Archives for July 2015

Bag The Bags: Tenba Discovery Medium Photo Daypack for $80 (plus two more)

We have a new installment of “Bag The Bags”. A trio of camera bag offers are running at Adorama at the moment, with free overnight shipping (that’s right, free overnight shipping), as follows:

Speaking of Adorama, they have a limited time flash sale on the 11.6″ Dell Inspiron 3000 for $400 (1366×768, 4GB RAM, 500GB, i3-4010U 1.7GHz, touchscreen, Win10 eligible).

(ENDED) Tue: Samsung WB380 (21x, Wifi) for $130

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(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: Rokinon 8/3.5 Fish and Chips (Nikon AE chip fisheye) and more

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(ENDED) Woot-OFF Day #2 continues with Computers headliner

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(ENDED) Wedn: 13.3″ Apple MacBook Pro (MGXD2LL/A) for $1500

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(ENDED) Ends Wedn 1am ET: Nikon D3200 w/18-55 for $355

This daily deal expired… Ooops, I forgot to check today’s Woot Deal of the Day (side effects of inconsistent sleep patterns), but good until Wednesday at 1am ET, you can get the new condition Nikon D3200 with 18-55 DX VR for $350 plus $5 flat shipping with a limit of three per customer.

Raya SDR-400 Alpha Monolight for $200

You cannot have photography without light, which is a fairly awkward way to introduce a lighting deal, but here we are, the Raya SDR-400 Alpha Monolight is on sale for $200 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.

Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.5 (Leica M) for $800

We have a mini rangefinger trilogy of deals at B&H Photo, in price ascending order, starting at $800 with free shipping for the Leica M mount Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f1.5 lens in the black color scheme only. The Cylon-Toaster color remains at $950.

Voigtlander Nokton 35mm f1.2 II (Leica M) for $1000

The Voigtlander Nokton Aspherical 35mm f1.2 II lens, in the black color scheme, is currently on sale for $1000 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. This is in the Leica M mount.

Leica M-P (Typ 240) Safari Set with 35/2 for $8791

The Leica M-P (Typ 240) Safari Set with the 35mm f2 Summicron-M lens is now on sale for $8791~ with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. Actual safari trip is not included 🙂 This sale is an attempt by Leica to compensate for currency fluctuations.

6pk of 4-cell Panasonic AA battery cases for $10

IF you like to organize your AA batteries in cases and in groups of four, you can get six 4-slot Panasonic Eneloop clear (transparent) battery cases for $10 total. With this, you can store 24 AA or 30 AAA (each case holds 4 AA or 5 AAA batteries). Limit 30 six-packs per customer. These average 4.6/5 on 80+ customer reviews.

NOTE: all the prices mentioned in this post are of the time of writing. IF you are reading it in the future, prices will likely be different

If you prefer brighter colors, this orange 6pk of 4-slot cases goes for $9, and it is shipped from an Amazon Warehouse, so free 2-day shipping for Prime members, even if you buy one 6pk. This has Charge Reminder markings on the actual case so it can help you organize charged vs depleted. Averages 4.3/5 based on 300+ customer reviews.

On the other hand, if you prefer the clear color, but don’t want the Panasonic logo on it, you can pay even less, a BlueCell 6-pack of 4-slot cases goes for $5.60 total with a limit of 30, and this too ships from an Amazon Warehouse. Averages 4.5/5 based on 50+ customer reviews.

If you prefer a luminous glow to your battery cases (we do not judge!), you can get a 4pk of 4-slot cases for $6.60, Bluecell brand, shipped from an Amazon Warehouse as well. There’s also a Luminous 9pk of 4-slot cases for $7.94 shipping from Amazon Warehouse.

UPDATE: shipping from an Amazon warehoue, this 9pk of 4-slot cases goes for $7.80. (this link is filtering for Prime shipping only – unclick Prime over there to show the other shipping options (all of them from China as of the time of writing).

Shipping from Asia/China
On the other hand, if you are not in a hurry to receive them, and want to pay a much lower price, and don’t object to buying from China, there are some shipping from China options as follows:

+ these ship from China
+ 9pk of 4-cell cases for $3.46 with free shipping (you receive nine cases, each case holds four batteries)
+ 5pk of 4-cell cases for $2.64 with free shipping
+ these ship from China

Many more options
There are many more options over there, you could literally spend hours going through all the various options and color choices and such. Caution: it can be addictive 🙂

TIP: different color of cases is one way to separate the charged from the depleted.

Canon Elph 350HS + Pixma MG3522 printer for $200

Adorama is bundling the Canon Elph 350 HS P&S digital camera with the Canon PIXMA MG3522 wireless inkjet AiO printer (not “wireless inkjet” – not invented yet?) for $200 with free shipping in either the silver Elph or the black Elph. Offer ends by 8/10/15 or earlier if sold out. No coupon/rebate needed, just add to cart and checkout.

(ENDED) B+W 82mm HTC Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Coating for $1

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Fry’s B&M Stores w/promo code: Vanguard ESPOD CX 203AGH pistol-grip tripod for $45

If you are physically near a Fry’s brick and mortar stores and if you are in their e-mailing list (or are willing to join so you can get your own promo codes), good until 8/1/15, they are offering the Vanguard ESPOD CX 203AGH pistol-grip tripod for $45 after promo code. The promo code that unlocks the offers in-store or online is inside the Fry’s emails. You can see this offer towards the middle of their weekly ad, on the rightmost spot in it row of deals.

PS: if you are not familiar with this development at Fry’s, these are not normal coupons, but they are unique codes for each email subscriber. The idea is to get people to sign up to their emailing list.

(ENDED) Monday Lightning Deals: B+W, X-Rite, WonderPana, Rokinon 12/2.8 fish, etc

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(SOLD OUT) Mon: Lensbaby Special Edition Spark 50mm f2 for $60 (C/N)

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Olympus E-PL6 w/14-42mm for $300

The new condition Olympus E-PL6 with 14-42mm is currently going for $300 with free shipping at B&H Photo (2% rewards) and Adorama and Cameta upon eBay and various at Amazon.

(ENDED) $5/yr Photo Magazines: Digital Photo Pro, Pop, Outdoor, DP

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(ENDED) Sun: Canon D-Rebel T5 w/18-55 for $325

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(SOLD OUT) Sun: Induro Grand Turismo AGT214 Aluminum 8M Tripod with Ball Head for $160 (limit 2)

This offer sold out before its expiration… The latest B&H Deal is the new condition Induro Grand Turismo AGT214 Aluminum 8M Tripod with Ball Head for $160 with free shipping with a limit of two per customer. Offer ends by 11:59pm ET on Sunday or earlier if sold out.

Refurbished Nikon D800E body for $2150

The Nikon D800E is currently available in certified refurbished condition for $2150 with free shipping by Beach Camera through Amazon. As of the time of writing, per the quantity slider on the right hand side of the page, there are nine left.

If that runs out, you can get it for $2200 by BuyDig on eBay (limit 5) and Adorama and Buydig.com.

Imported Nikon D7200 body for $900

Back to the eBay Deals, if you are comfortable with imported (grey market) cameras, GetItDigital (99.6%) is offering the new condition Nikon D7200 body only for $900 with free shipping with a limit of five per buyer. It comes with a one year warranty from the seller, not Nikon USA. Per the listing, this sale ends “7/28/15 AM”.

At authorized dealers, this goes for $1200 with various freebies, such as Adorama (among others, free Corel software that includes Aftershot Pro 2) and B&H Photo and Amazon herself.

(ENDED) Sat: NAS sale (8 options, Buffalo, QNAP, Lenovo, Iomega)

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Panasonic GH3 body only for $600

The Panasonic GH3 body only is currently offered in new condition for $600 with free shipping with a limit of ten per customer at B&H Photo as one of the headliners of their Featured Deals page.

Refurbished Nikon D800 body for $1700

Adorama is offering the Nikon D800 body only for $1700 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon USA warranty.

Refurbished Nikon D610 body for $1100

The second of a refurbished Nikon DSLR trilogy at Adorama is the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D610 body only offered for $1100 with free shipping. Full frame close to the $1000 frame 🙂 It comes with a 90 day Nikon USA warranty.

Refurbished Nikon D5300 w/18-55 VR for $490

If you don’t want to pay full price and don’t want to risk imported or used, one option is manufacturer refurbished and as such, Adorama is offering the manufacturer refurbished black Nikon D5300 w/18-55 DX VR for $490 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon warranty and 2% promotional rewards (around $10).

1TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim External USB 3.0 HDD + 200GB OneDrive Cloud (2yr) for $55

If you need a 1TB lightweight external hard drive and could use some boost to your OneDrive cloud storage, the 1TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable External Hard Drive (USB 3.0, model STDR1000102) is on sale for $55 with free shipping in the blue and red color schemes at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of five per color. The silver and black go for slightly more. The different colors can be useful if you want to easily color-code them for your mobile or internal backup purposes. Once you register these, you can receive 200GB of OneDrive cloud storage for two years. This is good for new or existing OneDrive accounts but you can only redeem one of these 200GB freebies per OneDrive account.

TIP: here is one color coding scheme: red for weddings, blue for landscape, black for family, silver for business.

12oz Coffee Lens Mug (BPA Free, Stainless Steel) for $11 w/free s&h

Speaking of eBay, GearXS (97.9%) is offering a new condition (one would certainly hope so) 12oz Coffee Lens-Shaped Mug that is promoted as BPA-Free and Stainless steel for $11 with free shipping, with a limit of 50 per customer. This may remind some, very vaguely (ha!) of the Canon 24-105mm f4 Lens. I don’t think DXo measured this one yet 😉

In-stock nao: Canon G3X with Red Giant and New Leaf

The new Canon G3X with its 1-inch sensor and 25x optical zoom lens is now in-stock and ready to zoom into your hands at Adorama for $1000 with free shipping and two bonus items, the Red Giant production bundle software (Knoll Light Factory, Magic Bullet, Text Anarchy) along with a one year New Leaf spills and drops warranty. The free items are included automatically by Adorama while this promotion is running. You see them mentioned on the page (annotated screenshot below):

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