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On the lighting side of things, the Genaray Beacon LED Wand-Style Light is on sale for $179 until the end of October 2019 (or earlier if sold out) at B&H Photo but that’s not all.
B&H is also including two free items automatically with purchase. These are mentioned in the listing while this offer is running (“Includes Free: 2 items $69.94 value”):
+ Genaray battery
+ Genaray barndoors (we can all pretend that I just typed my now predictable joke “barn animals not included”) 🙂
This is a targeted / invited offer, so there’s no general use link. You will find the offer while browsing around the Amazon website, or if you want to “encourage” their website to show you the offer (if you are eligible for it) start browsing around their eBooks pages…
The offer is this: spend $15+ in any Kindle ebook purchase(s) between August 27 and September 5 in 2019, and receive a $4 ebook credit towards future purchases. The $4 credit will be automatically added to your account two days after you reach the limit, and will be used automatically in your next eligible e-book purchases in the next 30 days after it was received. If not used within 30 days, it evaporates.
In addition to general fiction/non-fiction, there’s a number of camera and photography related ebooks. The ones with pictures and diagrams are best enjoyed on larger color screens but text-only books (eg Susan Sontag’s essays) can be nicely read on e-readers.
NOTE that you must manually hit the “Activate Now” button while logged on to your Amazon account in order for the offer to …activate 🙂
We have an in-stock alert of a totally different kind! Version #69 (they chose an important number for it LOL) of Firefox is now rolling out on all major systems and with it comes blocking of third-party cookies, which is one of the more common and effective ways the Advertising Industrial Complex is keeping tabs on us all. If you don’t want to install it immediately, it will prompt you for an update (Linux, Windows) or get updated when you do your next app-store update (iOS, Android).
More details via Techmeme…
Even though this offer is on the Woot website, it is restricted to Prime members only!
Running until September 7 in 2019, Woot Plus [the more-than-24-hours sales at the Woot website] is offering an Aduro powerbanks sale with five options and prices ranging
$14 to $24. There’s also a Qi-certified charging bank.
Of this lot, the headliner is the the Aduro 20,000 mAh powerbank for $24 in your choice of black or gray color scheme. It comes with a 1-year Aduro warranty and you can buy up to ten units per customer at the sale price. This has the unusual feature of having four (!) power output ports. The charging of the powerbank itself happens through microUSB. It does not say how long it takes to charge it.
If you haven’t done so already, in order to buy these, you have to connect your Amazon Prime account with your Woot account. This is a one time thing.
WEdnesday is here and the Camera and Photo sub-category of Lightning Deals has, among others, these potentially interesting offrettes (it is “offers” in a new just-created language that blends english, french and spanish).
+ Wingspan binoculars for $37.50
+ 15% off various Celestrons (add to cart to see price)
+ the above offrettes are live as of the time of writing
+ UsoGood and Eyeskey binos
+ STARTS 7:04am ET: Brinno BCC2000 time lapse camera with up 1 year battery life
+ includes clamp mount and outdoor weather-resistant housing
+ price before sale $599
+ Tec.Bean and Apeman action cams
+ two Zhigyun Smooth 4 kits (upgraded Smooth q)
+ Neewer 61″ tripod, 24″ carbon fiber stabilizer, 20″ portable tripod thingy, etc
+ Koolestron 4.3″ LCD digital USB microscope with 10X
+ generic camcorder
+ Emart 10×12 ft heavy duty backdrop stand kit
+ more Celestrons
MEANWHILE in the main Amazon USA Gold Box, among the deals of the day for WEdnesday you can find:
+ NetGear networking equipment sale (14 options, modems, routers, mesh, etc)
+ S-Zone and Aaron Leather Goods bags
+ extended TV labor day offers
Ride the P(o)NY with the Best Buy website on WEdnesday as one of their daily deals is the 256GB PNY Performance memory card going for $40 with free shipping or free store pickup in your choice of microSD or SD. The SD is a “Performance” while the microSD is an “Elite X”. Don’t ask me what all these marketing names mean 🙂
Wednesday is upon us and with it a new quartet of BH dailies [correct link] up to 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ ElVid StudioVision Dual 7″ Monitor Rackmount for $499
+ SmallHD 502 HDMI & SDI On-Camera Monitor with 3D LUT Support for $699
+ InFocus IN2134 4500-Lumen XGA DLP Projector for $379
+ Dell 13.3″ Inspiron 13 5000 Series Multi-Touch 2-in-1 Notebook for $580
+ 1.6 GHz Intel i5-8250U Quad, 8GB DDR4, 1TB 5400 rpm 2.5″ HDD, 13.3″ 1920 x 1080 IPS Touchscreen, Intel UHD Graphics 620, etc
IF someone hasn’t done this yet, there’s a business opportunity: create a photographer-specific workout so they can easily handle and carry some of those big ass lenses…
And on a totally unrelated note, the new condition Sigma 60-600mm f4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports is on sale for $1759 at B&H Photo in your choice of Canon, Nikon (D)SLR systems. B&H automatically includes the Sigma USB dock with the orders (as long as you see this mentioned as “Includes Free: 1 item ($59.00 value)”. Sale ends 9/30/19 or earlier if sold out.
Once upon a time you had to put down $2000+ to get an APS-C DSLR. Nowadays under $1000 gets you a 35mm full frame DSLR or mirrorless camera and it’s not even the first generation model. You can now get the second generation Sony a7 mirrorless full framer, the “a7 II” for $898 with free US shipping at B&H Photo until 9/7/19 or earlier if sold out… No coupon, no rebate, just add to cart and proceed to a mirrorless checkout…
If you are looking for a Nikon f2.8 PRO zoom, B&H Photo has you covered with the new condition USA warranty Nikon 24-70mm f2.8E AF-S ED VR lens going for $1897 with free USA shipping. The offer runs until 9/28/19 or earlier if sold out…
You also receive 4% promotional rewards, which, given the price of the lens, comes out to a decent amount to be used in future B&H purchases: 4% of $1900~ = $76~ in future purchases.
IF you are not afraid of old fashioned mail-in rebates and gift cards, and you have a rawsumer hankering with the Canon G9X II, B&H Photo has an offer for you, a G9X II + Pixma PRO 100 printer bundle for $425 after the $350 mail-in rebate (prepaid AMEX gift card). You also get the printer’s trusty sidekick, the red 50pk of photo paper. The offer ends on 9/30/19 or earlier if sold out. As usual, check the deadlines for mail-in rebate submission and such…
If you are of the Apple persuasion, B&H Photo has over 150 options in their Apple Back to School sales featuring a mix of different products as usual. Because Apple just doesn’t have 150 of any single product 🙂
If you are looking to rent camera gear, coupon code SEPT20 gets you 20% off rentals at Borrow Lenses. The coupon works on any rentals that have an officially estimated arrival date in September 2019. However, the rental order must be placed by 9/7/19 at 11;59pm pacific time… Changes and cancellations are also allowed as long as they are done within the time limits and restrictions as shown at BL…
Surviving in the cracks between smartphones and action cams, waterproof/elementproof cameras continue to be alive and new models are getting released. Such as it the case for the recently released Olympus Tough TG-6 digital P&S camera which is getting its first official discount, dropping $50 from $450 to $400 at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon and the official Get Olympus (aka Olympus USA store)…
NewEgg doesn’t want to play the “sale extended” game and instead if happy to go with the more reasonable “After Labor Day sale”. And for this, you must needs be subscribed to their email e-newsletter (you can sign up right away) in order to use the promo codes for the various participating offers. Not all offers require a promo code, but the ones who do, you must needs sign up for their e-newsletter.
They have their usual assortment of technology and computer-y offerings… Not needing a promo code is the DJI Osmo action camera thing for $298 with free shipping. Then there’s a 128GB G.Skill microSD card for $12.49 with free S&H, a 99c USB extension cable, storage galore, and lots more…
The “Intel Gamer Days” continue at the Amazon USA Gold Box with today’s (Tuesday 9/3/19) offers being the headliners of the Gold Box with laptops from MSI and Lenova, and an iBuyPower desktop, various other accessories…
Another Labor Day coupon extension, using coupon code SAVE15 you can get 15% off sitewide at the Rakuten website. As with almost all sitewide type of sales, there are always exclusions and restrictions and limitations and such. Their shopping cart will be happy to inform you directly or indirectly if you don’t feel like reading through their terms and conditions…
The Dell Outlet has extended their Labor Day deals for another day with the offers shown there good until Tuesday night (instead of Monday night). Some of the offers require a promo code which is shown below each offer that requires it. The usual assortment of laptops, desktops, AiOs and computer monitors are offered…
Starting at 12:01am pacific time on Tuesday at NewEgg, promo code 92RDX3 drops the price of the new condition 256GB Samsung EVO microSDXC card from $53 to $38 with free US shipping. That’s when the offer goes live officially. I don’t know if part of the “Early Access” you can get it right away ~ you can try the coupon and see what happens if you don’t want to wait…
UPDATE: in other daily deal action for Tuesday, Woot is having a 2017 MacBooks and iPad PRO sale featuring five options with prices ranging from $400 to $950. These are refurbished / reconditioned. Check individual listings for details…
More lenses and lens bundles have been added to the Adorama Labor Day lens deals. You can sort the many options as usual using the options on the left-hand side and the sorting-order on the top-right side…
As of the time of writing there are about 50 listings in the Camera and Photo classified section of the Lightning Deals of the Tuesday Amazon Gold Box. Of potential interest:
+ Celestron UpClose porro binos for $25 to $30
+ Celestron Astromaster telescope accessory for $47~
+ the above two are in-progress as of the time of writing
+ more 15% off Celestrons coming
+ Feelworld F570 5.7″ (nice, the model name matches the screen size) and Master MA5 on-camera monitors
+ Neewer [it’s not lightning deals without Neewer] 3-wheels wireless dolly, action cam accessory kit, slider track dolly, CN-160 LED dimmable on-c light, 750 II TTL flash for Nikon, etc
+ APEman 4K and Dragon Touch 4k30fps and Akase Brave 4K and Victure 4K action cams
+ Hohem splashproof gimbal for GoPRO and iSteady PRO 2 splashproof 3-axis gimbal stabilizer
+ FotoPRO UFO2 12″ flexible tripod
+ charger/battery for GoPRO, generic digiframe, 3-axis gimbal stabilizer, 75″ ESDDI tripod, 10″ ring light with tripod, diving light, etc
To the Tuesday B&H daily deals (checked link) we go with this new quartet of offerings running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ Wooden Camera Unified Cage for Select Cameras for $150
+ only the handle is wooden, not the whole thing 🙂
+ GenAray Ultra-Thin Bicolor 144 SMD LED On-Camera Light for $35
+ ONA The Crosby Leather Camera Bag in Antique Cognac or Dark Truffle
+ despite the mentions of truffle and cognac, nothing is edible!
+ LG 32BK50Q-W 31.5″ 16:9 FreeSync IPS Monitor for $210
+ HDMI | DisplayPort | Mini DisplayPort, 2560 x 1440 @ 75 Hz, 1000:1 Static CR, etc
This is part of their rotating promotions not a Labor Day only sale, Creative LIVE is offering 12 classes for $20 each with topics such as flower photography, animal photography, travel, landscape, DIY fashion/editorial, birds, posing, lighting, etc…
This is a PSA for Amazon shoppers, especially for fans of Amazon’s own brands. Once upon a time Amazon had zero “house brands”. Then they shyly began with AmazonBasics and now they have dozens and dozens of their product brands that probably not even the people working at Amazon’s marketing can name them from memory.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, when some of the Amazon-branded (eg AmazonBasics) products get discontinued, some “crafty” 3rd-party sellers hijack the listings offering their own products and using existing reviews of the AmazonBasics products as instant credibility for their products.
Details at The Verge and more via Techmememe…
Happy Labor Day from CreativeLive as they are offering a 60% off sale site-wide on their classes. The price you see is the price you pay. No coupon needed. When the sale ends, the prices will go up. For example, a $199 class (the first one you see, “Fundamentals of Photography”) is now a $79 class thanks to the 60% off discount (or easier math to do 40% off on the original price instead of doing a multiplication (by 0.6) and a subtraction (from the full price).
This sale is great for classes that are rarely discounted or don’t get featured in the rotating free-to-watch-while-streaming classes at the ON-AIR schedule…
We forgot about Dre, and we forgot about eBay but they too are having their Labor Day sale with a variety of products, currently headlined by a GoPRO Hero7 Black bundle with various accessories (including name-brand) for $349.
They are also running an All Things Tech sale with over 1500 items participating and promised discounts of “up to 50% off”.
And if you are a fan of name-brand products they have a Brand Outlet sale including DJI, Apple, HP, Western Digital, Samsonite, Adidas, Bose, Sonos, etc…
Powerbanks have been a blessing in not-much-of-a disguise for digital photography as well, so if that’s so with your arsenal, one of the Amazon USA Gold BoX deals of the day for Monday September 2nd in 2019 is a sale on Anker charging products featuring three power-banks, two of which are of the powerful PD kind with 20,000 to 26800 mAh, along with a more lightweight $30 version with 10,000 mAh and USB-C charging input. There’s also wall chargers, car chargers, wireless chargers and the obligatory cables.
Also part of the Gold Box is the continuation of the “Intel Gamers” sale with a $550 MSI GL63 in the spotlight (i5-8300H, 15.6″, 256GB nvme SSD, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX1050, etc).
Monday brings us another set of Lightning Deals of the Camera et Photoeaux variety at the maison de Amazon.com, with the following potentially interesting ones running within the next 24 hours or so:
+ 15% off select Celestron binoculars and scopes
+ Wifi and Flyamarapirit digiframes, selfie sticks, phone tripods, etc
+ DBPOWER N5 PRO Wifi and Victure and ThiEye T5 action cams
+ basic P&S digicam for kids, generic camcorder
+ E-Mart LED ring light
A new week has fallen upon us all and a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals [correct link] is now running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ Impact Hexi 24 Speedlight Softbox for $75 with FREE Impact Grid included by B&H
+ LaCie 1TB Rugged Thunderbolt External SSD with USB Type-C Port for $300
+ Sony Xperia Earduo earphones for $120
+ duo is the name, you get one pair
+ Anton Bauer (rhymes with power?) NP-F976 7.2V, 6600mAh L-Series Li-Ion Battery (47Wh)
for $40
As of the time of writing there are four dozen listings in the Lightning Deals of the Camera and Photo kind in the Amazon USA Gold Box with the following potentially interesting ones running at some point within the 24 hours or so:
+ Victure 1080p, Apeman 4K action cams
+ Neewer 3-axis handheld gimbal, 63″ carbon fiber tripod, 18″ ring light kit, etc
+ Rangers 56″ monopod/tripod thing, flexible tripod for phone/small-cameras, smarthpone gimbal stabilizer, 2pk U-Bracket LED BiC dimmable panels, YouTube video lighting kit, etc
+ 10″ Feelcare Wifi “smart” digital picture frames
+ Kattee Women’s Canvas DSLR backpack
+ various binoculars (including Celestron), monoculars and generic camcorders
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