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The semi-modular (has a 360 degree camera optional accessory among others) Essential Phone is now down another $100 in the white color scheme, you can get it in new condition, factory unlocked, with USA warranty for $500 at Amazon by Amazon itself. This started out at $700. This is the brain child of Android creator Andy Rubin.
UPDATE: the Black Moon color scheme is now down to $500 as well…
Meanwhile the Galaxy Note 8 remains in the all-encompassing “TOOS” status.
If you like to buy books at the Barnes and Noble website, they have a new promotion running until 10/24/17 at 11:59PM, coupon code BOOKENDS gets you a discount depending on your order total:
+ $5 off orders of $40+
+ $10 off orders of $75+
+ the usual coupon exclusions apply
Independently of the coupon, a redistribution of the old Apple Price Fixing e-Book Settlement is in progress, so if you find small store credits in your e-book seller accounts, this is probably it.
Strategically this is good for books and such that have the same price everywhere, whether they are big photography books or camera guides, or instructional guides. Publishers love having price control, so coupons like this are a good way to get a discount on books that are price fixed.
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.
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There are over 40 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.
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The US version with US warranty, factory unlocked, of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 flagship smartphone with its dual OIS back cameras, in the Orchid Gray color scheme is now at the all-encompassing “Temporarily out of stock” status at Amazon, sold and shipped by Amazon itself. This is a step in the right direction (over Pre-Order status without a date) but still not a concrete date. But it’s getting there!
Meanwhile the B&H Photo listings remain in “New Item – Coming Soon” condition. Note that the B&H page has a mix of North American and International variants, so make sure you are looking at the correct model you are interested in.
Speaking of flagships, the Essential Phone is now down to $599 (from $699) in both color schemes, in the new condition factory unlocked with USA warranty model.
This if you want an uber flagship smartphone. If not, for the same price, you can buy 3-4 units of the Moto G5 Plus with “all carrier” support (the Big Four in the US market) for $240 with Prime Lockscreen Ads or for $300 Factory Unlocked. Note [no pun intended] that the $185/$235 model is with 2GB RAM / 32GB storage, while this $240/$300 model is with 4GB RAM / 64GB storage. The extra RAM is more important, especially if you plan on keeping/using the phone throughout its lifecycle, since apps get more and more bloated as time goes by (even if you don’t upgrade to a newer OS version).
Monitors are a window into your photography’s soul. Pretentious statement or not? We do not know but what we do know is that the eBay Deals have a sale on the new condition 34-inch LG 34UM60-P IPS WFHD (2560 x 1080) Ultrawide Freesync Monitor for $260 with free shipping by Buydig’s eBay store.
BuyDIG is an authorized LG dealer. This is a 2017 model with a full warranty. Limit up to three per customer during this sale. You have to do the “add to cart” thing to see the price, but you don’t need to login or sign-u for an account. Over 1900 units have been sold so far from this particular eBay listing.
This has 21:9 aspect ratio, AMD FreeSync technology, game mode, sRBG over 99 percent, 8bits (6bit+FRC), 16.7M color depth, HDMI and DisplayPort, Split Screen 2.0, and more.
If you like Duracell AA or AAA single-use batteries, and shop at Office Depot/Max enough to spend the future rewards, their Duracell 1-Cent After Rewards (no rewards on the sales-tax amount) are back at the Office Depot/Max Rewards. The terms are as before, maximum two 16-packs per customer during the week of Sunday 10/22/17 until Saturday 10/28/17 night. This is good online or at their B&M stores. A rewards account is required for all the Rewards promotions.
Also part of the Adorama 48 hour sale is the new condition ORLIT RT-600C TTL RT Speedlite (for Canon ST-E3-RT & 600EX-RT) bundled with a FREE Glow SpeedLight Bracket for Beauty Dish and 16X16″ Softbox, going for $90 plus shipping. Shipping starts at $7.
There’s also a couple of camera bags part of the 48 Hour sale at Adorama, with free shipping for each one, in price ascending order below:
+ Lowepro Toploader 45 AW Bag for $25
+ Manfrotto MBSB390-5BB Stile Veloce V Backpack for DSLR and 70-200mm, 2-3 Lenses, Tripods, Black for $60
A Trio of Tripods (is this the first time I’ve used this phrase???) is included in the Adorama 48 hour sale with free shipping for each one of them, posted in ascending price order:
+ 3Pod V3AH Video Tripod System Anodized Aluminum with 2-way Fluid Head & Quick-Release Plate for $80~
+ Manfrotto BeFree Live Video Kit with Tripod and Fluid Head, Includes Case for $238~
Sony has launched another instant savings promotion featuring various iLC and Fixed lens cameras, some of which get free extra accessories included by B&H. Click on “Load More” over there to see all the options. A total of 23 cameras are included, but no Michael Jordan 🙂
These offers expired but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales
There are over 40 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.
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If you are interested in either “Digital Photo PRO” or “Videomaker”, this is a good weekend to buy them through the DiscountMags weekend sale ending on Monday night. The theme of this weekend is $5 per magazine per year. Both of those typically go for more than $5.
Two more photography magazines are at their “regular” sale price of $5 per magazine per year: “Outdoor Photographer” and “Digital Photo” (not PRO). The usual assortment of “six degrees of photographic separation” magazines are available, such as fashion, sports, nature, tech (eg Wired), Bridal Guide, Martha Stewart Weddings, and more.
These are printed magazines delivered glossily to US addresses. If a magazine is a digital offer, it says so in its box and mentions it is delivered by Zinio.
As usual, you can sign up for up to three years per magazine. These are good for new subscribers, existing subscribers renewing, or gifts for other people.
If you are a Prime member, one of the Prime Benefits is the Prime Reading program that lets you read for free from a list of roughly 1000 ebooks. You can read as much as you like but you can only have ten items checked out at any one time, so if you are getting close to ten, some strategy may be needed – mix some quick reads with some long-running reads so you are not out of picks. But even if you are, you can return something and re-borrow it again a few days later [assuming it doesn’t leave].
One of the lesser known benefits of Prime Reading is that single issues of magazines are also available. Among the latest additions, of potential photography interest, they have:
+ Consumer Reports (November 2017)
+ and the usual “six degrees of separation” from photography: fashion, sports, nature, etc
As with all Netflix-style services, you can only read as long as you are a paying member. If you cancel the Prime membership, or return a book/magazine, you can no longer read it. However, there is no time limit on how long you can keep it checked out. I’ve found things I had checked out for over a year. No late library fees here 🙂
When logged in to your account, each magazine tells you which devices (in your account) it can be read from. For magazines, it is typically iOS and Android only, so the biggest reading screens you can get are probably iPad PROs and 2-in-1 Chromebooks with Google Play. Or that giant old 18.4″ Samsung Galaxy View.
These offers expired but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales
This daily deal expired…
As of a late 10/21/17 re-check, this sold out and the eBay listing closed after 500 units got sold…
Doorbuster time at the eBay Deals, the official Best Buy eBay store is offering the new condition 16GB Sandisk SDHC memory card, Class 4, model SDSDB-016G-A46, with a 5 year warranty, for $5 with free shipping.
That’s right, even if you buy one card, you get free shipping. The benefits of memory cards being so tiny they qualify for low postage USPS first class mail 🙂 Limit up to FIVE units per customer at the sale price.
There are over 40 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.
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The Nikon P900 superzoom (83x optical zoom) is on sale in two different conditions, so you have choices to trade-off if interested in it:
+ manufacturer refurbished for $450 with free shipping and a 90-day Nikon USA warranty at Adorama
+ new condition for $579 at Amazon by Amazon herself (limit 3 per customer)
To the eBay Deals we go where the official DJI eBay store is offering the manufacturer refurbished DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter – 4K Camera for $799 with free shipping and a 1-year DJI warranty. Limit up to five units per customer. Per the eBay splash page, this is almost gone. Over 300 units got sold so far from this eBay listing.
Thunderbot and lightning mean totally different things in technology than they do in Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Which brings us to lighting 🙂 The new condition Westcott 48″ Rapid Box Octa XXL for Bowens is on sale until 10/22/17 (or earlier if sold out) for $250 with free shipping at Adorama.
While there, they are also offering the SmallHD 502 5″ HDMI/SDI LCD On-Camera Monitor Kit with a variety of accessories for $999 with free shipping until 10/30/17 or earlier if sold out.
Also there, you can get the new condition Tascam US-16×08 16×8 Channel USB Audio Interface for $200 with free shipping.
The new condition Think Tank Trifecta 10 Backpack for DSLR and two lenses and tablet is currently on sale for $70 with free shipping at Adorama until 10/25/17 or earlier if sold out…
For more Adorama action, check their 48 hour sale…
$1795 is the magical price for a number of Rokinon Xeen Profesional Cine Manual Focus lenses at Adorama for a limited time. The following lenses go for $1795 each:
+ 14mm T3.1, 16mm T2.6
+ 20mm T1.9, 24mm T1.5
+ 35mm T1.5, 50mm T1.5
+ 85mm T1.5, 135mm T2.2
The lenses are available in the following mounts:
+ DSLR: Nikon F, Canon EF
+ Mirrorless: M43, Sony E
+ PL mount
+ all options are nicely organized by lens, in ascending focal length order at Adorama
Good until Monday 10/23/17 at 11:59pm central time, Dell Refurbished, a Dell specialty website that focuses on re-selling off-lease Dell computer gear to the general public has the following four new coupons. Free US ground shipping. Coupons do not work with clearance items and cannot be combined with other offers:
+ $500 off any item priced $1,000 & up using Coupon Code: FALL$500DEAL
+ $350 off any item priced $700 – $999 using Coupon Code: FALL$350DEAL
+ $200 off any item priced $400 – $699 using Coupon Code: FALL$200DEAL
+ $125 off any item priced $300 – $399 using Coupon Code: FALL$125DEAL
There are over 50 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box.
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NewEgg launched a massive open-box and clearance sale featuring over 2800 items. Many of them need the promo code shown on the listings to get the discount. The promo code requires an email address before you can enter it. The coupons expire on Monday night.
Adorama launched a new 48 Hour Sale featuring a variety of accessories and camera gear. More on these later in the day as I can’t stop time from rolling forward and onward 🙂
Online shopping got a bit stale in terms of innovation before the explosion of mobile, and now, the much tighter integration of digital and “real world” is bringing more crazy things, like Amazon’s Treasure Truck.
NewEgg doesn’t have Amazon-type of real world infrastructure, but they have YouTube technology! Every Thursday at 1pm ET, they are starting a NewEgg NOW Live Stream talking about various tech products and services, and while that stream is running, below it, a variety of tech deals are offered.
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