Archives for 2017

ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 TTL Monolight for $599

Lighting action now at Adorama. They are offering the ORLIT RoveLight RT 610 TTL Monolight with On Board Power for $599 with free shipping in the Bowens Mount. The standard version (without a transmitter) gets a free ORLIT 5.5″ Reflector. The Canon version and Nikon version include transceivers fro their respective systems. They all go for $599, which explains why the ones with a transceiver don’t get a free reflector 🙂

Starts 4pm ET Friday (FREE to Watch): Fuji X-T20 Online Class

Starting at 4pm Eastern today (Friday 8/11/17) at CreativeLIVE, another John Greengo FAST START online class will be streaming for FREE, this one focusing on the Fuji X-T20. You may need a Flash enabled browser if you are not seeing video on a browser without or if you have turned off video-playback and such in your browser.

Weekend Magazine sale: Shutterbug Digital for $9; Printed Options as usual

The weekend is here and so is the weekend sale at Discount Mags bringing a mix of printed and digital magazine subscriptions. The prices below are per magazine per year. Offer ends Monday night:

PRINTED MAGAZINES
+ Outdoor Photographer for $5
+ Digital Photo for $5
+ Videomaker for $7
+ Digital Photo PRO for $8

DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS via ZINIO
+ Shutterbug for $9

Used Fuji X-T20 w/16-50 for $857, Open Box for $899

The used Fuji X-T20 body only starts at $769, but if you prefer a “take pictures with” kit, then to the Fuji X-T20 with 16-50mm kit we go. This goes for $1000 in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you prefer used, as of the time of writing, these are the options:

+ “USED – Very Good” for $857~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals

+ “USED – Like New” Open-Box for $899 by OneCall thru Amazon or OneCall directly

PS: a Fast Start Fuji X-T20 CreativeLIVE online class will begin live-streaming, free-to-watch starting at 4pm ET today (Friday 8/11/17).

Monoprice coupons: $20/$200+ or $5/$25+

Monoprice is back with two coupons that are good until Saturday night at Monoprice.com: SAVING5 (five, not “S”) gets you $5 off a $25+ order, while coupon SAVING20 gets you $20 off a $200+ order. The usual exclusions apply.

In other Monoprice action, they have the following sales:

+ Monoprice MP 22-inch 1080p Battery-Free Pen Display Tablet, Black – 5048 LPI | 2048 Pressure Levels | 200 RPS – PC / MAC for $380 with free standard US shipping

+ Monoprice MP Select Mini 3D Printer (REFURBISHED) for $180 + S&H

+ 63-inch Lightweight Aluminum Portable Monopod for $5 + S&H
+ averages 4.6 out of 5 on 19 customer reviews

+ Mid-Summer Clearance sale

+ free shipping on select tech items under $10

Used Fuji X-T20 Body for $769, Open-Box for $800

The free-streaming Fuji X-T20 “Fast Start” class starts at 4pm ET today (Friday) and if that convinces you on the camera, its current situation is this:

The Fuji X-T20 body only is in-stock for $900 at multiple retailers, but if you are comfortable with used cameras, you can get it in used condition as follows:

+ “USED – Very Good” condition in BLACK for $769 at Amazon Warehouse Deals

+ “USED – Like New” Open Box condition in SILVER for $800 by OneCall thru Amazon or OneCall directly

+ “USED – Demo” condition for $819 at Adorama

PS: if you want the instructions or collect them (don’t judge!) you can get the X-T20 Instructions for $5 at KEH Camera (camera NOT included; only the printed instructions).

LIVE NOW (Free to Watch): Canon M5 and M6 Online Class

LIVE NOW and FREE to Watch during this promotional period at CreativeLIVE is a Fast Start class on the Canon M5 and M6 by John Greengo. You may need a Flash enabled browser if you are not seeing video on a browser without or if you have turned off video-playback and such in your browser.

Select Photography Classes for $29

Creative LIVE has a limited time sale, featuring Select Photography Classes for a limited time for $29 each.

But if you prefer not to pay, and you have schedule flexibility, you can watch classes for FREE when they are originally recording online. Check their ON-AIR SCHEDULE for the upcoming schedule. They have a variety of classes.

Dell Refurbished Coupons: 45% off $499+ Laptops/Desktops, and More

Good until Monday 11:59pm Central time, the following coupons are live at Dell Refurbished, a specialty website of Dell that focuses on reselling off-lease computers, with 100-day warranty (unless otherwise specified in the individual listing over there). Free US ground shipping included. Cannot be combined with other offers. Coupons do not work on clearance items.

+ 45% off Dell Laptops or Desktops priced $499 & up with Coupon Code: DELL45BTS

+ 35% off Dell Laptops or Desktops priced $498 and below (excludes E5440 models) with Coupon Code: DELL35BTS

+ 25% off any item in stock (excludes E5440 models) with Coupon Code: DELL25BTS

+ 50% off Dell 17 – 22 inch Monitors with Coupon Code DELL50MONITOR

+ clearance items excluded; free US shipping

(ENDED) Sunday: Vello FreeWave Mini-Stand Flash Trigger Set for $28; Etc

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(ENDED) Ruggard DSLR + Laptop Backpack for $60; Etc

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Friday Lightning Deals: NixPlay, Aukey, Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 50 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals (old format) or Full Page format (faster to navigate on Desktop) of the Amazon Gold Box. Due to time constraints I cannot create a detailed listing of them all. The usual assortment of accessories are running throughout the day.

YI Action Camera with Extra Battery for $70

The new condition YI Action Camera available in three color schemes (black, white, yellow) is going for $70 and at the same time it has a promotion that gets you an extra battery for it for FREE. To get the freebie, you must add both items to the shopping cart, and both must by sold by “YI Technology” with the order fulfilled by Amazon.

You can “Add to Cart” from the “Special Offers” section of the camera listing, or you can add them separately, making sure both are sold by “YI Technology” fulfilled by Amazon:

+ YI Action Camera (US Edition)
+ YI Action Camera Battery Replacement

Alternately, the same free battery promotion is available if you purchase the $82 YI Action Camera with Waterproof Case Black. Similarly add the battery to the cart, or use the “Add both to cart” under the “Special Offers” section of the action camera listing.

PS: speaking of YI, their YI M1 camera with 12-40mm and 42.5mm f1.8 M43rds 2-lens kit continues to go for $379.

Rokinon AF 35mm f2.8 FE for $299 (Sony E)

But wait, there are more Rokinon lenses. The new condition Rokinon AF 35mm f/2.8 FE Lens for Sony E-mount is on sale for a limited time for $299 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. As the “AF” in the model name suggests, this is an Auto Focus lens.

Dell UltraSharp Monitors on sale (six options)

Dell has a dedicated Dell Deals page and among those at the moment is sale of UltraSharp Monitors, with screen sizes ranging from 24″ to 38″, and prices ranging from $270 to $1170. All these are limited time offers.

Specific models and prices in the screenshot below, along with the 38-inch U3818DW for $1170 (not in the screenshot below but part of the sale)

Rokinon Xeen 24mm T1.5 CINE Lens with $190 Rewards for $1900 [C/N/E/m43/PL]

We begin a Rokinon Trilogy of posts today, starting with the new condition Rokinon Xeen 24mm T1.5 professional CINE lens on sale for $1900 and earning 10% promotional rewards (about $190 to be spent in future purchases) at B&H Photo and Adorama in the Canon and Nikon SLR systems, the M43rds and Sony E mirrorless systems, and the video-friendly PL mount.

PS: the same price is available at Amazon but no 10% promotional rewards.

Rokinon 12mm f2.8 ED AS IF NCS UMC Fisheye for $399 [C/N/K/E]

No auto-focusing magic with this lens, it is the new condition Rokinon 12mm f/2.8 ED AS IF NCS UMC Fisheye Lens on sale for $399 with free shipping at B&H Photo and Adorama. Some options earn 2% promotional rewards. This is a limited time offer. It is available in the Canon, Nikon (chipped) and Pentax K SLR systems, and in the Sony E mirrorless.

Rokinon 14mm f2.8 FE Auto Focus for $630 (Sony E)

E-mount photographers who are Rokinon fans are lucky because Rokinon has discovered auto-focusing technology for some of their FE lenses. One such lens is the Rokinon 14mm f2.8 FE Auto Focus lens currently on sale for $630 with free shipping at B&H Photo and Amazon itself (limit 3).

15% off Used Textbooks (includes up to 600 photography books)

Barnes and Noble also has another coupon, coupon code STUDYGROUP gets you 15% off the purchase of USED Textbooks. The coupon only works on used textbooks, not new condition textbooks. Coupon expires August 12, 2017 at 2:59am Eastern Time.

Among those, according to the search results, over 600 photography books qualify as textbooks. Many of these have USED options available. This coupon will only work on USED, not NEW.

15% off one item at B&N website

If you are looking to buy photography books or camera guides or any other books (or anything else they carry) that has the same price everywhere, coupon code SUMAUG17 can get you 15% off one item at The Barnes & Noble website. Some exclusions apply (gift cards, Nooks, ebooks, LEGO toys, etc). Free shipping with orders of $25+ or if you are a paying B&N member ($25 per year). Coupon ends 8/13/17.

PS: the coupon is SUMAUG17 as in SUM(MER) AUG(UST) (20)17. Not SMAUG 🙂 We have to wait until they turn Tolkien’s footnotes into another 10-hour Hobbit cinematic trilogy for that coupon 😉

10% back in eBay Bucks on $50+ items

If you are planning to make purchases of items priced $50 or higher individually (not as a total shopping cart), and you are participating in the eBay Bucks rewards program, check your emails or eBay messages for a new 10% eBay Bucks promotion on $50+ items. You must first activate the offer by clicking on the appropriate spot in the email or eBay message. Without activation, you won’t earn the bonus! The email title is semi-hidden, “Don’t get schooled–earn 10% eBay Bucks now!”, which may not be visible if you are using a phone to quickly skim emails.

A good place to look for ideas are the eBay Deals along with the Trending Deals (shows only 100 trending deals, less overwhelming to look at than their main deals page). There’s also a dedicated search box there that searches only the Deals, not everything else on eBay.

Another way to look for ideas is our eBay Archive posts.

(ENDED) 15% off at KEH Camera on Used Gear in Excellent and Excellent Plus condition

This one-day coupon expired. If you missed it, fear not ~ KEH has recurring coupons every few days, so stay tuned to the blog…

Oops, I knew there was something I forgot about today, and now I remember, thankfully it’s not too late! Good for Thursday, coupon code EX08A gets you 15% off Excellent and Excellent Plus grade gear. KEH specializes in used gear, and they offer a 180-day warranty (except for AS-IS items). This link prefilters items in those two conditions which are the ones eligible for the coupon code.

Thursday Lightning Deals: Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are over 50 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals (old format) or Full Page format (faster to navigate on Desktop) of the Amazon Gold Box. Due to time constraints I cannot create a detailed listing of them all. The usual assortment of accessories are running throughout the day.

Sony a9 body with FREE 128GB and 32GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC cards for $4500

The sony a9 body only mirrorless full frame camera goes for $4500 at authorized dealers. At the moment, Adorama is bundling two Sandisk Extreme PRO UHS-II Class 10 U3 SDXC Memory Card, Up to 300MB/s Read and Up to 260MB/s Write Speed. One is 128GB, and the other is 32GB. You also get free Overnight shipping which is nice for a flagship camera, you don’t want it lingering around in shiplandia.

Still Good: FREE Fuji 35mm f2 R Lens with select Fuji X-T1 purchases

The promotion is still good! You still get a free Fuji 35mm f2 R WR lens with the purchase of select Fuji X-T1 camera kits at various Fuji authorized dealers. You can find them all waiting for you in our Fuji X-T1 Free Lens Promotion posts. Some remain in-stock, others are back-ordered but you can still buy them. Some are out of stock but cannot be ordered.

CURRENTLY IN-STOCK: various FUJI X-T1 KITS with FREE 35mm f2R

+ Fuji X-T1 with 18-55mm OIS and 35mm f2R for $1199 at Amazon by Amazon itself (limit 3)
+ $60 statement credit for PRIME members who pay with either the Chase Amazon VISA or Amazon Prime Store Card

+ Fuji X-T1 with 18-55mm OIS and 35mm f2R and $48 promotional rewards for $1199 at Adorama and B&H Photo

+ Fuji X-T1 with 18-55mm OIS and 35mm f2R and FREEBIES (instead of rewards) for $1199 at Adorama
+ the FREEBIES are Green Extreme battery, 32GB Lexar SD UHS-II U3, ProOptic 58mm Filter Kit, Lowepro Format 140 bag, HDMI cable, cleaning kit, and the Corel Software bundle

+ Fuji X-T1 Graphite with 35mm f2R and FREE Overnight shipping for $999 at Adorama
+ $40 promotional rewards instead of Overnight shipping at B&H Photo

WHAT ABOUT THE X-T1 BODY ONLY?

The X-T1 body only with the 35mm f2R lens goes for $800 but is out of stock and cannot be ordered at Amazon.

It is “temporarily backordered” and it can ordered at Adorama where it gets free accessories (Corel software, 32GB Lexar SD, extra battery, Lowepro bag, etc).

Meanwhile at B&H Photo it can also be ordered and their estimate is “Expected availability: 7-14 business days”. This kit also includes a 16GB Sandisk SD card, Ruggard holster bag, Watson extra battery and cleaning cloth.

11×14″ Metal Prints, Buy One, Get 30% off on the Second

It’s metal time! Coupon code PXMTBOGO (PX = Pictures, MT = Metal, BOGO = Buy One Get One) is a promotion that if you buy one 11×14 inch metal print at regular price, you can get a second one for 30% off. In other words, buy two, get 15% off. This at AdoramaPIX until 8/13/17 PM.

Wednesday Lightning Deals: Usual Camera/Photo accessories

There are around 50 items listed in the Camera & Photo lightning deals (old format) or Full Page format (faster to navigate on Desktop) of the Amazon Gold Box. Due to time constraints I cannot create a detailed listing of them all. The usual assortment of accessories are running throughout the day.

One name-brand item among this lot:

+ starts 7:30pm ET: Cyberlink PowerDirector 15 Ultimate (price before sale $61)

Monoprice OTG Card Reader Adapter for $3 w/free S&H

Doorbuster with free standard US shipping at Monoprice, they are offering the new condition Monoprice OTG Card Reader Adapter for $3 with free shipping. You can buy as many as you want. Even if you buy one unit, you still get free shipping. It averages 4.5 out of 5 based on 20 customer reviews. Of interest if the microUSB hardware and software of your smartphones and tablets support OTG.

This may also help lower the shipping fee of any other items you buy in the same shopping cart with it that don’t qualify with free shipping (not sure exactly how this works, YMMV).

6TB Seagate Backup Plus Hub Desktop External HDD for $140

All your data are belong to you, and backups are rather boring yet so important! Which brings us to the new condition 6TB Seagate Backup Plus Hub Desktop External USB 3.0 Hard Drive, model STEL6000100, on sale for $140 with free shipping at NewEgg and at Amazon by Amazon itself.

Speaking of computer-related matters, the 5-Device Norton Security Deluxe PC/Mac with a 1-year subscription to updates is on sale for $32 in either a digital download (limit two 5-packs per customer) or as a keycard delivered by mail (no limits). At the moment the 5-device option costs almost half as the 3-device option.

Benro TAD38CB3 Series 3 Adventure Carbon Fiber Tripod with B3 Ball Head for $320

Back to the Planet of the Tripods we return, where the new condition Benro TAD38CB3 Series 3 Adventure Carbon Fiber Tripod with B3 Ball Head is on sale for $320 with free expedited shipping as a limited time offer at B&H Photo.

For more B&H action, check their frequently updated Featured Sales and Back to School sale.