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Pre-order Sony a9 and Grip and 100-400mm Master lens

The new Sony a9 flagship full frame camera along with the new 100-400 Master lens are now available for pre-order, as Sony has gone into an smartphone-esque two-phase announcement. They are pre-orderable as follows:

+ Sony a9 for $4500 at B&H Photo and Amazon itself and Adorama

+ Sony VG-C3EM Vertical Grip for Alpha a9 for $350 at Adorama and Amazon itself and B&H Photo

+ Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5–5.6 GM OSS for $2500 at Amazon itself and Adorama and B&H Photo

There’s also a few more pro-caliber accessories coming along with the a9, the Sony HVL-F45RM Compact, Radio-Controlled Gn 45 Camera Flash with 1″ Display for $400, and the Sony NPAMQZ1K Multi Battery Adaptor Kit also for $400.

The release estimate for the a9 and accessories is May 25-26 in 2017. The 100-400 lens has a late July release estimate. As usual, there is a YMMV to the estimate, especially since these are flagship/pro gear that are not made in mass-market fashion.

The a9 announcement gave the Mirrorless cameras the lead, they are leading DSLRs 6-5 in 2017. It’s starting to look like a hockey game score 🙂

April 22, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , , , ,

GoPro LCD Touch BacPac for $58

The new condition GoPro LCD Touch BacPac is on sale for a limited time for $58 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo… For more offers, check their Featured Sales… The B&H website will begin accepting orders again at 9pm ET tonight…

April 22, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Weekend Magazine sale with $5/magazine/year

The “default” weekend sale is back at Discount Mags with Outdoor Photographer and Digital Photo going for $5 per magazine per year, Videomaker for $7, Digital Photo PRO for $8. These are printed magazines delivered by mail to US address. On the digital Zinio subscription front, Shutterbug offered for $10 per year. The usual assortment of other magazines are offered, including $5/year options like Wired, Pop Sci, ESPN The Magazine, etc. Offers end Monday night.

April 22, 2017 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

(ENDED) Saturday Daily Deals: refurbished Computers and Monitors

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April 22, 2017 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) New Dell Refurbished coupons

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April 22, 2017 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

100pk single-use AmazonBasics AA batteries for $16.52

Batteries are included in this item. In fact, it is batteries 🙂 The 100-pack of AmazonBasics single-use AA batteries is currently on sale for the very specific price of $16.52 at Amazon by Amazon actual with a limit of up to 27 100-packs per customer. This is not a lightning deal, so expiration time/date unknown. It comes out to six batteries per dollar, which is pretty good. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $35+ order.

Speaking of 100-packs from AmazonBasics, they have a 100-pack of 1.0mm Ballpoint pens for $4.06, half of the pens are blue, half are black. This is an Add-On item, so a $25+ order is a must. It comes out to almost 25 pens per dollar. Useful if pens keep disappearing at the studio or if you want to donate at a local school or non-profit. For more Amazon-y things, check the Elsewhere at Amazon section in the almost-daily lightning deal round-ups.

April 21, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

AC Delco 4-slot AA/AAA charger with two AA LSD batteries for $9

If you like to boldly-go and try new battery chargers, the AC Delco 4-slot AA/AAA slow-moving charger bundled with two AA 2000 mAh low self-discharge batteries is currently on sale for $9~ by Amazon itself or for even less if you buy it with “Subscribe and Save”. Food items are not the only ones eligible for “Subscribe and Save”, consumables (in a broader sense) are participating too. It has no customer reviews, so you can be the one to boldly go and inform the masses 🙂 Batteries must be charged in pairs. This is a slow-moving / overnight type of a charger which is a plus or minus depending on what you prefer/need.

April 21, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

Pre-order Panasonic ZS70 (30x) for $450

Superzoom with RAW action now, Panasonic’s new ZS70 (not to be confused with the good old FZ70 superzoom), with a 1/2.3″ MOS 20mp sensor and 30x optical zoom, and RAW is on now available for pre-order, in two color schemes, for $450 at Adorama and Amazon itself and B&H Photo. As usual, the early adopters pay the “having it first” tax, but time will eventually erode the price.

Speaking of superzooms and eroding prices, the Panasonic FZ70 is on sale for $250 by Amazon itself (limit three per customer).

The new ZS70 has been added to the New Cameras of 2017 Tracker. Only serious P&S cameras are added there. RAW is a litmus test ~ among others 🙂

April 21, 2017 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, panasonic Tagged With: , ,

Manfrotto Befree One Aluminum Tripod for $100

To the Land of the Tripods we go with another Manfrotto offering, this one at Adorama, it is the Manfrotto Befree One Aluminum Ultra-Compact and Lightweight Tripod offered for $100 with free shipping in three color schemes, in the Gray color or the Red color or the Black color. This is a weekend sale (or earlier if sold out). The different colors can be handy if you want to separate their use (eg one color for outdoor use, one color for indoor use (eg schools or hospitals where you don’t want to bring in manure from the cow photography project), one color for in-house/in-studio work.

Also running at Adorama (until 4/27/17 or earlier if sold out) is a sale on the refurbished-by-Lenovo Lenovo Flex 4 15.6″ Signature Edition 2-in-1 laptop (1080p IPS Touchscreen, i7-7500U 2.7GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, AMD Radeon R7 M460, Windows 10) for $639 with free expedited shipping. It comes with a 90-day Lenovo warranty. Trade-offs of flexibility and battery life as you get a Core U processor with SSD storage and dedicated graphics card.

April 21, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Yongnuo 100mm f2 for $160 (Canon)

For Canon shooters, the Yongnuo 100mm f2 is currently going for $160 with free shipping at Adorama. It is currently temporarily backordered, so keep that in mind.

And if you want to immerse yourself in DIY deal hunting, check:

April 21, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals Tagged With: , ,

Canon Battery Charger CB-2LH for $40 w/free S&H

The new condition Canon Battery Charger CB-2LH is currently on sale for $40 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit ten) and at B&H Photo.

April 20, 2017 Filed Under: canon Tagged With: ,

Flashpoint Zoom Li-on R2 TTL On-Camera Flash Speedlight For Canon (V860CII) for $129

Adorama is back too and with them comes a new limited time flash sale, the Flashpoint Zoom Li-on R2 TTL On-Camera Flash Speedlight For Canon (V860CII) is offered for $129 with free expedited shipping… Optionally you can purchase it together with various other Flashpoint related accessories for a combined purchase discount. Expand the yellow “Special Offer” section over there, and look at the various sub-tabs (there’s three of them as of the time of writing)…

April 20, 2017 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With: ,

Pre-order Sennheiser MKE2 Elements Microphone for GoPro HERO4

For GoPRO HERO4 action camera users, there is a new Sennheiser MKE2 Elements Microphone available for pre-order for $200 at B&H Photo. You won’t wait long for this, the shipping estimate is next week.

April 20, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

B&H Round-Up: TT CityWalker, Wacom Pen & Touch, Apple things, NEC Pro Monitor, Dahle, Etc

And now a few more sale items from B&H, grouped together so I won’t create another half a dozen short posts. First up, bags! The Think Tank Photo CityWalker 30 Messenger Bag in the blue slate color-scheme is on sale for $80 with free expedited shipping, with a limit of up to three units per customer.

If you are interested in one of them Wacom graphics tablets but don’t want to break the bank, the Wacom Intuos Pro Professional Pen & Touch Tablet (Black, Small) is offered in refurbished condition for $179 with free expedited shipping. Offer ends 4/23/17 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out).

Messenger bags and iPads go hand in hand (the aforementioned Think Tank has a compartment for up to a 15″ laptop, which should fit the iPad fine ~ you can also put the iPad in a case or a sleeve for double protection), which brings us to the Apple 9.7″ iPad Pro (256GB, Wi-Fi Only, Space Gray) offered for $750 with free shipping until 4/30/17 or earlier if sold out.

Speaking of Apple, the 27″ iMac with Retina 5K Display (Late 2015), model Z0SC-MK48259-BH, is on sale for $3850 with free expedited shipping until 3/24/17 or earlier if sold out. This one definitely does NOT fit in the CityWalker messenger bag. You’ll have to use something bigger if you want to take this to Starbucks and become a social media sensation 😉

The screens on tablets and computers are fine, but sometimes you need to go next level with your computer monitors. B&H is offering until 4/21/17 the NEC PA272W-BK-SV 27″ 16:9 IPS Monitor with SpectraView II for $1149 with free expedited shipping. You have to add-to-cart in order to see the discounted price.

You can certainly use this to trim coupons, but it would be the definition of overkill 🙂 On the other hand, if you have photographic reasons for it, the Dahle 554 Professional Rolling Trimmer (28-1/4″) is on sale for $160 with free expedited shipping.

PS: QUESTION: do you prefer more posts grouped together like this one or posted individually? Opine in los commentos or le contact formeaux.

April 20, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories

Interfit S1 500Ws HSS TTL Monolight (AC and Battery Powered) for $680

And now a couple of lighting-related offers from B&H. First up, the Impact Fluorescent 19″ Ring Light with Dimmer is on sale for $159 with free expedited shipping for a limited time.

Next up, there are two options for the Interfit S1 500Ws HSS TTL Monolight. The aforelinked AC and Battery-Powered model goes for $680 with free expedited shipping, while the AC Power only model goes for $500. These offers expire 4/25/17 or earlier if sold out.

For more action, check the B&H Featured Sales, now re-loaded with more post-Holiday offers!

April 20, 2017 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With: ,

Benro MIS28ABR0 iStudio Aluminum Monopod Kit with BR0 Ball Head for $20 with free S&H

B&H is back after the Holidays and to celebrate that, they have a mini e-doorbuster, the Benro MIS28ABR0 iStudio Aluminum Monopod Kit with BR0 Ball Head goes for $20 with free shipping. The free shipping gets upgraded to free expedited shipping if your order total is $49+. Limit three units per customer. Offer ends 4/23/17 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out.

Speaking of legged stabilizers, B&H offers the Davis & Sanford Provista 7518B Tripod with V18 Fluid Head for $160 with free expedited shipping for a limited time.

For more action, check the B&H Featured Sales, now re-loaded with more post-Holiday offers!

April 20, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , , ,

In-Stock Now: Sigma 135mm f1.8 DG HSM ART for $1399 [C/N]

Prime your wallets and your Canon and Nikon DSLRs because the new Sigma 135mm f1.8 DG HSM ART lens is now in-stock for $1399 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo in the Canon and Nikon SLR systems. The Sigma SA version is estimated to get in-stock next week.

April 20, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals, sigma Tagged With: , , , ,

(ENDED) Tiffen 37mm 0.65x Wide-Angle Conversion Lens for $6 with free S&H [also: Hubsan, Porta Brace]

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April 20, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) Friday Lightning Deals: Accessories, Sandisk SSDs, Etc

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April 20, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

Imported Nikon D7200 w/18-140 DX VR w/1yr seller warranty for $900

The Nikon D7200 is no longer the “latest model” in the D7X0 line, the D7500 was announced a few days and it is currently available for pre-order for $1250 as body only – check Stock Status Tracker.

In new condition, it currently goes for $1000 as body only or $1300 with the 18-104mm lens at various authorized dealers, such as Adorama or Amazon or B&H Photo.

However, one school of thought is that once a “newer model” is revealed, it may be a good idea to buy the previous models as refurbished or used or grey-market, to save money on the purchase of a non-latest-model, since you are not riding the Early Adopter Wave.

If you like this approach, one path is refurbished, the D7200 body only is available manufacturer-refurbished with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty at Adorama or $789 with a 90-da7 B&H warranty at B&H Photo.

Another path that will get you more bang for the buck (if you need/want the 18-140mm DX VR lens) is at the eBay Deals du jour where eBay seller 6ave (99.1%, New Jersey) is offering the imported grey-market D7200 with the 18-140mm DX VR lens and a 1-year seller warranty (from 6ave, not Nikon USA) for $900 with free shipping. Limit five per customer.

For the speed-readers, the “1555” in the eBay listing title maybe easily misread as 1855 as in the 18-55 lens. This 1515 is the MPN of this kit, it comes with the 18-140mm lens 🙂 But for whatever reason, the eBay bots or humans picked a YouTube video for the D700 in the middle of the eBay listing instead of the D7200 🙂

PS: I am not sure how a one-paragraph post turned into this 🙂

April 19, 2017 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , , ,

Ends Tonight: eBay Coupon: 20% off select $25+ items (max discount $50)

eBay is getting more and more fond of coupons these days. Coupon code PSHOPTECH417 gets you 20% off select technology/electronics items priced $25 or higher, from select sellers. The maximum discount with the coupon is $50, which means items over $250 will get a flat $50 off discount.

There are 36 camera and photo items participating from a pot-pouri of sellers and in various conditions, so scrutinize each listing, do not make assumptions about the condition or the seller. It is eBay after all 🙂

Coupon expires 4/19/17. One time use per customer.

April 19, 2017 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Pre-orders on Friday: Sony a9 for $4500

Canon and Nikon are no longer the only ones with used-car-priced full frame flagship cameras. Sony is joining the fray with the new Sony a9 full frame E-mount flagship, with a flagship price of $4500. Pre-orders will begin on Friday 4/21/17, so considerate of Sony to let people enjoy the holidays the days before and after. Preorders will begin at 10am ET on Friday at B&H Photo.

For more on the camera, B&H has a 1-hour video of the announcement, along with a live blog.

Also coming along with the PRO camera is a new Master series lens, the FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS E-Mount with a price of $2500, and pre-orders opening on Friday.

This new camera now gives mirrorless cameras the lead in 2017, they are “winning” over DSLRs in a penalty shoot-out at 6-5. You can see them all at the New Cameras of 2017 page.

April 19, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , ,

Instant Savings on select Canon, Rokinon, Sigma and Tamron lenses (92 options)

Lens fun now at B&H Photo, where a number of new instant savings (discounts, no rebate/coupon) promotions are running on select lenses from the following four manufacturers:

+ Sigma Lenses (32 options)

+ Tamron Lenses (24 options)

+ Rokinon Lenses (6 options)

+ Canon Lenses (30 options)

April 19, 2017 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals, sigma, tamron Tagged With: , , ,

DJI Inspire 1 v2.0 RAW Quadcopter with Zenmuse X5R 4K and Two Extra 512GB SSDs for $4300

A DJI M43rds power bundle is now offered for $4299 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. It is the DJI Inspire 1 v2.0 RAW Quadcopter with Zenmuse X5R 4K and Two Extra 512GB DJI-branded SSDs made for the Zenmuse X5R camera, which is a M43rds camera. Needless to say, this has to fly, so only select M43rds lenses are cleared for fit and for flight (Panasonic 15mm f1.7 included; also works with Olympus 12/2).

For more B&H action, you can check their featured sales pages…

April 19, 2017 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, other cameras Tagged With: , , ,

Elinchrom Quadra Living Light Kit with Lead Battery, S Head and Transmitter for $699

On the lighting front, the Elinchrom Quadra Living Light Kit with Lead Battery, S Head and Transmitter is on sale for a limited time for $699 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. B&H is back from the holiday and orders are being processed as we speak.

On a semi-related product category (economy of blog-posts), the Vello Extendá Wi-Fi DSLR Remote Control for Canon and Nikon is on sale for $100 with free shipping,. Check product details to see which cameras it is compatible with. It has apps for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. Sadly, no Firefox OS apps 🙂

April 19, 2017 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With: ,

Vanguard Quovio 44 Convertible Backpack/Sling for $120

There are convertible cars and laptops, but there are also convertible camera bags. In this case, this Vanguard Quovio 44 Convertible Backpack/Sling converts between a backpack and a sling bag, a rather “widescreen” sling. See gallery pictures for more on this, which is on sale for $120 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.

April 19, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Sunpak 423PX2 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Compact Pistol Grip Head for $80

B&H Photo is back and accepting orders again (and previously placed orders are getting processed), and new rounds of offers are getting ushered out, including the Sunpak 423PX2 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Compact Pistol Grip Head for $80 with free expedited shipping. More posts as I digest them, but in the meantime, you can check their featured sales pages…

April 19, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: Etc

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April 19, 2017 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

(ENDED) Thursday: Palette Cube for $80, Two Datacolor Spyders, $30 Oben tripod, Etc

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April 19, 2017 Filed Under: Uncategorized

YMMV automatic 20% off discount on some Warehouse Deals items

Over 24,000 used items offered at Amazon’s Used websites (aka, “Amazon Warehouse Deals”) are participating in an Earth Day promotion that automatically gets you 20% off their current prices. Only select items are eligible, and only those that Amazon itself (in this case, Warehouse Deals itself) is the seller. Things offered by 3rd-party sellers are not eligible. No coupon code needed, eligible items are discounted automatically and they show a 20% off marker when you look at the individual listings. Since this is an Earth Day promotion, it should end after Earth Day or so.

April 18, 2017 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: