Archives for November 6, 2017

Sony FDR-X1000V 4K Action Cam with Live View Remote Bundle for $299

GoPRO gets a lot of the action camera attention, but Sony sings o/~ don’t you forget about me o/~. Their new condition Sony FDR-X1000V 4K Action Cam with Live View Remote Bundle is currently on sale for $299 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo as a limited time offer.

For more action at B&H, check their recently reloaded Pre-Black-Friday sales

Fuji X-PRO 2 body only with extras for $1500

The Fuji X-PRO 2 body only recently (not sure when) dropped from $1700 to $1500 at authorized dealers, and at the moment Adorama is bundling four freebies with it, the Corel software bundle, a 32GB Fuji SDHC card, a 24/7 Traffic Collection holster, and a cleaning kit. This too surfaced while doing the price-checking for the upcoming Price Charts series for this week.

One change for this edition, I am dropping the Leica cameras from the 35mm full frame chart to simplify things and make it more readable. There’s nine of them ranging from $4000 to $8000. More noise than signal 🙂 They are staying in the Mirrorless and the other Price Charts. They are getting dropped only from the 35mm Full Frame chart because they are overwhelming it 🙂

Sony a7r body only for $1848

There are plenty of Sony 35mm full frame cameras these days. One of the older ones, the Sony a7r body only currently goes for $1900 in new condition at authorized dealers, but it looks like a 3rd-party seller has triggered Amazon’s own price bots to drop the price to $1848 sold and shipped by Amazon itself. Limit three per customer.

Deciding which one of all these to get, that’s another story for another day…

Nikon D610 Body: Used for $949+, Refurbished for $1099

Work has began for a new November 2017 edition of the Price Charts! I am currently doing the price-checking round, which can surface some deals.

The Nikon D610 body only goes for $1500 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you are comfortable with used or refurbished, it is available for less at these places:

+ “Used – Excellent Minus” for $950 + S&H at Adorama with 90-day Adorama warranty

+ “USED Condition 8+” for $1000 with 90-day B&H warranty at B&H Photo

+ refurbished for $1099 with 90-day warranty at B&H Photo
+ listing does not specify who offers the warranty

You can check the previous versions in the Price Charts archives.

Think Tank Trifecta 8 Backpack for $55 w/free S&H

And perhaps the doorbuster of the Adorama offers is the new condition Think Tank Trifecta 8 Backpack for Mirrorless Body with 3 Lenses and iPad Mini for $55 with free shipping!

A couple of other bags are on sale at Adorama with free shipping:

+ Lowepro Adventura 140 Shoulder Case for $10

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

Flashpoint Photo/Video 19″ AC Powered 600W 5500K Fluorescent Ring Light With Bag for $70 w/free S&H

Adorama just ushered out an early Black Friday sale that includes two of their Flashpoint products:

+ Flashpoint Photo/Video 19″ AC Powered 600W 5500K Fluorescent Ring Light With Bag for $70 with free expedited shipping

+ Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Flash (AD360) for $159
+ option to add the Glow Speed Ring Adapter for +$10 at the bottom when you expand the yellow “Special Offer” section

Target Weekly Ad officially posted

Target just posted their official Black Friday with an email to everyone in their emailing list. Their offers confirm the usual Canon and Nikon DSLR two lens kit that we saw from other retailers (Costco, Kohls), and introduce two new GoPRO offers that I hadn’t seen yet.

You can find them all integrated into our Black Friday 2017 Ads Digest post.

The longer/reference-y posts go to the main blog since this is the division of labor now. This blog focuses on short time-sensitive posts, while the main blog has longer and more long-running things.

Refurbished Olympus M.Zuiko 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II for $90 [m43]

Another refill at the Olympus Outlet store, it is the manufacturer refurbished M.Zuiko 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II (Micro Four Thirds) in the silver color scheme going for $90 with a 90-day warranty. I believe shipping is $5 flat unless the order total is $100+ but I could be wrong.

B&H Stabilizery Things Sale: Vanguard, iKan, E-Image, Sunpak, Etc

This is a round-up of Tripods and other Stabilizer-y things currently on sale at B&H Photo:

+ Vanguard ALTA PRO 263AT ALUMINUM TRIPOD LEGS for $120

+ Vanguard ALUMINUM TRIPOD WITH PH-32 for $160

+ E-Image 2-Stage Carbon Fiber Tripod with 75mm Bowl for $400

+ Sunpak TravelLite 60 Reverse-Folding Tripod for $70

+ ikan Flyweight Camcorder Shoulder Rig for $329

+ all the above offers get free shipping, so I’m not mentioning it individually to make them more readable/skimable

Nikon Coolpix A10 P&S camera (5X optical) for $87

Fixed lens basic P&S cameras have not completely disappeared! They sometimes go on sale even! Such as the new condition Nikon Coolpix A10 (5x optical) is on sale for $87 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself. Limit up to three units per customer at the sale price.

Refurbished Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L II USM for $950 [lower price]

Flash sale at the official Canon Outlet store. The manufacturer refurbished Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L II USM lens is offered for $950~ with free shipping and a 1-year warranty from Canon.

UPDATE: the price has been adjusted post-instant savings of the new condition!

In new condition, this goes for $1299 at B&H Photo with 4% promotional rewards (around $52 to be used in future B&H purchases).

This is the previous generation lens. The current generation is the “III” going for $1999 with various free accessoreis at Ad

Refurbished Olympus FL-600R flash for $200

The Olympus FL-600R flash goes for $300 at authorized dealers in new condition, such as Adorama and Amazon itself, but if you want to pay 2/3rds of that price…

… then to the Olympus USA Outlet store we go where they are offering it in manufacturer refurbished condition for $200 with free shipping and a 90-day Olympus USA warranty.

eBay Tech Coupon: 10% off select items priced $25+ [max discount]

Here we go again! eBay has another coupon promotion! Good until Thursday 11/817 at 8am eastern time, coupon code PSHOPTECH10 gets you 10% off select technology items from 22 participating sellers. The items must be individually priced $25 or higher, and the maximum discount you can get is $50 (eg $500 purchase). Details at the Promotional page.

Over 3900 items are eligible under the Camera and Photo category over there. As usual, this is eBay, items come in various conditions and warranty situations, so be sure to check each individual listing before buying!

Refurbished Yuneec Q500 4K Typhoon Quadcopter Drone RTF, CGO3 4K Camera, ST10+ & Steady Grip w/1-YR Warranty for $400

The action appears to be picking up at the eBay Deals again. This time it is the STEM Tech eBay store (99.1%, Florida) that has an offer. It is the manufacturer refurbished Yuneec Q500 4K Typhoon Quadcopter Drone RTF, CGO3 4K Camera, ST10+ & Steady Grip going for $400 with free shipping and a 1-year manufacturer warranty. Limit up to five per buyer. Over 1220 units have been sold so far per the eBay listings.

Speaking of which, the NewEgg eBay store strikes again with the new condition ASUS ROG PG278QR 27″ 1ms 165Hz 2K G-Sync Monitor going for $500 with free shipping when you do the “See Details” price song and dance. Limit up to two units per customer. NewEgg is strict on the quantities, they will cancel any orders above the limit. Over 400 units of this have been sold so far per the eBay statistics.

Refurbished GoPRO HERO4 Black w/1-YR Warranty and $20 eBay Gift Card for $220 [limit two]

More eBay Deals action now! This time it is the official GoPRO eBay store that is offering the manufacturer refurbished GoPro HERO4 Black Camera along with a $20 eBay gift card, together for $220 with free shipping. It comes with a 1-year manufacturer warranty!

Limit up to two units per buyer. Over 6800 units have been sold from this eBay listing per the statistics over there.

It does not say whether this is a plastic eBay gift card to be delivered in the box with the GoPRO, or an e-gift card by email.

Pay $85, Get $100 iTunes gift card by email

Back to the eBay Deals we go where the official PayPal Digital Gifts ebay store is offering $100 iTunes emailable gift cards for $85. This is email delivery. Limit up to four per customer.

This is a 15% off discount. This is not the lowest one but if you need them right away, or don’t want to do any complicated deals when they are running in the future (eg Walgreens gives you a house gift card instead of a discount, or Plenti Points back at Rite Aid), 15% off is better than 0% off 🙂

Of camera and photo interest are the various camera and photo apps for iOS, various photography and camera guide ebooks under iBooks, and photography and related documentaries and movies under TV/video.

B&N coupon: $5 off if you buy Two Books and spend $10+ [before or after coupon?]

A new coupon is running until Tuesday night at the Barnes and Noble website. If you buy two books on more in the same transaction, and spend $10+, you can get $5 off the order with coupon code STACKED. The usual exclusions apply. Pre-orders are also excluded from this particular coupon.

It is not clear whether you have to spend $10 _before_ the coupon, or _after_ the coupon. Their shopping cart will tell you for sure.

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. They are stored as “gift cards”.

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.

But wait, there’s more! Barnes and Noble has over 90 leather bound Collectible Editions of various classics old and new, from Jane Austen to Star Wars and Dune and Alice in Wonderland and Lovecraft and more!

Monday FREE to Watch (World Premiere at 12pm ET): Building Your Family Portrait Business Online Class with Tamara Lackey

According to the CreativeLIVE On-AIR Schedule, today we have the world premiere (recording LIVE today) of a brand new photography class by Tamara Lackey, Building Your Family Portrait Business starting at 12pm ET today (Monday 11/6/17). You can watch for FREE during this promotional window until Tuesday PM [it will probably rerun through the night, it’s not a 24×7 live class].

A bit of a disambiguation on the title, it is “Family-Portrait Business”, not “Family Portrait-Business”. It teaches creating a business taking portraits of families, not creating a family business dealing in portraits 🙂

Coming up in the next few days:
+ Wednesday: “Capturing Authentic Children Portraits” with Tamara Lackey (LIVE)
+ Wednesday: “Adobe Photoshop 101” by Ben Willmore
+ Friday: “Family Group Posing” (LIVE)
+ November 13: “Posing 101: Essentials” by Lindsay Adler
+ November 14: “Studio Lighting Basics”
+ November 16: “Practical Adobe Photoshop Basics” (LIVE)
+ December 4: “Portrait Photography Fundamentals” (LIVE)
+ no “Fast Start” camera classes scheduled at the moment

“LIVE”, as designated with a yellow tag in the On-AIR Schedule listings indicates that a class is recorded LIVE, it is the world premiere. Classes without the LIVE indicator are rebroadcasts/reruns but still free to watch during the dates shown in the On-Air schedule.

Now shipping: Google Pixelbook

If you are a fan of the Google Pixelbook, they have began shipping! The i5, 8 GB RAM, 256GB option is in-stock and shipping by Amazon itself for $1199, while the i5, 8 GB RAM, 128GB option is in the mysterious “Ships when available in 1-2 days” condition for $999.

A stylus is not included. It is available for $99 on its own [in-stock; limit 3], or in bundles with the stylus which are +$100 than the Pixelbook on its own.

This is obviously a premium device as a ChromeDroid flagship, but if you prefer a more bang-for-the-buck approach, the Samsung Chromebook PRO goes for $500 and a stylus is included.

Speaking of Samsung, we have the first “Amazon itself” token discount of the Galaxy Note 8 (unlocked, USA warranty) for $937~ instead of $950. The important thing here is that the discounting process has began, not that a $13 discount will sway millions to buy it 🙂

Monday: 20% off $300+ orders at Monoprice

For Monday 11/6/17, coupon code HELPFUL gets you 20% off orders of $300+ in eligible products at the Monoprice website. As usual, you can test coupon and get a S&H estimate without logging in or signing up. The $300 limit must be reached only with items eligible for the coupon. Ineligible items in your shopping cart do not count towards the $300 limit.

(ENDED) Tuesday: FeelWorld FW760 7″ On-Camera LCD Monitor for $139, HP 15.6″ ZBook 15u G4 Mobile Workstation for $569+

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

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