Archives for October 2017

Westcott 48″ Rapid Box Octa XXL for Bowens for $250

Thunderbot and lightning mean totally different things in technology than they do in Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Which brings us to lighting 🙂 The new condition Westcott 48″ Rapid Box Octa XXL for Bowens is on sale until 10/22/17 (or earlier if sold out) for $250 with free shipping at Adorama.

While there, they are also offering the SmallHD 502 5″ HDMI/SDI LCD On-Camera Monitor Kit with a variety of accessories for $999 with free shipping until 10/30/17 or earlier if sold out.

Also there, you can get the new condition Tascam US-16×08 16×8 Channel USB Audio Interface for $200 with free shipping.

Think Tank Trifecta 10 Backpack for $70 w/free S&H

The new condition Think Tank Trifecta 10 Backpack for DSLR and two lenses and tablet is currently on sale for $70 with free shipping at Adorama until 10/25/17 or earlier if sold out…

For more Adorama action, check their 48 hour sale

Various Rokinon Xeen Cine Primes for $1795 each (EF, F, M43, E, PL)

$1795 is the magical price for a number of Rokinon Xeen Profesional Cine Manual Focus lenses at Adorama for a limited time. The following lenses go for $1795 each:

+ 14mm T3.1, 16mm T2.6
+ 20mm T1.9, 24mm T1.5
+ 35mm T1.5, 50mm T1.5
+ 85mm T1.5, 135mm T2.2

The lenses are available in the following mounts:
+ DSLR: Nikon F, Canon EF
+ Mirrorless: M43, Sony E
+ PL mount
+ all options are nicely organized by lens, in ascending focal length order at Adorama

Dell Refurbished: $500 off $1000+ or $350 off $700+, or $200 off $400

Good until Monday 10/23/17 at 11:59pm central time, Dell Refurbished, a Dell specialty website that focuses on re-selling off-lease Dell computer gear to the general public has the following four new coupons. Free US ground shipping. Coupons do not work with clearance items and cannot be combined with other offers:

+ $500 off any item priced $1,000 & up using Coupon Code: FALL$500DEAL

+ $350 off any item priced $700 – $999 using Coupon Code: FALL$350DEAL

+ $200 off any item priced $400 – $699 using Coupon Code: FALL$200DEAL

+ $125 off any item priced $300 – $399 using Coupon Code: FALL$125DEAL

Friday: Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 50 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.

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NewEgg Open Box and Clearance Sale (2800+ options)

NewEgg launched a massive open-box and clearance sale featuring over 2800 items. Many of them need the promo code shown on the listings to get the discount. The promo code requires an email address before you can enter it. The coupons expire on Monday night.

48 hour Adorama Sale

Adorama launched a new 48 Hour Sale featuring a variety of accessories and camera gear. More on these later in the day as I can’t stop time from rolling forward and onward 🙂

NewEgg launches Thursday Live Stream with Deals

Online shopping got a bit stale in terms of innovation before the explosion of mobile, and now, the much tighter integration of digital and “real world” is bringing more crazy things, like Amazon’s Treasure Truck.

NewEgg doesn’t have Amazon-type of real world infrastructure, but they have YouTube technology! Every Thursday at 1pm ET, they are starting a NewEgg NOW Live Stream talking about various tech products and services, and while that stream is running, below it, a variety of tech deals are offered.

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Sony RX100 V with $50 GC for $1000 (or $800 open-box)

The Sony RX100 V rawsumer goes for $1000 at authorized dealers, which are allowed to be bundle it with things. B&H Photo is bundling it with a $50 B&H Photo e-gift card.

If you prefer an accessor-a-palooza instead, Beach Camera thru Amazon offers a boatload of free accessories (including useful things like 64GB Sandisk Extreme SDXC and extra charger/batteries), and so does Cameta thru Amazon.

But if you prefer a lower out of pocket price, and you are comfortable with open-box, then to the eBay Deals we go, where the official Best Buy eBay store is offering it in open box condition for $80 with free shipping. Limit three per customer.

3TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 External HDD for $73 after coupon

If 3TB is your favorite storage option, the BuyDig Rakuten store is offering the 3TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $73 with free shipping after you enter promo code BYD9 at checkout. The price before the coupon is $83. Coupon expires 10/23/17 PM or earlier if sold out.

Speaking of Rakuten, the Dell Rakuten store (yes, Dell opened a Rakuten store) is offering the Dell UltraSharp 24 Wireless Connect Monitor for $230 with free shipping after promo code DELL30 entered in the shopping cart. Coupon ends 10/22/2017.

Moto X4 with Prime Lockscreen Offers for $330

If you don’t want to pay Samsung and Apple and iGoogle nearly four figures for their latest flagships, but still want to get a solid smartphone, the fourth generation of the Moto X is rolling out for $400. But if you are a Prime member and don’t object to seeing Lockscreen Offers and Ads, Amazon is offering this model for $70 less, you can get the Lenovorola Moto X4 for $330 in either color scheme. Limit one per color per customer. It will come out October 26 (2017).

This is an all-carrier phone, it works with all four major US carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon), which will likely (other things equal) help with its resale value as long as most phones sold are not all-carrier phones.

Of photography interest, it has dual rear cameras and microSD slot and IP68 water resistant. With 3GB RAM and Snapdragon 630 and 32GB on-board and 5.2″ 1080p screen.

(ENDED) Thursday: Impact Two Monolight Kit without Bag (120VAC) for $200, Etc

These daily deals expired… The Friday daily deals, good until Saturday night, do not have any camera and photo items…

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(ENDED) Friday: Sirui 77mm Ultra Slim S-Pro Nano MC Circular Polarizer Filter for $31 w/free S&H

This limited time offer expired…

Filter doorbuster at Adorama ending at 11:59pm ET tonight, the Sirui 77mm Ultra Slim S-Pro Nano MC Circular Polarizer Filter is on sale for the very specific price of $30.94 with free shipping…

For more Adorama action, check their 48 hour sale.

(ENDED) Friday: 20% off at Rakuten sitewide with coupon

This 1-day coupon expired…

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(ENDED) Friday KEH coupon on Sony gear: 5% off Cameras, 10% off Lenses, 15% off Accessories

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(ENDED) 3-Day Canon Coupon at KEH: 5% off Cameras, 10% off Lenses, 15% off Accessories

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Thursday: Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 45 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.

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Refurbished DJI Mavic PRO w/1yr warranty for $779

To the eBay Deals we go where the DJI Mavic Pro Drone with 4K HD Camera is offered in certified refurbished condition with a 1-year DJI warranty for $779 with free shipping by authorized DJI dealer “Drone Superstore” (99.2%, New York).

Limit up to five units per customer. Over 320 units have been sold so far from this eBay listing.

If you are interested in this, don’t forget to first activate the 8% eBay Bucks limited time promotion if you are eigible for it.

Refurbished Dell Latitude E5430 laptops for $199 each

This is a weeklong sale without coupons (and not eligible for coupons) at Dell Refurbished, the Section 31 of the Dell website that resells off-lease computers with 100-day warranty. Good until 10/24/17 at 11:59pm central time, you can get any available Dell Latitude E5430 Laptop for $199 with free ground shipping while supplies last. Coupons are not valid on this offer.

(ENDED) Thursday: 15% back in Rakuten Rewards

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(ENDED) B&N coupon: 10% off $35+ OR 15% off $60+

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(ENDED) KEH Weekly USED Coupon Deals: Used Nikon D40X for $75+, Canon D-Rebel XT for $46+, Canon 18-135 f3.5-5.6 IS Nano USM EF-S for $299+, Mamiya RB67 PRO-SD MF for $108+ [corrected]

This week’s promotion ended, but a new one started every Sunday, and runs Sunday through Friday night of that week…

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(ENDED) YI Lite Action Camera for $80

This lighting deal ended but it’s coming back again on Monday morning

As part of the previously scheduled Gold box deals, you can get the new condition YI Lite Action Camera for the very specific price of $80 with free shipping until 11:15pm ET tonight (price before sale $100)… UPDATE 11pm ET: interesting, the price dripped down from $81.59 to $80 during the lightning deal…

(ENDED) 20% off accessories at KEH Camera with coupon (7000+ options)

This 1-day coupon expired…

Good until Wednesday at 11:59pm ET, coupon code ACC10A gets you 20% off Accessories at KEH Camera. Over 7000 items are eligible for this coupon. Their shopping cart is the ultimate decider of what qualifies as an Accessory.

You can test the coupon and get a shipping and handling estimate by adding items to the shopping cart, entering a coupon and a state/zipcode (for S&H). You don’t have to sign up for a KEH account or login to a KEH account in order to test the coupon and get a S&H estimate!

Wednesday: YI, Action Cams, 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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In-stock now: Canon M100 mirrorless kits

B&H is back after the holidays and with it are the new Canon M100 mirrorless kits, available in various kits with the M100 w/15-45mm going for $599 in black or white, while the two lens kit (15-45, 55-200) goes for $949 in the same two color schemes.

Pre-order new Rokinon 35/1.4 FE AF, Leica 90/2.2 Thambar-M, Lensbabies, Etc

It’s lens pre-order round-up time now, with a handful of new lenses available at pre-order at B&H Photo:

Autofocus technology once again at Rokinonlandia, the Rokinon AF 35mm f/1.4 FE for the Sony E system goes for $799.

Leica is back too with another M system lens, pre-orders are accepted for the Thambar-M 90mm f2.2 for the Leica M system for $6500.

This too have been added to the New Lenses of 2017. Speaking of which, it’s just 2.5 months away until “Happy 2018” 🙂

If left unattended, Lensbabies multiply like bunnies! A limited edition Velvet and Twist Gift Set is available for pre-order for $1299 in the Canon, Nikon and Sony E-system. Each gift set includes:

+ Twist 60 Optic with Straight Body
+ Velvet 56mm f/1.6 Lens
+ Velvet 85mm f/1.8 Lens
+ a very expensive way to tell someone you hate them with this gift set 😉 #TROLL

Other pre-orders at B&H
While we are talking B&H Photo and pre-orders here’s a few more items that are now available for pre-ordering:

+ Lowepro m-Trekker BP150 Backpack for $120 in two color options

+ ASUS 15.6″ Republic of Gamers Strix Hero Edition Notebook for $1599
+ i7-7700HQ Quad-Core, 16GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 120 Hz IPS, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB GDDR5), etc

+ Lenovo Explorer Mixed Reality Headset for $349

B&H Lighting Sales: Dracast BoltRay for $304, iKan PL74 for $129, Light Kit $999, Etc

Some DRACAST models are today’s B&H daily deal but there are more lighting-related gear that are currently on sale, for a limited time at B&H Photo, but they are not part of the daily deals so they will last longer:

+ Dracast DRBR-F-600B BoltRay LED Bi-Color 2-Light Kit for $304

+ ikan Piatto PL74 Accent Light (7 x 4″) for $129

+ ikan iLED312-v2 3-Point Light Kit for $999

+ TP-Link LB100 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb 2-Pack Kit for $30

+ free shipping for the items mentioned above

Imported Canon 6D body only w/1-YR seller warranty for $1000

The Canon 6D body only (first generation) goes for $1400 at authorized dealers (eg Adorama or Amazon itself). Or it goes for $1200 in manufacturer refurbished condition with a 1-year warranty at the Canon Outlet store

… but if you prefer to save some more, off to the eBay Deals we go where eBay seller 6ave (98.9%, New Jersey) is offering it for $1000 with free shipping in imported grey-market condition with a 1-year seller warranty. Limit up to three units per customer…

With the newest second generation model, the Canon 6D II body going for $2000 in new condition at authorized dealers, you’d be paying half for the previous generation.

Benro BV-series aluminum sale ($699 to $899)

Three models in the Benro BV-series of aluminum tripods are on sale for a limited time at B&H Photo with prices ranging from $699 to $899. Two are leg kits (BV8, BV10), while the more expensive includes a ball head.

For more sales, now that B&H is back after the Sukkot holiday, check their Featured Sales. Any previously placed orders should be getting processed and on their way to you by now.