Archives for 2017

(ENDED) Thursday: 15% off Used Film Cameras (440+ options)

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Wednesday: Usual Camera/Photo accessories, Etc

There are over 40 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.

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Vanguard VEO AM-234 Aluminum Monopod for $30 w/free S&H

We mentioned a lot of tripods recently, but what about some monopods? The new condition Vanguard VEO AM-234 Aluminum Monopod is on sale for $30 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit one by Amazon itself but 3rd-party sellers also offer it there for $30), along with Focus Camera on eBay and B&H Photo.

Open-box Fuji X-E3 with 18-55 for $1149

The new condition Fuji X-E3 with 18-55mm kit goes for $1299 at authorized dealers but if you want to save some, authorized dealer OneCall is offering in open-box condition for $1149 with free shipping and they come with the full manufacturer warranty.

DJI Phantom 4 Advanced Video Drone with 4K Camera with $100 promo e-gift card for $1199

NewEgg launched their Black November sale and among the featured items, the official DJI store on NewwEgg is offering their new condition DJI Phantom 4 Advanced Video Drone with 4K Camera for $1199 with free shipping and what sets it apart, a $100 promotional NewEgg e-gift card. Limit up to three per customer during this promotion.

Pentax K-3 II Body with BG-5 Battery Grip for $853

I typically round prices for simplicity but in this case, the exact price is Jermaine Jackson (okay, germane) to the deal…

The new condition Pentax K-3 II body only goes for $846 in new condition at authorized dealers such as Adorama and Amazon itself.

But if you forgo a supersized Starbucks frappuccino, for $853 with free shipping you can get the K-3 II body only with the official Pentax BG-5 battery grip for $853 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. $7 more for the battery grip is pretty, pretty, pretty good!

Pentax KP with 18-55 and Extras for $1000

Somehow I strayed from the alphabetical price-checking and finished the S-cameras before the P-cameras. To the P-cameras we go! The Pentax KP body only goes for $1000 in new condition at authorized dealers. At the moment, there is a promotion that for the same price you also get the Pentax SMCP-DA 18mm-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL Weather Resistant AF Lens for FREE, such as B&H Photo in either the silver or the black color scheme.

But wait, there’s more! At Adorama, for the same price, you also get a handful of free accessories, which if you don’t need, you can put them in various camera-related gifts during the upcoming holiday season 🙂 The additional freebies at Adorama are 24/7 Traffic Collection holster, 16GB Sandisk SD card, USB card reader, cleaning kit and the Corel software bundle (five titles as usual, AfterShot, PaintShop, VideoShop, etc).

This offer at Adorama with the freebies is available in both the silver KP DSLR kit and the black KP DSLR kit. The free lens is included, you have to expand the “Bundle Includes” section, it is the last one in the list. Here’s a screenshot:

Refurbished Nikon D7200 body with 90-day warranty for $710

Now the Price-Charts price-checking moves to the letter N! Adorama is offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D7200 body only with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty for $710 with free shipping. Their page there marks it as a “Low Stock” item. The new condition price at authorized dealers is $1000.

This is one of many refurbished Nikon cameras and lenses at Adorama.

Canon D-Rebel T5i with 18-55 and Pixma PRO 100 and SG-201 paper for $600 after $350 MIR (prepaid AMEX GC)

The Canon D-Rebel T5i remains one of a very few cameras with a cray-cray price-scheme. The body only goes for $650, while the kit with the 18-55mm lens goes for $600, in new condition, at authorized, reputable, MAP-blessed dealers. It’s not just now, it was also the case in the July APS-C Price Charts. So you are paying Canon a premium NOT to take their 18-55 lens? 🙂

Joking aside, the Canon D-Rebel T5 with 18-55 goes for $600 and if you are not afraid of mail-in rebates and prepaid AMEX gift cards, that’s the after rebate price you will pay if you buy the Adorama Printer Bundle of the D-Rebel T5i with 18-55 and Pixma PRO 100 and 50pk SG-201 13×19″ photo paper. You pay $950 at checkout, receive items, submit mail-in rebate, and a few weeks later you receive a $350 prepaid AMEX gift card, making it a $600 after MIR offer.

Now shipping: white Canon SL2 w/18-55 for $699

In a galaxy not-so-far-away, the white Canon SL2 with the 18-55 f4-5.6 IS STM EF-S lens is now in-stock and ready to ship at its authorized dealer price of $699 at Adorama and B&H Photo. Meanwhile at Amazon it is in the all-encompassing “Temporarily out of stock” status.

PS: there is a reason these posts (that are triggered by the price-charts price-checking) are in reverse alphabetical order. I’m following the order of the cameras in the spreadsheet 🙂

Canon 7D II with 18-135 and Pixma PRO 100 and SG-201 paper for $1850 after $350 MIR (prepaid AMEX GC)

The Canon 7D II with the 18-135mm kit goes for $1850 at authorized dealers. If you are not afraid of mail-in rebates and prepaid AMEX gift cards, Adorama is offering the 7D II with 18-135mm and Pixma PRO 100 and Paper bundle for $1850 after a $350 mail-in rebate
(MIR; prepaid AMEX gift card). So the MIR makes the printer and the photo paper (the usual sidekick, 50pk SG-201 13×19 inch semi-gloss) FREE after rebate.

This too surfaced while price-checking for our in-progress November 2017 Price Chart Series.

Canon 77D body only for $799

The price-checking continues for our new Price Chart Series and it has uncovered an old fashion DSLR sale! The new condition Canon 77D body only APS-C DSLR is going for $799 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself with a limit of up to three units per customer. It looks like this may have been a price-bot price-match.

SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC/SDXC UHS-II Card Reader/Writer for $20 w/free S&H

If you are a fan of the Sandisk Extreme way of things, B&H Photo is offering the new condition SanDisk Extreme Pro SDHC/SDXC UHS-II Card Reader/Writer for $20 with free shipping. If your order total is $49+, you get upgraded to free expedited shipping. You can buy as many as you like. This is model SDDR-329-A46.

This is among their latest Featured sales.

BorrowLenses Rental Coupon up to $200 off

BorrowLenses has launched a new camera gear RENTAL coupon that gets you discounts depending on your rental-order total as outlined in the screenshot crop below:

The important dates for this promotion are these:

+ must place an order by 11/13/17
+ your order delivery date deadline is by 11/14/17

Olympus and Nikon Instant Savings organized at Adorama

If you want to quickly take a look at what M43rds cameras and kit options are participating in the Olympus Instant Savings and what DSLR lenses are participating in the Nikon Lens Instant Savings, Adorama has organized both visually in the aforelinked pages.

A mix of zooms and primes participate in the Nikon lens savings, while a variety of E-M (M1 II, M5 II) and E-P (Pen-F, E-PL8) cameras participate in the Olympus camera savings.

New Price Charts series: the 35mm Full Frame Cameras

As promised, the first installment in the November 2017 Price Charts series is complete, the 35mm Full Frame Digital Cameras. Our previous edition was in July 2017. I won’t spoil the findings here, but we have a new feature, visual cues on price changes since the previous version. Red for price going down, green-ish for going up ~ partial screenshot of that right below:

You can find all previous editions going back to 2014 at the Price Charts archives.

Out Now: Microsoft Xbox One X Gaming Console for $500

Microsoft fired another one in the War of the Ecosystems with their brand new $500 Microsoft Xbox One X Gaming Console which is now available for purchase from various retailers as follows:

+ Amazon itself (November 12)
+ limit 1 per customer

+ GameStop website
+ also available $573 Launch Bundle (3-mo Xbox Live GOLD, Xbox Wireless Controller, Surge Protector)

+ Microsoft Store (online) (limit 1 per customer)
+ by 11/30/17 says the page
+ store pickup not available but may be available at some of their B&M stores

+ B&H Photo (November 27)

NOTE: check the shopping cart of each retailer for the most accurate estimate, as things can go crazy with highly anticipated new releases.

4TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 External HDD for $80 w/free S&H after coupon

This goes in and out of stock, so don’t be discouraged if you don’t find it orderable the first time. Good until 11/10/17 or earlier if it is totally sold out, the BuyDIG store at the Rakuten website is offering the new condition 4TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive for $80 with free shipping using promo code BYD15 over there.

This is also eligible for the 15% off Rakuten Rewards promotion which ends Wednesday night!

Now shipping: Pelican Water Resistant Bags (20L to 100L capacity; $100 to $200)

The Pelicans are coming! The new line of Pelican Water Resistant bags have arrived at Adorama with capacities ranging from 20L to 100L capacity and prices ranging from $100 to $200. A total of a lucky 13 models are available!

(ENDED) Tenba Discovery: Mini Photo/Tablet Daypack (Sage/Khaki) for $40 w/free S&H

This flash deal EXPIRED…

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(ENDED) Wednesday: Vello Wifi Remote $80, Glidecam $180, Teradek $990

Wednesday’s daily deals are over but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales

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(ENDED) B&H Flash Deals for Wednesday: SmallHD, Oben, Tenba

Wednesdaya’s Flash Deals expired… They haven’t returned for Thursday….

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(ENDED) HP DeskJet 3637 Wireless AiO Instant Ink Ready Printer for $30 w/free S&H

This Wednesday AM doorbuster expired…

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Tuesday: Usual Camera/Photo accessories [updated]

There are over 40 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.

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(ENDED) 4TB WD easystore External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive for $80

This Wednesday AM doorbuster expired…

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(ENDED) Used Sony a77 II APS-C DSLR body for $650

As of 11/12/17 recheck, this sold out…

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(ENDED) 128GB Sandisk Ultra PLUS microSDXC UHS-I for $30 w/free S&H [limit 5]

This Wednesday AM doorbuster expired…

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(ENDED) Oben CC-2481L 4-Section Carbon Fiber Lateral Tripod for $220

This Wednesday flash sale expired…

The current Flash deal at B&H Photo is the new condition Oben CC-2481L 4-Section Carbon Fiber Lateral Tripod offered for $220 with free expedited shipping until 7pm ET (or earlier if sold out). The price before the sale began was $500.

Get 15% Rakuten Reward points until Wedn PM

If you are participating in the Rakuten rewards program, or do not object to signing up for it, good until Wednesday night you can earn 15% back in Rakuten points at purchases made at Rakuten.com. Some exclusions apply as usual based on various laws, regulations and restrictions placed by manufacturers.

This is not an in-cart discount. You pay the price you see on the website. You will receive 15% of that amount back as Rakuten Rewards points, which you can use in future Rakuten purchases.

(ENDED) 55-inch Sunpak 5555DLX Tripod for $10 w/free S&H [limit 3]

These Wednesday AM doorbusters expired…

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