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Thursday C&P Lightning Deals: Stabilizers, Voking flash, Lighting, GVM slider dolly, Etc

Lettuce see what Thursday has planned in the Camera and Photo Lightning DealS of the Amazon USA Gold Bawx:

+ Tarion camera backpack

+ NEewer 24″ carbon fiber stabilizer, NW-FP550 and NW-FW50 charger/batteries, sling bag, 3-axis handheld gimbal stabilizer, 13-inch RGB ring light kit, etc

+ generic ring light, LCD projector, camcorder, P&S digicam, backdrop stand, telescope, etc

+ 79-inch Geekoto tripod/monopod

+ DBPOWER N5 PRO Wifi and Akaso action cams

+ Voking VK-430 E-TTL flash

+ ESDDI 5-inch field monitor with HDMI output

+ GVM camera slider dolly thing

+ Hohem iSteady PRO II 3-axis splashproof gimbal stabilizer thing

September 18, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Thursday: Teradek RT Lens Control Kit, Vello Wifi Remote, Sony 55″ OLED, Genaray On-C Light

Thursday is here with four more new B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ TeraDek RT Single-Axis Super-Speed Wireless Lens Control Kit (Imperial) for $2500
+ is this something about of Star Wars? 🙂

+ VeLLO LW-100 Extendá Wi-Fi Camera Remote Control for Select Canon, Nikon & Sony for $80

+ GenAray Ultra-Thin Bicolor 288 SMD LED On-Camera Light for $60

+ SONY A8F 55″ Class HDR UHD Smart OLED TV for $1399

September 18, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Amazon x AMEX: $30 off orders of $60+ with Rewards Redemption [YMMV/invited]

If you are an frequent amazon.com shopper, and you have an American Express credit card that is participating in Membership Rewards (the green ones with the points, the “Blue” with the cash rewards), then you may eligible for a new promotion that gets you up to $30 off with a purchase of $60+. This is by invitation, so you must be logged-on to your Amazon account to see if you qualify [see link at the bottom]

You may also notice the banner appearing at the top of Amazon.com pages while you are logged on to your Amazon account if you are eligible for the promotion. The picture below is a screenshot crop of one such banner:

To get this discount you must:

  1. activate the offer in your account [see link below]
  2. you must put a $60+ in eligible products in your shopping cart
  3. you must pay (at least partially) by redeeming AMEX Membership Rewards (the rest will be paid by the AMEX credit card that is linked to the rewards points)
  4. the discount will appear at the final checkout page, right before you push the “Place Order” button

You can find the activation button and all the terms and condition at the Promotional page. The offer runs until 12/31/19.

NOTE that you can redeem as few or as many AMEX Rewards Points for the redemption promotion. You have that option in the shopping cart. For example, let’s say you are buying a $99 lens. You can select to redeem only 1,000 AMEX Rewards points [even though your AMEX Membership Rewards account has more points available], and pay the rest with the AMEX credit card. (I don’t remember what happens to the order of payment if you have a Gift Card or any promotional credits already sitting in your account).

September 18, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Wednesday: 256GB Patriot microSDXC for $30 w/FS

“Memory Card Week” continues with another daily deal offering, this time it is at NewEgg, it is the new condition 256GB Patriot microSDXC (A1, V30, U3, UHS-I, Class 10, EP, up to 100GB/s read, up to 80MB/s write) going for $30 with free US shipping. Up to three per customer at the sale price. This is sold and shipped by NewEgg itself. Sale ends at 11:59pm pacific on 9/18/19 or earlier if sold out…

September 18, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

Flash sale: Pixel 3 for $400, Pixel 3 XL for $450 with Financing or Project Fi Activation [also new Project Fi Unlimited Plan]

The official online Google Store is running a couple of flash sale promotions for a limited time. The offers get you the new condition Pixel 3 smartphone for $400 or the Pixel 3 XL for $450. One offer is with Project-FI activation, while the other offer is with a 24-month financing plan. The FI store offers a financing option but you can also pay the phone right away at the $400/$450 price. As usual with these financing offers, check the terms, conditions and restrictions before jumping in.

NOTE however that Google has officially announced October 15 in 2019 as their big reveal date for their new Pixel phone (presumable the Pixel 4 line), so factor that in your decision…

A lot of other phones came out since the Pixel 3 was announced in the Fall of 2018 and as you can see at the Smartphone Rankings at Dxomark the Pixel 3 have “dropped” in the charts, just outside the Top 15. It should go without saying that an aggregate test score is by no means a complete evaluation of a device’s performance so be sure to read up on things if interested….

NEW GOOGLE FI Unlimited
The above offers are coinciding with the announcement of the Project Fi Unlimited plan for $70/month but it is about as unlimited as the big carriers as it slows down to 256kbps after 22GB during the month. If you prefer to continue at high speed, you can pay $10/GB on the traffic above 22GB.

The prices per line improve as you add lines/people to the plan. Two lines are $60/line/mo, three lines are $50/line/mo, four (or more) lines are $45/line/mo. The 22GB limit applies per individual line, not for the whole plan. Depending on one’s situation, this may or may not beneficial ~ eg adding a 2nd line instead of using a separate mobile hotspot. Or you can buy a data SIM and use a 2nd phone but on a single line (it will still eat up data but won’t pay for an extra line ~ for phone calls though, you have to hack it through Voice/Hangouts – it’s been a while since I did this, I don’t remember the details).

NOTE also that video streaming with Unlimited is down to 480p (DVD quality), but mobile hotspot is allowed (again within the aggregate phone-data + hotspot 22GB/line/month).

September 18, 2019 Filed Under: other cameras Tagged With: , ,

Wednesday C&P Lightning Deals: Handheld Stabilizers, Action Cams, Lighting Kits, Etc

Let’s see what’s happening now at the Amazon Camera and Photo Lightning Deals for the next 24 hours or so…

+ Emart backdrop stand kit for $47~
+ NEewer Rollable Flex LED light 30x53cm for $93~
+ the above two are live as of the time of writing

+ Hohem iSteady PRO II 3-axis handheld gimbal

+ NEewer 2×160 LED dimmable lightning kit, 20″ ring light with stand kit, 700W 24×24 softboxes, etc

+ AKASO, Coooau, Victure 4K and Apeman A79 action cams
+ action cam accessory bundles

+ Zhigyun Smooth IV 3-axis stabilizer gimbals

+ E-Mart 8.5×10 ft backdrop kit

+ generic digiframes, binos, camcorders

+ Mpow selfie stick, Bagsmart shoulder bag

+ K&F Concept 62″ tripod

September 18, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Wedn: X-Rite ColorChecker, 15.6″ Acer (i7, 12GB, 256GB, $579)

And just like that it is Hump Day and with it we have a new four-pack of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if soldout):

+ X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Photo (Black) for $65

+ ACER 15.6″ Aspire 5 Series Notebook for $579
+ 1.8 GHz Core i7-8565U Quad, 12GB DDR4 (nice!), 256GB SSD (no head crashes!), 15.6″ 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 620, etc

+ SaraMoniIC SR-PMIC1 Supercardioid Unidirectional Condenser Microphone for $26

+ IndiPRO Micro-Series 98Wh Li-Ion Battery Kit with Dual Fusion Charger (V-Mount) for $449

September 18, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals