If you had been waiting for the Fuji X-T2 body only Graphite edition, the way is finally over! The camera is now in-stock for $1800 with free shipping as follows:
- various at Amazon
- Cameta on eBay
- OneCall
- big picture at the Stock Status Tracker
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In-Stock Now: Fuji X-T2 Graphite Body for $1800
In-Stock Now: Olympus E-M1 II Body with $80 Rewards for $2000
The wait is finally over! The Olympus E-M1 II body only is now in-stock and ready to ship at its starting price of $2000 as follows:
- Adorama (with $80 promotional rewards)
- B&H Photo
- Focus via Amazon
- GetOlympus official
If you buy from Amazon, and are a Prime member, and pay with either the Chase VISA or Amazon Store card, you get 5% back ($100~) as a statement credit… For the big picture, check the Stock Status Tracker…
Selfie Stick and FreedomPOP GSM SIM with 2GB Free Data for $2 w/free S&H
If you want a selfie stick and/or are interested in getting a FreedomPOP GSM SIM card (with no commitment), they currently have a promotion that get you a Selfie Stick along with a GSM SIM card with 2GB of data for the first month (if activated) through the FreedomPOP website. FreedomPOP has a free service tier where you pay nothing per month. If you decide to setup an account with them, and you are only interested in the $0/month tier, make sure you turn off the various premium free trials before the 30-day trial period ends.
Sony XQD M Cards: 128GB for $116, 64GB for $71, 32GB for $39
On the Sony XQD M series memory cards front, their 128GB version goes for $116, the 64GB version goes for $71, and the 32GB version goes for $39 at Amazon by Amazon itself. All three are on the same listing.
Spend $75+ at Blurb, Get $15 AMEX Statement Credit (Must Activate First)
If you have an American Express credit card, check your AMEX Offers section. You may be eligible for a Blurb promotion. If you spend $75+ at Blurb during the promotional period, you will receive a $15 statement credit to your AMEX credit card account. First you must activate the offer on your account by clicking on the “Add to Cart” button over there. The offer ends 5/1/17, but it’s a good idea to add it to your card as soon as possible, because sometimes they have a limited number of sign-ups per offers, and once they run out, you won’t be able to activate it. But once you activate it, you have until 5/1/17 to use it.
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4pk Philips LED A19 Daylight 60W-eq Light Bulbs for $8 (limit 3)
They are not professional lighting gear, but light is light 🙂 This 4-pack of Philips LED Daylight A19 light bulbs (60W equivalent; actually 8W) is on sale for $8 at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of three 4-packs per customer. Free shipping for Prime members. At the moment this is restricted to Prime members only, one of the many Prime benefits.
10% off $200+ Electronics purchase at eBay with coupon (420 options)
eBay too is celebrating the Gaming Developer’s Conference with a coupon. Coupon code CGAMETECH10 gets you 10% off a purchase of $200+ from a choice of consumer electronics (420 options). The list is heavy on Audio/Video gear and HDTVs. Coupon expires 3/6/17.
Separately, Amazon is also celebrating the Gamers Developer Conference, coupon code GDC20 gets you 20% off Gaming Computer Hardware – includes Desktops, Keyboards, Mice, Headsets, Networking and Components (expires 3/10/17).
Unrelated to the coupon, but if you are interested in getting camera/photo books from Barnes and Noble, 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 per customer at this discounted rate. The seller is “SWM Gift Cards” (99.4%, Illinois).
UPDATE: speaking of consumer electronics, good until 11:30pm ET tonight (or earlier if sold out), A4C fulfilled by Amazon is offering the certified refurbished Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablet for $472 with free shipping (i7-4650U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD).
In-Stock Now: Tamron 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD for $499 (Nikon)
The Nikon version of the Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD Lens is now in-stock and ready to ship for $499 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. The Canon version has a “coming soon” floating estimate.
For more action, check the latest B&H Photo Featured Sales.
In-Stock Now: Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 Di VC USD G2 with $52 rewards for $1299 (Canon EF)
If you are a fan of Tamron’s take on the 70-200mm f2.8 stabilized zooms, their brand new Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 Lens for Canon EF is in-stock and ready to ship for $1299 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. You also earn 4% promotional rewards ($52~) to be used in future B&H purchases. Only the Canon EF is currently in-stock. The Nikon has a March 7 estimate.
(ENDED) Thursday Day-Long Daily Deals: Harman By Hahnemuhle, RedRock Micro, Etc
Thursday is over, and so are its daily deals…
(ENDED) Pixel 800* Flashes for $68 to $77 (three options)
This lightning deal expired… It’s a fairly quiet day in the Gold Box today. Today’s headliner camera-n-photo-wise is perhaps the Pixel 800* Flashes offered for $68 to $77. Three of the five options shown on the product page are participating in the lighting deal. Switch between them to check them out. Offer ends at 7:54pm ET tonight (Thursday 3/2/17).
(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: Etc
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
30pk Polaroid 2×3-Inch Premium ZINK Photo Paper for $10
The 30-pack Polaroid 2×3-Inch Premium ZINK Photo Paper is currently on sale for $10, the same price as the 20-pack, at Amazon by Amazon actual.
Manfrotto ML240 Mini-24 On-Camera LED Light with Dimmer for $20 w/free S&H
The Manfrotto ML240 Mini-24 On-Camera LED Light with Dimmer is currently on sale for $20 with free shipping at Adorama. No coupon, no rebate, just add to cart and proceed to checkout!
Speaking of Adorama, they have a couple of refurbished 2-in-1 laptops on sale as follows:
+ refurbished 15.6″ Lenovo Flex 4 Signature Edition 2-in-1 (FullHD, IPS, Touchscreen, i7-7500U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, AMD Radeon R7 M460, Win10) for $725 (ends 3/2/17)
+ refurbished 15.6″ HP Spectre x360 15-AP012 *UltraHD, IPS, Touchscreen, i7-6500U 2.5GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Win 10) for $925 (ends 3/3/17)
GoPro HERO Session Action Camera + Two Extras for $180
The GoPro HERO Session Action Camera is bundled with two free accessories (16GB Sandisk microSD card and GoPro Floating Hand Grip Handler) going for $180 with free shipping at Adorama.
40% off Everything Photo at Walgreens Photo with coupon
A new coupon is up and running at the recently remodeled Walgreens Photo website. Coupon code SPRING4PICS gets you 40% off on Everything Photo related they carry until 11:59pm central on 3/4/17 [extended until Sat PM]. The usual restrictions apply.
Olympus ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 R with $4 rewards for $99
Zoom-zoom for Micro Four Thirds photographers! The new condition Olympus ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 R in either black or silver color options is currently on sale for $99 with free shipping with 4% promotional rewards (around $4) to be used in future purchases at B&H Photo and Adorama.
Amazon itself also offers it for $99 but you don’t earn promotional rewards. However, if you are a Prime member and pay with either the Amazon Chase VISA or the Amazon Store Prime credit card, you get 5% back on your statement.
Used Pentax K-1 for $1639 + S&H
If you are comfortable with used camera gear, the Pentax K-1 full frame DSLR is available in “Used – Excellent Plus” condition for $1639 plus shipping at Adorama. The new condition price is $1800 at authorized dealers. Adorama offers a 30-day no-questions asked return policy on Used items, and a 90-day warranty covered by Adorama (not Pentax).
If you prefer a lower price for a higher risk purchase, you can get it in “Used – Very Good” condition (with various imperfections) for $1571 at Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD) by AWD itself. Note however that AWD only offers a 30-day return policy. They do not offer any warranty.
In-Stock Now: Pentax KP DSLR – also lens bundles discounted
Now that Pentax has a 35mm full frame DSLR (or have I imagined it?), they have to also manage a parallel product line with their more populous APS-C line. [[ insert more camera-babble talk here ]] Which brings us to their new Pentax KP APS-C DSLR that was announced in late January 2017 [see Cameras and Lenses of 2017 tracker]. The DSLR kits are now in-stock, and on top of that, the kits that include lenses are discounted from the original price. The body only though remains at $1100.
PENTAX KP IN-STOCK NOW
- Body Only for $1100 at Adorama and various at Amazon and B&H Photo
- KP with 40mm f2.8 for $1200 is not in-stock yet but orderable at B&H Photo
- KP with 18-135 for $1400 at B&H Photo
- KP with 16-85 for $1600 at B&H Photo
- KP with 20-40 for $1700 at B&H Photo
At Adorama, you can get the same bundles by starting at the KP body only page and expand the yellow “Special Offer” section. You will see the lenses and the option to “Add to Bundle”. Screenshot of the relevant parts below:
(ENDED) Adobe Premiere Elements 15 software
This daily deal expired…
One of the main Gold Box daily deals good until 3am ET on Wednesday is the Adobe Premiere Elements 15 software offered for $55 in either a digital download (PC or Mac) or a disc delivered by mail (PC/Mac). Limit two per option per customer.
(ENDED) Wednesday Day-Long Daily Deals: Steadicam Solo $150 after $100 MIR; 6TB G-Tech G-RAID $250, Etc
These day-long daily-deals expired…
(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: Action Cams, Rangers, Davis & Sanford, Altura, Etc
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
(ENDED) 25% off AdoramaPIX with coupon (ends Tue PM)
This 2-day coupon expired…
Good until the end of February 2017 (two days left), coupon code PXFLASHFEB gets you 25% off site-wide at the AdoramaPIX website. Restrictions apply. Free shipping with after-coupon order totals of $49+.
(ENDED) YMMV 8% eBay Bucks on $50+ items until Thur 3am ET
This promotion expired but eBay runs these on a regular basis these days…
(ENDED) 1-Year Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan for $100 (Pho CC + LR)
As of a 3/1/17 re-check, the price is back up to their regular price of $120…
All the clouds are belong to Adobe! If you are interested in signing up and prepaying for one year (12 consecutive months) of the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan (Photoshop CC + Lightroom), it is currently on sale for $100 at Amazon by Amazon itself, in either prepaid key card delivered by mail (limit 1) or as a digital download (limit two). This is not a lightning deal, so it’s good until it ends.
(ENDED) Tuesday Lightning Deals: YI 4K Action Cam, Fuji Instax Mini 50S, Dolica, Nanuk, Neewer, Nixplay, Fotodiox, Ikan, Holga, Etc
These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page…
(ENDED) Tuesday: 2-pack 8GB Dane-Elec CompactFlash PRO 133x for $8 w/free S&H
These daily deals expired… for more action, check their Featured Sales…
Olympus Trade-IN Bonus Event – Get $200 off per item
A brand new Olympus M43rds Trade-In Promotion is now Live at B&H Photo. Use promo code TRADENTIME to get $200 off each item from the list shown there when you trade-in any camera or lens for it. Maximum bonus savings $800. The promotion runs until 5/6/17. The promotional page outlines the three step process:
A total of three cameras and three lenses are participating, including the E-M1 II with 12-40mm f2.8 which goes for $2700 before the trade-in promotion.
NOTE: I haven’t done this promotion (being a poor blogger I can’t buy a $1000+ camera just so I can test the checkout process), so I don’t have a step by step for the whole process…
(ENDED) Vanguard VEO AM-264TR Aluminum Monopod for $63
These lightning deals expired…
(ENDED) Monday: Dracast LED1000 Silver Series Bi-Color LED Light with V-Mount Battery Plate for $400
These daily deals expired… For more action, check their Featured Sales…
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