Archives for 2015

(ENDED) VisibleDust Quasar Sensor Loupe 7x for $48 w/free s&h

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Save 30% to 50% on Photo Books at Shutterfly with coupon

Good until 8/25/15, coupon code MORE4MORE at Shutterfly gets you a discount on custom photo books. The discount percentage depends on the purchase amount. Orders of $100+, get 50% off. Orders under $50, get 30% off. And orders in-between these two amounts get 40% off.

$20 off a $50+ Amazon Prime Now order with coupon (first time PrimeNow orders only)

Amazon seems to be having a midlife crisis Big Bang of sorts because they are expanding in all kinds of different ways. If you live in an area that is eligible for Prime Now delivery (one hour delivery of your purchases; for Prime members only) and you haven’t placed a Prime Now order before, you can get $20 off your first order of $50 or more with coupon code TRYITNOW entered over there. An expiration date is not mentioned.

Items must be ordered with the PrimeNow app and be sold and shipped by Amazon and eligible for Prime Now. You can find more details and the full terms and conditions at the PrimeNow page. Strategically this may be handy if you are purchasing products that have the same price everywhere at reputable/authorized dealers.’

PS: I can’t test this because I am not in a PrimeNow delivery zone (yet), so I can’t tell you about the mechanics of the ordering. Prime Now is different from Prime Pantry which is different from AmazonFresh Prime which is different from Prime Student which is different from Prime Mom which is different from Prime Squared 😉

60-inch Dolica LA600 Pro Tripod (Traveler Edition) for $70

The 60-inch Dolica LA600 Pro aluminum alloy tripod with ballhead, traveler edition, is currently on sale for $70 with free shipping at Groupon Goods. This is sold on the Groupon website but the seller is Dolica (same way Amazon, NewEgg, Sears, etc have 3rd-party sellers on their website). This is a final sale (no returns). US continental states only. No PO Boxes. Not eligible for coupon codes. Which is why there is no place to enter the previously mentioned coupon code after you add it to the Groupon shopping cart – I am no Sherlock Homes – it took me a couple of minutes to put the two together 🙂

Now shipping: Lowepro Slingshot Edge and Tahoe camera bags

And now an “In-Stock Alert” edition of the “Bag The Bags” segment. The following Lowepro camera bags are now in-stock and ready to ship with FREE expedited shipping from Adorama:

+ Lowepro Slingshot Edge 250 AW for $110
+ Lowepro Slingshot Edge 150 AW for $90
+ Lowepro Tahoe BP 150 (Black) for $70
+ Lowepro Tahoe BP 150 (Blue) for $70

VuPoint Solutions Photo Cube Mini Bundle with two extra cartridges for $120

The VuPoint Solutions Photo Cube Mini Bundle bundled with two bonus refill cartridges is now on sale for $120 with free expedited shipping at Adorama.

Pre-order Corel Paintshop Pro X8 for $80

If you are a software early adopter, the new Corel Paintshop Pro X8 is scheduled to be released on August 21 (2015) and it is available for pre-order for $80 at Amazon itself.

Canon 5D Mark III body with Pixma Pro 100 & paper & NewLeaf & Kelby & 2% rewards & 64GB Lexar & extra battery & Lowepro for $2150 after $350 MIR [w/24-105 $2750 after MIR]

And now, Canon gear fans, we have a trio of DSLR-printer-paper-rebate bundles at Adorama. We start with one of Canon’s most influential DSLR lines in the digital era, the 5D, more specifically in this case, the 5D Mark III. The offer is available for Canon 5D Mark III body only for $2150 after $350 MIR (prepaid American Express Gift Card), and also for the Canon 5D Mark III with 24-105mm f4L IS for $2750 after $350 MIR (mail-in rebate). This is the most generous in terms of extras and bonuses of the three.

The bundle includes:

  • Canon 5D Mark III kit (either body only or with 24-105)
  • PIXMA PRO-100 printer
  • 2% Promotional Adorama rewards ($150 for body only, $186 for w/24-105)
  • 50pk of Canon 13×19 inch photo paper
  • 64GB Lexar Professional 600x SDXC card
  • extra 3rd-party battery (Green Extreme)
  • Lowepro Nova Sport 17L AW Shoulder Bag
  • New Leaf One Year Spills and Drops warranty (in parallel with the standard Canon USA warranty)
  • One Year of Kelby Training membership (details)
  • the rebate in PDF format
  • offer ends 8/29/15

Canon 7D II body with Pixma Pro 100 & paper & NewLeaf for $1250 after $350 MIR [w/18-135 for $1650 after MIR]

In the Empire Strikes Back of the Canon rebate trilogy at Adorama, we have the Canon 7D Mark II kits. Two of them are participating in this promotion. The 7D Mark II body only is $1250 after $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid AMEX gift card), while the 7D Mark II with 18-135 IS STM goes for $1650 after $350 MIR.

The bundle includes:

  • Canon 7D II kit (either body only or with 18-135)
  • PIXMA PRO-100 printer
  • 50pk of Canon 13×19 inch photo paper
  • 32GB Lexar SD card
  • New Leaf One Year Spills and Drops warranty (in parallel with the standard Canon USA warranty)
  • the rebate in PDF format
  • offer ends 8/29/15

Canon 6D body with Pixma Pro 100 & paper & NewLeaf for $1150 after $350 MIR [w/24-105 $1650 after MIR]

The Canon DSLR bundles trilogy at Adorama concludes with the Canon 6D kits. The offer is available for either the Canon 6D body only for $1150 after $350 MIR (prepaid American Express gift card) or the Canon 6D with 24-105L f4 IS for $1650 after $350 MIR (mail-in rebate).

The bundle includes:

  • Canon 6D kit (either body only or with 24-105)
  • PIXMA PRO-100 printer
  • 50pk of Canon 13×19 inch photo paper
  • New Leaf One Year Spills and Drops warranty (in parallel with the standard Canon USA warranty)
  • the rebate in PDF format
  • offer ends 8/29/15

Optionally you can get one year of Kelby Training for FREE with this purchase. Also optionally you add the 70-300mm f4-5.6 IS lens to this bundle for +$400. To see these optional offers, click on the Special Offers or Ways to Save links over there.

AMEX Offer (YMMV): Spend $75+, Get $15 statement credit at Exposures Online

If you have an American Express credit card, check your Offers section (below the account summary when you logon to your account – on the desktop browser page). Their computers decide who(m) to offer this, so there is a YMMV here. One of the recently added offers is this: pay $75+ and get $15 back as a statement credit to your AMEX account at ExposuresOnline.com (they sell photo albums, picture frames, etc). You have to manually opt-in to the offer (by clicking the “Add to Card” button) before you use it. Once you opt-in, the discount happens automatically on the back-end. They will send you an email once a qualifying transaction arrives at their system. This offer ends 10/14/15 and can be used once during this promotional period.

This applies to everyone: when you visit the Exposures Online site for the first time, a window pops that offers you a 15% off coupon discount if you are willing to enter your email to join their email list.

10% off sitewide at Monoprice with coupon (ends Thur PM)

Good until the end of day on Thursday 8/20/15, coupon code HOT gets you 10% off Monoprice.com on Monoprice branded items. The 3D printer and a few other items are excluded. The Tamron lenses are not eligible since they are not Monoprice-branded (yes, Monoprice sells Tamron lenses!). Monoprice has a variety of aggressively priced camera and photo products. Search for the items of interest, or peruse their Camera and Video pages.

(ENDED) Wedn: 10% off Groupon Goods, 20% off Local Deals with Coupon

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(ENDED) Wedn at Fry’s with promo codes: Vivitar waterproof action cam for $30

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(ENDED) Wedn: One Year Prime + unlocked 32GB Fire Phone (no contract; GSM) + Case for $170

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(ENDED) Flash Sale: 50% off refurbished Dell Monitors and Computers

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(ENDED) Thur: Gura Gear Kiboko 22L+ Backpack for $150

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(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: Epson scanner, Corel software, 64GB Sony SDXC

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Refurbished Nikon D7100 body for $630

If you only need the refurbished Nikon D7100 body (and not interested in the $700 refurbished two lens kit {corrected price in the link; the linked-to blog-post had the correct price of $700}), Adorama is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D7100 body only for $630 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon warranty and 2% promotional rewards (= $13~).

Refurbished Nikon D3200 w/18-55 & 55-200 & Elements & extras for $390

This is a bit of a pig in a poke offer since not all necessary information are posted on their product page, but the Staples website is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D3200 two lens kit (18-55, 55-200) and Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premier Elements software and camera case and 16GB SD card for $390 with free shipping to store (or free shipping for rewards members). This is an online only offer and ships in about two weeks.

Pre-order Google OnHub surprise Wifi Router for $200

And while we are on the topic of concierge services, Google had a surprise today too. They teamed up with TP-Link to provide a new $200 OnHub Wifi hardware cylinder that promises a more user-friendly Wifi setup and experience with timely updates and security features. IT only has one Ethernet port of its own but a simple Ethernet Switch can give you more ports. It also comes with a companion app. Because Google needs ALL your data, not just most of it 🙂 It is available for pre-order for $200 at Google and Amazon et al with an end of August release estimate.

Pre-order Sandisk SSD Upgrade Service for $40 (hardware tools + video support) [SSD not included!]

You don’t see this type of an offer every day 🙂 If you want to upgrade your computer(s) with SSDs but need some hand-holding, Sandisk is launching a new service that offers virtual hand-holding (not a physical in-person service but live video support plus hardware). This service is coming soon and you can pre-order it for $40 through Amazon.com. This is a combination hardware and supportware. You will receive an actual kit in the mail that has the necessary tools (cable, screwdriver, software) along with information on how to contact the live customer support team (Mon-Fri, 8am to 7pm pacific time).

NOTE: an SSD is NOT included. You have to purchase that on your own. This service only supports their own SSDs, more specifically, SSD Plus, Ultra II SSD and Extreme Pro.

Canon S120 and Pixma Pro 100 and 50pk 13×19 paper for $400 after $350 mail-in rebate

It’s not just the Canon DSLRs that get the printer-rebate bundles. Focus Camera is now offering a Canon S120 printer-rebate bundle for $400 after a $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid American Express gift card). The bundle includes the S120, the Pixma Pro 100 printer, and a 50pk Canon 13×19 photo paper.

Imported Sony T* E 16-70 F4 ZA OSS lens for $700

One of the further-down-the-page eBay Deals is the new condition imported grey-market Sony T* E 16-70 F4 ZA OSS lens (aka SEL1670Z) offered for $700 with free shipping and a three year warranty from the seller GetItDigital (99.7%) with a limit of five per customer. This does not come with a Sony USA warranty. Offer ends by 8/24/15.

This lens goes for $900 at authorized Sony retailers such as B&H Photo (4% rewards = $36~) and Amazon and Adorama (six free accessories).

5TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Desktop External HDD for $120 (limit 5)

To the megapixel-storage front, where the eBay Deals have something for too (this is a tortured sentence, eject!). NewEgg’s eBay store is offering the new condition 5TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive, model STDT5000100, for $120 with free shipping with a limit of five per customer. Nearly 5000 units got sold through this offer so far.

UPDATE: speaking of storage, Staples is offering the 2TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive with Mobile Device Backup for $80, with a limit of ten and your choice of three different color options (in case you are color-coding your backups). Amazon has not price-matched it but they got close, $84 for the red.

Pay $85, Get $100 Sears Gift Card by mail (limit 2)

If you like to shop at Sears (many photo retailers sell on their website as third-party sellers), and you are willing to take a detour through eBay via the Gift Card Mall, one of the latest feeBay Daily Deals is this: Pay $85, Get $100 Sears Gift Card (physical plastic gift card delivered by mail), with a limit of two per customer. Over 7800 got sold so far from this listing. I had to use a calculator for this, I believe it is a 15% off discount 🙂

25% off AdoramaPix Photo Books with coupon

Adorama Pix has a new coupon promotion, coupon PKBKAFF20 gets you 25% off the purchase of photo books offered there. The coupon expires 9/30/15.

64GB PNY Elite Performance Series SDXC for $25 -or- 256GB for $100 {limit 30 each}

You can’t put a Pony in your camera, but you can put a PNY memory card. Which brings us to the 64GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC Class 10 UHS-I U3 offered for $25 at Amazon by Amazon herself with a limit of 30 per customer. Free 2-day shipping for Prime members or with a $35+ order (eg two of these) for non-Prime members. This is model P-SDX64U395-GE.

Within this PNY line-up (32GB to 512GB) it is tied in terms of $/GB with the 256 GB version (model P-SDX256U395-GE) which goes for $100 with free shipping. Limit 30 as well.

Refurbished Nikon D7100 with 18-55 & 55-300 for $700

Back to the Flea Bottom Deals we go where the eBay store of Roberts Imaging (authorized dealer) is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D7100 with 18-55 and 55-300 lenses (Both VR) for $700 with free shipping and a 90 day Nikon warranty. Limit one per customer. Over 2000 units sold so far from this listing.

Imported Nikon D750 body for $1400

If you are comfortable with imported grey-market cameras without the “blessings” of the USA instantiation of the manufacturer, among the latest Flea Bottom Deals, the eBay store of Red Tag Camera (99.9%) is offering the new condition imported grey-market without Nikon-USA warranty Nikon D750 body only for $1400 with free shipping with a limit of five per buyer.

The new condition price at authorized Nikon dealers at the moment is $2000 with a variety of free accessories at well-known retailers such as B&H Photo (free 12-month Creative Cloud Photography Plan (download card)) or free accessories) and Adorama and Amazonia. At B&H and Ado, you also earn 2% promotional rewards (= $40~)

PS: one of the potential benefits of buying from an authorized Nikon dealer is that you are eligible to participate in the combined purchase discounts – that’s if you also want to buy one or more lenses at the same time as the DSLR.