IF however you are not interested in the previously mentioned Sony a6000 new condition kits and instead you can to optimize for a lower price, Adorama has the USED a6000 body only for $279 in “Used – Very Good” condition with a 90-day warranty (from Adorama).
Archives for December 2, 2019
Sony a6000 with extras: body for $398, w/16-50 for $448
The Sony Instant Savings promotion reminds us that you can get into the Sony APS-C E-system with a step-up series camera (A6xxx) for just $398. That’s right, the a6000 body only goes for $398 and the “with 16-50mm” kit goes for $448.
At Adorama you have to do some scrolling and paging up-n-down to find all the options but you will be rewards because the “with 16-50” kit gets more additional freebies (flex tripod, extra charger/battery, lens filters, better memory card) than the body only (bag, memory card, cleaning kit, software, card wallet). Note also that the camera is available in two color options, effectively doubling the number of options you have to sort through…
At B&H Photo you get a 32GB Sandisk Extreme, a 3rd-party battery and a camera bag, while the two lens kit ($598) gets a lens filter as well…
At Amazon, various 3rd-party sellers offer various freebies, a dizzying array of options as there are three official camera kits with two body colors for the camera and many 3rd party retailers 🙂
The names in the a6xx line-up are a bit confused, so confused that even the Wikipedia page is confused. The a6000 come out in 2014, followed by the a6300/a6500 in 2016, and the a6100/a6400/a6600 in 2019, all with 24mp Exmor APS-C CMOS sensors. The newer a6300 has already been discontinued but the a6000 continues as a current model. The all-new a6100 goes for $650 (body) or $750 (w/16-50)…
128GB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC for $20
If you have phones, tablets, laptops, cameras, action cameras and other gear that use microSD cards (or don’t object to using them in full-size SD slots with the included adapted), the 128GB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC (C10, UHS-I, V30, U3, A2, etc) is on sale for $20 at various dealers including Adorama and Amazon and B&H Photo and Best Buy. With so many retailers offering it, even if they have individual per-customer limits, you can scoop them up from multiple retailers…
Flashpoint Zoom Li-on X R2 TTL On-Camera Round Flash Speedlight for $159 [many systems]
With all this Cyber Monday talk, we forgot about Dre! We also forgot about Adorama’s Daily Deal which currently is the new condition Flashpoint Zoom Li-on X R2 TTL On-Camera Round Flash Speedlight for $159 with free US shipping, available for Canon, Nikon, Sony TTL, Fuji, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax for a limited time…
For more action, check Adorama’s Cyber Monday Twilight Offers. The most recent offers appear first ~ the link above is sorted by most recently added items…
Sony a7 II with 28-70 and Various Freebies for $999
We all live in a yellow submarine but also in the era of the $1000 “take pictures with” 35mm full frame interchangeable lens camera in the Sony E-system with the Sony a7 II with the 28-70mm FE lens bundled together for $999 with various freebies offered by select retailers…
At Amazon for example, there is a bundle by Focus Camera that includes a Dolica tripod, Vanguard bag, 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO, extra 3rd-party charger/battery, etc…
At B&H Photo you get a 64GB Sandisk Extreme, extra 3rd party battery, RJ bag, lens filter, etc…
At Adorama you get a 32GB Extreme PRO, Slinger bag, lens filter kit, etc…
At Best Buy you get a $25 Shutterfly store credit…
DJI Osmo Action 4K Camera for $249
Action cameras are one of the “survivors” of the cameraphone, so of course DJI had to jump into this segment too and right now, as part of the Black-Cyber festivities, the new condition DJI Osmo Action 4K Camera is on sale for $249 at B&H Photo and Amazon itself…
Or if you prefer it bundled with various accessories, those various options go for $279 at Adorama…
Google Pixel 3a for $299+, Pixel 4 for $599+ [Android]
The Nexus phones (and more importantly the Nexus mentality) are not coming back at Google any time soon, so for now, it’s the Pixels! And if you want the “pure Google Android experience” without breaking the banks, for a limited time the entry-point Pixel 3a is on sale for $299 for the standard edition and $379 for the XL, while the Pixel 4 goes for $599 (standard) and $699 (XL). Prices increase with more storage options…
The sale is at B&H Photo and Amazon and of course Google’s own online store…
Canon 6D Mark II body with freebies for $1199
We are already at the second generation of the Canon 6D, and the 6D Mark II body only (and the other official Canon kits of these camera) are getting some freebie along with a $1199 sale price at various authorized dealers…
At B&H Photo you get a 64GB Sandisk Extreme SDXC card, an extra Watson battery and a RJ camera bag…
At Adorama you get a 32GB Sandisk Extreme card, a Lowepro bag, 3Pod small table top tripod, Corel software and various trinkets…
At Amazon third-party sellers offer various freebies (but check to make sure they are authorized dealers) while Amazon itself has no freebies (regardless of the seller you get 5% cashback on the official Amazon VISA and Store credit cards)…
PS: on the Amazon Store credit card, if you select a special no-interest financing promotion, you typically do not earn the 5% cashback (one of the two benefits but not both)…
FREE (with DRM): “The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography” ebook
We have an ebook freebie that is of direct camera-and-photo interest, and for a limited time, the University of Chicago (UoC) is offering it for FREE. However, the ebooks they sell come with DRM, Adobe Digital Editions, so you need to install their crap on your computer or use a mobile app that is compatible with their crap in order to read it.
The UoC freebie ebook for this month is “The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography” by Peter Buse (320 pages). UoC offers one free ebook each month but every time it is with Adobe’s nasty DRM stuff.
IF you are curious about the ebook without committing to Adobe’s DRM, you can “Look Inside” at amazon.com (they only have a Kindle preview, no preview of the hardcover).
PS: typically Kindle previews are a number of pages (or a percentage of the ebook) starting from the front cover, while hardcover previews jump all over the book and you can get a better feel for it ~ depending on the book of course…
Canon G9X II with freebies for $399 [or with Pixma PRO 100 Bundle for $389 After MIR w/GC]
If you want the new condition Canon G9X II rawsumer, it is currently on sale with some modest freebies, for $399 at Adorama and B&H Photo…
IF however you want the Canon Pixma PRO 100 printer, and you do not object to mail-in rebates and prepaid AMEX gift cards, B&H Photo has a Pixma bundle for $739 minus a $350 prepaid AMEX gift card = $389. The bundle also includes the printer’s trusty sidekick, the 50pk of 13×19″ Luster photo paper.
The camera is available in either the black or the silver color schemes…
Last Call (ends Mon 11:59pm ET): Cyber Monday Only: Buy More, Save More at KEH Camera ($50/$400+, $100/$750+, $200/$1200+)
The moment you’ve all KEH fans have been waiting for, it is the Cyber Monday coupon at KEH Camera. IT is a “buy more, save more” promotion. Coupon code CYB19A gets you a discount depending on your order total:
+ Spend $400+, Get $50 off
+ Spend $750+, Get $100 off
+ Spend $1,200+, Get $200 off
You can test the coupon by adding items of interest to the KEH Camera shopping cart ~ no need to login/signup [unless you want to]…
The coupon expires on Monday 12/2/19 at 11:59pm eastern time.
Exclusions apply as usual: no Leica-branded products, no NEW condition products, no “Used – Like New (LN)” products. No digital starter kits.
EU: 128GB Lexar Professional (633x) SDXC for 18 euro [limit 2]
And now we fly over to the other side of the pond, where Amazon Germany is offering as part of the Cyber Monday festivities the new condition 128GB Lexar Professional (633x) SDXC memory card (UHS-I, V30, U3, C10, up to 95MB/sec) for 18 euro with up to two units per customer. Free shipping in Germany-Austria with Prime or 29+ euro orders… According to Google Translate, this is in retail packaging (if they translated “Einzelhandelsverpackung” correctly)…
Nikon D5600 Options abound (NC Two Lens Kit for $600, Refurb Body for $400, Etc)
The Nikon D3500 two lens kit goes for $400 as part of the Cyber FriMonday festivities, but if you want a more advanced DSLR as a jumping point into the Nikon system, the new condition (NC) Nikon D5600 two lens kit (18-55, 70-300) is currently going for $600 at various authorized dealers (eg B&H Photo and Amazon)…
However, if you do not want/need the kit lenses and prefer a lower priced entry, Adorama has D5600 refurbished options with the body only going for $397, with 18-55 for $430, and two lens kit for $500. But if you prefer the new condition two lens kit they have a bundle with modest freebies (16GB SD, Lowerpro bag, lens filters, Corel, etc)
Camera & Photo Lightning Deals for Cyber Monday
Let’s take a quick look at the Cyber Monday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals…
+++ IN-PROGRESS +++
+ 8.5×10 feet Emart backdrop for $30
+ 62″ K&F tripod for $60
+ AKASO Brave 4K action cam for $62
+ Skygenius 8×21 small binos for $11
+ Eyeskey waterproof binos for $79
+++ COMING UP +++
+ various digiframes
+ GVM video lighting kits with app control
+ Zhigyun Smooth 4-axis gimbal stabilizer (handheld)
+ Mountdog ring light, and softbox lighting kit
+ various action cams
+ RAVPower charger with batteries for Sony NP-FW50
+ GoPRO Hero 5 e-commerce packaging (recurring Lightning Deals item)
+ Godox AD200PRO
+ Powerextra on-camera flash
+ and more
Cyber Monday 2019 at Amazon revealed
Cyber Monday 2019 has arrived at Amazon. As usual, the offers are happening inside their Gold Box infrastructure and there are plenty of sales going on. In addition to the previously mentioned Canon mirrorless offer (spoiler alert: M100 with 15-45mm for $315), they have plenty of tech and electronics:
+ Chromebooks from $120 to $469
+ Computer Sale with many brands featuring laptops, desktops, computer monitors, tablets, etc (two pages of offers)
+ Gaming computer sale with gaming accessories, monitors, laptops and desktops too (two pages of offers here as well)
+ yet another computer gear sale this one using the “Content Creator Savings” theme
+ Samsung flagship smartphones bundled with AKG headphones (owned by Samsung too)
+ UPS systems, coffee machines of different kinds, kitchen, sports, standing desks, tax software, and a lot more
Canon M100 with 15-45mm for $315 [limit 3]
One of the Amazon Cyber Monday deals of the day is a sale of lots of Celestrons (telescopes, binoculars and related items) but hiding underneath them in sheep’s clothing is a sale on the new condition Canon M100 with 15-45mm in the black color scheme going for $315 with free US shipping with up to three per customer. This is sold and shipped by Amazon itself…
The camera looks like it is on its way out from retail as already some of the kits have sold out during Black Cyber Fri-Monday and are marked as discontinued at B&H Photo…
DJI Osmo Pocket Gimbal for $295
The new condition DJI Osmo Pocket Gimbal is currently on sale for $295 with free US shipping at B&H Photo until 12/4/19 PM or earlier if sold out…
1-Year Prepaid Adobe Creative Cloud (all of it) for $360
If you are all in on Adobe’s Creative Cloud’s subscription, the whole Creative Cloud, not just the Photographer edition, for a limited time B&H Photo is offering it for $360 total for the 12 months. This is a digital download and cannot be cancelled and cannot be refunded. USA only ~ it needs a US billing address in order to activate…
For more action, check the latest B&H Cyber Monday offerings…
Last Call (ends Mon PM): iPad sales
Last call on the Apple-sanctioned iPad sales for Black Cyber Fri-Monday! A variety of iPad models (I’ve lost track now) are on sale going from the Mini to the 12.9-inch models. Find the latest offers at B&H Photo and Target and yes, Amazon itself (when interests intersect, Amazon and Apple become frenemies ~ one gets to sell more items, the other gets to boost their iPad sales and market share)…
Monday: 15% off entire order with B&Noble coupon
If you are a fan of Barnes and Noble, their Cyber Monda offer is 15% off your entire order using coupon code CYBER15. As usual, terms, conditions, restrictions and exclusions apply.
Monday: “Sontag: Her Life and Work” for $4 (w/60c store credit)
One of the hundreds Kindle ebook deals of the day at Amazon for Cyber Monday is the “Sontag: Her Life and Work” e-book by Benjamin Moser (793 pages, September 2019) for $3.99 but because it’s a “Great On Kindle” ebook, you will receive a $0.60 store credit towards future “Great on Kindle” ebooks. The 60c credit happens automatically and gets applied automatically in future orders. It is a promotional credit so it expires if not used. The ebook averages 4.1 out of 5 based on 12 customer ratings.
A TL;DR refresher on her career at Wikipedia. In terms of photography, her “On Photography” essays are often a recommended read…
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