Archives for November 2019

Thur: Manfrotto, Benro, Zoom, X-Rite, MSI, Dell, Etc

Happy Thanksgiving with seven new B&H Photo daily deals (plus limited time flash deals) running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out).

+ flash deals: Benro C673TM Carbon Fiber Tandem-Leg Video Tripod (75mm Bowl) for $375
+ starts 8am ET: 1TB Lexar Professional 633x UHS-I SDXC
+ starts 1pm ET: iK smartphone grip with shutter release
+ starts 8pm ET: 128GB Sony CFAST 2.0 G

+ MAnfrotto Street Camera and Laptop Backpack for DSLR/CSC (Green and Gray) for $50

+ X-Rite ColorMunki Display (Black) for $90

+ Zoom H4n Pro 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Onboard X/Y Mic Capsule (Dark Brown) for $170

+ WD internal storage, seven options, $90 to $425, mix of HDD and SSD

+ CyberPower CP425SLG Standby UPS Backup for $30

+ DELL 11.6″ Inspiron 11 3000 Series Multi-Touch 2-in-1 Notebook (Red) for $200
+ 1.8 GHz AMD A9-9420e Dual-Core, 4GB of 2400 MHz RAM,500GB 5400rpm HDD, 11.6″ 1366 x 768 Multi-Touch, 360-degree hinge, Integrated AMD Radeon R5 Graphics, Windows 10 Home (64-bit), etc

+ MSI 15.6″ GF63 Thin Gaming Laptop for $699
+ 2.6 GHz Core i7-9750H Six-Core, 8GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 IPS, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB GDDR5), etc

NOTE: because B&H closes weekly Friday PM to Saturday PM, their Black Friday deals come out early, so stay tuned!

KEH BF Coupon: 15% off Most Items, 30% off Accessories (ends 12/1)

And now it’s time for KEH Camera to launch their Black Friday sale which is running until 12/1/19 at 11:59pm ET. Use coupon code BFSALE2019A to get the following discount:

+ 15% off many things on their website
+ 30% off Accessories

Excluded are Leica-branded products, Digital Starter Kits, New condition items and “Used – Like New” items…

As usual, their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies for which coupon. You can test them without logging-in or creating an account…

20% off at Warehouse Deals at Amazon.com as well

Also having a 20% off sale is the Amazon.com (aka Amazon USA) Warehouse Deals. Over 10,000 options are available so if you don’t feel like going through them one by one, use the left-hand side to filter them by the 26 available categories or use the search box at the top of the page.

NOTE: this discount happens automatically in the shopping cart on eligible items. There’s no coupon code to enter…

Most of the camera-related items are under Electronics which can drill further down and find the Camera & Photo category which, as of the time of writing, has 351 options…

Note that although most of the items sold at AWD (Amazon Warehouse Deals) are used, on occasion they offer new condition products as well. For example the current headliner at AWD is this new condition 48-pack of single-use AA alkaline batteries. It goes for $13~ minus 20% off, making it $10~.

Any item eligible for this must be sold by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself, not the 3rd-party sellers offering things there. You can easily recognize it by taking a half-deep breath and looking for this tiny little “20% off” thing on the used listings:

Happy AWD deal fishing ๐Ÿ™‚

EU: 20% off many items at Amazon Germany Warehouse Deals

If you are the boldly-going with used items type of shopper, we have good news! As part of the Black Friday festivities, Amazon Germany is offering 20% off at Amazon.de Warehouse Deals. The various product categories are shown right there and they include Camera-related Gear with over 1000 options available.

You can further filter them using the categories on the left hand side over there (Digital Cameras, Film Cameras, Lenses, etc)…

Thursday (EU): Olympus Sale: E-M10 II, E-PL9 and Tough TG-6

For those of you shopping in the EU, among the Amazon Germany Gold Box deals for Thursday 11/28/19, Black Friday Eve, also known as Thanksgiving Day, there is an Olympus camera sale featuring:

+ E-PL9 with 14-42 pancake for 417 euro in three colors

+ Tough TG-6 for 369 euro in two colors

+ E-M10 II with 14-42 EZ for 455 euro in two color schemes
+ 2-lens kit with 40-150 as well for 540 euro

Pelican One Day Sale (19 options) [ends Wedn PM]

Good until Wednesday 11/27/29 at 11:59pm eastern time, B&H Photo is having a 1-day sale on various Pelican bags and cases. The price you see is the price you pay. A total of 19 options are available…

20% off Used Gear purchases with BL coupon

Borrow Lenses also sells, not just rents, camera gear. If you are interested in buying used gear from them, until 12/13/19 at 11:59pm pacific time, coupon code BLACKFRIDAY19 gets you 20% off used gear purchases. Over 420 items are available for purchase as of the time of writing…

Top 40 CreativeLIVE classes for $9 to $29 each

If you prefer digital ownership instead of membership/Netflix-style subscription, CreativeLIVE is having another pre-Black-Friday sale, their top 40 classes are on sale from $9 to $29 each. All kinds and levels of photography-related classes are offered during this promotion. No coupon needed, the price you see is the price you pay…

Fotopro X-Go Max 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Built-In Monopod with FPH-62Q Ball Head for $139

The current limited time Adorama Daily Deal brings y’all the new condition Fotopro X-Go Max 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Built-In Monopod with FPH-62Q Ball Head (26 lbs Capacity, 67″ Maximum Height) for $139 with free US shipping. No coupon, no rebate, just add to cart and proceed to checkout while this promotion is running… There is a countdown clock on the page telling you how many hours are left in each particular daily offering…

Wedn: FeiYu AK2000, Vello EF to E w/AF, Meade Bino, Etc

Wednesday brings six more daily deals at B&H Photo plus some flash deals that rotate through the day:

+ VeLLo Canon EF Lens to Sony E-Mount Camera Accelerator AF Lens Adapter for $100

+ Aputure Amaran H198C On-Camera LED Light for $26

+ FeiYu AK2000 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer for $180
+ not to be confused with Pink Floyd’s HeyYu

+ Meade 10×42 RidgeWay Binocular for $35

+ three options of Ruggard Fabric Rain Shield for $13 to $15

+ two flash deals today, the first 12 hours of the calendar day is the Sony X800G 49″ Class HDR 4K UHD Smart LED TV for $398, and after that it will be the Yamaha AVENTAGE RX-A2080 9.2-Channel Network A/V Receiver…

UPDATE: Woot is running a surprise coupon promotion. They have an Anker sale as one of their deals of the day but using coupon code ANKER1 you get $5 off one item. The coupon can be used once per customer. Free shipping for Prime or $6 flat otherwise.

B&H Credit Card No Interest Limited time promotion

If you are planning a bigger purchase or a system switch or a system upgrade or want to develop new photographic areas of interest that require investment in new lenses (sports, architecture, etc), and you are financially organized enough that you can pay the installments on time so you can avoid paying any interest…

… then you may be interested to hear that B&H Photo is running a special No Interest If Paid In Full financing promotion until 12/2/19. The duration of the promotion depends on the total order amount…

… purchases over $1599 get a 24-month no interest period, while purchases over $599 get 12 months and purchases over $199 get 6 months.

Minimum monthly payments are required. The total amount MUST BE paid in FULL before the 6/12/24 months are over ~ in order to avoid paying any interest at all.

IF they are not paid in full by then, you will be charged interest from the PURCHASE DATE, from the beginning. In other words, don’t do this promotion if you are not certain you can make the monthly installments. OF course no one can foresee the unforeseen, so use your own judgment as to whether to do this or not…

Just don’t buy ALL of the Zeiss lenses on sale. But if you do, send me a couple ๐Ÿ˜‰

Zeiss Lens Sale (68 options) [C/N/E/X/M]

Here’s a bold prediction: eventually ZEISS is going to hire Vanilla Ice to do a “Zeiss Zeiss Baby” commercial, be it a serious one or a self-parody. But until then (mayhaps don’t hold your breath) there is a sale of 68 Zeiss Lens options at B&H Photo. Note that this is lens options, not lenses, meaning a lens available in four mounts counts as four options in the listings…

Prices start at $612 and go upwards, but don’t forget to also look at the USED options shown in smaller print in the listings. For example the Tweet 32mm f1.8 for Sony E is available for $425 in “Used Condition 9″…

The most expensive individual lens of this lot is the Otus 100mm f1.4 (ZE, ZF.2) for $4242 but the most expensive items in sale are Prime 4-Packs of Loxia and Batis lenses for Sony E going for $4600~ and $4924~ respectively. Find them all, sorted by price, at the B&H Zeiss sale

The sale is a mix of DSLR lenses (Canon and Nikon) and mirrorless lenses (Sony E, Fuji X) and rangefinder (Leica M, aka ZM)…

Lensbaby Velvet sale: 56mm f1.6 for $375, 85mm f1.8 for $425

Don’t throw the (lens)baby out with the bath water! IF that describes your feelings towards Lensbaby lens-y products, for a limited time B&H Photo is having a Lensbaby sale featuring the following two lenses:

+ Velvet 56mm f1.6 for $375 in Canon EF and RF, Nikon ZZ Top, Fuji X, M43
+ the silver versions for Canon EF and Nikon F go for $400

+ Velvet 85mm f1.8 for $425 in Canon EF and RF, Sony E, Fuji X, M43

In-Stock Now: Sony a9 II body only!!!

Full frame sometimes means full wallet if you want to have top of the line features! If so, the new Sony a9 II full frame E-system mirrorless camera is now in-stock and ready to ship to your photographic hands for its starting price of $4498 at B&H Photo

As of the time of writing, Amazon is in the nebulous “temporarily out of stock” state, while Adorama says “coming soon”…

Tuesday Canon Lenses: EF-M 11-22/4-5.6 IS STM for $250, EF-S 55-250 IS STM for $160

One of the Woot deals of the day for Tuesday 11/26/19 is a Tech Basement sale that features a variety of tech items. Among them there are two Canon new condition lenses as follows:

+ EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Wide Zoom Lens (Japanese Version) for $250 with 90-day Woot warranty

+ EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Lens for $160 with 1-year Canon warranty

Limit up to ten of each per customer while this promotion runs ~ it ends at 11:59pm central time or earlier if sold out. Prime members get free shipping (you must needs (one time) connect your Woot and Amazon accounts) or $6 flat shipping for the calendar day for non-Primes…

Starts Tue 10am ET: KIPON Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 (Sony E) sale

Sony E-system fans, prime your wallets! Now that we are in the black friday – cider monday holiday shopping season, B&H Photo is bringing back “Flash Deals” (think along the lines of Amazon’s Lightning Deals) inside their Deals of the Day. And they post teasers for them…

So, starting at 10am eastern on Tuesday 11/26/19 (one month to Boxing Day 2019), they tease that they will be offering as a limited time flash sale the new condition KIPON Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 lens for the Sony E-system. The price before the sale is $1480.

NOTE that the link points to the Sony E-system. I do not know if any of the other mount options will also be on sale. We will find out when it goes live at 10am ET on Tuesday. The lens is also available in Fuji X, Micro Three Fourths, Leica Leila (okay, L), and Canon EF-M.

The era of bright primes is definitely upon us…

Also coming up, starting at 5pm ET they will have a flash deal on the new condition Domke J-1 Journalist Shoulder Bag (Black). The price before the sale is $237. I do not know what the sale price will be. We be findin’ out when it goes live…

Tuesday: JVC Pro Camcorder, Sony micr, Lexar reader, Mefoto Tripod, Acer Nitro, Etc

Never fear, Tuesday is here and the theme is “Eight is Enough” at the B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ MeFoto BackPacker Travel Tripod for $70

+ JVC GY-HM170UA 4KCAM Compact Professional Camcorder with Top Handle Audio Unit for $995 with FREE JVC microphone

+ Sony UWP-D11 Camera-Mount Wireless Omni Lavalier Microphone System (UC14: 470 to 542 MHz) for $350

+ ACER 15.6″ Nitro 7 Gaming Laptop for $799
+ Core i7-9750H Six-Core, 16GB DDR4, 512GB NVMe PCIe SSD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 IPS, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB GDDR5), etc

+ DraCast LED500 Pro Bi-Color LED Light with V-Mount Battery Plate for $200

+ LeXar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader (UDMA 7) for $16
+ add 2pk of 16GB Sandisk Ultra CompactFlash for $42~ total

+ Xcellon 10-Port Powered USB 3.0 Slim Aluminum Hub with 3 Dual Data/Charging Ports for $45
+ you’ll (probably) never run out of USB ports ever again?

+ MeFoto WalkAbout Air Aluminum Monopod (Purple) for $17 (limited time flash deal)

Black Friday sale at NewEgg Now

Famous rapper “Shopenim” is famous for the “Will the real Black Friday please stand up?” line and indeed it is getting harder and harder to figure out which one of the sales is the “Real Black Friday” sale ๐Ÿ˜‰ Regardless, NewEgg has launched what they call their Black Friday Now that features the usual assortment of tech and electronics and computer-y items NuevoHuevo is famous for.

They do have a Camera & Photo segment that had a Canon SL2 with 18-55 for $439 by Ted’s Electronics that it is marked as SOLD OUT as of the time of writing. Other offers there include the DJI Osmo Action with extras for $279, various DJI Osmo kits, “those type” of DSLR bundles of a million accessories no one asked for, a $13 Neewer lens spanner and $26 tripod with 3-way, etc…

20% off and two free days during Thanksgiving week

If you want to rent some camera gear in the near term, you are in luck because Black Friday at BorrowLenses is here early with a combo offer: 20% off using coupon code TURKEY19 and if your order period covers Thanksgiving, you get two days FREE. You must place your rental order by 11/25/19 at 1pm pacific for standard shipping or 11/26/19 at 1pm pacific for overnight shipping. The order must have a pickup/deliver date by 11/27.

Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemp for $649 [C/N]

It’s not a bird, it’s a lens! The current limited time Adorama daily deal (there is a countdown clock on the aforelinked page) is the new condition Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary lens on sale for $649 with free US shipping in the Canon and Nikon SLR systems. No coupon, no rebate, just add to cart and proceed to checkout while this offer is in progress…

Mon: 4TB Seagate External $80, PortaBrace, MoZa, Etc

Monday is here, a new work week is here, and the official “Black Friday Week” is here and with it we have the magnificent seven in B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET today (or earlier if sold out):

+ 4TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable Hard Drive for $80
+ there are many theories on the ideal hard drive sizes for backups and such, in addition to the bang-for-the-buck calculation, so if 4TB fits your plans, here it is!

+ MoZa AirCross 2 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $369

+ PortaBrace Cordura Carrying Run Bag for Grip Essentials (Black) for $100

+ EDELKRONE HeadOne for $279

+ also iON rechargeable water-resistant speaker system, Marantz AV receiver and Lorex security DVR

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75% off Custom Photo Books with Walgreens coupon

Walgreens Photo is back with another promotion, this one gets you 75% off at Custom Photo Books with free same-day pickup where possible/available. Use coupon code PHOTOBK to get the discount..

Also 75% off are Pickup magnets using coupon code BLKFRI75 while Canvases and Enlargements are 50% off using coupon code FRAMEFLT for canvas and floating frame, and using coupon code POST19 for Posters and Enlargements… Meanwhile Cards and Stationary is 60% off using coupon code CARDSTAT.

Offers end 11/30/19…

Portraiture classes starting at $14 at CL

IF you are interested in all things portraiture, you are in luck because Creative LIVE is running a limited time sale on Portraiture related classes with prices starting at $14 per class. Prices vary by class. No coupon needed ~ the price you see is the price you pay.

Topics include posing (101, curvy women, etc), a Master of Photography with Albert Watson, environmental portraiture, lighting, story telling in portraits, fine art, sports, experimental, and mo(i)re…

Sunday: Impossible I-1 Instant Film Camera for $20, Velbon, Lensbaby, Peak Design, LG, JBL, Etc

Good until Sunday at 11:59pm ET, B&H is offering the following Deals of the Day:

+ Impossible Camera I-1 Instant Film Camera for $20
+ or bundled with instant film for $28

+ PEAK DESIGN CaptureLens for $40 in your choice of Canon EF, Nikon F or Sony E

+ Velbon Sherpa Aluminum Tripods with Head, four options, $50 to $60

+ Lensbaby 50mm f/2.5 Sweet Spot Spark Lens for Nikon for $90

+ LG 34UM88-P 34″ 21:9 UltraWide FreeSync IPS Monitor for $360

+ also JBL 1 Series 104 Compact Powered Desktop Reference Monitors for $50

UPDATE: at the Best Buy dailies you can get the Epson Expression ET-2550 “Eco Tank” wireless all in one printer for $130… They also have an Xbox One X gift card promo and the headliner is a $1K Lenovo Yoga 2-in-1 i7 laptop (16GB RAM, GTX1050, 512GB SSD, 4K UHD touhscreen, etc)…

UPDATE #2: good until the end of day, DiscountMags is offering 1-Year WIRED magazine subscriptions for $4 per year, with up to three years per customer. These are printed magazines delivered to USA addresses. No auto-renewal…

KEH Coupon (25% / 12% off) good until Saturday night

The previously mentioned KEH Camera coupon promotion of 25% off on Featured items and 12% off on many other things sold at the KEH Camera website using coupon code GO11A has been extended until Saturday 11/23/19 at 11:59pm eastern time…

As before, Exclusions apply: no LEICA branded products, no NEW or โ€œUsed โ€“ Like Newโ€ condition times and unfortunately to those of you who may have gotten excited, no on the just-launched DSLR starter kitsโ€ฆ

Flashpoint eVOLV 200 TTL Pocket Flash with Barndoor Kit Built-in R2 2.4GHz RRS for $229

The latest Adorama Daily Deal (it has a countdown clock, this cross over into two calendar days, it is not a midnight-based daily deal) is the new condition Flashpoint eVOLV 200 TTL Pocket Flash with Barndoor Kit Built-in R2 2.4GHz Radio Remote System (Godox AD200) going for $229 with free US shipping…

Optionally you can append additional products for a combined purchase bundle. To see the options, click on the “Create Your Bundle and Save Up to $300!” link on the product page…

Saturday: 10.1″ digiframe, Samsung Tab S6, latest Kindles

Among the Saturday Best Buy dailies you can get the new condition Nixplay 10.1-inch widescreen LCD Wifi’ed digital picture frame for $117 with free US shipping and/or free store pickup…

Meanwhile at Amazon, they have a sale on Samsung Galaxy tablets ranging from $120 to $630 , with the majority of the options being “Tab S6” models. As you can see, the phone model numbers (S11) have jumped well ahead of the tablet model numbers (S6)…

Also at Amazon, for a limited time (not just a daily deal) you can get a $5 ebook store credit when you buy and activate a new Kindle e-reader, including the latest entry-point Kindle ($60, with Front Light, Wifi-only, Special Offers) and the latest Paperwhite ($85, Front Light, Waterproof, 8GB storage, Wifi-only, Special Offers)… Note that the $5 ebook credit is on the activation of the device, not the purchase…

NewEgg Black Friday Preview sale

One week before the actual Black Friday so the “Black Friday sales” are ever-so-increasing. One such is the latest NewEgg BF Preview sale, a 4-day sale of sorts with a variety of products. The products that have a promo code next to them require that you sign up for their email e-newsletter in order to use them. The same old (annoying) NewEgg song and dance…

Adorama Used Gear clearance sale (8950+ options)

KEH is course not the only company selling used camera gear online. Adorama is selling them too and they are currently having a Used Clearance sale with nearly 9000 options participating in the promotion. The price you see is the price you pay but keep in mind that with used items, quantities are often very limited…

Speaking of Adorama, they are having a sale on new condition lenses, it’s their Black Friday Lens Price Drops with over 1100 options participating. Note that that’s not 1100 unique lenses but options, for example a lens that’s available for ten different mounts will appear as 10 listings/options…