Archives for July 2019

Sunday: Slide Strap, Video Adapter 4n1, Etc

Never fear, Sunday is here! Hear, hear! A new quartet of B&H daily deals is upon us until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ RucPac Slide Camera Strap for $25 in four different color schemes

+ IO Gear ViewPro-C USB Type-C 4-in-1 Video Adapter for $30

+ MYGEKOGEAR S200 STARLIT 1296p Dash Camera with 16GB microSD Card for $70

+ COOLER MASTER MasterPulse Headset for $40

25 Best Selling Classes for $19 each [CL]

For a limited time, CreativeLIVE is running a Best Sellers sale. 25 classes are on sale for $19 each. Topics include retouching, lighting, fine art, portraits, natural light, filters, and more!

Saturday: 1-Year of WIRED for $3 to $5, 1-Year of National Geographic for $8

The headliner of the Saturday Amazon USA Gold Box is a digital magazine sale that includes, among others, of potential photo-interest and/or six-degrees-of-separation:

+ 1-year annual subscription of WIRED for $3 in digital (Kindle edition) or $5 print magazine
+ the print edition of WIRED includes digital access as well

+ 1-year National Geographic for $8 in the Kindle edition
+ the print edition offer is for half-a-year, and it does not include digital access

Kindle editions can be read on Amazon’s Fire tablets, the good old Fire phone, and the Kindle apps for Android and iOS. The National Geographic is also available for the Kindle e-reader devices.

NOTE that these are AUTO-RENEWAL subscription and will automatically renew (unless you cancel them) at the future renewal rate. They won’t keep renewing at the introductory annual subscription rate of this offer…

Weekend (B&H): Sachtler, 3DFlex, Gabor, Live View Remote Kit

BH Photo is back with a new quartet of daily deals and this being Friday they run for 48 hours until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (but B&H does not accept orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM):

+ 3D FLEX FLASH The WYNG Bounce Reflector for $18 in either Small or Large

+ SACHTLER Lite Case (Large) for $179

+ Vello FreeWave Viewer VL Wireless Live View Remote Kit with AV/Shutter & Infrared Cables for $100 in your choice of select cameras from select systems (two sets of Canons, three sets of Nikons)

+ Gabor screen (computer monitor/TV) mounts, five options, $10 to $30

Wedding Photography Bundle (four classes) for $149 at CL

CreativeLIVE is back with yet another limited time offer. For $149 you can get a Wedding Photography Bundle that features four wedding-related photography classes from Jirsa, Star, the Grays and Valenzuela. Details on each class on each individual page linked to from the aforelinked bundle page.

20% off Some Accessories with KEH Camera coupon (until 7/21)

Good until 7/21/19 at 11:59pm eastern, coupon code ACC7 gets you 20% off Accessories at KEH Camera. There are however some EXCLUSIONS:

+ Break Through Photography brand products
+ Leica brand products
+ Camera Film
+ Extended Warranties
+ Memory Cards
+ gear in New grade and Like New grade.
+ Lenses & Converters.
+ the above are EXCLUDED ITEMS

Thursday: Revo VideoStabilizer for $60, Etc

And just like that, Thursday is here and with it we have a new quartet of B&H Photo daily deals until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ ReVo ST-1000 Pro Video Stabilizer for $60

+ InFocus IN136 4000-Lumen WXGA DLP Projector for $339

+ VocoPRO UDH-CHOIR-8 Handheld Wireless Microphone Package with Carry Bag Kit (900 MHz Band) for $299

+ iK Multimedia iKlip Studio Desktop Stand for iPad mini for $15

CreativeLIVE Bootcamp Clases for $49 each [24 options]

A new week is in which means CreativeLIVE has a new promotion. This time around the promotion is a sale on Bootcamp courses for $49 each. These are classes that offer the educational equivalent of a bootcamp on a particular topic (presumably without the yelling, the sweat, the dirt, the drill instructors and such).

A total of 24 Bootcamps are available covering a variety of topics:

+ Portraiture, Weddings, Newborns, Boudoir
+ Fine Art, Outdoor
+ Photoshop CC, Premiere CC, Lightroom CC, Final Cut X
+ Business side of photography, people skills, marketing, inspirational

35-inch Massdrop VAST Curved Gaming Monitor for $401

If you are fan of curved and VAST computer monitors, Massdrop is running a Limited Time Sale that includes the new condition 35-inch Massdrop VAST Curved Gaming Monitor going for $401 with free US shipping. Over 3000 units have been sold. It averages 4.2 out of 5 based on 150+ customer reviews. It comes with a 1-year warranty on the panel (two years on the electronics), with the warranty managed by Massdrop as it is one of their signature “Massdrop” co-branded product.

The sale ends on July 19 in 2019 or earlier if sold out.

Massdrop is a “club”, so you have to sign up to see what’s happening, but it is free to sign up. One of the reasons for the “sign up” is because some of their products are below MAP, so by having a club, then they can offer lower prices because the firewall. OR something like that…

YI M1 with 12-40mm f3.5-5.6 for $150 [m43]

OF interest mayhaps to the curious and the adventurous and the reviewers, Amazon has the YI M1 with 12-40mm f3.5-5.6 micro four thirds camera going for $150 with free shipping. Do read the reviews at Amazon and elsewhere as there are plenty of issues and trade-offs with this camera. $150 or not, if someone buys it as a “daily driver” type of a camera and they don’t know of the issues, they may be in for a rude awakening…

PS: Prime Day is over, the Amazon deals we mention from now on are for everyone ~ unless otherwise indicated (on occasion they have some Prime-only offers, and I will be mentioning that explicitly ~ just like during Prime Days 2019)…

10TB WD My Book External HDD for $160 AC [limit 2]

Prime Day may be over at the Amazon Mothership but NewEgg won’t let it go, they have a new “top sellers” edition of their e-newsletter sale with the headliner being a 10TB WD My-Book external HDD going for $160 after you enter the promo code EMCTCUB37 over there. You must be logged on to Newegg or give them your email address in order to be able to use these newsletter promo codes… Limit two per customer at the sale price… Because all those pictures and video need more and more TB…

1-Year CreativeLIVE Netflix-style subscription for $199 total

Had enough of 48 hours of gadget shopping and deal hunting? How some Learnings of the Photographic kind? For a limited time, coupon code 100VIPGIFT gets you the first year subscription of the Creator Pass at Creative LIVE for $199. That’s 12 months of all you can stream ~ almost all of the current and future classes with a few exceptions

Or if you prefer and have the schedule flexibility, you can watch for free from the selection of classes airing at the ON-AIR Page. These are a mix of brand new classes recording LIVE and re-runs of older classes…

Wednesday: SLR Magic Cine II 50/1.1 (Sony E) for $269, Etc

Wednesday is here, the “Morning After” of Prime Day and B&H Photo is back with a lens in their Daily Deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any of them that may sellout):

+ SLR Magic Cine II 50mm f/1.1 Lens (Sony E-Mount) for $269
+ did you know that if you take the “y” out of Sony it becomes Soy? #DadJokes 😉

+ Magnus VT-4000 Tripod System with Fluid Head for $110

+ Denon Commander Sport Portable Water-Resistant 120W All-In-One PA System with Wireless Handheld Microphone for $299

+ EzViz BN-1444A2 4-Channel 4MP NVR with 2TB HDD and 4 4MP Outdoor Network Bullet Cameras Kit for $130

Prime Day 2019 is over (except for few leftovers)

Thank you for joining us in this exciting two-day Prime Day 2019 adventure. Almost all the deals are now over, so all the posts you see below mentioning Prime Day are expired… We had a total of 45 posts during the last two days…

IF you want to stay updated on the latest deals, we also offer a free full-text RSS feed [tell your friends too!].

Today we’ll take a look at all the other retailers not named Amazon and there are plenty of pre-orders to get to as a number of new cameras and lenses got announced the last few days…

Used Sony a7 II body for $704, a7 with 28-70 for $734 [Prime]

The 20% off Warehouse Deals promotion has two offers for Sony a7*.* fans as follows:

+ a7 with 28-70mm in “Used – Like New” condition for $734~, while the new condition goes for $998

+ Sony a7 II body only in “Used – Like New” for $704 while the new condition goes for $898

+ these are for Prime members only as part of the Prime Day 2019

Rokinon 14mm f2.8 (Sony E) for $229 [Prime Deal]

I can’t post individually for every single one of the camera and photo lightning deals ~ you can find them over there in the typical Amazon format…ilter

… but when some of them are doing well percentage-claimed wise, I give in and post about them individually. Such is the case for the new condition Rokinon 14mm F2.8 manual focus lens, model FE14M-E, going for $229 with free shipping for PRIME members until 9:25pm ET or earlier if sold out. IT is 27% claimed as of 3:53pm ET.

And starting at 4:30pm ET, there will be lightning deals on some (or may be all) of the Kenko Nyumon filters. The listing has the full range from 37mm to 82mm, but it doesn’t say ahead of time which one(s) will be on sale…

Manfrotto Advanced Active Backpack II for $64 [Prime Deal]

Let’s have another round of “Bag the Bags”! Good until 8:45pm ET, Amazon’s Prime day party is offering the new condition Manfrotto Advanced Active Backpack II, model MB MA-BP-A2, for $64 with free shipping. It is 36% claimed as of 3:47pm ET.

Hidden in the same listing is the new condition Manfrotto Active Shoulder Bag 7, model MB MA-SB-A7, going for $49.

This too is one of the Prime Day Deals, so you have to be a member to buy it ~ or be willing to start a free 30-day trial

10% off refurbished Canon camera gear w/1-year warranty

And now FINALLY a deal that does not require a Prime membership! The official Canon USA Outlet store is offering 10% off instant savings on their refurbished Canon cameras and lenses and other assorted gear. The price you see is the price you pay, there’s no coupon to enter to get the discount. Other promotions may be running in parallel and may be stackable (eg free 2-day expedited shipping).

There have way too many items over there to list individually and live to tell about it 🙂

Used Panasonic ZS200 superzoom for $469

The new condition Panasonic ZS200 goes for $699 in new condition at authorized dealers but if you are fond of the used cameras, and you are also a Prime member, you can get the black color scheme in “Used – Very Good” condition for $469 by Amazon Warehouse Deals or pay $20 more to get it in “Used – Like New” condition. This is a 15x optical zoom, closer to the travel zoom kind than let’s say those 125x optical zoom cameras 🙂

Used Fuji X-A5 with 15-45mm XC for $337 [Prime Deals]

Another potentially interesting offer in the Warehouse 20% off promotion that is part of the ever-expanding Prime Day(s) deals…

We go back to X-Landia where the “Used – Like New” (original packaging; not even damaged packaging) Fuji X-A5 with 15-45mm XC goes for $337~ in the brown color scheme with multiple listings by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself ~ look for them as the seller ~ as explained in our earlier post which feels like it was written three days ago (but it was just 8 hours ago) 🙂

The other two Fuji X-A5 color schemes don’t appear to be participating in the promotion (but I didn’t try it in the shopping cart)…

Used Sony RX100 Mark III for $393 [Prime only]

It’s up to you to sort out the various versions of the Sony RX100 and its competitors, but if you are interested in the RX100 Mark III and you are a Prime member, thanks to the 20% off Warehouse Deals in-cart discount you can get it for $393~ in “Used – Like New” (damaged original packaging) condition by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself. Look for them as the seller – that black-green “amazon warehouse” logo in the “Seller Information” column…

BUT if you are not a Prime member, hope is not totally lost ~ over there, KEH Camera is offering it for $429 in “Used – Good” condition and with a 180-day warranty…

Rokinon Prime Day Deals Have Began: 14/2.8 (N) for $236, 12/2 NCS CS (X) for $199, and more to come [Prime members only]

The first of the scheduled Rokinon prime lenses has gone live, it is the new condition Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC manual focus lens with a built-in AE chip for the Nikon system going for $236~ with free shipping. Prime members only. It is 20% claimed as of 10am eastern. It expires at 3:20pm ET or earlier if sold out.

Also gone live is the new condition Rokinon 12mm F2.0 NCS CS in the black color scheme for the Fuji X system going for $199. It is 17% claimed as of 10:09am ET. It expires 3:30pm ET or earlier if sold out.

You can find the rest of the Rokinon primes in the Camera & Photo Lightning Deals or you can see the list of times in our previously posted Coming Up post

Used Fuji X-T20 with 18-55/2.8-4 R OIS for $629 [Prime Deal]

The Warehouse Deals 20% off promotion for Prime members has another Fuji temptation, this time of the X System kind. The Fuji X-T20 with the 18-55 f2.8-4 R OIS lens goes for $899 in new condition at authorized dealers, but PRime members, thanks to the 20% off in-cart discount, can get it for $629 in “Used – Like New” condition (damaged original packaging) by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself

With the Fuji X-T30 being the “latest model”, going for $899 body only and $1299 with the 18-55 lens , it is not unreasonable to go used for the “previous generation” model.

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A/V Prime Deal: Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H4 Wireless Headphones for $105

This A/V deal showed up while I was perusing the various Prime Day deals. For $105 or $115 you can get the new condition Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H4 Wireless Headphones depending on color. These are full size. The sale ends at 2:20pm eastern time (or earlier if sold out). They average 4/5 based on over 180 reviews. They are 6% and 4% claimed as of 9:10am eastern…

PS: fear not, the on-sale colors are black and gray. They are not lime green and electric orange with unicorns and spiders and rattlesnakes and Hello Kitty 😉

EU: Nikon Coolpix P1000 superzoom for 777 euro [Prime Deal]

Why couldn’t they call them “euro dollars” to make it easier? 🙂

This time Amazon Germany “defeats” The Mothership as they are having a Prime deal on the new condition Nikon Coolpix P1000 superzoom for the James Bond approved price of 777 euro. This has “just” a 125x optical zoom lens. And there was a time when there was awe in the camera forums when we got a 12x optical zoom 🙂

[DEAD?] Waiting List OPEN: Nikon D3400 with 18-55 DX VR for $315 [Prime only]

UPDATE 10:51am ET: it looks like this deal is dead…

UPDATE 9:15am ET: this switches like a Yo-Yo between Waiting List FULL or OPEN. It may continue like this for a while…

UPDATE 9am ET: the Waiting List is now OPEN, so you can join the wait. There’s still no guarantee you will get a shot at it, but if you are gonna be near the internet, you can give it a shot…

As of 8:11am eastern, this is “100% Claimed” and “Waiting List Full” but the offer runs until the end of the day, so if you want to try to play the waiting game, you may get a shot at it. People have 15 minutes to get it once it is in their shopping cart. If they don’t get it, it goes to the next person in the Waiting List. As the 15 minute blocks go by with un-purchased units, more spots open up in the Waiting List. But there’s no guarantee you will get it because they have a finite number of items available for each lightning deal…

With that out of the way, it’s the new condition Nikon D3400 with 18-55 DX VR going for $315. Prime members only as usual…

Used Fuji X100F (Black) for $802 [Prime Deal]

From the blast to the past we now move on to something more modern, also made possible by the Warehouse Deals 20% off promotion for Prime members. The new condition Fuji X100F Big Sensor Prime goes for $1300 at authorized Fuji dealers…

… but IF you are a Prime member and you are willing to go “The Way of the Used”, you can get the black Fuji X100F color scheme in “Used – Very Good” (damaged original packaging) for $802~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself. Look for them as the seller in the listings. The other two X100F colors go for less by AWD itself but they don’t show the 20% off discount [I haven’t tested them in the shopping cart to be 100% certain they are not eligible for the discount]…

If you are not a Prime member but are very tempted by this offer, all you have to do is start a 30-day Free Trial and you can buy it within seconds…

Blast from the Past: Used Sony Cybershot P32 for $16 [Prime]

And now our obligatory flashback / blast-from-the-past type of deal, made possible by the previously mentioned 20% off Warehouse Deals in-cart discount for Prime members… We dial way back in the time machine for the “Used – Good” condition Sony Cybershot P32 digital camera dropping from $20~ to $16. This is the sold by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself listing.

Anker Powerbanks: Powercore 13000 for $25 and more [Prime]

And now the time is right for something utilitarian in the Amazon Prime Deals. Everything needs to be recharged these days, even the watches. So here’s a quartet of Anker power banks on sale, three consumer-tier and one more professional:

+ Anker PowerCore 13000 Portable Charger for $25 (two ports, PowerIQ, VoltageBoost)
+ averages 4.6 out of 5 based on nearly 7000 customer reviews

+ Anker PowerCore 10000 PD for $26
+ USB-C, 18W, etc
+ 4.4 out of 5 on 131 customer reviews

+ Anker PowerCore 20100mAh for $31~
+ 4.8A output
+ 4.5 out of 5 on 15,671 customer reviews

+ Anker Powerhouse 200, 200Wh/57600mAh Portable Rechargeable Generator for $240
+ averages 5 out of 5 with 8 customer reviews and 39 answered questions