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NewEgg “Egg Hunt” Deals: 8TB HDD $140, 24″ Acer 3-input $100, Etc

NewEgg has launched a NewEgg Egg Hunt sale, they have egg in their name after all 🙂 The sale offers the usual assortment of technology including a $100 23.8″ Acer monitor with three inputs, the Moto G5s Plus (Special Edition) Unlocked Smartphone Dual Camera (5.5″ Blush Gold, 64GB Storage 4GB RAM) US Warranty for $260 with promo code EMCSPSSP2, various storage options including 8TB Seagate BackUp Plus External HDD with two USB 3.0 ports for $140 after promo code EMCPSSP39, along with various other computer, storage, monitors, software and such.

As usual, some offers require promo codes, some don’t. A few have a mail-in rebate (eg free Aconis Backup with Tax software). The promotion overall expires 4/5/18 but some individual offers expire earlier, while others may sell out. To use the promo codes, you just have to enter an email address either in the shopping cart when you try to use it or at the top of the promotional sale page…

March 30, 2018 Filed Under: technology deals

(ENDED) Saturday: World BackUp Day = Storage Deals (Toshi, WD, Synology, etc)

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March 30, 2018 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

Pay $45, Get $50 Google Play e-gift card

This recurring promotion is back at Amazon. You pay $45, and get a $50 Google Play e-gift card by email using coupon code GOOGLE in the Amazon shopping cart. That’s a 10% off discount. You can get a better percentage during various B&M store gift card promotions, but typically the percentage is achieved through store credit or rewards points. This is a straight-up discount, nothing else involved. It is a limited time offer, expiration time unknown (= when the coupon stops working).

PS: Google Play gift cards can also be used towards subscriptions initiated from Google Play, as long as that subscription service supports billing through Google Play (eg HBO NOW). You can adjust it at any time under the Subscriptions section of the Google Play Store website or app.

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: gifts and gadgets Tagged With: , ,

Glidecam HD4000 Stabilizer System for $389

Ser Clyde “The Glidecam” Drexler! The new condition Glidecam HD4000 Stabilizer System is on sale for a limited time for $389 with free standard shipping at B&H Photo. Expiration date is not mentioned.

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Sony a7r II Body + Sony Vertical Grip + 4TB WD HDD for $2398

Good until Friday 3/30/18 at 7:15pm ET, B&H Photo is offering new condition Sony a7r II Body Only with a FREE Sony Vertical Battery Grip and a 4TB WD MyPassport external USB 3.0 hard drive, all together for $2398 with free expedited shipping…

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , ,

Starts 12pm ET: Using Flash for Dramatic and Beauty Images (two World Premieres)

Light is the theme of today’s classes streaming FREE starting at 12pm eastern today at the CreativeLIVE On-AIR. We have two world premieres (recording LIVE in front of a live studio audience), first up starting at 12pm ET is “Flash for Beauty Images” with Mike Hagen and the same instructor will launch at 4pm ET the “Flash for Dramatic Images” class.

We also have a repeat of the “Understanding Light” with Mark Wallace.

These classes will repeat overnight until up to 11:59am eastern of the following day (Friday), so you can watch them all if you have flexible and available time…

COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
+ CONTINUES: Adobe Photoshop CC Bootcamp until April 6
+ MAR-30: Flash for Children/Family Images (WORLD PREMIERE)
+ APR-03: Lightning and Posing for Wedding Photographers (WORLD PREMIERE)
+ APR-04: Business of Wedding Photography
+ APR-05: The Wedding Story (WORLD PREMIERE)
+ APR-09: Lightroom Classic: The Complete Guide (WORLD PREMIERE)
+ APR-23: Powerful Portraits using Body Language and Lightning
+ the above is just a sampling, see them all at the CREATIVE LIVE On-AIR Schedule

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Now shipping: Opteka 50mm f2 for Sony E for $90 w/FS

If you are a fan of budget primes and a fan of the Sony E-system too, we have good news for you, the Opteka 50mm f2 is now in-stock and shipping for $90 with free shipping at B&H Photo. It had already been available for the Fuji X, M43rds, Canon EF-M and the Nikon 1 system.

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Now shipping (and officially announced): new GoPRO HERO CHDHB-501 Action Camera

GoPRO has officially announced a brand new action camera, the GoPRO HERO with touch-screen and voice-control. The model name is CHDHB-501 in case it’s not clear which model you are looking at. That and the lack of customer reviews [since it was just released] will pin-point to it being the new model.

And it is already in-stock and shipping at its starting price of $199 at Amazon by Amazon itself and Adorama and B&H Photo.

Speaking of which, they are offering a free $25 B&H e-gift card with the purchase of the good old HERO5 Black for $299.

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: other cameras Tagged With: , ,

March Instant Savings are Expiring (and other assorted Adorama offers)

Another month is almost over, and with it, a number of the March Instant Savings promotions will be expiring. Adorama has organized products participating in instant savings promotions by product category:

+ 680+ lenses and accessories from various manufacturers and kinds

+ 990+ Professional Video Cameras and related products

+ 140+ Studio, Lighting and Camera Flashes from first-party and third-party manufacturers
+ who is the “second party”? 🙂

+ 310+ Tripods, Monopods and other stabilizer-y things

+ $30 off Fitbit Ionic and Alta models

+ Free Fuji-Domke Camera bag with select Fuji cameras and lenses

+ 510+ USED Clearance specials (cameras, lenses, etc)

+ 680+ open-box items

+ 90+ refurbished Nikons (DSLR, lenses, Coolpixies)

+ 2430+ various Instant Savings and specials

+ 8400+ Overstock specials

+ the order deadline for shipment before Adorama closes for Passover is Friday at 12pm eastern

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: roundup

Now shipping: Fractal Filters Classic Prismatic Camera Filters

On the new product discovery front, the brand new Fractal Filters Classic Prismatic Camera Filters is now in-stock and shipping for $99 with free expedited shipping at Adorama. Move over JJ Abrams, here comes fractals-based lens flare 🙂

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

Flashpoint lighting products …flash sale

Adorama is running another “Snapshot” flash sale. These typically last 24 hours or so and the current “Snapshot” sale is a sale on their various Flashpoint Flash and Lighting products. The price you see is the price you pay, no coupons, no mail-in rebates!

The order deadline for shipment before they close is 3/30/18 at 12pm eastern.

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With:

(ENDED) Friday Daily Deals: Sandisk microSD, Tenergy, Etc

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March 29, 2018 Filed Under: roundup

(ENDED) Friday Gold Box: Zhiyun, GVBGear, Excelvan, Nikon lens mug

These expired BUT for more Gold Box posts here, follow the Yellow Brick Road of Gold-Box tagged posts…

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March 29, 2018 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

(ENDED) Gold Box Now: Excelvan Studio Kit $88, Zhiyun Crane Plus $455

These lightning deals expired…

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March 29, 2018 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

(ENDED) GVBGear Pocket Camera Light Fixture On-Camera Light for $25

This lightning deal expired…

Into the Amazon Gold Box we go, where, until 5:50pm ET tonight, you can get the new condition GVBGear Pocket Camera Light Fixture On-Camera Light for $24.99 sold by “GVB Gear” with the order fulfilled by Amazon. Only this one of the three options on the listing is a lightning. The price before the sale was $40 when I posted the Lightning Deals schedule earlier today.

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Lomography Lomo’Instant Instant Film Camera and Lenses (San Sebastián Edition) for $75

These expired but for more action, check the B&H Featured Sales…

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March 29, 2018 Filed Under: other cameras Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) OUOH 16oz Lens Mug (Nikon 24–70/2.8G Homage) for $11

These lightning deals expired…

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March 29, 2018 Filed Under: gifts and gadgets Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) 3-Hour eBay App coupon: 15% off $50+ orders

This goofy 3-hour surprise Friday coupon expired…

Goofiness by eBay! They have launched a 3-Hour coupon promotion, coupon PGETTHEAPP gets you 15% off orders of $50+ if you use the official eBay app. Maximum discount is $100. The coupon expires at 2pm eastern today (Friday). The duration of this coupon is just three hours.

March 29, 2018 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Magazines: Outdoor $4.69/yr, Digital Pho PRO $6.78/yr, Etc

The weekend is over, and so is this weekend sale…

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March 29, 2018 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

(ENDED) Dell Refurbished: 45% off items $499+, 30% items under

The weekend is over, and so is this weekend sale…

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March 29, 2018 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

Pre-order the Nikon D850 FilmMaker’s Kit for $5500

Nikon has a hard time making enough Nikon D850s to satisfy demand but that didn’t stop them from creating the “FilmMaker’s Kit”, it is the D850 body only bundled with a trio of f1.8G FX lenses (20, 35, 85), the ME-1 Stereo Microphone and ME-W1 wireless microphone, a 7 inch Atomos Ninja Flame and a spare EN-EL15a battery.

The price of this bundle is $5500 and it is available for pre-ordering at Amazon by Amazon itself and by Adorama and by B&H Photo… This has been added to our Stock Status Tracker…

WHEN DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO BUY THE FILMMAKER KIT?

The three f1.8G lenses on their own go for $800, $527, $477 respectively, totaling (with the help of a calculator) $1804. The Atomos goes for $795 on its own, increasing the bundle value to $2600. The battery goes for $60 on its own, while the two microphones go for $134 and $199 respectively. So that’s a total under $3000 for the Filmmaker kit, plus $3300 for the camera = $6300, with an asking price of $5500 for the bundle.

So with a difference of $2200 between the D850 body only ($3300) and the Filmmaker kit ($5500), you’d need to want at least $2200 worth of the kit items to make this a good deal. In other words, if you want all three lenses AND the Atomos, then it’s worth doing it, otherwise it becomes a too close to call type of a situation.

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , , , ,

Canon 5D Mark IV Body with Pixma PRO 100 Printer and Paper and Meural Canvas Leonara (27″ IPS Canvas-Frame) for $3300 after $350 MIR

There is a new twist in the Canon PIXMA mail-in rebate offers at Adorama. In addition to the usual bundle they are also including a FREE Meural Canvas (priced $595 on its own) for the same price. But let’s start from the beginning.

Adorama is bundling the Canon 5D Mark IV body only with the PIXMA PRO 100 printer, its trusty sidekick the SG-201 (50pk 13×19″ photo paper) and the Meural Canvas Leonora Black model. You pay $3649 at checkout with free shipping. After you receive it all and make sure all is well, following the instructions and deadlines you submit the usual PIXMA mail-in rebate. A few weeks later, if all is well, you receive a $350 prepaid American Express gift card. Thus making this offer $3300 after the $350 MIR.

This is the same price for the Canon 5D Mark IV body only without the Pixma and Meural and without any mail-in rebates at B&H Photo and Amazon itself.

The Meural Canvas Leonara is a modern stylish take on the digital picture frame. It is a 27″ IPS display with computer-y internals that can display a variety of pictures. You get a 1-year subscription to their Art Library but you can also display your own pictures – of interest to photographers obviously. Here is a link to the product page for reference. Don’t add it to the shopping cart from this link. You have to order the Canon 5D Mark IV bundle to get it for free (included automatically).

A parallel offer is also available in the other two official Canon 5D Mark IV kits:

+ Canon 5D Mark IV with EF 24-70mm f/4L IS USM for $4049 after $350 MIR

+ Canon 5D Mark IV with 24-105mm f4L IS II for $4199 after $350 MIR

NOTE: the order cut-off point before Adorama closes for Passover 2018 is Friday at 12pm ET (but don’t wait until the last minute to order!)

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals Tagged With: , , , , ,

10% off coupon at Stacksocial

For a limited time, coupon code MADMARCH10 gets you 10% off various items at Stacksocial. Not everything is eligible for the coupon. Among the eligible items is the popular Zoolz Lifetime Cloud Storage service dropping from $50 to $45 after coupon. This gets you 1TB instant vault and 1TB cold storage. You only pay once (this time) and have lifetime access to the service. This is for new customer only and offers cannot be stacked per account for more storage. You can make backups from two devices (you can change them as time goes by). You can restore the backups from other devices in addition to the designated two.

You can use the search box over there to look for topics of interest, eg photography, Adobe, Photoshop, etc.

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Now shipping: ProGrade SDXC and CFast 2.0 memory cards

If you are looking for top tier memory cards, B&H Photo is now having in-stock and shipping a number of the new Prograde SDXC and CFast 2.0 memory cards. Twelve options are available, with the SDXC UHS-II V60 U3 Class 10 cards ranging from 64GB to 256GB while the CFast 2.0 cards ranging from 128GB to 512GB. Prices range from $55 to $700. Some of the options are 2-packs with a built-in “volume discount” in the 2-pack.

PS: ProGrade is a new company from former Lexar executives, created after Lexar was digested by Micron.

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , , ,

Another eBay coupon: 15% off orders of $25+ from 100 eBay sellers [max disco $50; use 2X]

Having an eBay coupon withdrawal? Fear not! eBay has launched yet another coupon promotion with 100 eBay sellers participating including Beach Camera, Big Value Inc, Anker Direct, ANT Online, Deal fisher, Hooever, Northwest Outdoor, and more. The offer runs until Sunday 4/1/18 at 11am eastern.

The offer is this: coupon code PSPRINGBF gets you 15% off purchases from the aforelinked “The 100” retailers [not related to The CW TV show] with a minimum purchase amount of $25 and a maximum coupon discount of $50. Better yet, you can use the coupon TWICE during this promotional period, so you have more flexibility.

There are over 1000 listings under Camera and Photo. As with all things eBay, this is an assortment of product conditions (new, new-other, open-box, refurbished, used, etc), and varying authorized dealer status (USA warranty, imported with or without seller warranty, refurbished with manufacturer or seller warranty, no warranty, and so on).

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Fuji X-E2S Body Only drops to $350 w/free S&H

If you are looking for an X-system mid-range camera body, the new condition Fuji X-E2S body only in the silver color scheme is on sale for $350 with free expedited shipping at Adorama. If you want this to ship this week, order before Friday 12pm ET (Adorama closes for Passover, orders places after that time will be shipped April 8+)…

PS: this expired but the Rakuten coupons are recurring every few days/weeks… of related interest is this offer expiring Wednesday at 11:59pm pacific, imported Fuji 18-55 f2.8-4 OIS for $330 after coupon [the coupon expires].

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: ,

Motorola Moto G5 Plus for $210 [Prime only]

As flagship smartphone prices keep climbing, so is the average consumer’s interest in alternative bang for the buck smartphones. One such line is the Motorola G series, especially the “all carrier” phones, the ones that work out of the box with all four major US carriers. Among them is the G5 Plus with the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage option. And if you are a Prime member, you can buy ONE unit on sale for $210 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon itself. This is fully unlocked with USA warranty. Amazon no longer has lockscreen ads, they just pre-install their apps and widgets on the phones.

NOTE that this phone does not have NFC (no contactless mobile payments with it) and it is microUSB power (no USB-C). At this price range, even if it had USB-C, it would likely be USB 2.0, not USB 3.*. It has a fingerprint reader and a headphone jack though which can be a plus for security and convenience.

If you are interested in bang for the buck phones discussion, save this date, on Thursday 3/29/18 at 9pm eastern, the PhoneCast YouTube channel is going to have a live-stream with another YouTube who specializes in bang-for-the-buck phones.

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

Free Shipping at Bass PRO Shops (no minimum) [ends Thur PM]

If your photography adventures take you to the great outdoors or if you are a fan of the store, good until Friday at 3am eastern, you get free shipping with no minimum order purchase required at the Bass PRO Shops website. Or you can select 2-day delivery for a flat $3 fee. Or you can select ship-to-store. No coupon code needed and no Bass PRO credit card needed during this promotional period.

PS: the coupon code and Bass PRO credit card mentioned there is a different promotion. They blended the graphics together creating some confusion 🙂

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With:

FREE Apple Care+ with select Apple MacBook PROs

Remember, the clock is ticking on the various B&H offers if you want them to ship before they close for Passover 2018. The deadline is Thursday 7pm eastern. Among the latest offers running is FREE AppleCare+ Protection on select Apple MacBook PRO laptops. A total of six 15.4″ options are available with prices ranging from $2100 to $3300.

The free Apple Care+ is included automatically by B&H Photo while this promotion is running. It goes for $379 if purchased separately! Highlight screenshot example below:

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Angler Whitebox Softbox (60″) for $100 w/free S&H

The brand name is “Angler” but this is not typically something you take to your local angling club meeting 🙂 The new condition Angler Whitebox Softbox (60″) is on sale for a limited time for $100 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo…

March 28, 2018 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With: ,