Archives for October 27, 2015

Refurbished Nikon D7100 body for $580

The Nikon D7100 body only is offered in factory refurbished condition for $580 with free shipping at Cameta Camera with a one year Cameta warranty… If you happen to need accessories as well, they have a variety of bundles over there (look on the right side under “Popular Kits”)…

Gitzo GM2561T Traveler 6x Carbon Fiber Monopod for $230

This post is code-named “The Monopods Strike Back!”. The Gitzo GM2561T Traveler 6x Carbon Fiber Monopod (supports up to 10~ lbs) is currently on sale for $230 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.

Interfit EZ-FLO Fluorescent 2 Light Kit for $175

The Interfit EZ-FLO Fluorescent 2 Light Kit is currently on sale for $175 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. Free expedited shipping is nice since lighting kits are not exactly memory-card sized 🙂

Induro Alloy 8M AT013 Tripod for $66

The Induro Alloy 8M AT013 Tripod is currently on sale for $66 with free standard shipping at B&H Photo… This item is not eligible for free expedited shipping.

Hasselblad E-mount Sale (7 options)

B&H Photo has a sale on Hasselblad E-mount lenses. Some are lens-only, some come bundled with either a black or brown bag. Check each individual listing for details and options. A total of seven options are there, for the 16mm f2.8 and 16-70/4 and 18-200/3.5-6.3 OSS lenses.

5TB Seagate Expansion External USB 3.0 HDD for $136

On the storing those megapixels and RAWpixels front, the 1TB portable hard drives are settling at a $50 price at various places, but if you want more (and a better GB/c grocery-store-style price), the bigger capacities win. Case in point, the 5TB Seagate Expansion External USB 3.0 Hard Drive is on sale for $136 with free shipping, at Amazon by Amazon itself, with a limit of 10 per customer… Thanks to one of our readers for the alert… Alternately, the 4TB model goes for $120 (limit 10 as well)…

Lowepro Edit 100 for $7 w/free S&H

More discounting action, the Lowepro Edit 100 camera bag is down from $10 to $7 with free shipping at Adorama. There are many pictures of it over there, use the gallery arrow keys over there to see pictures of the insides of the bag… For more bag action, check yesterday’s Bag the Bags round-up

Tuesday: 15% off at Monoprice site-wide with coupon

If you are a fan of Monoprice products (be it accessories or their ever-increasing “real products” including computer monitors and such), coupon code OCT15 gets you 15% off at the Monoprice website. This applies to Monoprice-branded products, which is the vast majority of what they carry.

Featured items are shown on that page, or you can use the search box or navigate to the various camera and photo related categories.

Coupon is good for Tuesday October 27 (2015) only, in the pacific time zone since Monoprice is Southern California based but they also have a new warehouse facility in Kentucky to help with faster deliveries to the East Coast. The usual coupon restrictions apply (not good on Tamron lenses, not good for their 3D printer, and not for manufacturers that prohibit retailers from coupon discounting, etc).

Their website is redesigned again, so some parts may look different since the last time you may have visited. Some zipcodes may qualify for $7 Next Business Day flat-rate delivery, but not all of them (I can’t try hundreds of zipcodes). Nevertheless, having a shipping fee moving target is kinda frustrating to a shopper. The internets have shown that they prefer a predictable shipping fee, preferably free for all (eg the eBay Daily Deals), but if not, a fixed threshold (eg Amazon, Target, Best Buy, Groupon, etc) so you can plan ahead and such.

Sony NEX-FS100U Super 35mm Video Camera for $1600

The Sony NEX-FS100U Super 35mm video camera body only (takes E-mount lenses) is now down to $1600 with free expedited shipping at Adorama.

While on the topic of video, also at Adorama, in-stock and ready to ship it is (obligatory Yoda-ish which I’m sure will be overly-done world-wide in the next few months) the Panasonic AG-DVX200 Camcorder for $4200. This has a 13x Leica optical zoom fixed lens.

In-stock now: AmazonBasics GoPro Tripod Mount for $6.50

The AmazonBasics brand continues to expand with even more items. Now in-stock and shipping for GoPro users is the AmazonBasics GoPro Tripod Mount going for $6.50 with a limit of 30 per customer. Unfortunately it is part of the Add-On program, so regardless of Prime-membership, you need to place a $25+ order, otherwise the shopping cart will Mutombo (v) any attempts at completing the purchase.

But there are some easy ways to get to $25+ (Prime order threshold) or $35+ (free S&H for non-Prime), including this 200x (slower) 32GB Lexar SDHC w/Memory Card Wallet for $10 or some discounted camera bags (page down to the “Camera Bag Survivors” segment and look for Amazon as the seller or shipper). [I need to do another “Add-On” round-up since the previous one got stale – since items come and go and prices and Add-On status changes, sometimes often]

Various Blog Updates grouped together

This post rounds up a number of blog-related updates, to keep you abreast of what’s going on. Here we geaux:

+ a new Camera Price Charts feature will begin shortly (the last time we did this was December 2014)
+ already updated the Trade Show Calendar with the 2016 trade shows (a couple more dropped out or merged)

+ an easy to find and easy to use “Shop and Support” feature is coming soon. This was (to my surprise perhaps) requested by multiple people since it went away during one of the previous blog template incarnations/remodelings (more on that later)

+ you may have already seen an increase in blog-post productivity (more posts and some longer posts) thanks to the new blog-computer. Previously, the old computer couldn’t keep up with me, and it made posting rather frustrating at times. Now I can’t keep up with the new computer – which makes me feel old(er). You can’t win 🙂

+ as we are really now orbiting Planet Black Friday, if there are any items or product categories you are interested in, please let me know (so I can keep an extra eye on them) using the online contact form or leave a comment or twitterize

32GB Lexar SDHC 200x Class 10 + Polaroid Memory Card Wallet for $10

If you don’t need a blazing fast SDHC card and you could use a memory card wallet, there’s a pretty good bundle going on. The 32GB Lexar 200X Premium Series SDHC UHS-1 Class 10 memory card is bundled with a Polaroid memory card wallet (judging by the pictures it holds three memory cards) for $10. The seller is Ritz Camera with the order fulfilled by Amazon.com, so if you are a Prime member, you get free 2-day shipping even if you buy just one card. Non-Prime members get the usual free super-saver-shipping with a $35+ order. Limit 30 per customer.

This shares the same reviews pool with another bundle, but when you filter it for this only, it looks like it has all 22 of the 22 reviews, which average 4.8 out of 5.

(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: Joby, Movo, GeekPro, EBL, Duracell, etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box (new, giant images version) or Amazon Gold Box (old, widget with arrows version) and Camera & Photo page

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