Archives for May 2015

Fuji X-T1 with 18-55mm for $1450 with coupon

B&H Photo is offering the Fuji X-T1 with 18-55mm for $1450 with free shipping when you enter coupon code BHOPTIC15 over there (limited time offer coupon).

The same coupon over there also gets you the Fuji X-E1 with 18-55 for $630 with free shipping.

Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 APO DG OS for $750 (C/N/A/S)

B&H Photo is also offering the Sigma 150-500mm f5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM lens for $750 with free shipping and 4% promotional rewards when you enter coupon code BHOPTIC15 over there (coupon is a limited time offer). This is available in the Canon, Nikon, Alpha and Sigma SLR mounts.

Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM for $350 (C/N/A/P/S)

The Sigma 17-70mm f2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM lens is offered for $350 with free shipping at B&H Photo with coupon code BHOPTIC15 entered over there (limited time coupon). They also come with 4% promotional rewards. It is available in Canon, Nikon, Alpha, Pentax and Sigma SLR mounts.

Panasonic 20mm f1.7 II with extras for $300

Hide the syrup, it will ruin this pancake! Adorama is offering the new condition Panasonic 20mm f1.7 II lens in either silver or black for $300 with free shipping, and 4% promotional rewards and a bonus three year New Leaf Spills and Drops warranty.

Free Wifi Adapter with select Nikon DSLRs

In addition to the various Nikon instant savings and other promotions and optional lens bundles, Adorama is also including a free Wifi adapter with select Nikon D7100, D5300 and D3300 kits.

Canon G16 with extras for $400

The Canon G16 compact with RAW is now going for $400 with free shipping and 32GB Lexar SDHC card and 2% promotional rewards and LCD protector and one year spills and drops warranty at Adorama.

Imported Nikon 24-120mm f4G VR for $585 [or certified refurbished for $650]

If you are comfortable with imported camera gear, among the latest eBay Deals, you can get the new condition imported grey-market with seller warranty (not Nikon USA warranty) Nikon 24-120mm f4G ED VR for $585 with free shipping by eBay seller GetItDigital (99.6%) with a limit of five per buyer. Over 300 units sold so far from this listing.

If you are not comfortable with grey-market/imported items, but you are comfortable with certified refurbished by the manufacturer, you can get it for $650 by Beach Camera upon Amazon.

The new condition price at authorized Nikon USA dealers is $1300, such as Amazon, B&H Photo, Adorama.

Speaking of eBay, to celebrate “May Fourth”, Target’s eBay store is offering this Star Wars AT-AT t-shirt for $8 with free shipping with a limit of three per buyer. This is an engineering look at the Imperial Walkers. Disney has not yet added mermaids or Cinderella riding on the AT-AT 😉

Refurbished Nikon Coolpix S6800 (12x) for $60

The previous time we posted this two weeks ago it was going for $70, now it is down to $60. It is Beach Camera’s eBay store (authorized Nikon dealer) offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon Coolpix S6800 (12x optical, in black or white) for $60 with free shipping and 90 day Nikon warranty, with a limit of five per customer.

55% off Hostgator hosting with coupon

If you are looking for a shared web hosting service for your website or blog, Hostgator (which we use for the current iteration of the main blog, and previously used for the “camera reviews stream”) has a 55% off standard price sale when you use coupon REDCROSS15 until Wednesday May 6 at 11:59pm central. Coupon name is such because they are sponsoring the Red Cross Tour du Rouge Houston to New Orleans benefit.

IMPORTANT: The discount applies to the first payment you make. If you purchase a month to month plan, you get a discount on the first month and nothing more. If you purchase a prepaid plan (up to three years in length), your first payment is the total amount covering the whole period, and the 55% off is on the total amount. So if you are going month to month, this is a very small discount. On the other hand, if you are planning on a longer term plan, it’s a good discount.

Speaking of web related matters, Stacksocial’s Pay What You Want WordPress Theme Bundle gets you 15 WordPress themes if you meet or beat the average price of $7.84, and includes some photography-friendly themes. Here are the live-demo pages of those: Photex and Elevation and Magma and Novelti.

Nikon L840 superzoom with free extras for $200

As part of the Mother’s Day promotions, the Nikon L840 superzoom (38x optical zoom) is on sale for $200 at various authorized dealers. Adorama also includes a free camera case, 16GB SD card and cleaning kit or if you don’t want the accessories you can instead get the standard kit without the freebies with 2% promotional rewards.

(ENDED) Tue: Oben CT-3521 Carbon Fiber Tripod With BE-106T Ball Head for $190

This daily deal expired… The B&H Photo Deal of the Day is the Oben CT-3521 Carbon Fiber Tripod With BE-106T Ball Head offered for $190 with free shipping. Offer ends by 11:59pm ET on Tuesday.

(ENDED) Tuesday Lightning Deals: DJI Phantom 2 V2.0, 64GB Sony SDXC, etc

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

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Olympus E-M10 with 14-42mm for $500 [E-M5 w/14-42 for $500 too]

A new Olympus initiated instant savings promotion brings the Olympus E-M10 with the 14-42mm kits down to $500 at the Olympus USA online store (700 bonus points) and B&H Photo (with 4% rewards) and Adorama (with 4% rewards) and Amazon itself. The body only goes for $450. Meanwhile Willoughby’s thru Amazon has an E-M10 two lens kit for $600 but it may be a Japanese import model

Speaking of Olympus M43rds cameras, the E-M5 (first generation) with the 14-42mm lens continues to do its farewell tour for $500 at B&H Photo.

OPTIC 2015 specials at B&H Photo with coupon

To celebrate the 2015 OPTIC conference in NYC, B&H Photo has launched a number of Camera and Photo specials. Some of the specials require coupon code BHOPTIC15 to activate. There’s a variety of cameras, lenses and accessories participating.

Sandisk and Lexar sales (84 options, SDXC, SDHC, CompactFlash, SSD, etc)

Adorama has something practical for Mother’s Day, storage! Their storage sale includes 51 items from Sandisk storage (SSD, SDHC/SDXC, microSD*, CompactFlash, Extreme, Ultra, ExtremePro, USB flash drives; there are three pages of listings) and 31 items from Lexar storage (SDHC/SDXC, CompactFlash, Professional, USB flash drives; two pages of listings). The Sandisk SSDs earn 2% promotional rewards.

X-Rite specials (three options)

Adorama has a sale on three X-Rite products, with the ColorMunki Smile going for $70, the ColorMunki Accurate Monitor Display Calibration (USB powered) for $140, and the i1Display Pro for $204. They all get free expedited shipping.

(ENDED) Adobe Photoshop Elements 13 for Mac and Windows (DVD) for $45

This daily deal expired… The B&H Photo Deal of the Day is the Adobe Photoshop Elements 13 for Mac and Windows (DVD) software offered for $45 with free shipping. Offer ends by 11:59pm ET on Monday.

4TB Seagate Expansion USB 3.0 External HDD (STEB4000100) for $100

Back to the eBay Deals, Adorama’s eBay store is offering the new new-condition 4TB Seagate 3.5″ Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0, model STEB4000100, for $100 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer. You have to press “See Details” to see the price.

Speaking of eBay, a meta-deal, Buy two $50 eBay Gifts for $95 total. Essentially a future 5% discount on what you buy from eBay using these gift cards. Limit four per customer. You must buy them in multiples of two in order to get the discount. If you buy one, the price is $50. If you buy two, the price is $95. These are electronic gift cards, delivered by e-mail, from Pay Pal Digital Gifts.

(ENDED) 128GB Lexar Professional 1066x CompactFlash Memory Card for $140

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(ENDED) 620 single-use Duracell AA for $175 [also rechargeable 2pack for $25]

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Sigma DP Merrills for $700 to $710 {SD1 for $2000}

The instant discount wave from Shiguma is also lifting (down) the prices of the DP-series Merrill trio. The DP1 Merrill goes for $700, while the DP2 Merrill and the DP3 Merrill go for $710 each.

Meanwhile, the niche-within-a-niche hiding in the nooks and crannies of another niche-within-a-niche, a “Mean Girls” way of saying a Sigma DSLR, the Sigma SD1 body only goes for $2000 with 4% promotional rewards (=4%).

New Sigma Lens Instant Discounts (58 options)

Shiguma time! Sigma has launched a new round of instant savings (aka discounts aka rebates) on 10+ lenses available in 58 options (different mounts and kits). Some of them also include 4% promotional rewards, while others include free accessories at the same price. You can find them all at Adorama. This round ends 6/30/15.

GoPro HERO3+ Black Edition Adventure Camera for $330

Back to the eBay Deals we go where we find the new condition GoPro HERO3+ Black Edition Adventure Camera offered for $330 with free shipping, with a limit of five per customer, by Focus Camera’s eBay store.

Tamron 14-150mm f3.5-5.8 Di-III (M43rds) for $460 [no rebates]

Zoom-zoom Micro Four Thirds photographers. The Tamron 14-150mm f3.5-5.8 Di-III lens is now on sale for $460 with free expedited shipping at Adorama in either the black color scheme or silver color scheme. No mail-in rebates, the price is $460 straight up!

Pre-order: Leica M Monochrom Type 246 for $7450

Grab your monochrome wallets, a new monochrome Leica is here! The new M Monochrom Type 246 is now available for pre-order for $7450 at Adorama. I wouldn’t be surprised if some Robb Report subscribers buy it and then complain it only takes black and white pictures 😉

Experimental Amazon Feature: 7-Day Free Full e-Book Trials

If you like to check out photography, camera or any other e-books in the full before buying, there is a welcome new experimental feature at Amazon, 7-day free full e-book trials. This is not the old “receive a sample”. You get the whole e-book for seven days to read. I don’t know what the scale of this experiment is, I just discovered this on the individual product page for the “How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic” e-book.

PS: this post serves as an alert until I finish writing a more reference-y post and move that to the main blog…

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(ENDED) Friday e-book: How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic for $2

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(ENDED) Adobe Photoshop Elements 13 for $55 (disc by mail)

This limited time offer ended…
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(ENDED) $5/yr magazines: Pop Photo or Digital Photo or Outdoor Photographer

This weekend sale ended…
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