Archives for February 9, 2016

Monoprice Camera Accessories Valentine’s Sale

Monoprice has a Valentines Sale with 35 participating items. Many but not all get free standard shipping. The sale includes their 59-inch tripod (product 10262) for $15.75, their 360° Panoramic Rotator (1/4″x20 threaded mounting point) for $42 with free shipping (product 12508), their DSLR Travel Blogger Backpack 14L for $50 with free shipping (product 13610), a couple of bundles for their MHD action camera, and such. The items eligible for free shipping have a grey “free shipping” tag on the aforelinked page. Among the other items, a great value are the $16 headphones on the first row (product 8323), sitting next to the 59-inch tripod. You can buy as many as you like during this sale which expires 2/14/16 (or earlier for any items that sell out)

Samsung NX1 with 16-50mm f2-2.8 S OIS & Battery Grip & Extra Battery & Audio Technica Camera-Mount Mic for $2200

The Samsung NX system did not hitch a meteoric ride on the popularity of the Galaxy phones, but on the other hand, it’s still around, which may have been the “tide lifts all boats” impact of the Galaxy phones. Regardless, the current Samsung NX1 body only goes for $1100 at authorized dealers with some offering 4% promotional rewards ($44~) such as B&H Photo and others while retaining the same $1100 price offer a free Audio-Technica AT8024 mic (Adorama; the mic goes for $250 on its own).

On the other hand, if one is looking for a “serious kit”, the NX1 is bundled with the 16-50mm f2-2.8 S ED OIS lens for $2200 with 4% promotional rewards ($88~) at B&H Photo.

But if you want a better bang for the buck power-user deal, at Adorama you still pay $2200 for the NX1 with 16-50mm f2-2.8 S OIS but instead of the 4% promotional rewards, you get the Samsung ED-VGNX01 Vertical Battery Grip, an additional Samsung battery, and the Audio-Technica AT8024 camera-mount mic. So that’s three additional items instead of $88~ to be used in future purchases.

10% promotional rewards on select Tamron Lenses [stackable with mail-in rebates] (C/N/A)

B&H Photo is offering 10% promotional rewards on select Tamron lenses (24-70, 70-200, 16-300, 150-600) in the Canon and Nikon SLR mounts, along with the 150-600 in the Sony Alpha-Minolta. These are the first nine lenses shown in the B&H Photo Tamron specials page. The rest of the lenses in the grid-list have 4% or no promotional rewards.

The promotional rewards are in addition and stackable with the Tamron mail-in rebates. The promotional rewards are from B&H Photo. The mail-in rebates are from Tamron.

Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 AT-X PRO DX-II & $18 Rewards for $450 [C/N/A]

The Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 AT-X PRO DX-II lens, in the Canon, Nikon and Sony-Alpha-Minolta SLR mounts is currently on sale for $450 with free shipping and 4% promotional rewards ($18~) at B&H Photo. No mail-in rebates.

Nikon D5300 w/18-140 and 55-200 DX VR lenses and Extras for $897

If you are interested in Nikon APS-C DSLR kits but have no interest or use in the standard 18-55 kit lens, B&H Photo has a Nikon D5300 2-Lens Kit with the 18-140mm DX VR and the 55-200 DX VR II lenses, along with a Lowepro shoulder bag and 16GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC, along with 4% promotion rewards ($36~) all together for $897 with free expedited shipping.

If the above kit is not of interest, they have 15 more Nikon D5300 bundles featuring body-only, 1-lens and 2-lens bundles. All of them get 4% promotional rewards.

Needless to say, there are many APS-C Nikon DSLRs, various kits and colors, and various options (authorized, authorized-refurbished, new-imported, used, open-box, etc). Deciding is not always an easy task 🙂

Canon SL1 with 18-55 IS STM and Pixma Pro 100 and Extras for $450 after $350 MIR

The Canon SL1 was one of Canon’s attempts to triangulate mirrorless to the DSLR level (I don’t even know what I mean with this sentence, but it sounds like insightful analysis), and that is also participating in the Canon-Pixma-MIR promotions. You get the black Canon SL1 with the 18-55 IS STM lens, the Pixma PRO 100 printer, 50pk 13×19″ Canon photo paper, 32GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC, and Shoulder Camera Bag for $450 after $350 mail-in rebate (in the form of a prepaid American Express Gift Card). You also earn 2% promotional rewards. This is at B&H Photo. Offer ends 2/27/16.

If you are not interested in mail-in rebate offers, but you are interested in the Canon SL1, B&H Photo has 13 more Canon SL1 bundles for both the black and white SL1 bodies. Bundles include the 75-300 lens or the 40/2.8 pancake.

2pk 64GB Lexar Professional 800x CompactFlash for $75

If you are a fan of the professional 800x Lexar Compactflashes, B&H Photo is offering a 2-Pack of the 64GB cards (UDMA7, model LCF64GCRBNA8002) for $75 with free expedited shipping. That’s two 64GB cards for $75 total. You can buy five 2-packs at the sale price. I do not know when the sale ends.

Nebula 4000lite 3-Axis Brushless Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer with Battery Pack and HDMI to Mini HDMI Cable for $608

We have a trio of back to back “stabilizery” things (yes, that’s a professional ISO 900000 term), starting with the Nebula 4000lite 3-Axis Brushless Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer with Battery Pack and HDMI to Mini HDMI Cable offered for $608 with free shipping by B&H Photo.

Varavon Birdycam II 3-Axis Motorized Gimbal Stabilizer with free 16V TPower for $1400

There’s humanware image stabilization as well. Such as the Varavon Birdycam II 3-Axis Motorized Gimbal Stabilizer bundled with the free Varavon 16V TPower for BCII/BMPCC Camera all together for $1400 with free expedited shipping as a limited time offer at B&H Photo. The free item offer is shown under the “INCLUDES FREE” section. If you are reading this in the not-near future, and you don’t see that, it means the free offer expired.

GigaPan EPIC 100 Robotic Camera Mount for $429

A new wave of specials came in from B&H, we start with the GigaPan EPIC 100 Robotic Camera Mount on sale for $429 with free expedited shipping. This is powered by six AA batteries, a rechargeable AA party 🙂 Offer ends 2/10/16 at 11:59pm ET.

Preorder SOLOSHOT Optic25 Camera for SOLOSHOT3 for $218

For the boldly patient early adopters, B&H Photo is accepting pre-orders for the SOLOSHOT Optic25 Camera for SOLOSHOT3 for $218~ with free shipping. Release estimate is June 2016, so patience is a virtue 🙂 This is an integrated camera-lens, 12mp 1/2.3″ backlit CMOS with 25x optical zoom to be used with the SoloShot3* robotic cameraman systems.

(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: 128GB SDXC, 64GB microSD, 1TB SSDs

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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(ENDED) HUBSAN H107D+ FPV X4 Plus Quadcopter with FPV Camera for $130

This daily deal expired… For more action, check the B&H Featured Deals page

The B&H Daily Deal good until 11:59pm ET on Wednesday is the HUBSAN H107D+ FPV X4 Plus Quadcopter with FPV Camera offered for $130 with free shipping…