Back to the Light! The new condition Genaray SpectroLED Essential 365 Bi-Color LED Light is on sale for $120 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo until 11/28/17 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out).
Archives for November 2017
Google Chromecast (2nd Gen) for $20 w/free S&H
This is a pretty good price for the second generation (latest model). It is the new condition Google Chromecast (2nd Gen) on sale for $20 with free shipping at B&H Photo until 11/27/17 at 11:59pm ET. Limit three per customer. You can’t go wrong at this price if you plan to use these. If you are not familiar with Chromecasts, note that they must be powered externally via microUSB. They do not have a built-in battery!
1-Year Prepaid Kindle Unlimited for $80, 2-Years for $144
Like clockwork, Amazon has brought back their Prepaid Kindle Unlimited promotions. You can prepay for one year for $80~, or for two years for $144. You pay the full amount upfront. On the 1-year plan, it averages to $6.67/mo, while the 2-yaer plan averages to $6/mo.
Kindle Unlimited has expanded a lot since it started. You can now find a lot of photography related books, search for the topics of interest (eg DSLR or Photography or Camera) in any Kindle page and filter for Kindle Unlimited in the left sidebar and you’ll see them.
Kindle devices are part of the Black-Cyber Friday-Monday Amazon hardware sales. The new Oasis looks tempting!
256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $50
This sale is back on again, the new condition 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC card is on sale for $50 with free shipping, sold and shipped by Amazon itself, with up to five cards peer customer. The 64GB goes for $15, and the 64GB for $30, that’s $1 and $1.50 more than their Thanksgiving Day sale. Each one comes with a full size SD adapter.
Or if you need elementproof cards, the 128GB Samsung EVO Select microSDXC (green color) goes for $37 with full SD adapter and free shipping.
ORLIT RoveLight RT 601 HSS (Non-TTL) Monolight with On Board Power (Bowens Mount) for $380 [+$20 w/transmitter]
More lighting offers, the new condition ORLIT RoveLight RT 601 HSS (Non-TTL) Monolight with On Board Power (Bowens Mount) is a Black-Cyber Friday-Monday special at Adorama for $380 with free expedited shipping. This is the option without a transmitter. On the same listing, you will find options for Canon, Nikon and Sony for $400 instead.
Speaking of lighting, their Flashpoint XPLOR 600 HSS TTL Battery-Powered Monolight – Bowens Mount(AD600 TTL) continues to be on sale for $549 with free shipping.
Refurbished Nikon D3400 w/18-55 & 70-300 for $400
The new condition Nikon D3400 two-lens kit with the 18-55 DX VR and 70-300 DX non-VR goes for $500 at authorized dealers as part of the Black Friday festivities, with a variety of freebies at each retailer, such as Adorama and B&H Photo (with extras) and BuyDIG.
But if you want to save another $100, to the eBAY Deals we go, where the BuyDIG eBAY store is offering it in manufacturer refurbished condition for $400 with free shipping and a 90-day Nikon USA warranty. You can buy up to three kits per customer. The red color scheme is sold out, but the standard black color scheme is still available.
Speaking of eBAY, you can pay $90 and get a $100 Barnes and Noble Gift Card with free shipping. This is a plastic gift card delivered by mail. Limit up to three peer customer.
UPDATE: here’s another eBAY deal, the official Best Buy eBAY store is offering the new condition Targus City Laptop Backpack for $10 with free shipping.
B&H Website Has Re-Opened!
The B&H Photo website has re-opened after their usual Sabbath closing! If you haven’t finished with your Black Friday weekend shopping there, you can get started again. Some places to look at B&H Photo:
+ 2017 Black Friday Specials page with 146 options
+ Massive Apple Sale (Macbooks, iPads, etc)
+ Sigma Lens Sale (92 options)
18×24″ Iconic Polaroid Patent Print for $16 with free S&H
The iconic Polaroid patent US 3253528 of 1966 [see Google] is one of the many 18×24 inch prints sold by Massdrop.com for $16 with free shipping to US addresses. You can select this during the checkout process among the various other options.
All sales are final. The orders will ship in late December 2017. If you are not familiar with Massdrop, they are a different type of a website, more of a “shopping club” than a conventional online retailer. They specialize in “Group Buys” like this. You can purchase this for the next four days. Because some of their prices are lower than MAP, you have to create an account and login (free to sign-up) in order to see pricing.
Here’s a screenshot of the camera patent print:
Amazon Books Coupon: $5 off Print Books of $20+
Reading is fun-da-mental! The Amazon holiday season coupon is back! Use coupon code GIFTBOOK17 for $5 off a purchase of $20+ in print books (not ebooks) at Amazon Books.
The coupon expires Sunday 11/26/17 at 11:59pm pacific. Only applies to products sold and shipped by Amazon itself. This is a good idea for books that rarely go on sale, or have the same prices everywhere. These are the full terms/conditions.
Keep this coupon in mind when the Linsday Adler posing book goes live later on Saturday in The Gold Box.
25% off Purchases of Used Gear at BorrowLenses
Borrow Lenses rents gear, but they also re-sell rental gear to consumers. They now have a sale on used gear, for purchase (not rental) by consumers. And the coupon code shown in the screenshot below gets you 25% off purchases of used camera gear:
KEH CAMERA COUPON CONTINUES
Speaking of used camera gear, the KEH Camera Black Friday promotion continues! It is a 3-day promotion, running until Sunday night. Coupon code BF17A gets you a discount depending on what product you buy:
+ 25% off the Featured Items at the Promotional page
+ 10% off all other Cameras and Lenses
+ 25% off Accessories
Mystery continues: Olympus Outlet Store still Empty
I don’t know if Olympus is “saving” the refurbished cameras and lenses for Cyber Monday, or if they want to “direct” shoppers towards their new condition products, or maybe they actually run out? Their Olympus Outlet store sat out the Black Friday festivities, it remained empty, and it still is empty as of the time of writing. I will be monitoring the situation and post updates as we get closer to Cyber Monday.
(ENDED) Lightning Deals Round-Up!
This block of lightning deals expired… For the latest action, check the Gold Box string of posts…
(ENDED) Monday: $50 Lowepro, $1899 MacBook PRO, $200 Dracast, Etc
These daily deals expired BUT for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales
(ENDED) Used Panasonic FZ50 superzoom for $88
As of 11/27/17 recheck, all used units sold out…
You can relive the superzoom history thanks to used sales! The Panasonic FZ50 superzoom (12x optical) is available in “Used – Very Good” condition with a detailed description and a couple of pictures of the actual item at Amazon Warehouse Deals. It is eligible for the 20% off in-cart discount which drops its price from $110~ to $88~, sold and shipped by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself (3rd-party sellers are not eligible for the in-cart discount).
(ENDED) Lightning Deals Round-Up: $80 Studio Kit, Etc
These offers expired… For the latest Lightning Deals, check the Gold Box blog-tag or the first page of the website….
(ENDED) Sunday’s Amazon Daily Deals: Syma, HP computers, printers, Etc
These expired but for all lightning deal related matters, follow the Yellow Brick Road of GOLD BOX tagged posts 🙂 A link to them is in the Sidebar for your convenience.
(OLDER POST) Rokinon 135mm f2 ED UMC
This is an older post… A separate deal alert got posted after this went live…
(ENDED) Lightning Deals Round-Up: Nat Pho Book, D-Rebel T7i Book, Etc
This 4-hour block ended… For future action, check the Gold Box tag here and of course the Amazon Gold Box itself…
Fuji X-T1 Body for $649, X-T1 Graphite Body for $749
The Fuji X-T1 body with a free 35mm f2 WR lens offer for $800 has not returned for Black Friday, but Fuji has discounts on both X-T1 body options! The X-T1 body only goes for $649 with free accessories at B&H Photo, while the X-T1 Graphite body goes for $749 at B&H Photo (with 4% promotional rewards) and Amazon itself.
Adorama does not have them on sale, while Amazon is out of the X-T1 kits.
Panasonic FZ2500 SuperZoom for $1000 with FREE $100 GC or Shure VP83F LensHopper Mic
The Panasonic FZ-2500, a 1-inch RAWzoomer with a 20x superzoom lens, something our 2007 themselves might have considered a unicorn, remains at $998 but it gains a freebie. You have a choice, at B&H Photo you get a $100 B&H e-gift card. At Adorama, you sure get a freebie [sorry, I couldn’t resist), the Shure VP83F LensHopper Microphone which goes for $300 on its own!
Panasonic GH4 Body with Choice of Freebie for $898
The Panasonic GH5 body only is holding steady at $2000, but the imported/grey-market prices have been dropping steadily, currently going for $1500 grey market as one of the eBay Black Friday features.
But the Panasonic GH4 is not only going for $898 but you have choices on which freebie to pick at B&H Photo: FREE Rode Mic or mayhaps V-LOG Activation Kit or 4% promotional rewards ($36~ in future purchases)… Amazon has it for $900, but no freeebies…
Canon 1D X II drops to $5500
A $200 discount is a pretty nice amount, except when the price of the camera is $5700. Still, $5500 is better than $5700, $200 can get you more memory cards or extra batteries or camera bags 🙂 The 1D X II is now going for $5500 with free accessories at Adorama and 2% promotional rewards (that’s a nice sum of $110 to spend in the future) at B&H Photo.
No freebies at Amazon but that 5% statement credit if you pay with a Prime VISA or Prime Store credit card is $275! Note that the Discover Q4 5% Cashback is limited to $1500 per credit card, so you’ll only get 5% back on the first $1500 of this price.
Ricoh GR II BSP drops to $549
It’s a small drop for the good old Ricoh GR II, it is now going for the very specific price of $549.06 at Amazon by Amazon itself where it is in-stock and ready to ship, and at B&H Photo where it is backordered. Adorama remains at $560. This is a Big Sensor Prime (BSP) camera, still alive and kicking 🙂
Nikon D500 Body + FREE MB-D17 Battery Grip for $1800
The Nikon D500 dropped $100 since our previous check, but not only that, it gained a new friend, the Nikon MB-D17 battery grip for FREE! So $1800 gets you the D7200 body only with said MB-D17 battery grip and freebies that vary by retailer. This time Amazon is offering freebies (128GB Samsung EVO green microSD, bag), along with Adorama and B&H Photo offering their own sets of freebies.
The same promotion is also available for the D500 with 16-80mm kit which goes for $2400. It is interlinked in the listings of all the above retailers.
Nikon D7200 body only drops to $797
The Nikon D7500 body only remains at $1250, but having the previous generation model around gave Nikon the flexibility to create a discount since their prices were artificially too close to begin with. To cut a long story short, the Nikon D7200 body only dropped from $1000 to $800 since ten days ago. The other kits get parallel discounts. I don’t mention them all because it would take forever to do these posts.
So the $800 price, or $797 to be more specific, is available by Amazon itself (5% back with Prime VISA, or Discover Q4 cashback; I won’t repeat these in every post because it will take forever to post anything!) and Adorama (with freebies) and B&H Photo (with freebies).
Canon 77D body drops to $750
Ten days ago when I did a price-check round the Canon 77D body only increased from $800 to $850, but right now, as part of the Black Friday festivities, the 77D body only is down to $750, the 70D with 18-55 for $900 and with 18-135 for $1149. You also get some free accessories that vary by retailer at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself (no freebies).
PS: we already mentioned the Canon 80D discounts both the new condition and the manufacturer refurbished, so obviously I am not going to create another post for them.
Sigma SD1 with 18-200 DC OS HSM for $2000
Sigma has a Foveon DSLR deal even! The price of the SD1 body only remains $1800, but they have dropped the price of the SD1 with 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 II DC OS HSM to $2000, so for $200 more you are getting a stabilized zoom with it. This is a special order so they won’t ship immediately at both Adorama and B&H Photo.
Pentax K-3 II Body drops to $830 or $846 with BG-5 Battery Grip
And now, the moment you have all been waiting for! I am beginning a full price check of all cameras tracked in the Camera Price Charts. This will basically cover almost all of the DSLRs and mirrorless cameras, along with the serious fixed lens cameras with RAW (above 1/2.x” sensor size). Hide your wallets!
We start in K-landia where the Pentax K-3 II body only has dripped down to $830 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself with a up to three units per customer.
But if you want the official Pentax battery grip to go with it, the BG-5, you can get them together as a bundle for $847 with free shipping at B&H Photo.
“Nikon Df: The Expanded Guide” for $12 [paperback]
Back to the Gold Box we go where Nikon Df fans (or Df-curious photographers) can get the paperback edition of the “Nikon Df (Expanded Guides)” by Jon Snow (oops, Jon Sparks) for $12.29, with free Prime shipping or with a $25+ order.
This has 240 pages, and it has “Look Inside” activated, so when you click on the main picture in the gallery, it will take you on a wild ride inside the book. This is handy because you can jump all over the book, it can give you a much better feel for the book than just the first few pages that we get with the Kindle sample.
Offer ends on Saturday at 2:45am ET or earlier if sold out.
Print Magazine Sale: Outdoor Pho $4.15/yr, Digital Photo PRO $4.75/yr, Etc
Ooops, forgot about the magazines! The DiscountMags Black Friday sale is in progress with 300+ magazines featured at low prices. Of photo interest there are four printed magazines (US addresses) as follows:
+ Outdoor Photographer for $4.15/year
+ Digital Photo for $4.15/year
+ Digital Photo PRO for $4.75/year
+ Videomaker for $6.49/year
+ no autorenewal
+ see them all at the BF Magazine Sale page
The Shutterbug you see there is a digital subscription (Zinio) for $15/year, nowhere near as good of a price as the others. Zinio defaults you to auto-renewal so make sure you turn off auto-renewal or yell at them for a refund.
The usual assortment of “six degrees of separation” from photography subjects are included, fashion, sports, weddings, nature, tech, and so forth.
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