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20% off Olympus Outlet (refurbished) with coupon

The official Olympus Outlet store is having a Valentine/President sale, coupon code PRESIDENT gets you 20% off the current prices over there. These refurbished items come with a 90-day Olympus warranty and a 30-day money-back guarantee (excluding shipping). Free shipping with orders of $100+. Offer ends 2/16/16 at 11:59pm ET.

With the coupon factored in the price, among the refurbished E-M cameras you can get the E-M10 body for $288, E-M10 w/14-42 for $320, E-M5 body for $384, E-M5 w/12-50 for $576, and the E-M5 II body for $576. Some are available in both black and silver.

Also participating in the sale are E-Pens, Superzooms, Toughies, and the Stylus 1 rawsumer for $416.

Also participating in the sale are 13 Lenses including the 11-22mm f2.8-3.5 for $512, the 35-100mm f2.8 for $1415, the 17/2.8 for $192, and more.

The items mentioned above are factory reconditioned (refurbished) and the prices are AFTER the 20% off coupon is factored in. I did most of the math in my head, so the chances of 20% off math-errors are elevated. The prices drop after you add the item to the shopping cart and then you enter the coupon PRESIDENT at the Apply Coupon field further down the page.

February 13, 2016 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Refurbished Nikon D800 with 24-120 f4 VR and SB-910 Speedlight and Corel Software for $2789

For some, a compromise between new-condition from authorized dealers vs new-condition from importers/grey-market may be refurbished with a manufacturer’s warranty. If so, Adorama has a Nikon D800 refurbished bundle for $2789 with free shipping. For these, you get the following manufacturer refurbished Nikon gear: the D800 body only, the 24-120mm f4 VR lens and the SB-910 Speedlight. All these are manufacturer refurbished with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty. You also receive the Corel Digital Organization Creativity Software Kit (Elite Edition) which includes AfterShot Pro 2 and Paintshop Pro X7. The software is not refurbished. This is a while supplies last promotion.

If you are interested in the Corel software but not the Nikon D800, Adorama has another bundle, they are bundling the Corel software with the Dell XPS 13 13.3″ Infinity Quad HD+ Laptop (3200×1800, 13.3″, touchscreen, 2.6 lbs, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, card reader, 5th Generation Intel Core i7-5500U, HD Graphics 5500, Mini DisplayPort, Win 8.1 with free Win10 upgrade, etc)

February 13, 2016 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , , ,

Canon IFC-400PCU USB Interface cable and Canon Pixma MG2922 printer for $21 with free shipping

Adorama has a bundle promotion. You start at the Canon IFC-400PCU USB interface cable page. You locate the yellow “Special Offer” section, expand it, and locate the Canon MG-2922 Pixma Printer. Press the blue “Add to Bundle” and then further down the green “Add Bundle to Cart” and proceed to checkout. You will get the printer and the cable for $21 with free shipping. No coupons, no rebates, just follow the steps above. Offer ends 2/19/16 or earlier if sold out.

February 13, 2016 Filed Under: canon Tagged With:

(ENDED) 2yr Popular Photography for $14 (ends Sun 3am ET)

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February 13, 2016 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

(ENDED) Vello FreeWave Fusion Basic Wireless Flash Trigger System for $25 w/free S&H

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February 13, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

(ENDED) DXO One Camera for $400

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The B&H Daily Deal good until 11:59pm ET on Saturday is the DXO One Camera offered for $400 with free shipping…

February 11, 2016 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras Tagged With:

25% off Prepaid Kindle Unlimited Subscriptions (includes some Camera and Photo ebooks)

If you like to read a lot of ebooks, for a limited time during the Valentine shopping season, Amazon has a 25% off discount on Prepaid Kindle Unlimited (KU) subscriptions. With this prepaid promotion, you get 6 months for $45, or 12 months for $90, or 24 months for $180. The price will be discounted automatically in the shopping cart when you reach the Checkout page (top right corner will have the 25% off discount factored in). You can delete it from the shopping cart if you just want to check the price. With the discount, it comes out to $7.50 per month with the prepaid options.

There are a handful of Camera and Photo ebooks that are part of KU. This list was created in October 2014 (at the main blog) so you can get a feel for it. Please keep in mind that new books have been added since then, and some may have been removed since that list was posted. Many of the camera and photo books have pictures and diagrams and menus, so bigger screens (PCs, laptops, tablets, big smartphones) are better suited than black and white e-ink readers. In addition to photo-related ebooks, if you like to read a lot of fiction and non-fiction, especially from non-major publishers, this is a good way to go through a lot of books – whether you do the prepaid or month to month subscription.

Kindle Unlimited is typically a $10/mo month-to-month no-contract service (like Netflix but for ebooks). Just like Netflix, only a percentage of all available ebooks are participating, mostly non-major publishers and self-published authors. You can checkout up to ten ebooks at any time. You can borrow each book for as little or as long as you like while a paying subscriber. You do not own any of these ebooks. You can switch books as many times as you like during a month, but you can only have ten ebooks out at any given time (think of it like a brick and mortar library system). Some audiobooks are also included in Kindle Unlimited (through seamless transition to Audible) .

In parallel, Amazon has a sale of their own Fire Tablets and eBook Readers.

February 10, 2016 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

1TB WD External USB 3.0 Hard Drive with 256-bit AES as low as $52 (volume discount) or $59 (one unit)

I keep preaching about the importance of backups, yet I can’t even recall the last time I did a full proper backup of everything that needs backing up 🙂 With prices continuing to drop, $50 or less is a reasonable price to set for 1TB external hard drives unless you want more advanced features. One such model with more advanced features, optional 256-bit AES hardware encryption, is the 1TB WD My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Secure Portable Hard Drive which is currently on sale for $59 with free shipping at B&H Photo (expires 2/13/16). But that’s not all. This qualifies for volume discounts. If you buy more than three units, the price drops to $54 per HDD. If you buy 10+ units the price drops to $52 per HDD. The volume discount is only on the black color scheme. The other three colors also go for $59 but they don’t have a volume discount promotion.

This is the first time I recall seeing a Volume Discount at B&H. Here’s an annotated screenshot crop of the above product page to help you locate it if you are not familiar with it:

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If you need more, or want to color-code your backups by type (personal, work, landscape, clients, etc), or have gift cards from the holiday season, they are also on sale for $59 each in five colors, with a limit of five per color per customer at Amazon by Amazon itself. No volume discounts at Amazon because rockets are expensive 🙂

Back to B&H Photo, they have two offers on 128GB microSDXC memory cards (with full SD adapters). The 128GB PNY UHS-I U1 C10 (P-SDUX128U160G-GE) goes for $35, while the 128GB Sony UHS-I U1 C10 (SRG1UY2A/TQ) goes for $40. Free shipping if your order total is $49+. You can buy multiple units of each card. Both are limited time offers.

February 10, 2016 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Olympus 45mm f1.8 with $15 rewards for $300

The Olympus 45mm f1.8 Micro Four Thirds lens is not only on sale for $300 at authorized dealers, but B&H Photo is also including 5% promotional rewards ($15~) to be used on future purchases at B&H. This offer is available in either black or silver.

February 10, 2016 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , ,

Canon G16 and Pixma PRO 100 printer and photo paper and 32GB SD for $380 after $350 MIR

The Canon DSLRs are not the only Canon cameras eligible for the Pixma AMEX Mail-In Rebate offers. Some of the more serious Powershots with RAW are also eligible. B&H Photo has one such bundle centered on the Canon G16. You pay $730, submit a mail-in rebate, and receive a $350 American Express Gift Card a few weeks later, making this a $380 after $350 MIR offer.

For that, you receive the Canon G16, the Canon Pixma PRO 100 printer, a 50pk 13×19″ Canon photo paper, and a 32GB Transcend SD card (and the $350 AMEX Gift Card via mail-in rebate).

February 10, 2016 Filed Under: canon, fixed lens cameras Tagged With: , , ,

Gitzo GH1780 Center Magnesium Ballhead for $110

An incidental tripod mount-ish theme has developed in these two posts. The Gitzo GH1780 Center Magnesium Ballhead (Supports 22 lbs aka 10kg), is currently on sale for $110 with free shipping and handling at B&H Photo.

February 10, 2016 Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ,

Sony LAEA3 (A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter) for $98

The Sony LAEA3 (A-Mount to E-Mount Lens Adapter) with tripod mount is currently on sale for $98 with free shipping at B&H Photo and Amazon by Amazon itself.

February 10, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories, sony Tagged With: , ,

Pre-orders now accepted for Sony a6300, 85/1.4 GM, 24-70 f2.8 GM

It is Wednesday, which means, among many other things, that last week’s Sony new FE lenses and a6300 APS-C camera (see Cameras and Lenses of 2016 page) are now available for pre-order. The a6300 body goes for $1000, with the 16-50 lens for $1150. The 24-70mm f2.8 GM (G Master, not General Motors) goes for $2200, while the prime time 85mm f1.4 GM goes for $1800. You can find them all nicely organized at Adorama.

PS: No price (or pre-orders) yet for the 70-200mm f2.8 OSS GM.

UPDATE: they are also available for pre-ordering at B&H Photo.

February 10, 2016 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , , , ,

15% off Groupon Goods with Coupon (includes Electronics and Camera and Photo)

Groupon time, especially if you have gift certificates or store credit! Good until the end of day today (2/10/16) coupon code EXTRA15 gets you 15% off Groupon Goods products, which are typically physical products (not services/vacations/etc). This includes Electronics (over 17,000 items) which includes Camera and Photo items (770+ items). Of those 300+ are in accessories of all kinds, and 300+ are in security cameras. There are around 45 digital cameras in two categories (DSLR, P&S). You can see all those subcategories on the left hand side of their website.

The coupon restrictions: you can use the coupon on three separate purchases. On each purchase, you can use the discount on one unit of an item (eg one item X, one item X, one item Z). There is no minimum purchase amount. The maximum savings from this promotion is $50 per deal. Typically you can get free shipping with orders of $34.99 or higher (for items sold and shipped by Groupon itself).

February 10, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: GoPro Accessories, Android Projector

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February 10, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

(ENDED) Ruggard Red Series Ruby 33 Tech Backpack for $50

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February 10, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

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)

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, samsung Tagged With: ,

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: dslr deals, tamron Tagged With: , , , , ,

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: dslr deals, tokina Tagged With: , , ,

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 🙂

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: ,

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals Tagged With: , , ,

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

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.

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

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

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February 9, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

(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…

February 9, 2016 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Canon G3 X with EVF-DC1 EVF for $918

The Canon G3X goes for $900 at authorized dealers, but if you also want the optional EVF-DC1 EVF (goes for $220 on its own), you can get both the G3 X and the EVF-DC1 together for $918 with free shipping at Adorama. Simply add to cart and proceed… Thanks to one of our readers for the email alert!

February 8, 2016 Filed Under: canon, fixed lens cameras Tagged With: ,