Archives for October 2017

Vello Canon EF Lens to Sony E-Mount Camera Accelerator AF Lens Adapter for $199

If you are certain you understand the trade-offs of this product and it will work with your intended camera gear, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Vello Canon EF Lens to Sony E-Mount Camera Accelerator AF Lens Adapter for $199 with free expedited shipping. There is a compatibility chart PDF file linked to from the B&H product page.

(ENDED) Wednesday: Davis & Sanford Provista Tripods ($100 to $130), 23.8″ ASUS for $140, Etc

These daily deals expired but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales

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(ENDED) 3-Day KEH Camera Coupon: 10% off Used Cameras [470 options]

This 3-day coupon expired…

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(ENDED) Thursday: Tokina AT-X 24-70mm f/2.8 PRO FX (Canon only) for $649, Interfit S1 Monolightt for $550, Etc

These daily offers expired, but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales

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(ENDED) KEH Weekly USED Coupon Deals: Used Nikon D300 for $171+, Canon 100-300/4.5-5.6 for $81+, Oben 4-sect Monopod for $22+, Various Accessories

This coupon expired, but a new round begins every Sunday (and expires every Friday night of that week)….

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Tuesday: Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 55 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.

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Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Selfie Bunny Lens for $5.50

Defeating the Groupon offer, 3rd-party sellers at Amazon, with the orders fulfilled by Amazon so you get free 2-day Prime shipping even if you buy only one, are offering various color options of the Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Selfie Bunny Lens for $5.50 each.

PS: this is not an early April Fool’s Day joke 🙂

Lighting Sale at Adorama (35 options)

Adorama has just launched a Lighting Sale featuring 35 products from the world of photography lighting and assorted related accessories. This includes products from Profoto, Rotolight, Bowens, Ikan, Westcott, and more, including some of Adorama’s house brands. More on these later today, as unfortunately I an not IBM’s Watson, I cannot spawn 50 sub-threads and digest all the sales and post them in a millisecond 🙂

Essential Phone drops to $500

The semi-modular (has a 360 degree camera optional accessory among others) Essential Phone is now down another $100 in the white color scheme, you can get it in new condition, factory unlocked, with USA warranty for $500 at Amazon by Amazon itself. This started out at $700. This is the brain child of Android creator Andy Rubin.

UPDATE: the Black Moon color scheme is now down to $500 as well…

Meanwhile the Galaxy Note 8 remains in the all-encompassing “TOOS” status.

B&N coupons: $5 off $40+ OR $10 off off $75+

If you like to buy books at the Barnes and Noble website, they have a new promotion running until 10/24/17 at 11:59PM, coupon code BOOKENDS gets you a discount depending on your order total:

+ $5 off orders of $40+
+ $10 off orders of $75+
+ the usual coupon exclusions apply

Independently of the coupon, a redistribution of the old Apple Price Fixing e-Book Settlement is in progress, so if you find small store credits in your e-book seller accounts, this is probably it.

Strategically this is good for books and such that have the same price everywhere, whether they are big photography books or camera guides, or instructional guides. Publishers love having price control, so coupons like this are a good way to get a discount on books that are price fixed.

The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.

(ENDED) Tuesday: 20% off Monoprice without minimum purchase

This undead coupon finally expired…

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(ENDED) KEH Flash Coupon: 15% off select Cameras (57 DSLR, Mirrorless, Film, MF, Fixed Lens options; ends 6pm ET)

This surprise flash sale coupon expired…

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Monday: Feiyu, Nix, Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 40 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (US version) TOOS at Amazon

The US version with US warranty, factory unlocked, of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 flagship smartphone with its dual OIS back cameras, in the Orchid Gray color scheme is now at the all-encompassing “Temporarily out of stock” status at Amazon, sold and shipped by Amazon itself. This is a step in the right direction (over Pre-Order status without a date) but still not a concrete date. But it’s getting there!

Meanwhile the B&H Photo listings remain in “New Item – Coming Soon” condition. Note that the B&H page has a mix of North American and International variants, so make sure you are looking at the correct model you are interested in.

Speaking of flagships, the Essential Phone is now down to $599 (from $699) in both color schemes, in the new condition factory unlocked with USA warranty model.

BANG FOR THE BUCK ALTERNATIVE

This if you want an uber flagship smartphone. If not, for the same price, you can buy 3-4 units of the Moto G5 Plus with “all carrier” support (the Big Four in the US market) for $240 with Prime Lockscreen Ads or for $300 Factory Unlocked. Note [no pun intended] that the $185/$235 model is with 2GB RAM / 32GB storage, while this $240/$300 model is with 4GB RAM / 64GB storage. The extra RAM is more important, especially if you plan on keeping/using the phone throughout its lifecycle, since apps get more and more bloated as time goes by (even if you don’t upgrade to a newer OS version).

34-inch LG 34UM60-P IPS WFHD (2560 x 1080) Freestyle monitor for $260 [limit 3]

Monitors are a window into your photography’s soul. Pretentious statement or not? We do not know but what we do know is that the eBay Deals have a sale on the new condition 34-inch LG 34UM60-P IPS WFHD (2560 x 1080) Ultrawide Freesync Monitor for $260 with free shipping by Buydig’s eBay store.

BuyDIG is an authorized LG dealer. This is a 2017 model with a full warranty. Limit up to three per customer during this sale. You have to do the “add to cart” thing to see the price, but you don’t need to login or sign-u for an account. Over 1900 units have been sold so far from this particular eBay listing.

This has 21:9 aspect ratio, AMD FreeSync technology, game mode, sRBG over 99 percent, 8bits (6bit+FRC), 16.7M color depth, HDMI and DisplayPort, Split Screen 2.0, and more.

Duracell 1c After Rewards return to Office Depot-Max

If you like Duracell AA or AAA single-use batteries, and shop at Office Depot/Max enough to spend the future rewards, their Duracell 1-Cent After Rewards (no rewards on the sales-tax amount) are back at the Office Depot/Max Rewards. The terms are as before, maximum two 16-packs per customer during the week of Sunday 10/22/17 until Saturday 10/28/17 night. This is good online or at their B&M stores. A rewards account is required for all the Rewards promotions.

ORLIT RT-600C TTL RT Speedlite with Two Extras for $90 + S&H [Canon]

Also part of the Adorama 48 hour sale is the new condition ORLIT RT-600C TTL RT Speedlite (for Canon ST-E3-RT & 600EX-RT) bundled with a FREE Glow SpeedLight Bracket for Beauty Dish and 16X16″ Softbox, going for $90 plus shipping. Shipping starts at $7.

Bags w/free S&H: Lowepro TopL 45AW for $25, Manfro Stile Veloce V for $60

There’s also a couple of camera bags part of the 48 Hour sale at Adorama, with free shipping for each one, in price ascending order below:

+ Lowepro Toploader 45 AW Bag for $25

+ Manfrotto MBSB390-5BB Stile Veloce V Backpack for DSLR and 70-200mm, 2-3 Lenses, Tripods, Black for $60

Tripod Sale: D&S Explorer $25, 3Pod V3AH $80, Manfro BeFree $238

A Trio of Tripods (is this the first time I’ve used this phrase???) is included in the Adorama 48 hour sale with free shipping for each one of them, posted in ascending price order:

+ Davis & Sanford Explorer Tripod with 3-Way Fluid Effect Pan & Tilt Head, Quick Release & Carrying Case for $25~

+ 3Pod V3AH Video Tripod System Anodized Aluminum with 2-way Fluid Head & Quick-Release Plate for $80~

+ Manfrotto BeFree Live Video Kit with Tripod and Fluid Head, Includes Case for $238~

Sony iLC and Fixed Lens Camera Instant Savings

Sony has launched another instant savings promotion featuring various iLC and Fixed lens cameras, some of which get free extra accessories included by B&H. Click on “Load More” over there to see all the options. A total of 23 cameras are included, but no Michael Jordan 🙂

(ENDED) Tuesday: Feelword On-C Monitor $99, Impact Octacool-9 Light Kit for $150, Etc

These offers expired but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales

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Sunday: Feiyu, Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 40 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.

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Digital Photo PRO or Videomaker for $5 per magazine per year

If you are interested in either “Digital Photo PRO” or “Videomaker”, this is a good weekend to buy them through the DiscountMags weekend sale ending on Monday night. The theme of this weekend is $5 per magazine per year. Both of those typically go for more than $5.

Two more photography magazines are at their “regular” sale price of $5 per magazine per year: “Outdoor Photographer” and “Digital Photo” (not PRO). The usual assortment of “six degrees of photographic separation” magazines are available, such as fashion, sports, nature, tech (eg Wired), Bridal Guide, Martha Stewart Weddings, and more.

These are printed magazines delivered glossily to US addresses. If a magazine is a digital offer, it says so in its box and mentions it is delivered by Zinio.

As usual, you can sign up for up to three years per magazine. These are good for new subscribers, existing subscribers renewing, or gifts for other people.

Prime Reading for FREE: Shutterbug and CR November 2017 e-issues

If you are a Prime member, one of the Prime Benefits is the Prime Reading program that lets you read for free from a list of roughly 1000 ebooks. You can read as much as you like but you can only have ten items checked out at any one time, so if you are getting close to ten, some strategy may be needed – mix some quick reads with some long-running reads so you are not out of picks. But even if you are, you can return something and re-borrow it again a few days later [assuming it doesn’t leave].

One of the lesser known benefits of Prime Reading is that single issues of magazines are also available. Among the latest additions, of potential photography interest, they have:

+ Shutterbug (November 2017)

+ Consumer Reports (November 2017)

+ and the usual “six degrees of separation” from photography: fashion, sports, nature, etc

As with all Netflix-style services, you can only read as long as you are a paying member. If you cancel the Prime membership, or return a book/magazine, you can no longer read it. However, there is no time limit on how long you can keep it checked out. I’ve found things I had checked out for over a year. No late library fees here 🙂

When logged in to your account, each magazine tells you which devices (in your account) it can be read from. For magazines, it is typically iOS and Android only, so the biggest reading screens you can get are probably iPad PROs and 2-in-1 Chromebooks with Google Play. Or that giant old 18.4″ Samsung Galaxy View.

(ENDED) Monday: Steadicam Merlin 2 Camera Stabilizing System for $130, Etc

These offers expired but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales

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(ENDED) Mactrem PT55 Travel Camera Tripod Lightweight Aluminum for $36 to $38 [four color options]

This daily deal expired…

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(ENDED) 16GB Sandisk Class 4 SDHC for $5 with free S&H [limit 5]

As of a late 10/21/17 re-check, this sold out and the eBay listing closed after 500 units got sold…

Doorbuster time at the eBay Deals, the official Best Buy eBay store is offering the new condition 16GB Sandisk SDHC memory card, Class 4, model SDSDB-016G-A46, with a 5 year warranty, for $5 with free shipping.

That’s right, even if you buy one card, you get free shipping. The benefits of memory cards being so tiny they qualify for low postage USPS first class mail 🙂 Limit up to FIVE units per customer at the sale price.

Saturday: Usual Camera/Photo accessories

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Nikon P900 superzoom for $450 refurbished or $579 new

The Nikon P900 superzoom (83x optical zoom) is on sale in two different conditions, so you have choices to trade-off if interested in it:

+ manufacturer refurbished for $450 with free shipping and a 90-day Nikon USA warranty at Adorama

+ new condition for $579 at Amazon by Amazon herself (limit 3 per customer)

Refurbished DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter w/1yr warranty for $799

To the eBay Deals we go where the official DJI eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter – 4K Camera for $799 with free shipping and a 1-year DJI warranty. Limit up to five units per customer. Per the eBay splash page, this is almost gone. Over 300 units got sold so far from this eBay listing.