Archives for August 2019

Sunday: 3pk of 64GB Samsung EVO Select microSDXC for $30 [and more]

On the microSD front, one of the Woot deals of the day for Sunday 8/25/19 [ALERT: just four months until Christmas Day 2019, get your gift buying plans in order] is a new condition 3pk of 64GB Samsung EVO Select microSDXC memory cards going for $30 total with free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat for the calendar day (central time zone) for non-members… You can buy up to ten 3-packs at the sale price… They include a full-size SD adapter and come with a 10-year Samsung warranty…

Elsewhere at Woot, there’s AmazonBasics Premium hard side luggage at the main Woot, and a $300 unlocked dual SIM Galaxy S9 at Electronics…

Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies you can find the following potentially interesting items:

+ Corel Video Studio Ultimate 2019 for $40
+ Epson WorkForce PRO EcoTank ET-8700 AiO Wireless for $700

Now flying to the other side of the pond [ALERT: make sure your flights are not impacted by the upcoming September British Airways strikes], at Amazon Germany the headliners are a 999 euro ASUS Zenbook 13 UX433FN (i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 14″ FHD, GTX 1050, etc), and also a 550 euro Lenovo IdeaPad 330s (i5-8250, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 14″ FHD IPS, etc)… There’s also a LeaBags sale (not camera-centric but you know…)…

Sunday: Elvid viewfinder, Aputure ring, Axler slider, Pelican Carry On

Sunday is here and the B&H Photo dailies for today is:

+ El Vid OptiView 50 3.2″ LCD Viewfinder for $25

+ Aputure AHL-HN100 Amaran Halo LED Ring Flash for Nikon Cameras for $25

+ Axler Carbon Fiber Camera Slider (30″) for $149

+ Pelican BA22 Elite Carry-On Luggage (OD Black) for $220

Vinten System Vision Blue 3 FT MS Fluid Head with Flowtech 75 Carbon Fiber Tripod for $1642

Adorama is back with another “snapshot deal”, a 24-hour daily deal of sorts, and this time around it’s a more high end tripod, it’s the new condition Vinten System Vision Blue 3 FT MS Fluid Head with Flowtech 75 Carbon Fiber Tripod going for $1642~ with free US shipping. No coupon needed but it is a very limited time offer…

Weekend (B&H): Lite Panels Caliber LED, KiwltGo, Etc

IT’s the weekend at the B&H Photo deals so this lot, as usual, runs until Saturday at 11:59pm ET, but keep in mind, as usual, B&H does not accept orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM [check their website for the exact times]:

+ LitePanels Caliber LED Light for $185

+ Watson Pro 14.8V 97Wh Li-Ion Battery with LED (Gold Mount) for $129
+ Pro 15A High-Load 14.8V 93Wh Li-Ion Battery (Gold Mount) for $159

+ KwiltGo Personal Cloud Hub for $44

+ Pelican 2380 Micro-USB Rechargeable LED Flashlight for $35

Thursday Lightning Deals: Zhiyun, Flashes, Ring Lights, Wingspan, Stabilizer-y things, Lightning kits, Feelworld, Etc

Of Camera and Photo (“C&P” in short in past, present and future posts here) interest, in the Amazon C&P Lightning Deals, for the next 24 hours or so, the following potentially interesting items are running:

+ usogood binoculars for $34
+ Wingspan HD binoculars and more usogood going live later on

+ ring light with tripod stand for $22

+ 3rd-party charger & batteries set for GoPRO

+ Neewer leisure camera backpack, 24″ handheld stabilizer-y thing-y, charger/batteries for Sony, action cam accessories kit, 20-inch LED ring light kit, NW-565-EX flash, stainless steel C-Stand, etc

+ HPUSN softbox lighting kit, FeelWorld F5 5-inch on-camera (“on-c” in short) monitor, ESDDI flash

+ Zhiyun Crane 2 with Servo Follow Focus, 2018 bundle

MEANWHILE the BEst Buy dailies are headlined by the 12.3″ Surface PRO with keyboard (aka PRO Type Cover) going for $550 (Core m3-7Y30 [ranks #1174 at cpu benchmark), 4GB RAM (SAD for Windows 10 in 2019), 128GB SSD, etc). Surface Pen is NOT included.. Other items on sale include a $190 TCL Roku 1080p TV, thermal mugs, 6-pack of Insignia CR-2032 batteries for $6.49, APC battery backup and mo(i)re…

Thursday: Eneloop Quick Charger Kit, Bushnell Trophy, Interfit Badger, 34″ LG IPS

We go loopy for Eneloops on Thursday as they are the headliner of the B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Eneloop CC55 Quick Charger Kit for $35
+ includes 4-slot Quick Charger (3-4 hours for fully depleted batteries it says), 8 AA NiMHs (2000 mAh) and 4 AAA Nimh (800 mAh)

+ Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Aggressor Low-Glow Trail Camera (Camo) for $100

+ Interfit Badger Unleashed Battery-Powered Flash Head for $230
+ obligatory

+ 34″ LG IPS HDR WFHD Monitor for $285
+ HDMI and DisplayPort, 2560 x 1080, 300 cd/m², etc

Wedn: 64GB Samsung PRO Endurance microSDXC for $18 [or buy them in 2-packs for $33]

It’s been a while since we visited the NewEgg shellshockers and what a coincidence, today they have a special on the Samsung Endurance microSDXC cards. IF you buy one new condition 64GB Samsung PRO Endurance microSDXC memory card (UHS-I, U1, up to 100MB/sec, MB-MJ64GA/AM) you pay $18. Limit up to three per customer. These are sold and shipped by NewEgg not marketplace sellers.

BUT wait, there’s more! You can buy them as a 2-pack for $33, that brings the individual card price down to $16.50. So it’s better to buy the 2-packs instead of two individual cards. Limit up to three 2-packs per customer as well…

This is a daily deal for Wednesday August 21 in 2019… We are just three months away from Black Friday 2019. Are your wish lists and shopping lists and your budgets ready for the madness?

Wedn Lightning Deals: Neewer, Tripods, Backdrop Systems/Supports, Etc

Hump Day has about 35 (not millimeter) offerings in the Amazon C&P Lightning Deals and of those, of potential interest for the next 24 hours or so, you may find the following:

+ Neewer F5 5″ on-c monitor, loaded background support system, 64″ video tripod, 64″ tripod/monopod creature, 56″ portable tripod, flash, etc

+ MountDog 70″ tripod, Rangers 56″ tripod, Geekoto tripod

+ Eyesky and usogood binos

+ Apeman action cam

+ other brands: LED ring light, backdrop stand, Feelcare Wifi digicam, reflectors (no relation to Arcade Fire), some kind of a camcorder, etc

UPDATE: meanwhile in the main Amazon USA Gold Box they have various Eureka ergonomic and standing desks on sale along with various Vitamix Venturist blenders. A good match for your new standing desk 😉 There’s also a back to school sale on the ever-increasing number of AmazonBasics-branded products, Amazon’s own hardware and lots mo(i)re…

Wedn: Vanguard VEO, Think Tank, Sony XZ2, 21.5″ iMac Retina

And just like that, it’s Hump Day with a very name brand centric theme for the B&H Photo daily deals:

+ Vanguard VEO 2 204AB Aluminum Tripod with Compact Ball Head (Red, 4.4′) for $50

+ Think Tank Photo Spectral 8 Camera Shoulder Bag (Black) for $40~

+ Sony XZ2 Compact, model H8314, unlocked smartphone for $250
+ Sony XZ2 for $300
+ the “Compact” is part of the model name, it’s a smaller phone with “just” a 5-inch screen
+ purchases include a free case and a 3-month prepaid Mint Mobile plan

+ 21.5″ iMac with Retina 4K Display (Mid 2017) for $899
+ 3.0 GHz i5 Quad-Core, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, 21.5″ 4096 x 2304 IPS Retina 4K Display, AMD Radeon Pro 555 Graphics Card (2GB), etc

Kamlan 28mm f1.4 MF lens for $150 [various systems]

For about three days and change (as of the time of writing of this blog post), Massdrop is offering the new condition Kamlan 28mm f1.4 manual focus lens for $150 with free US shipping in your choice of Fuji X, Sony E, Micro Four Thirds or Canon EF-M.

These will ship in mid-September from the vendor. The listing does not mention warranty, so assume there is none.

Dell Outlet sale starting with $299+ Inspiron 15

IF you are a fan of outlet shopping, the Dell Outlet is having another sale, headlined by $299+ Inspiron 15 5000 laptops (limit one per customer). Other computers are also on sale along with a clearance on monitors ranging from 24″ to 34″. The coupon codes are shown over there for offers that require the use of a coupon…

UPDATE: speaking of technology, this is a handy page to check, it shows the new product arrivals at the Monoprice website [no relation to the Dell Outlet offer mentioned in the paragraph above]…

UPDATE #2 if you feel like deal-fishing at the Monoprice website, here’s a couple of places to check, the Deal Depot page and also the Summer Clearance (171 items on offer there)…

EU: 5 euro gift card with SEPA Direct Debit payment

UPDATE: the coupon is a $5 off an eligible order of $25+ and must be placed by September 15 in 2019. You must manually enter the coupon code that is sent to you by Amazon email…

the European Union and there too they have similar offers. For example, good until September 1st in 2019, they have a promotion that gets you a 5 euro Amazon Gift Card if you switch your payment method to SEPA Direct Debits. The 5 euro promotional gift card will be sent to you by email within one week of signing up for Direct Debit.

Check terms and details and restrictions at the aforelinked page…

Tuesday Lightning Deals: Hohem, Neewer, E-Mart, G-raphy, Etc

And now the time is write to take a peek into the Tuesday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals. During the next 24 hours or so (as of the time of writing) the following potentially interesting C&P items will likely be on offer:

+ Neewer 70-inch tripod/monopod for $42~
+ Neewer Z flex tilt ball head for $23~
+ above offers are live as of the time of writing…

+ Hohem 3-axis gymbal for GoPRO, iSteady PRO stabilizer, etc

+ Rapthor 4-slot charger with 8-pack of rechargeable CR123A batteries
+ there’s also a 10% off clip-on coupon on the listing ~ not sure if it’s stackable with the lightning deal discount

+ Neewer 20-inch portable table top tripod, heavy duty tripod dolly, F5 5-inch on-camera monitor, background/lightning kit, video tripod, etc

+ APEMAN 4K, Victure, etc action cams

+ E-Mart 10×8.5 feet backdrop kit

+ Huasbell generic camcroder, AbergBest generic P&S digicam

+ G-raphy DSLR backpack

+ generic light ring with stand

Tuesday daily: partial Woot-OFF, PacSafe, ARRIS, refurbs (Epson 3LCD, Galaxy S7), Etc

If you are a fan of Woot-OFFs, three of the sub-Woots are having a Woot-OFF on Tuesday, “Gourmet” and “Shirt” and the one more likely to feature camera=related items, Sellout aka Clearance. As usual, I have no advance notice of what’s coming so it’s a YMMV adventure…

As of the time of writing they have a 32GB Sandisk microSDXC C10 memory card going for $5 with 81% left and up to ten per customer…

On the Electronics sub-Woot deal of the day they have refurbished Samsung Galaxy S7 for $100. Note that the latest model is the S10 so this is three generations behind the current flagship. But smartphones have improved greatly over the last few years, you don’t need a “latest model” ~ unlike the old days where each new cycle brought a noticeable boost in usability and performance…

Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies they have the refurbished Epson PRO EX-9220 wireless 3-LCD 1080p projector for $550 and of home-and-gardens interest, 60-packs of Cafe Turino espresso [or if you want to irritate your barista, “expresso”] for $10 each. Note that these are for the Nespresso system, not the Keurig K-cup system.

And among the Tuesday Amazon USA gold box offerings, they have various ARRIS (formerly of Motorola) modems and routers on sale with prices ranging from $75~ to $310. Your ISP / cable company may not be very forthcoming but often times you have the option to purchase your very own modem/router instead of paying them a monthly fee/fleece 🙂 BUT check for modem/router compatibility before making a purchase. They should have a list of compatible options published online or buried in a PDF file somewhere…

And on the other side of the pond, among the Amazon Germany gold box daily deals for Tuesday in the german time zone, they have a PacSafe sale featuring a soccer team (eleven) bags of different sizes/kinds with prices ranging from 36 to 108 euro…

Tuesday: Benro dual stage tripod, CoreSWX, Optoma, Etc

Tuesday is “in progress” and until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) the following four are today’s B&H daily deals:

+ BenRo S8 Dual Stage Video Tripod Kit for $379

+ Core SWX HyperCore Slim 98 2-Battery Kit with X2A Vertical Charger (Gold Mount) for $469

+ Optoma LV130 300-Lumen WVGA DLP Pico Projector for $179

+ K-Tec Stingray MixPro Audio Bag for MixPre-3, MixPre-6, DR-70D & DR-701D Recorders for $129

Monday Lightning Deals: Various Studio Sets, Stabilizer-y things, Flash, Etc

As of the time of writing, there are about 39 lightning deals in the Camera and Photo Gold Box running for the next 24 hours or so. Of potential C&P interest:

+ Neewer 10ft studio set, 24″ handheld stabilizer thing, rectangular equipment bag, 63″ carbon fiber tripod/monopod thing, Z flex tilt head plate thing, 10ft holding arm, etc

+ EDSSI flash for Canons, LED video light

+ Andoer and Emart photography studio sets

+ 10.1″ MRQ digiframe

Monday: 128GB PNY SDXC for $20, 256GB Sandisk microSDXC for $42, Etc

Monday also brings on some on-topic action at the Best Buy dailies with the following potentially interesting items:

+ 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $42

+ 128GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC for $20

+ 10,000 maH Insignia powerbank for $15

+ 33-pack battery storage box with assorted sizes for $12

+ Dell: 24″ LED FHD monitor for $150, Inspiron 2-in-1 13.3″ Ryzen-5 [sounds like a space colony name?] SSD laptop for $450

Monday: Fujinon bino, Rotolight NEO 2, FeiYu 3-Axis, Curved LG

Monday is here, a new workweek for many is upon us/them, and with it we have four new B&H Photo daily deals [TESTED: corrected link] as follows:

+ Fujinon 10×42 KF Binocular for $110
+ the name may not work well in France, “Fuji non”, think of “No Va” 🙂

+ Rotolight NEO 2 LED Light for $120

+ FeiYu AK4000 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer for $329

+ LG 34BL85C-B 34″ 21:9 Curved QHD IPS Monitor for $550
+ HDMI + DisplayPort Inputs, 3440 x 1440 Resolution, 1000:1 Contrast Ratio, etc

Monday (EU): select Sony E and RX on sale

To Amazon Germany we go for Monday 19/8/19 (European style not-quite-palindrome date) where their headliner is a Sony Electronics sale that includes the following camera and photo gear:

+ Sony a5100 with 16-50 for 389 euro
+ Sony a6000 with 16-70Z for 999 euro
+ Sony a6500 with 16-70Z for 1619 euro

+ Sony Zeiss 16-35mm f4 ZA OSS Vario T* for 1049 euro

+ Sony RX10 II for 865 (#DailyReminder, the blazing fast AF was introduced in the Mark IV)

+ Sony RX100 III with Vlogger kit (VCT-SGR1) for 509 euro

Sunday Lightning Deals: ESDDI Flash, Hohem stabilizer, Various Lightning Kits, Action Cams, Etc

Sunday and the next 24 hours or so from this blog-post have about four dozens Camera & Photo Lightning Deals, some of which are on-topic, some of which are off-topic (eg security cams). Of potential C&P interest:

+ APEMAN 4K action cam for $59~

+ Neewer 700W professional lightning kit for $59~
+ 43% claimed as of 9:18am ET

+ Neewer 50-in-1 action cam accessories bundle, 360 degree gimbal, waterproof bags, USB-powered ring light, f100 7-inch 4K on-camera monitor, 32″ octagon softbox, mini pocket LED panelito, etc

+ ORDRO AC3 4K camcorder thing

+ Hohem 3-axis gimbal stabilizer

+ ESDDI camera flash

+ Tarion vintage neck strap

+ Victure and APEMAN action cams

+ GVM 2-pack LED video lightning kit

+ SmilePoWo charger with two batteries (3rd-party) ~ see listing/etc for compatibilities

Sunday: Sandisk storage, Manfrotto NX, Lowepro/Joby combo

Lots of camera and photo related action in the Sunday Best Buy dailies including:

+ Sandisk storage sale with 11 options including SSD, WD HDDs, flash drives and iXpand

+ Manfrotto NX Camera Backpack for $30
+ not related to the ill-fated Samsung NX camera system

+ Lowepro Format 160 camera bag with Joby GorillaPod, together for ever and ever to part for $30

+ Corel Draw Home and Student Suite 2019 (Windows) for $70

Four Magazines for $16 total for 1-year [your choice of many]

These are printed magazines that can be delivered to USA addresses and have no auto-renewal. The current weekend deal at DiscountMags (often ends on Monday night, sometimes Sunday night) is a special sale, four magazines for $16 total for a 1-year subscription each. You can purchase more than four for slightly less per magazine per year.

Of camera and photo interest there are three magazines, “Outdoor Photographer”, “Digital Photo” and “Digital Photo PRO”. And there are many other “six degrees of separation” from cameras and photography type of magazines, including WIRED, PopSci, Homes & Gardens, Vogue, Bridal Guide, Backpacker, sports, fashion, nature, local and more…

Sunday: Elvid 7″ On-Camera Monitor, Vello EyeCups, Etc

Never fear, Sunday is here and with it we have a new quartet of B&H Photo daily deals [now with the correct link] running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Elgid 7″ RigVision Lightweight On-Camera Monitor for $220

+ HOSA Drive Bluetooth Audio Receiver for $15

+ Vello Eyecups for various systems (ten options) for $10 each

Blanket Correction: B&H Daily Deal Links now corrected

This is a blanket correction for the last few days. Due to a self-propagating cut-and-paste error of the previous daily deal links, the links to the B&H Photo daily deals of the last few days were pointing to the wrong place (a 3rd-party lens at Amazon). All apologies for the confusion! Thanks to S.W Anderson for pointing it out in the comments!

PS: if you see things like that, please feel free to point it out in the comments or use the online contact form. This being a poor blog, we don’t have the luxury of having a “bug bounty program”, but you will definitely have our thanks 🙂

KEH Flash Sale: 10% off many used Lenses with coupon

KEH Camera is back with a flash sale! Coupon code LENS8A gets you 10% off many used lenses at KEH Camera. Excluded are Leica-branded products, NEW condition products and “Used – Like New” products. Their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies ~ you can test the coupon without logging in or creating a user account.

The info is not clear on whether the coupon is good for Thursday August 16 (2019) only or whether it will continue for the weekend, so please factor that in your shopping e-plannings…

Weekend (B&H): Porta Brace DSLR wheeled case for $250, 8″ Lenovo smart display, Etc

Friday is here which means the B&H daily deals last for 48 hours, until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but B&H is closed between Friday PM and Saturday PM. Check their website for the exact hours. This quartet of offers is:

+ Porta Brace Wheeled Rigid Frame DSLR Case for $250~
+ DSLR not included

+ Lenovo 8-inch Smart Display (White and Soft-Touch Gray) for $90
+ NOT a tablet

+ Marantz Audio Scope B9-C 4-Section Boompole with XLR Cable (9′) for $29
+ NOT a monopod

+ Ruggard Professional Tech Headlamp for $25
+ also useful for reading e-book readers that don’t have a built-in light

Thursday Lightning Deals: tripods, Jib camera arm, Ring Light, Magnetic Flash, Lighting Kits, Neewer galore, Etc

Thunderbolt and Thursday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals, not very frightening for your e-wallet, but there are about two dozen items scheduled to run for the next 24 hours or so, among which:

+ Neewer portable mini tripod, 70-inch Jib Camera arm, ring light kit, collapsible magnetic ring flash, 2×160 LED lighting kit, charger for Sony, Umbrella lightning kit, 24″ carbon fiber stabilizer, 63″ monopod/tripod critter, etc

+ 55″ TYCKA Rangers travel tripod/monopod creature

+ Linco 9 feet light stand

+ CooAu action cams

+ generic brand camcorders and binoculars

Thursday: DJI Osmo Pocket 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilized Handheld Camera for $315

Among the Thursday Woot deals of the day is the new condition DJI Osmo Pocket 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilized Handheld Camera going for $315 with free shipping for Prime members (there’s a one time step where you link your Woot account with your Amazon account that has the Prime membership) or $6 flat for the calendar day for non-members. Limit up to ten per customer during the sale. It comes with a 1-year DJI warranty…

Meanwhile among the Thursday Amazon USA deals du jour you can get a Chromebook-priced Windows 10 PRO laptop with all the buzzword features (touchscreen, stylus, 2-in-1 design) but obviously older processor and technology, it’s the new condition Lenovo Winbook 300e, model wt-81FY000SUS, going for $240, sold by Woot and fulfilled by Amazon. It has a 11.6″ 1366×768 IPS touchscreen, 360 degree 2-in-1 design, stylus included with on-device pen holder, 4GB DDR3 memory, Windows 10 Professional, 1-year Lenovo warranty. NOTE however that it has only 64GB of on-board eMMC storage (portable flash drives, memory cards and external HDDs are your friend in this case) and the processor is the Intel Cellery N3450 dual core, which ranks # at #1786 at cpubenchmark.net. Then again, who’s gonna run Photoshop on a 11.6″ laptop with 64GB of storage? 🙂 It has no customer reviews. The listing was created at Amazon in just July 2019….

Thursday: Benro Slider, SmallHD 503, Macro Flash Bracket, Robox 3D, Subblue White Shark, Etc

Thursday brings with it a six-pack of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ BenRo MoveOver8B Carbon Fiber Slider with Case (35.4″) for $149
+ is the founder’s name Ben Ro?

+ SmallHD 503 UltraBright On-Camera Monitor for $1479

+ VeLLO CB-900 Flexible Macro Flash Bracket for $20

+ RoBox 3D Printer for $350

+ Sub Blue US WhiteShark Mix Underwater Scooter for $499 in three color options

+ TP-Link Archer A7 AC1750 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router (Refurbished) for $30

Wednesday Lightning Deals: AbergBest P&S digicam, Action Cams, Neewer, Etc

Happening in the next 24 hours or so in the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals, among others, are the following potentially interesting items:

+ AbergBest basic P&S digital camera

+ action cams from APEMAN, Victure, Akaso, CooAU, etc

+ Neewer waterproof case, F5 field monitor, dimmable U-bracket light panels, mini desktop tripod, etc

+ various ring lights, basic camcorder, etc