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Monday: Genaray Radiance, Celestron 203mm f/10, Mophie, Etc

It’s a new week, happy Monday to y’all with four new B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ GenAray Radiance Daylight LED Monolight for $449
+ not to be confused with the Stormlight Knights of Radiance

+ Celestron NexStar 8SE 203mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain GoTo Telescope for $899

+ Mophie 20,100mAh Encore Plus 20K Portable Power Bank with Built-In Lightning & Micro USB Cables for $25, USB-C option for $22

+ InFocus ScreenPlay SP2080HD Full HD Home Theater Projector for $599

September 16, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Sunday: Performance Graphics Cards (31 options)

If you are looking for graphics cards, the Sunday Woot Computers deal of the day is a big sale on Performance Graphics cards with 31 options participating with prices ranging from $130 to $780 from MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, and EVGA. Warranty varies by manufacturer ~ as usual check each individual listing for the pertinent details (condition, what’s include, warranty, description, etc). Sale ends at 11:59pm central (Texas) time on Sunday 9/15/19 [yes, September is half over already ~ Black Friday is coming Ned, I can feel it in my bones) or earlier for any that may manage to sell out ahead of their designated expiration time…

UPDATE: speaking of sales ending tonite, coupon code SAVE20 gets you 20% off select Clearance items at Groupon Goods.

UPDATE #2: the second to last day of the Amazon Germany End of Summer sale includes among many others:

+ XP-Pen graphics tablets from 21 to 418 euro (12 options)
+ more coffee machines (capsule type)
+ Honor and Samsung sub-250-euro smartphones
+ various UGREEN cables
+ Potensic drones (six options, 37 to 236 euro)

September 14, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, technology deals Tagged With:

Sunday: Pentax 8×21, Manfrotto, MSQ6 QR Adapter w/plate, Etc

Sunday is here, rejoice with four new B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if and only if they get sold out):

+ ManFrotto MSQ6 Quick Release Adapter with Plate for $30~

+ PenTax 8×21 UCF R Binocular for $35

+ SMK-Link 3-Port USB 3.0 Type-A Hub with HDMI Port & USB Type-C Connector (White) for $12

+ Setton Bros 13″ Wool Felt Sleeve for MacBook (Gray) for $5

September 14, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Sat (EU): Nikon D5600 body only for 455 euro

On the Amazon Germany front, as part of their end of summer daily deals, they are offering the new condition Nikon D5600 body only for 455 euro with free shipping for Prime members in Germany and Austria. Limit one per customer.

Also part of the amazon.de gold box offers is a sale on various Holy Stone drone bundles with prices ranging from 28 to 224 euro with nine options available.

Meanwhile on the Amazon USA front, as part of the Kindle daily deals, you can get the “Under the Northern Lights” ebook by S.C Stephens for $1.99 [ebook is also part of Kindle Unlimited, so you can read it for free if a member]. Of interest here because the protagonist is a wild life photographer [you can “Look Inside” and/or get a Kindle sample if curious]:

“Mallory Reynolds is a driven woman fueled by her passion for photographing wild animals in remote locations. Every year she makes a trek deep into Alaska, but this time the unthinkable happens: she crash-lands after her plane stalls out in a storm. Injured, vulnerable, and threatened by the very creatures she loves…”

September 14, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: ,

KEH Overstock sale: 15% to 20% off [ends 9/14pm]

Broken clocks and Ned Stark are guaranteed to be correct at least once per day/season, and Ned is right, winter is coming, so KEH Camera is launching their End of Summer Overstock sale. Enter coupon code SUM9A to get a discount of 15% or 20% off on products participating in the Overstock sale. Sale ends 9/14/19 at 11:59pm ET.

AS usual, there are exclusions and restrictions. No Leica-branded products, no NEW condition, no “Used – Like New”.

September 13, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , ,

Minolta InstaPix 2 in 1 Bluetooth Camera and Printer for $110

Nothing lasts forever they say, but in the Walking Dead era, nothing stays dead forever either! Minolta (the brand name at least) is back with a camera! And it is the current Adorama “snapshot deal” which typically lasts for 24 hours or less. The sale is this [this phrase I picked up after all the repetition in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods [later adapted as a TV series on Starz]): the new condition Minolta InstaPix 2-in-1 Bluetooth Camera and Printer going for $110 with free US shipping for a limited time only. No coupon, no rebate, just add to cart and proceed to checkout while this limited-time promotion is running. You also earn 1% promotional rewards [free to join if you wish].

Speaking of Adorama, their latest deals and instant rebate offers number in the 5000+, so if you don’t have a wall-size screen [and the necessary time] to scroll through them all, you can filter them by manufacturer, price, product category, etc using the various options over there…

PS: this is indeed the first Minolta deal posted here since October 2014 when we moved this blog to WordPress. Wow, five years already 🙂

September 13, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras Tagged With: , ,

Friday (EU): Ten Samyang Primes, Seven Tamron Zooms, 20+ Printers, Panasonic GX800 w/12-32, Etc

And now something with the pre-Brexit sufferers! Among the Friday Amazon Germany gold-box deals du jour there is a Tamron and Samyang lens sale with a number of Rollei-branded camera accessories (including one action cam and a 3-axis gimbal] on sale as well as a lone camera, the Panasonic GX800 with 12-32mm going for 320 euro. There’s also a few Panasonic camcorders.

The lenses are too many to list here individually, there’s ten Samyang primes, seven Tamron zooms [maybe they divided the lens turf for this daily deal], and there’s a Wallimex 14mm f2.8 for 259 euro hiding in their mix.

When you scroll further into the amazon.de gold box you will also find a big printer sale. Again too many to list here individually, there are over 20 printers from different brands (Canon, HP, Epson, Kyocera [lasers]) along with various inks and photo-papers. Some of the options are bundles of the above.

September 13, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, mirrorless deals, panasonic, tamron Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Friday: 5TB Seagate Backup Plus External HDD for $100 AC

The megapixels won’t automatically fully-backup [at least not with current technology], so secondary and tertiary and quadrangular and cingulangular backups are in need. Which brings us to the headliner of the NewEgg daily deals for Friday [it’s Friday already???] September Lucky-13 in 2019, the new condition 5TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable External Hard Drive (model STHP5000400, USB 3.0 ~ not sure anyone is still selling USB 2.0 anymore?) with a 1-year Mylio Create and a 2-month Adobe CC Photography plan, all together for $100 with free US shipping using coupon code 99RXP8 over there. This is sold and shipped by NuevoHuevo itself, not marketplace sellers.

PS: some of the words in this post may not be real [yet]

September 13, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Weekend (B&H): ONA Brixton Messenger, Vello Bubble Levels

Friday is here and that means, among many other things, that the B&H dailies last until Saturday at 11:59pm ET BUT B&H is closed with regards to placing orders of any kind between Friday PM and Saturday PM [check their website for the exact times]. This four pack is:

+ ONA Brixton Camera/Laptop Messenger Bag (Leather, Black) for $199
+ I must say, it looks very stylish and this is coming from a digital-hippy 😉

+ ChargeWorx Magnetic Mount Kit for $10

+ TasCam TM-ST1 Mid-Side Stereo Microphone for $15

+ Vello Bubble Level for $6 to $10 (four options with different numbers of axises (okay axes (okay axis) ) )

September 13, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Pre-order new 10.2-inch iPads starting at $329

A sign perhaps of Apple’s need to drive more sales among the “mere mortals”, this week saw the first official live-stream of a big Apple event in the modern era on YouTube and this was backed up by a Tim Cook statistics on the iPad ~ a lot of the iPad users are new and non-iPhone users, the iPad is bringing fresh blood in the shoppe.

Which brings us to the just-announced 10.2-inch iPads, they are now available to pre-order at B&H Photo with prices starting at $329 (Wifi, 32GB) and going +$100 for the jump to 128GB. For fans of 4G LTE, they have the usual +$130 on the Wifi-only model.

And there’s good reason iPads are keep getting bought up by non-platform users. Both Microsoft and Google tablets are in a state of non-existent confusion. Google can’t decide if they want Android or ChromeOS or both or neither for their tablets 🙂 Microsoft can’t decide which variant of “Windows Lite” to launch this month 😉

PS: if the CEO of Apple can get away with saying “eggspecially” can I also do it? Or is this too part of the Apple script to make the presentation feel more conversational/human/casual/relatable? I’m eggspecially interested in finding out!

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

20% off LensCoat lens covers (360+ options)

If you are a fan of the Lens Coat brand or lens covers as a product in general, good until 9/15/19 at 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is having an in-cart special on LensCoat products. The price will drop by 20% off after you add it to the shopping cart. You don’t have to type in any coupon code. This is a while supplies last type of a promotion [in case of some models that may sell out ahead of time ~ or not].

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Dell Outlet overstock sale, Monoprice Refurb/Open-box, Adorama Flash Sale

For the computer-inclined, the Dell Outlet is continuing its Overstock sale with various offerings as usual. The offers that require a promo code say so in their little virtual box that describes the offer.

Meanwhile the Dell Home store is continuing its semi-annual sale with 17% off savings on select items (some require promo code SAVE17). They also have optional 6-month financing offers on $499+ purchases (on approved credit, etc, etc, etc).

In other related action, MONOPRICE is having another refurbished and open-box sale with a variety of participating products. Monoprice, per their website, offers a 30-day money-back guarantee and a 90-day warranty on products in this category that are, per their website, inspected and tested. You can filter them by product category
and such on the left hand side of their website.

Speaking of Monoprice, they now have in-stock and shipping their new FORM technology backpacks with prices ranging from $60 to $90 with free US shipping.

And back to the camera front, ADORAMA is having another flash sale with over 650 camera and photo and accessories participating. The price you see is the price you pay as usual, with a number of the items having promotional rewards and/or free items with purchase.

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

256GB microSDXC cards: Sandisk Ultra for $38, Samsung EVO Select for $40

I’m still not sure what’s the difference between the “Plus” Sandisk memory cards sold at Best Buy [as seen in today’s earlier $45 256GB daily deal, but if you don’t want/need the PLUS, you can get the “regular” 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $38~ by Amazon itself (up to 4 per customer).

Or if you prefer the way of Samsung, one of their many colors, the 256GB EVO Select (the green/lime) is going for $40 by Amazon itself.

Or if you prefer the 200GB storage option, the Sandisk Ultra goes for just a few pennies under $30 by Amazon itself [limit four per customer], or on the same listing you can jump to the 400GB card for $53.

These days I mostly get Samsung and Sandisk microSD cards. Samsung are the only ones so far that I have had zero problems with. (having said that, I probably jinxed myself and my Samsung card with the higher capacity and zero backups is going to go toast soon LOL]…

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

Thur (EU): select Sony Cameras & Lenses, Action Cams, Surface

The End of Summer sale continues on Thursday at the Amazon Germany (or “Chermany” in german-english) Gold Box (or ange bote in german-german) and among them you can find:

+ Sony cameras and lenses sale:
++ Sony RX10 III for 999 euro
++ Sony RX10 I for 609
+ reminder the RX10 IV is the one with the speed-demon autofocus

+ Cybershot HX95 superzoom for 379

+ Alpha a77 II APS-C body only [yes a DSLR] for 799

+ Sony a6500 with SEL-P18105 lens for 1529
+ Sony a7 II with SEL-2870 lens for 1119

+ 55-210mm lens in black or silver for 209 euro
+ 35mm f1.8 OSS (SEL35F18) for 329
+ 18200LE (18-200 f3.5-6.3) for 578

In non-Sony action:

+ various BlitzWolf (no relation to Wolf Blitzer’s beard?] hybrid selfie-stick/tripods (for small things, don’t put a FF PRO DSLR with a 100-400mm f0.95 lens on them!]

+ Crosstour action cams (24 to 83 euro, six options)

+ Surface PRO tablet under 800 euro [forgot the specs]

+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC (up to 170MB/sec) for 32
+ 200GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for 23~ euro
+ two flash drives and one internal SSD

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , , , ,

Thursday: 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $45, 64GB Samsung BAR USB 3.1 flash for $13~

And now some storage action for Thursday, one of the Best Buy daily deals is the new condition 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC card (model SDSQUB3-256G-ANCMA) going for $45 with free US shipping and/or free store pickup where available/possible. Limit up to five per customer at the sale price.

Meanwhile at NewEgg, one of their scrambled eggs daily deals (better name than “ShellShocker” since no gets shocked by their prices?) is the new condition 64GB Samsung BAR Plus metal USB flash drive going for $12.59 using coupon code 99RXP4 in the shopping cart.

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: memory cards and storage, samsung Tagged With: , ,

GoPRO HERO 7 White action camera for $170

The new condition GoPRO HERO7 white action camera is the headliner deal of the day at Best Buy for $170 but it is getting price-matched elsewhere as well by Amazon and by Adorama and B&H Photo. I don’t know if the price will remain $170 at the last three retailers after Thursday or not.

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: other cameras Tagged With: ,

Thursday: Nissin i400 TTL Flash (5 systems, $80), LEDGo, Etc

Never fear, Thursday is here with its very own 4-pack of B&H dailies running until (LINGUIST ALERT: proposed new word: runtil (running until)] 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Nissin i400 TTL Flash for $80 in your choice of Nikon, Canon, Fuji, M43rds and Sony

+ LEDgo LG-E2686 Bi-Color LED Large Pad Light Kit with Eggcrate Grid and Bag for $99
+ very accurate name, LED kit to Go 🙂

+ Saramonic LavMic Omnidirectional Lavalier Microphone with 2-Input Audio Mixer for $49

+ Lorex 6-Channel 1080p Wire-Free DVR with 32GB microSD Card and 2 1080p Wire-Free Night Vision Bullet Cameras for $100

September 12, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Photography Bundles for $49 per CL bundle [16 options]

Creative LIVE is back with another offer, this time it is a sale of Photography Bundles. You have 16 options to select from, 16 different bundles of photography classes grouped together by topic or photographer. The number of classes in each bundle varies.

Topics include lighting, food photography, Adobe, compositing [not to be confused with composting], headshots, night photography, weddings [of course], architecture, portraiture, etc.

Photographer-centric bundles include Sue Bryce, Ben Willmore, Nigel Baker and more.

This is a limited time sale. The price you see is the price you pay. There’s no coupon code for the offer. When the sale ends, the prices will increase/adjust accordingly.

September 11, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Wedn: Aukey USB-C Wall Chargers and Mechanical Keyboards

And we conclude the Hump Day daily deals with some charging action at the Amazon USA Gold Box, there is an Aukey Sale featuring their various USB-C wall chargers, along with mechanical keyboards and bluetooth speakers. Aukey is a brand that is competing with Anker on the affordable but fairly good quality electronics and computer accessories.

Per the Amazon product page, I purchased this $32 mechanical keyboard a couple of years ago. This has blue switches, and I of course did not purchase it for gaming but for blog-post typing. It certainly makes a difference over conventional keyboards ~ if nothing else the clickety-clack of the mechanical keys is some sort of a stress relief 🙂 The product description explains how to change the keyboard lights. You can also turn them off completely. Just press the Fn button with other keys together while standing on your left leg and singing jazz 😉

September 11, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories, daily deals Tagged With: , ,

Woot Garage sale refilled (50pk Canon 4×6 for $15)

The Woot Garage sales have been refilled with some items. For example the Electronics Garage sale includes the 50pk Canon 4×6 photo paper (PT-101) for $15 with up to ten per customer. The red semi-gloss and the instax paper are sold out as of the time of writing. The sale ends on 9/17/19 but most Garage items sell out before their expiration time.

Also having a sale is the Computers Garage with various name-brand laptops, iPads, MacBooks, and various other computer-y accessories.

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: canon, printers and photo paper Tagged With:

Wedn: refurbished Canon 5DS body only for $1380

35mm Full frame options abound these days and you can easily find new condition FF DSLRs under $1000. If of all those options out there it is the Canon 5DS body only the one you want, it is available in refurbished condition with a 90-day Woot warranty as one of the Woot deals of the day. Up to ten units per customer. Sale ends on Wednesday 9/11/19 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out.

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: canon, daily deals, dslr deals Tagged With: , , ,

Wedn (EU): another big tech day at Amazon.de

Another massive day of deals in the Amazon Germany Gold Box, as part of their “End of Summer” sale that runs until September 16 in 2019. Today’s offers include:

+ various Apeman action cams and wildlife cameras starting at 30 euro

+ DJI Mavic PRO combo platinum for 999 euro
+ DJI Osmo Action+ charging kit combo for 333

+ smartphones
+ Sony Xperia 1 [the new flagship], XZ2
+ Motorola G7 and One

+ Windows laptops, AiOs and desktops including Surface Book 2, MSI, HP, Acer, Lenova, Medion, ASUS in three separate listings
+ various computer monitors in two separate listings

+ TP-Link networking gear

+ LOTS of Thermos-branded products for those cold nights and early morning photo shoots in the great outdoors or the freezing indoors
+ 3 for 2 on 2000+ anime

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Wedn: LitePanels Astra, MeFoto Backpacker, 500GB LaCie, Zoom H4n PRO

And just like that, Hump Day is upon us with another 4-pack of B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ LitePanels Astra Soft Bi-Color for $899

+ MeFoto BackPacker Air Travel Tripod for $50 in your choice of blue-camo or green-camo

+ LaCie 500GB Rugged Thunderbolt External SSD with USB Type-C Port for $180

+ Zoom H4n Pro 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Onboard X/Y Mic Capsule (Dark Brown) for $180

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

In-Stock Now: Nikon Coolpix W150 P&S digicam for $167

Don’t you forget about us sing the simple P&S digital cameras. Rare as they may be, camera manufacturer still release new models and one of these is now in-stock and ready to ship for $167, it is the Nikon Coolpix W150 in a white color scheme available and in-stock now at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon where we learn there’s apparently an international model with a flower-y design [it’s currently the second listing in the amazon search results] 🙂

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Mac OS: Corel Software Bundle for $40 includes Aftershot PRO 3 and Toast 17 Platinum

This offer is only available for Mac OS computers! Stacksocial is running a Corel software bundle for $40 and for that you will digitally receive these four software titles:

  • Aftershot PRO 3
  • WinZip
  • Particle Shop
  • Toast 17 Platinum

Check the details and prerequisites of each software package further down the page over there…

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: apps and software Tagged With: , ,

10% eBay Bucks until Wednesday PM (YMMV, activation)

Another variant of this offer is back! If you are participating in eBay Bucks, check your emails/messages for a new offer to manually opt-in to that runs until SEPT-11-2019 at 11:59pm pacific time. With this offer you get 10% back in eBay Bucks. No minimum purchase amount required for this variant of the offer…

You must first opt-in to the offer, if you have been targeted for it. And you must be a member in the free to join eBay Bucks rewards program. Maximum rewards you can earn are $100 per transaction and $500 for the duration of this promotion. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply as always…

For ideas on what to buy, check the latest eBay Deals and the latest Trending Deals…

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Zoom H6 Recorder + Sennheiser MKE 600 Shotgun Microphone for $499

Adorama is back with another “snapshot deal”, an offer that runs for 24 hours or so in a limited time and limited quantity type of fashion. As of the time of writing, this “snapshot” is this Zoom H6 recorder bundle going for $499 with free US shipping and 499 reward points (100 reward points = $1 off future purchases). The bundle consists of:

+ Zoom H6 Handy Recorder
+ Sennheiser MKE 600 Shotgun Microphone

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Tuesday (EU): lots of tech/electronics at Amazon.de

If you are in the EU or you can favorably shop from there, Amazon Germany is running an “End of Summer sale” for this week at the Gold Box (ange bote in German) and there are plenty of tech and electronics today:

+ various Huion graphics tablets from 51 to 509 euro (13 options)

+ 1TB LACie USB 3.0 external SSD 2.5″ for 56 euro
+ 4TB Samsung QVO SSD internal SSD for 419 eurodollars ~ or euro in short 😉

+ Samsung Galaxy M20 and Watch Active smartwatches

+ tablets from Huawei, Samsung and Lenova (8 options, 119 to 249, no flagships here)
+ various Amazon devices on sale (25e Fire TV stick, Echo Show whatever, etc)
+ HiSense 4K UltraHD televions

+ Logitech and JellyComb keyboards and mice
+ NOTE that most of the keyboards are Germany style QWERTZ

+ Anycubic 3D printers (3 options, plus 3 options of goo [okay, resin])

+ Varta single-use batteries
+ Anker powerbanks (14 to 43 euro)

+ various Kabeldirekt cables (very well reviewed cables)

+ also lots of kitchen and household and fashion/beauty products on sale

September 10, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday: Lowepro ProTactic, Vortex 12×50, 2TB Sony AtomX SSDmini, Etc

Tuesday is upon us with four new B&H daily deals until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ LowePro ProTactic SH 180 AW Shoulder Bag for DSLR Camera & Lenses (Black) for $60

+ VorTex 12×50 Diamondback Binocular (Green/Black) for $160

+ Sony AtomX SSDmini (2TB) for $349

+ InFocus IN1116 2400-Lumen WXGA 3D DLP Projector for $399

September 9, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Monday: RotoLight Interview Kit, Sachtler System Ace, 34″ curved LG, Etc

Another quartet of offers is running at B&H Photo until Monday at 11:59pm ET:

+ Sachtler System Ace XL MS AL with Fluid Head, Ace 75/2 D Tripod, Mid-Level Spreader & Bag for $600

+ RotoLight RL48 Interview Kit V2 for $100

+ LG 34BK95C-W 34″ 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD Nano IPS Monitor for $770
+ HDMI + DisplayPort + USB Type-C, 3440 x 1440 Resolution, 1000:1 Contrast Ratio, etc

+ 14″ IdeaPad Flex Pro Multi-Touch 2-in-1 Laptop for $999
+ 1.8 GHz Core i7-8550U Quad-Core, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD, 360° Hinge, 14″ 3840 x 2160 Multi-Touch IPS, etc

September 9, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals