Archives for October 2018

Sunday: Elvid OptiView, NUCPAC pho gloves

Sunday is upon us and with it another round of 24 hour B&H Photo DEals featuring two “on-topic” items:

+ Elvid OpticView 50 3.2″ LCD viewfinder for $25

+ RUCPAC photographer tech gloves for $20 (two size options)

Olympus 45mm f1.2 PRO with rewards for $1000

Bright prime pro time for Olympus M43rds shooters! Their 45mm 1.2 lens is now going for $1000 with 4% promotional rewards at Adorama and B&H Photo while at Amazon you get 5% if you pay with a Prime credit card… It is also offered at this price at the official store at Get Olympus

Prime Credit Card Benefit: 15% back on select Panasonic cameras (GH-series, G/GX-series, LX-series, FZ-, ZS-, TS-)

If you have a Prime Amazon credit card (Chase or Store card), for a limited time, Amazon will get you 15% back as a statement credit (or points credit depending on card/options) when you purchase one of these 30 Panasonic digital cameras and camcorders including:

+ GH5, GH5S, GH4, G9, GX9, G7, G85, GX85, GX850 M43rds iLCs
+ LX10, LX100 II, LX100 rawsumers
+ the FZ1000, FZ300, FZ80 superzooms
+ ZS200, ZS100, ZS70, ZS50 travel zooms
+ TS-series elementproofs
+ various camcorders

Refurb Yuneec Q500 4K YUNQ4KUS Recert Typhoon Quadcopter Drone RTF, 4K CGO3 Cam, ST10+ for $350

To the eBay Deals we return where eBay seller “DealParade” is offering the manufacturer refurbished Yuneec Q500 4K YUNQ4KUS Recert Typhoon Quadcopter Drone RTF, 4K CGO3 Cam, ST10+ with a 1-year warranty for $350 with free shipping with up to three per customer. But wait, there’s more! This offer has an automatic built-in volume discount. IF you buy two units, the per unit price drops to $343, or if you buy the maximum three, the per unit price drops to $339~…

Friday: 128GB Patriot LX SDXC for $27 w/free S&H

One of the Friday NewEgg deals of the day is the new condition 128GB Patriot LX Series SDXC card, model PSF128GLX1SDX, V10, C10, UHS-I, going for $27 with free shipping and handling. The sale runs in the pacific time zone on Friday 10/26/18 [or earlier if sold out]]…

More PPE 2018 Specials: Zeiss, Apple, Epson, Bags, Etc

Among the latest B&H PPE 2018 specials, don’t forget to check these potentially interesting offers:

+ Zeiss Prime lenses (five options)

+ Epson Printers

+ Vello Camera Remotes & Flash Triggers

+ Ruggard Camera Bags (8 options)

+ LowePro Camera Bags

+ Apple sale (12 options)

Best Buy Early Access Sale (Rewards members)

Depending on what level of Rewards Zone membership you are, you can get to see the Best Buy “Early Access” sale earlier. I don’t have my BB login on this laptop so I can’t check the sale, but if you are part of the reward program, and logged to your account, the sale is happening at the Early Access sale page…

Lighting Gear Sale at Adorama (230+ options)

Adorama is having a limited time sale on lightning gear products with 230+ options available from brands such as Flashpoint, Orlit, LitePanels, iKan, Lowel, (Dave) Matthews (Band), Chimera, etc. You can also filter by product type and other options using the filters on the left-hand side of the website over there. You don’t have to go through them one by one – if you don’t want to 🙂

Weekend (B&H): Oben, Raya, Think Tank

Friday has the usual 48 hour offers at the B&H Daily Deals running until Saturday at 11:59pm eastern time as follows:

+ OBEN AT-3565 Folding Aluminum Travel Tripod with BC-217T Ball Head for $90

+ RAYA Octa Fluorescent 7-Socket Fixture 2-Light Softbox Kit for $169

+ Think Tank Retrospective 30 Shoulder Bag for $95

Thur: refurb DJI Mavic Pro Fly More Combo for $775

One of the Thursday deals of the day at NewEgg (aka Shellshockers ~ because egg jokes] is the official refurbished DJI Mavic Pro Fly More Combo offered for $775 with free shipping by the through the official DJI store through the NewEgg website. Limit up to three per customer at the sale price…

First Wave of B&H Photo PPE 2018 Specials are LIVE

The end of October is many things, such as Halloween and the start of a new NBA season, but it’s also the Photo Plus Expo (aka PPE) in New York City [see Trade Show Calendar]… As with previous years, B&H Photo is back their first wave of PPE 2018 specials with more coming in the next few days. Many of these expire on Monday, some earlier, some later…

More on these later today…

Now shipping: Fuji Instax SQ20 Square Instant Camera

The name “SQ” proved fatal to the Nikon Coolpixies a few years ago. Can Fuji break the spell? Their brand new hybrid Instax SQ20 square film camera is now in-stock and shipping at its starting price of $200 at B&H Photo and Amazon itself

PS: speaking of B&H Photo, they now have in-stock the new condition Nokia 7.1 dual SIM smartphone for $350. This is a North America variant, unlocked, no carrier baggage, with Zeiss-blessed optics, 64GB on-board, Snapdragon 636, 5.85″ FHD display (19:9 aspect ratio), 4GB of RAM, and microSD card (up to 400GB)…

Thur (B&H): Sigma 14-24/2.8, Interfit Monolight, Tiffen, Kenko

It’s lens day at the Thursday B&H Photo Daily Deals with a Sigma wide zoom leading the pack:

+ Sigma 14-24 f2.8 DG HSM ART for $899 in Canon or Nikon DSLR systems

+ Interfit S1 500Ws HSS TTL Battery-Powered Monolight for $500

+ Kenko Auto Extension Tube for $90 to $100 in your choice of Canon, Nikon, M43rda and Sony E (FF)

+ Tiffen Variable Neutral Density Filter with a $20 mail-in rebate: 77mm for $60 AR, 82mm for $70 AR
+ AR = after the mail-in rebate

PS: no camera-related gear, but there is an Ingressol tools sale among the Thursday offers at the Amazon Gold Box

HandeVision Iberit 35mm f2.4 for $329 [X, E]

Prime time is mirrorless time in this post as Adorama is offering the new condition HandeVision Iberit 35mm f2.4 lens for $329 with free shipping in your choice of Sony E (silver) or Fuji X (silver or black color schemes). This is a limited time offer but expiration date is unknown… No coupon, no rebate, just add to the shopping cart and proceed to checkout…

YMMV: Amazon offering $75 statement credit with “Discover It”

This is YMMV as only Amazon’s AI knows how they decide to offer and target these type of things…

While surfing around Amazon, their AI may decide to offer you a $75 statement promotion IF you apply and get approved for a “Discover It” credit card, and use it to make an Amazon purchase within 3 months of getting the card. This offer appears under the “Special Offers” of individual products [partial screenshot below] or you may see promotional banners or other verbiage while traversing their byzantine website…

Refurbished Nikon D750 body only for $1200

If you want a full frame DSLR without breaking the frame of your wallet [I’m running out of “full frame” jokes!], Adorama is currently offering the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D750 body only for $1200 with free shipping and a 90-day Nikon USA warranty… The new condition currently goes for $1700 at authorized dealers… But mayhaps the biggest expense of a full frame camera is the 35mm full frame lens one has to buy to make the most of it :)…

Vanguard 47 DSLR Backpack for $25

Bag the bags! The new condition Vanguard 47 DSLR backpack, in the blue OR orange [but not black] color schemes is on sale for $25 at B&H Photo. This is an organic sale, not a daily deal, so expiration time is unknown…

Fuji X-T100 with 15-45mm for $589

Sometimes Amazon works in mysterious ways! As of the time of writing, there is a $19.18 off coupon specifically for the dark silver color scheme of the Fuji X-T100 with 15-45mm XC, dropping it from the standard price of $599 to $588.82.

$10 off is not a huge discount obviously, but if you were planning to buy this camera, that’s $10 less 🙂 Or if you prefer accessories, you can trade off those $10 off for a variety of freebies at Adorama

Screenshot below to make sure I did not imagine it 🙂

Wedn: Sandisk Storage Sale Returns (19 options)

It’s the return of the Sandisk sales at the Amazon Gold Box. A total of 19 storage products are participating in today’s Sandisk Storage sale running until Wednesday at 11:59pm pacific [or earlier if sold out]…

Among the sale items:
+ 64GB Ultra C10 SDXC for $13~, 128GB for $23.50

+ 64GB Extreme microSDXC for $30, 128GB with $43, 256GB for $110
+ these come with a full size SD adapter AND a microSD card reader [connects to full size USB port]

+ 64GB microSDXC for Nintendo Switch for $20

+ various USB flash drives including a 128GB dual drive (USB, microUSB)

+ SSDs and HDDs from Sandisk and WD
+ WD is there because WD purchased Sandisk

There is a limit of two units per individual item per customer at the sale price…

Pre-order new compact Sony HX99 Travel Zoom (30X optical)

It looks like Sony may have potentially produced an interesting new compact travel-zoom [pending the usual reviews, samples, comparisons and such]. It is the new Cybershot HX99 with a 30x optical zoom (24-720mm eq) Vario-Sonnar T* lens, 4K video, 18mp Exmor R CMOS 1/2.3″ sensor, 10fps, Bionz X, and RAW [B&H has a detailed spec sheet under the “Specs” tab – see link below]! It is a small sensor but RAW is better than not having RAW for those who like to squeeze more out of their camera.

It is available for pre-ordering for $448 at Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon itself with a early November 8 release estimate.

Wedn (B&H): DJI Mavic PRO, Aviator, Vello

Wednesday 10/24/18 is upon us and a new trio of B&H Photo daily deals has arrived until 11:59pm eastern as usual:

+ DJI Mavic PRO (Special Combo) for $799

+ Aviator Rocket Travel Slider base for $80

+ Vello Rapid Lens Changer for $40 in your choice of Canon, Sony or Nikon

Tuesday: partial Woot-OFF

Woot is having a partial Woot-OFF with three of their sub-Woots participating. Of camera/tech interest is the Clearance Woot-OFF, that’s the artist formerly known as Sellout. The other two participating sub-Woots are Gourmet and Shirts, so a good opportunity to pick up some creative shirts, especially if you are a Prime member since you get free shipping on Shirts [they are fairly lightweight and can be rolled up to burrito size, so they are easy and cheap to ship; thus the free Prime shipping benefit]…

Meanwhile it is Ninja day at the Amazon Gold Box where a trio of their household appliances are on sale, headlined by the $100 Coffee Bar Auto-IQ. If you don’t like coffee, you can use it as a lighting set-up challenge 🙂

Now shipping: Nissin i400 TTL Flash for $150 [C/N/S/X/m43]

B&H Photo has scored an exclusive and it is now shipping, it is the new condition Nissin i400 TTL Flash going for $150 each with free shipping in your choice of Sony, Nikon, M43rds, Fuji and Canon systems. I’m personally holding out for the Pentax Q option ^_^

Adorama’s Dare to Compare sale including LitePanels bundle, LG, Thinkpad

Adorama has launched another Dare to Compare sale featuring a handful of mirrorless camera bundles, and an assortment of other products including:

+ Litepanels Lykos 23W Bi-Color Flight Kit With Sand Bags for $1500
+ the sand bags ship empty for obvious reasons: 5 lbs is expensive to ship but sand is cheap/free 🙂

+ LG 27UD68-P 27″ 16:9 4K Ultra HD FreeSync IPS Monitor for $399

+ Thinkpad X1 laptop for $1199
+ 14″ FHD, i6-6600U (2.6 GHz), 8gB RAM, 512GB SSD, W10 PRO

Tue (B&H): K-Tek, TP Link, Phottix, LensCoat, Etc

Tuesday is upon us, and good until 11:59pm in the eastern time zone at the B&H Daily Deals they have brought back a couple of flash deals in addition to the daily deals:

+ K-Tek KE-110CCR Avalon Series Aluminum Boompole with Internal XLR Cable for $180

+ a couple of TP-Link smart Wi-fi products
+ speaking of networks, eight NetGear products are among the daily deals at Amazon Germany

+ ends 12pm ET: LENSCOAT 3 Axis Hot Shoe Bubble Level for $12
+ starts 12pm ET: Phottix Odin TCU TTL Flash Trigger Transmitter for Nikon

EU card deals: 32GB Sandisk Ultra SD 10e, 64GB Extreme PRO 24e, 128GB Samsung EVO Select 38e

For EU shoppers, Amazon Germany is offering the new condition 32GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC card for 10 euro and Prime eligible. You can buy as many as you like. This is an old fashioned sale, not a “Angebote” (Gold Box) lightning deal. It is currently the best selling card at Amazon.de.

If you prefer something better/faster, the 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO goes for 24 euro, with up to three cards per customer at the sale price.

If you prefer a solid microSD card, the new condition Samsung Evo Select goes for 38~ euro. This too has a limit of up to three units per customer at the sale price.

The usual Prime Germany free shipping terms apply.

EU: Sony RX10 First Generation for 650 euro

The Sony RX10 Mark IV is the leader of the RX10 series but with a price that is not that far from 2000 (Euro or Dollars), one who loves the idea of the RX10* models but has a fiscally strict spouse-CFO may be interested in the original model, the first generation RX10, it is currently on sale in new condition for 650 euro by Amazon Germany itself with a maximum of two units per Amazon account at the sale price.

One could buy almost three of these for the price of one Mark IV with its 4K and bigger lens and speed-demon auto-focus and such…

EU residents pay no additional VAT/customers. Outside the EU, it depends on your location and situation…

40% off site-wide at CreativeLIVE

If you are a fan of CreativeLIVE, they are running another site-wide sale which offers 40% off the standard prices of their classes. There is no coupon code to enter – the price you see is the price you pay!

EU: Used Panasonic GF7 w/12-32 for 245 euro

European Union photographers! Grab your e-wallets! As of the time of writing, there is one unit of the Panasonic GF7 with 12-32mm (model DMC-GF7KEG-S) available in “Used – Good” condition for 245 euro by Amazon Warehouse Deals (AWD) of Germany. This particular listing is sold and shipped by AWD, so you get the “sold-by-Amazon” benefits, including Prime delivery…

As long as you are in the European Union, you don’t pay any additional VAT/customs. Outside the EU, check with your local laws [or ask photographers in your region]…

If you are not familiar with how it looks when AWD is the seller, here’s a screenshot, annotated in orange with the areas of interest:

[DEAD] Mon: 20% off with Monoprice coupon [no minimum amount!]

This coupon expired…

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