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The Olympus Outlet store (the refurbished section) has achieved Emptiness once again! “There are no products matching the selection” says an error message sandwiches between the website’s header and footer.
However, the good news is that their Black-Cyber Friday-Monday sales continue on their new condition products, including the two $100 lenses, the expected 40-150mm and perhaps the surprise $100 lens, the 30mm f3.5 MACRO.
Creative LIVE is back with another site-wide sale, this time the promotion is up to 60% off all their classes. The “up to” is the crucial part since it is the maximum discount, not the minimum. I do not know which classes are at the 60% tier.
As always with Creative LIVE the classes at their ON-AIR SCHEDULE page are free to stream during their broadcast window. Among those running today is an “Introduction to Large Format Photography” class with Daniel Gregory.
After a 16 hour detox we are baaaaack with a Black Friday – Cyber Monday post-mortem post before we return to our regularly scheduled programming.
We posted a record-breaking 272 individual deal posts here during the last seven days (ending Cyber Monday night)! The high was 50 on Thanksgiving Day. It averages to around 39 posts per day for the last seven days. This was made possible because I fell behind on updating the “Situation Room” deals summary that I used to do in previous years. Then the waves and waves of deals hit and I simply didn’t have time to post all the new deals, let alone maintain the rolling summary of the latest deals. So the Situation Room was not updated since before Thanksgiving Day. And that allowed for a lot more individual deal-posts to be posted.
So what do you think for next year’s Black Friday / Cyber Monday coverage? Do you prefer the way of this year with even more individual deal posts without a rolling summary? Or the other way around? Please leave a comment or use the online contact form to opine!
One developing item is how to deal with the daily Amazon Gold Box lightning deals. During the Black-Cyber week, they reduced the “visibility window” from the usual 20+ hours to just 4. When I checked during lunch today (yes, I’m even blog-working during lunch) the visibility window was seven hours. So before I make any further decisions, I’ll wait for a couple of days to see where things settle.
In the next few hours I will go through the various posts and try to update / (ENDED) any of the expired offers, but given the volume and chaos, there are reasonable chances I may miss some of the expired deals or expire some still running deals.
This is also a good time for general purpose blog-related feedback! Please leave a comment or use the online contact form to opine!
The Samyang lens deal went live… Check the prices and latest action in the Gold Box at the Gold Box Yellow Brick Road of posts…
These offers expired but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales
It’s a loaded round today of B&H Photo Daily Deals are here until Thursday 11:59pm ET (the Daily Deals), with free shipping regardless of price:
+ ends 9am ET: Miktek ProCast SST Studio Station USB Microphone for $129
+ this either sold out or got rescheduled: Watson Chroma AA NiMH Batteries with 2 Cases (2300mAh, 8-Pk, Multi-Colored
+ 7pm ET to 11:59pm ET: Formatt Hitech 4 x 5.65″ Firecrest ND 1.2 Filter
+ Lensbaby Composer Pro with Sweet 35 Optic for $200 in Canon EF, Nikon F, M43rds, Fuji X, Sony E
+ Lowepro Echelon Roller (Black) for $400
+ DRACAST LED1000 Silver Series Bi-Color LED Light with V-Mount Battery Plate for $210
+ Quantum Instruments Turbo 3 Rechargeable Battery (US / Canada / Japan Plug) for $369
+ DATACOLOR Spyder5PRO Display Calibration System for $139
+ DATACOLOR Spyder5ELITE Display Calibration System for $179
This flash sale ended…
The new condition Kata DB-453 Digital Bag is on sale for $25 with free shipping until 7pm ET as the current “flash sale” at the B&H Photo Daily Deals. The daily deals run until 11:59pm ET every day, but the flash sales only run a few hours each (think lightning deals).
UPDATE 11/28/17 PM: some of the individual offers within the various manufacturer instant savings promotions expired, some continue, I have no way of remembering which is what…
The clock is ticking on Cyber Monday but if you a last minute shopper, here’s a list of the various brand-centric Instant Savings promotions, nicely organized at Adorama:
+ NOTE: there are multiple pages of options for most brands below; you can increase “Per Page” to 30 or 60 if you want to reduce “next paging”
+ Zeiss Lenses (3 pages)
+ Sigma Lenses (3 pages)
+ Tokina Lenses (1 page)
+ Tamron Lenses (1 page)
+ Fuji Cameras (3 pages)
+ Panasonic Cameras (2 pages)
+ Olympus Cameras and Lenses (2 pages)
+ Canon Cameras and more (5 pages)
+ Nikon Cameras (2 pages)
+ Sony Cameras and Lenses (3 pages)
+ Microsoft Surfaces (1 page)
Star Wars Mania is coming back and until 11:59pm ET tonight, $99 will take you a step closer to The Merchandising Force! The new condition Propel Star Wars T-65 X-Wing Starfighter Quadcopter with Collectors Edition Box is on sale for $99 with free shipping at Adorama and Amazon itself.
These prices went up as of recheck: the same price but shipping is extra at B&H Photo.
The Search Box at the top of the blog is now very functional, so that’s another way for you to check for things if you don’t want to go into Pages #2, #3, #4, etc. Whatever WordPress did since the last time I checked, their search engine improved considerably! It’s not shaky at all. As if it is standing on a tripod…
… which brings us to the new condition Prima Photo Small Travel Tripod in the red or black color scheme, on sale for $70 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.
If you are a fan of fish and eyes, you may also be a fan of fisheye lenses! The Rokinon 12mm f/2.8 ED AS IF NCS UMC Fisheye is on sale for $349 with free expedited shipping and 2% promotional rewards (around $7~) at B&H Photo in the Canon, Nikon and Pentax SLR systems, and the Sony E mirrornyet systems.
The Massive Apple Sale at B&H Photo features lots of MacBooks, iPads, iMacs, desktops, and other Apple products. Some of the offers expire tonight at 11:59pm ET, while others run until Thursday night 11/30/17. There are too many of them to list here individually, but if you are interested, check them out! Don’t forget to also hit “Load More” at the bottom of the page over there because there are more than one page-load-full.
There are plenty of Nikon Sales at B&H Photo, including the professional Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR Lens for $2197 with free expedited shipping and 4% promotional rewards which are about $88 to be spent in future purchases at B&H.
A variety of DSLRs and lenses are participating, including the free battery grip promotions for the Nikon D500 kits and the Nikon D810 kits and the Nikon D750 kits.
No free battery grip for the D850. I suspect some photographers would be willing to give Nikon a battery grip for a chance to get the D850 🙂 Speaking of the D850, I just rechecked, it remains in pre-order/backorder at B&H and Adorama, and at the all-encompassing and all-frustrating when you are waiting for a new camera to arrive “temporarily out of stock” at Amazon.
A party without chips is not a party! No potato chips here, but memory chips! The SanDisk Extreme UHS-I SDXC line on memory cards is on sale at B&H Photo and at Amazon as follows: the 32GB for $15, the 64GB goes for $25, the 128GB for $50, the 256GB for $100. B&H offers free shipping on all except for the 32GB (which gets free shipping if your order total is $49+). Amazon has the usual free shipping terms, Prime or $25+.
The clock is ticking! I can’t post them all! But I’ll post as many as I can 🙂 Thankfully this offer runs until 11/30/17, so you have plenty of time to ponder. It is at B&H Photo with free expedited shipping, the new condition Manfrotto 190Go! Aluminum Tripod Kit with Ball Head for $160! No coupons, no rebates, just add to cart and proceed.
A tradition unlike any other. No, not the Masters on CBS, but the return of the holiday shopping season sale of the Manfrotto MTPIXI-B PIXI Mini Tripod 🙂 It is currently in synchronized price swimming for $17.61 with free shipping for all at Adorama and B&H Photo. The usual free shipping terms apply at Amazon by Amazon itself (Prime or $25+ order).
The new condition Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Lens is bundled with the Sigma USB Dock for $1199 with free expedited shipping until Monday at 11:59pm ET at B&H Photo in your choice of Nikon or Canon systems.
The National Geographic Store too is participating in the Cyber Monday festivities by having a Flash Sale of their own, featuring an assortment of their usual products. Free shipping with orders of $50+.
If you are dabbling or interested in camera audio, B&H Photo is offering two freebies with the purchase of select Sennheiser Wireless Systems. There are three options, going for $630 each. The two freebies are the Zoom H4nSP 4-Channel Handy Recorder (2015), along with a waterproof microphone case.
For the next couple of days, the online shopping club that is MassDrop.com is offering the new condition 3 Legged Thing Punks Tripods for $140 with free shipping and handling. These will ship in late December 2017 and all sales are final. There are a couple of optional add-ons in the shopping cart that cost more. It is free to join/sign-up, that’s how you can see the price and more details.
Among the many other specials at the Dell Home Cyber Monday page, they have new doorbusters at the top of every hour. Top of the hour meaning 5pm ET, 6pm ET, 7pm ET, etc. Back in the day, they were “streaming” podcasts live over the air instead of putting them on iTunes, and the term “top of the hour” was more common 😉
While we are on the topic of Light related sales, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Interfit F5 Three-Head Fluorescent Lighting Kit with Boom Arm for $199 with free expedited shipping (always nice for larger/heavier studio/lighting kits) until Monday 11:59pm ET. No coupon/rebate needed for this one, just add to cart and proceed to checkout.
B&H Photo has a Cyber Monday coupon code for Profoto. The discount varies by product. You enter coupon code CYBER17 in the B&H Photo shopping cart and the coupon will change the prices of the Profoto Battery-Powered 2-Light Location Kits as follows:
+ the Profoto B1X 500 AirTTL 2-Light Location Kit drops from $4148 to $3648
+ the Profoto B1 500 Air Battery-Powered 2-Light Location Kit drops from $4148 to $2989
+ same coupon CYBER17, but the B1 gets a bigger discount
+ you can find the two eligible items under this Profoto listing
+ coupon expires Cyber Monday 11/27/17 at 11:59pm ET
After the scouring of the Shire, Frodo went on to create a camera accessories company, making all the accessories by hand. The company was called Man-Frodo, short for Manually Made by Frodo, but through the centuries the name morphed into Manfrotto, which brings us to the Manfrotto MT055XPRO3 Aluminum Tripod with 502HD Fluid Head Hybrid Video Kit offered as another Cyber Monday deal at B&H Photo for $240 with free expedited shipping until Monday at 11:59pm ET.
How do you create an anime name for a lens manufacturer? You replace the last “n” with a “u”! Another B&H Photo Cyber Monday deal, the new condition Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 lens for the Sony E-system, bundled with the Mitakon Zhongyi Lens Hood for Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 for FREE for a limited time, is offered for $599 with free expedited shipping. Mitakou Assemble!
Ooops, I forgot about this 48-hour coupon! Good until 11/29/2017 at 9am central time, Dell Refurbished is offering 48% off any item in stock with free ground shipping by entering their Cyber Monday coupon code CYBER48DEAL in the shopping cart. Excluded from this coupon are Clearance items (as usual) and the Latitude E7240 models which are already on sale on their own.
I can’t keep up!!! Dell Refurbished is offering refurbished Dell Latitude E7240 Laptops priced between $249 and $299 with free ground shipping. They are not eligible for any coupons. The sale ends 12/11/17 at 11:59pm central, or earlier for any models that sell out.
The Barnes and Noble website has its own Cyber Monday coupon as well, use coupon code SHOPALLDAY to get 15% off your entire order. The usual coupon exclusions apply. Coupon expires on Tuesday at 3am ET.
Not eligible for the coupon but they are on sale, the Barnes & Noble Cyber Monday sales, their 7 inch Nook Tablet goes for $40, while their NOOK Glowlight 3 e-book reader goes for $100. This e-reader has an actual Night Mode!
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 100 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
The coupon has been extended by a day… Ending on Tuesday at 3am eastern is the “use it or lose it” $5 off a print book order of $20+ at Amazon Books using coupon code GIFTBOOK17 in the shopping cart. eBooks are not eligible. Books must be sold and shipped by Amazon. Good use of this is books that rarely go on sale, or have the same prices everywhere.
If you like previous generation tech products or refurbished or in new-other condition, backed by a seller warranty, clearance specialist Tech Rabbit is running their Cyber Monday doorbusters as well. Every time on their website gets free shipping, even those selling for $3! No coupons needed, the price you see is the price you pay.
The sale includes the Parrot Bebop Quadcopter Drone with 14MP Full HD 1080p Wide-Angle Camera $100 with free shipping and handling and a seller warranty included. Only the red color scheme is available. The other colors sold out.
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