Archives for March 2017

(ENDED) Monday: Benro TMA* Mach3 Carbon Fiber Tripods for $130 to $230 (four options)

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15% off a $50+ order at B&N website [updated]

A new coupon has been spawned for the Barnes and Noble website, coupon BNMAR50 gets you 15% off an orders of $50+. The usual exclusions apply. This coupon expired 3/9/17.

Good until Sunday night, coupon code BNMAR15 gets you 15% off a single item at the Barnes and Noble website. The usual coupon exceptions apply. Strategically this is good for products that have the same price everywhere or rarely get discounted. Free shipping with orders of $25+.

(ENDED) Rokinon CV85M-C 85mm T1.5 DeClicked FF (Canon EF) for $269

This Sunday lightning deal expired…

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(ENDED) Sunday Day-Long Daily Deals: Insignia Batteries, 64GB Sandisk, Etc

These day-long deals of Sunday expired…

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(ENDED) Sunday: 15% off Monoprice with coupon

This coupon expired… For Sunday, coupon code 15SUNDAY gets you 15% off almost everything at the Monoprice website. The usual restrictions apply. You don’t need to login to test the coupon, just add items and coupon to cart and see what happens.

(ENDED) DJI 4K Phantom 4 with 2 Extra Batteries for $1237

This Sunday lightning deal expired…

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(ENDED) Sunday Lightning Deals (Express Edition): DJI 4K Phantom 4, Rokinon 85mm T1.5 (EF), refurb Oly 40-150, Etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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Flashpoint RoveLight 600 Ws Monolight with On Board Power (Bowens Mount) for $600

Photography is hard without light, no matter what Melisandre says about shadows being light 😉 The Flashpoint RoveLight 600 Ws Monolight with On Board Power (Bowens Mount) is currently on sale for $600 with free shipping at Adorama… The model number matches the price, so you only have to remember one number :)… Optionally, when you expand the yellow “Special Offer” section, you will see multiple tabs of combined-purchase discount offers on a variety of lighting-related products (light stands, softboxes, light control, bags, etc)…

Get $25 off a purchase of $50+ at Amazon When You Pay with AMEX Card AND (partially) Use Membership Points

Stop the Presses! If you have an American Express credit card with Membership Rewards points, there’s a pretty good deal happening at Amazon.com. You get a $25 off discount on an order of $50+ of eligible products if you pay with an American Express Credit Card and (at least partially) pay for the order using Membership Rewards points and enter coupon AMEX17EVER over there. This is a feature Amazon calls Shop with Points. “Shop with Points” is available to everyone, it is not an a Prime Benefit. You can select how many Membership Points to use at checkout. You can use as few as you like.

UPDATE: only items sold and shipped by Amazon itself are eligible. Items “fulfilled by Amazon” are NOT eligible. Items sold and shipped by 3rd-party sellers are NOT eligible.

HOW TO GET THIS DEAL

  • Add your American Express credit card with Membership Rewards points to your Amazon account. I believe the Pay with Rewards may happen automatically these days, if not, follow the prompts as the Amazon page will remind you
  • If your AMEX is already linked to your Amazon account but the “Shop with Points” feature is not activated, you can manually start the process
  • find items of interest that total $50 or more
  • add to cart, proceed to checkout, select the AMEX credit card as your payment method, and select the option to apply points towards the purchase. It’s your call, you can use all your available points or as few as you like. The exchange rate is not favorable (it’s less than 1:1 as you can see in the screenshot below), so don’t use a lot of them
  • enter coupon code AMEX17EVER in the coupon / gift card box below
  • then look at the top right corner of the Checkout page – if all is well, you will see a $25 off discount of your order total (see screenshot above)
  • and that’s it 🙂

STRATEGERY

Promotions like this are great for getting a discount on products that rarely get discounted or have the same prices everywhere. You can use them as a capital/infrastructure purchase (eg a new lens) or you can buy a handful of consumables (memory cards, flash drives, cables, etc), or camera and photography books.

PLACES TO CHECK for DEALS
+ Camera and Photo pages
+ Electronics pages
+ Gold Box / Lightning Deals
+ the Elsewhere at Amazon segment at the bottom of the daily Lightning Deal round-ups
+ $50 Gift Cards of other retailers, eg $50 Starbucks Gift Card or $50 Whole Foods Gift Card or any of your favorite or frequent retailers that Amazon carries (eg Restaurants)
+ $60 Netflix Gift Card for $35 after this promotion (you can load it up to your own Netflix account, you don’t have to give it to someone else)

Weekend Magazine sale: three photography magazines under $5 per year each

The weekend is here and so is a new Weekend Sale at DiscountMags. The theme this time around is an Employee Discount sale of sorts. Four photography magazines are participating, three of them are under $5/year (Pop Photo for $4.60, Digital Photo or Outdoor Photo for $4.80). Digital Photo PRO is $7.85 per year. These are printed magazines delivered physically to US addresses. The usual terms apply. Offer expires Monday PM.

(ENDED) 34-inch Dell U3417W 21:9 WQHD Monitor for $730

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(ENDED) DJI Osmo Handheld Fully Stabilized 4K for $472 [NEXT: 128GB Sandisk Extreme SDXC, AB DSLR backpack]

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(ENDED) 128GB Sandisk Extreme SDXC for $36; AmazonBasics DSLR Backpack for $24

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(ENDED) Saturday Day-Long Daily Deals: 3-month prepaid Texture Premium subscription for $9 total (Netflix of Magazines), Etc

These daily deals expired…

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(ENDED) Saturday Lightning Deals (Express Edition): 128GB Sandisk Extreme SDXC, Rokinon 8/2.8 UMC Fisheye II (E NEX), DJI Osmo 4K, AppleCare, Lighting, AmazonBasics DSLR backpack, Etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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(ENDED) Refurbished Nikon D7200 body for $760

This flash sale ended…

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(ENDED) Refurbished Nikon D3400 w/18-55 DX VR and 70-300 DX non-VR for $435

This flash sale ended…

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3pk DxO ONE Optical Adapter for $16

The DxO ONE Optical Adapter 3-Pack is currently on sale in new condition for $15.84 at Amazon by Amazon itself. Limit up to 30 three-packs per customer. This is not a lightning deal… For other non-Lightning-Deal Amazon specials, check the Elsewhere Section at the bottom of the daily Lightning Deal round-ups

UPDATE: speaking of Amazon, this ASUS F555LA-AB31 15.6-Inch Laptop (2.1 GHz Core i3-5010U Processor,4 GB RAM,500 GB Hard Drive, Windows 10) is going for $242+ in “Used – Very Good” condition. The new condition goes for $445.

DJI Phantom 3 4K Quadcopter Drone with 4K Camera and 3-Axis Gimbal Flight Bundle for $649

Trending at the Trendy eBay Deals the BuyDig eBay store is offering the new condition DJI Phantom 3 4K Quadcopter Drone with 4K Camera and 3-Axis Gimbal Flight Bundle for $649 with free shipping. Limit up to five per eBay user.

Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 DG OS HSM + 105mm Protection Filter + Sigma TC-2001 2x Teleconverter for $3599 (C/N/Si)

In a parallel offer to the 70-200 f2.8 OS, B&H Photo is also offering a bundle centered on the Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 DG OS HSM lens. You get the standard lens kit along with two free items, the Sigma TC-2001 2x Teleconverter AND the Sigma 105mm Protector Filter, all together for $3599 with free expedited shipping. This is available in the Canon, Nikon and Sigma SLR systems.

For more action, check the B&H Featured Sales.

Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 EX DG APO OS HSM + 77mm UV Filter + Sigma 2X EX DG APO Teleconverter for $1299 (C/N/Si)

More f2.8 stabilized zoom action, this time on the Sigma front. B&H Photo is offering a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO OS HSM bundle that includes the standard lens kit (Canon, Nikon, Sigma) along with the Sigma APO Teleconverter 2x EX DG (goes for $299 on its own) along with a 77mm Sigma UV Filter, all together for $1299 with free expedited shipping.

In-Stock: Panasonic 45-200mm f4-5.6 II Power OIS for $448 [first generation for $300]

The brand new Panasonic 45-200mm f4-5.6 II Power OIS m43rds lens is now in-stock and ready to ship for $448 with free shipping at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself (5% statement credit if a Prime member paying with Amazon Chase or Store credit cards).

This gives the first generation more discounting room, you can get it for $300 with free shipping and $12 promotional rewards at Adorama. The first generation is no longer offered for sale at B&H (discontinued; B&H SKU PA45200).

Vanguard Alta CA 233AGH Tripod w/Pistol-Grip Head for $90

The Vanguard Alta CA 233AGH Tripod with Pistol-Grip Head is currently on sale for a limited time for $90 with free standard shipping at B&H Photo.

Also on sale there is the Oben CT-3451 Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod with BE-113T Ball Head for $200 with free expedited shipping.

(ENDED) Pre-order discount: DJI Mavic Pro for $958

This ended, it’s back to $1000… It’s a pre-order discount! The DJI Mavic Pro is estimated to be released March 20, 2017, but as of the time of writing, you can pre-order it for $958~ instead of $1000 at Amazon by Amazon itself. It looks like it might be an automated price-match of a 3rd-party seller offering. The Deluxe bundles also “rhymes” with this price, it is $1258~.

(ENDED) Friday: $20/$100+ or $5/$25+ Monoprice

This coupon expired… Friday is here and the Monoprice Friday coupon duo is back. Coupon 20FRIDAY gets you $20 off a $100+ order at the Monoprice website and coupon 5GET gets you $5 off an order of $25+. The usual terms/conditions/restrictions apply.

(ENDED) Friday Lightning Deals: William Eggleston Democratic Forest, Fuji Mini 8, Godox, Movo, Dr Meter, Etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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(ENDED) Hardcover: “William Eggleston: The Democratic Forest” for $540

This Friday lightning deal expired…

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[DEAD] Friday Day-Long Daily Deals: PhotoDirector 8 Ultra, Ansmann, Energizer, Etc

Friday is over…

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In-Stock Now: Fuji X-T2 Graphite Body for $1800

If you had been waiting for the Fuji X-T2 body only Graphite edition, the way is finally over! The camera is now in-stock for $1800 with free shipping as follows:

In-Stock Now: Olympus E-M1 II Body with $80 Rewards for $2000

The wait is finally over! The Olympus E-M1 II body only is now in-stock and ready to ship at its starting price of $2000 as follows:

If you buy from Amazon, and are a Prime member, and pay with either the Chase VISA or Amazon Store card, you get 5% back ($100~) as a statement credit… For the big picture, check the Stock Status Tracker