (GSM) for $190

The sale is back, the unlocked 32GB Fire Phone (GSM) is back on sale for $190 with free shipping by Amazon herself and it includes one year of Amazon Prime membership which can be appended to existing Prime memberships or for new members. No contract. Limit five per customer.

(ENDED) Friday Lightning Deals: Rokinon 35/T1.5, Joby, Sony SDHC, 128GB PNY

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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(ENDED) Free Premium apps include “A Better Camera”

This promotion ended, but every few weeks Amazon has bundles of premium (aka for-pay) apps offered for free.
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(ENDED) Glidecam XR-4000 Handheld Camera Stabilizer for $200

This daily deal expired… The B&H Photo Featured Deal is the Glidecam XR-4000 Handheld Camera Stabilizer for $200 with free shipping. Offer ends by Saturday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out (Friday daily-deals last for 48 hours instead of the usual 24).

(ENDED) Friday: Pop Photo for $5 per year (w/coupon)

This limited time offer expired…
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Pre-order new Fuji 16mm f1.4 R WR for $1K

Fuji X time! Their brand new 16mm f1.4 R WR lens is now available for pre-order for $1000 at B&H Photo and Adorama.

Nikon D750 drops to $2000 (with 24-120 for $2700)

Hot off the discounting presses, the Nikon D750 DSLR is now down to $2000 in body only at authorized Nikon dealers such as B&H Photo which also includes 2% rewards (= $40), Free Next Day Delivery, and free bag, 16GB SD and extra Watson battery.

Adorama has three options with freebies for $2000 for the D750 body only:
+ with Shure VP83 Lenshopper
+ various accessories (32GB Lexar, camera bag, plus three trinkety accessories)
+ other accessories (extra EN-EL15 battery, 32GB Lexar, camera bag)
+ all three get 2% promotional rewards as well (= $40)

Similarly discounted and freebie-accessorized is the D750 with 24-120mm kit for $2700 at B&H Photo and Adorama.

The various D750 kits are also optionally eligible for the continuing Nikon Instant Savings.

Pre-order new Blackmagic Design Micro Cinema (M43rds) cameras

Black Magic had a couple of new compact M43rds cameras to show at NAB 2015, and they are now available for pre-order at B&H Photo: the Blackmagic Design Micro Cinema Camera for $1000, and also the Blackmagic Design Micro Studio Camera 4K for $1300. They have a mid-July release estimate (2015 that is). They also have the Ursa Mini 4K and 4.6K cameras with either EF or PL mounts ranging from $3000 to $5500.

Instant Savings on 18 Canon Cinema Lens options

Also part of the NAB 2015 action, a total of 18 Canon Cinema lens options are currently discounted. Some are EF mount, some are PL mount, some are bundles. Not 18 unique lenses. You can see them all at B&H Photo.

128GB iPad Air with 4G LTE for $530 (also a couple of 15.4″ MacBook Pros)

Of Apple computer-y interest among the latest NAB offers you can get the 128GB iPad Air with 4G LTE for $530 (ends 4/19/15). There’s also a couple of mid-2014 15.4″ MacBook Pros discounted further (up to $160 off) with coupon BHNAB2015 entered at checkout. The coupon is only for the Macbooks.

In-stock nao: the new Olympus Stylus 1s for $700

I don’t know why camera manufacturers love creating naming confusions, but they keep doing it like clockwork. Olympus now has the new Stylus 1s, not to be confused with the older Stylus 1. The 1s has a starting price of $700 and it is already in-stock and ready to ship at B&H Photo. Pre-orders are accepted at Adorama and Amazon.

eBay YMMV (A15-19): free auction-style listings (up to 500)

This is a reverse deal of sorts: if you have camera gear you want to sell to fund more gear purchases (or any other items for any other reasons), eBay is running a targeted offer by email and/or the eBay Messages. Between April 15-19 in 2015, you can post up to 500 free auction-style listings. You won’t pay the listing fee during this promotion, but obviously you still pay the other feeBay fees. You must click through to activate the promotion, it is not automatically activated. Check emails and messages to see if you qualify.

Canon 1D X body with extras and 2% rewards for $5300

Also part of the NAB 2015 festivities, B&H Photo is offering the Canon 1D X body only for $5300 with 2% promotional rewards (= $106), 32GB Sandisk Extreeeeme Pro card, shoulder bag and wireless remote.

DJI Phantom 2 bundles at B&H Photo with coupon

Also part of the NAB offers, B&H Photo has a coupon code offer on select DJI bundles. Use promo code BHNAB2015 at checkout to get limited time discounts on these DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ Bundles or these DJI Phantom 2 v2.0 Bundles.

In-stock nao: Canon EF 11-24mm f4L USM

If you have been waiting for the new Canon EF 11-24mm f4L USM lens to be in-stock, it is as of the time of writing, in-stock and ready to go for its L-price of $3000 at B&H Photo.

Davis & Sanford Provista 7518 Tripod with FM18 Head for $120

Also part of their NAB Promotions, B&H Photo is offering the Davis & Sanford Provista 7518 Tripod with FM18 Head for $120 with free shipping.

In-stock Nao: GoPro Hero4 Music editions (Black or Silver)

The GoPro expansion continues! The new “Music edition” GoPro Hero4 in Black or Silver are now in-stock and ready to ship for $500 and $400 respectively at Musician’s Friend. They have mounts that are better suited in use with instruments and music performance.

Sandisk SSD and Samsung portable SSD sale

Adorama has a couple of Solid State Disk sales. First up, they have six Sandisk options (Ultra II and Extreme Pro) with prices ranging from $95 to $420. Storage ranges from 240GB to 960GB. You also get 2% promotional rewards. Offer ends by 4/19/15 or earlier if sold out.

They also have three Samsung portable SSDs with AES encryption with prices ranging from $150 to $500 and storage ranging from 250GB to 1TB. Offer ends 5/2/15 or earlier if sold out.

Refurbished Nikon D7100 w/18-140 & WU-1a for $900

If you are interested in the Nikon D7100 but you are not interested in the previously mentioned imported camera, there’s an alternative, manufacturer refurbished. Adorama currently has the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D7100 w/18-140mm DX VR and WU-1a Wireless Mobile Adapter offered for $900 with free shipping and a 90 day manufacturer warranty.

Imported Nikon D7100 body for $700

If you are comfortable with imported (= grey market = no manufacturer warranty) cameras, the latest eBay Deals include the new condition no-manufacturer-warranty Nikon D7100 body only for $700 with free shipping with a limit of five per buyer. The seller is “photovideo4less” (99.7%). This camera goes for $1000 at authorized Nikon dealers (eg Amazon). It is up to you to decide the trade-offs in such matters.

Speaking of eBay, another one of the above-the-fold offers is the new condition 15.6″ Lenovo Thinkpad E540 laptop offered by Adorama’s eBay store for $400 (Intel i3-4000M, 4GB RAM, 500GB/7200rpm, 1366 x 768, HD 4600, Windows 7 Pro, limit 5).

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema with Panasonic 14-140mm and extras for $1000

As part of their NAB promotions, B&H Photo is offering this Blackmagic Pocket Cinema bundle for $1000. It includes the camera, the Panasonic 14-140mm f4.0-5.8 MegaOIS Lens, an extra battery and a 64GB Sandisk Extreeeeeme SDXC card.

Fuji S9200 superzoom (50x) for $160

Zoom-zoom! The 50x optical zoom Fuji S9200 is currently on sale for $160 with free shipping at Adorama. Offer ends 4/30/15 or earlier if sold out.

(ENDED) Wedn: refurbished Nikon Coolpix S9600 for $100

These daily deals ended… The main Best Buy Deal of the Day for Tax Day, Wednesday 4/15/15 is the black refurbished Nikon Coolpix S9600 (22x optical) for $100 with free shipping. There’s also a sale on PNY microSDs with full SD adapter. Offers end by the end of day.

(ENDED) Impact READY COOL 2 Lighting Kit for $250

The Thursday B&H Photo Deal of the Day is the Impact READY COOL 2 Lighting Kit for $250 with free shipping. Offer ends by 1!:59pm ET on Thursday or earlier if sold out.

Refurbished Nikon 30-110mm VR for $110

The manufacturer refurbished Nikon 30-110mm f3.8-5.6 VR lens with a 90 day warranty is on sale for a limited time for $110 with free shipping (with the usual limit of five) at Groupon Goods. This is a limited time offer but they don’t mention a specific expiration date.

(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: 64GB Sony SDXC and microVaults, CR123As

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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(ENDED) Lytro for $60 (8GB) to $80 (16GB)

This daily deal ended with some of the options selling out beforehand…
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(ENDED) Wedn: Bescor FP-180 Bi-Color Dimmable On-Camera Light for $50

This daily deal expired… The latest B&H Photo Featured Deal is the Bescor FP-180 Bi-Color Dimmable On-Camera Light offered for $50 with free shipping. Offer ends at 11:59pm ET on Wednesday or earlier if sold out.

Kata KT DL-L-437 DL LITE for $16 (limit 3)

From the Bag the Bags department, the grey Kata KT DL-L-437 DL LITE is on sale for $15.61 with a limit of three per customer at Amazon by Amazon herself. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $35+ order. There are going to be Sony SD and microSD cards on lightning deal on Tuesday AM, so you could combine those to get over $35 for the all-important free shipping. The Kata is not part of the lightning deals.

GoPro HERO4 Silver (CHDHY401) for $330 (limit 2)

Back to the eBay Deals we geaux where Adorama’s eBay store is offering the new condition GoPro HERO4 Silver Camera, model CHDHY401, for $330 with free shipping with a limit of two per buyer.

Speaking of eBay, if you like plastic gift cards delivered by mail, Gift Card Mall is offering a $75 eBay Gift Card for $72 with free US mail delivery. Limit two per customer! That’s essentially a 4% discount on everything you buy. It’s more of a realpolitik type of deal 😉

PSA: Tax Day is fast approaching!