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Prime Day at Amazon Germany Part II: Canon Cameras, Wacom, Epson Printers, Etc

Earlier today, I posted Part #1 of the Amazon Germany Prime Day round-up. In this post, we have Part II, more interesting things in the Prime Day Gold Box that I had not previously posted:

+ Canon RP body with 35mm f1.8 RF Macro IS STM lens and Adapter for 1670 euro
+ Canon RP body for 1250, with 24-105/4L IS RF and adapter for 2095
+ Canon 80D body for 730 euro
+ Canon EOS 250D with kit lens in white for 569
+ Canon 6D with 24-105 IS STM for 1670
+ Canon M50 w/kit lens for 525, two lens kit (macro, not 2nd zoom) for 629

+ LOTS of Canon lenses, too many to list here individually (eleven of them)

+ Canon G7X II for 450, G9X II for 300 to 325 euro
+ some video camcorders too

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July 15, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With:

Prime Deal: $50 iTunes Gift Card for $40 [ends 7pm ET]

Good until 7pm ET on Monday or earlier if sold out, also part of the Prime Day 2019 party, you can pay $40 and get a $50 iTunes gift card. This is a plastic gift card delivered by mail. It is 15% claimed as of 8:44am ET. Of interest especially if you like to buy camera and photography apps in the App Store, rent/buy photography-related docs/videos/movies and e-books and such. And of course anything else you want from iTunes.

This too is restricted to Prime members. But if you want to jump in, you can start a 30-day FRee Prime trial and jump in as many deals as you want right away…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: gifts and gadgets Tagged With: , ,

Prime deal: Polaroid Originals OneStep bundles from $98 to $111

I’ve lost track on who owns the Polaroid brand these days but they have a trio camera + film bundles on sale as part of the Prime Day festivities:

+ OneStep 2 VF Summer Blue w/ 600 Two Pack Film Set (1 Color + 1 B&W) for $98~

+ OneStep+ White w/Black & White Film for I-Type for $107~

+ OneStep+ White w/ 600 Two Pack Film Set (1 Color + 1 B&W) for $111

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras Tagged With: ,

Prime Deal: 120pk Fuji Instax Mini value pack for $71

Also restricted to Prime members, a 10% off discount drops the price of this 120pk Fuji Instax Mini value pack from $79 to around $71.

Also during Prime Day, you may see offers in your shopping cart to get an Amazon Chase VISA credit card and/or an Amazon Store credit card. The latest offer I’ve seen is a $60 off instant discount towards your purchase when you apply and approved for the Amazon Store credit card…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: fuji, printers and photo paper Tagged With:

Prime Deal: Rokinon 8mm f2.8 UMC fisheye II for $208 [Fuji X, EF-M, Sony E] (ends 12:35pm ET)

Also one of the Lightning Deals of the Prime Day festivities is another new condition …prime lens. It is the Rokinon 8mm F2.8 UMC Fisheye II offered for $208~ for Prime members only in your choice of Fuji X, Canon EF-M and Sony E (APS-C). They are between 11% and 18% claimed as of 8:25am ET. The sale ends 12:35pm ET or earlier for any options that manage to sell out ahead of its designated expiration…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , ,

Prime Deal: Rokinon 35mm f1.4 Auto Focus for $441 (FE) [ends 1:30pm ET]

Prime members, grab your e-wallets. Or more specifically your Amazon e-wallets because you have until 1:30pm ET today (or earlier if sold out) to decide whether you want to buy the new condition Rokinon 35mm f1.4 Auto Focus FE lens for the Sony E-system for $441~ with free shipping. This price is for Prime members only. It is 9% claimed as of 8:22am ET so it’s unlikely to sell out…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , ,

Best Buy launches “Prime Day” deals too

All aboard the Prime Day express! Best Buy has launched its own Not-So-Prime-Day deals and among the many options they have:

+ DJI Ronin-S essentials for $499, Gimbal for DSLR/mirrornyet for $650
+ National Geographic camera bags
+ various other camera-related accessories
+ DJI Osmo Pocket 4k for $320
+ DJI Osmo action camera for $320
+ Ryze and DJI drones
+ Canon D-Rebel T7i two lens kit with extras for $800
+ Polaroid Originals instant-print cameras
+ Sandisk storage, etc

IF you prefer to shop for these on Amazon, a number of them, where possible, they are usually price-matched, so price-check them on Amazon if you prefer…

The Marathon is far from over, but I will be taking a couple of hours for a sanity break and then into the madness we geaux once again 🙂

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals

Rokinon AF 24mm f2.8 FE for $269

B&H Photo has also launched their own Not-Prime Day sale, and among them they have a prime lens, the new condition Rokinon AF 24mm f/2.8 FE going for $269 with free shipping. This is an Auto Focus lens for the Sony E system. This is a limited time and limited quantity sale that ends Tuesday night OR earlier if the allocated sale units are depleted…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Fuji X-H1 body only for $1200

It’s an interchangeable lens camera offered in the Prime Day deals of 2019! It is the new condition Fuji X-H1 body only going for around $1200 by a trio of recognizable camera sellers through amazon.com: Green Mountain Camera, and The Pixel Collection and Green’s Camera World. These ship directly from the sellers but get Prime-like free shipping [they are not however “fulfilled by Amazon” ~ it is a lesser known Prime Benefit).

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: ,

Prime Day Instant Cameras and Printers IN-CART discounts: Fuji Instax Mini 26 w/film for $40, HP Toad the Wet Sprocket for $60, Etc

If you don’t feel like diving into the big Amazon Gold Box, this is a pre-filtered link that shows most of the day-long Camera & Photo Prime Day deals. Of instant camera and instant print action interest they have in-cart discounts for Prime members only. The price you see for these offers is what everyone pays. When you are logged on with a Prime account and add it to the shopping cart, the price will drop in the shopping cart. As usual, it has to be the correct seller (Amazon itself or designated 3rd-party seller)…

+ Fujifilm Instax Mini 26 + Rainbow Film Bundle for $51 minus 20% off = $40~

+ HP Sprocket Portable Photo Printer, X7N07A, Print Social Media Photos on 2×3 Sticky-Backed Paper for $60

+ Polaroid Snap Touch Portable Instant Print Digital Camera with LCD Touchscreen Display for $171 minus 30% off in-cart = $120
+ version 2.0 for $180 minus 30% off = $126
+ PRO TIP for Windows users: WIN + R brings us the search box, type “calc” and get the calculator ~ or something like that

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, fuji Tagged With: , , ,

Monday: NewEgg launches “Prime Day” deals too

Not wanting to miss the party, NewEgg has just launched totally not Prime Day Monday deals that are good until 11:59pm pacific on Monday 7/15/19. Some of the offers require a promo code (it is shown next to the item) and in order to use that, you must needs be a member of the NewEgg email list. This is a bit of a moot point because you usually give them your email address when you are about to buy something ~ but what do I know ~ marketing works in mysterious ways 🙂

The sale includes the usual assortment of technology (the official theme of the sale is “Fantastic Tech”). Of camera and photo interest:

+ DJI Spark Mini Quadcopter Drone Fly More Combo (Alpine White) for $460
+ Intel i9-9900 KF Coffee Lake 8-core 16-thread for $440 after promo code

Totally not like the Amazon Gold Box, more offers wil unlock at NewEgg throughout the day so stay tuned if you are of the Nuevo Huevo persuasion…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: stock updates

Prime Day 2019 Storage Sales: WD, Sandisk, Seagate, Samsung

Sandisk and their new WD overlords are having their own sale box in the Amazon Prime Day 2019 deals. Among the many items in the Sandisk and WD Storage sale:

+ 128GB Extreme SDXC for $24, 256GB for $48, 64GB for $13.59

+ microSD Ultra: 128GB for $20, 256GB for $30, 400GB for $45, 512GB for $100

+ microSD Extreme: 1TB for $341, 512GB for $136, 256GB for $43

+ various internal and external WD hard drives and some G-Technology “Armor” as well
+ Sandisk SSDs

+ flash drives including the 128GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Type A for $15, the 256GB for $30

+ also part of the sale is the new-ish Sandisk iBi Photo Manager thing going for $120

BUT that’s not all. There is a second block with Storage Sales that features various other brands but with similar products as mentioned above. They include:

+ 32GB Samsung microSD EVO Select for $5.50
+ 64GB PNY SDXC Elite Performance for $12
+ 512GB Lexar 633x microSDXC for $52
+ LaCie rugged external hard drives
+ Seagate external and internal hard drives
+ Synology 2-bay NAS for $119, 4-bay for $467
+ flash drives, and more

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , , , , ,

Prime Day Monday 2019: Mega Round-Up [updated]

And so it begins! Day #1 of the Amazon Prime Day 2019 has began! This is a mega-post that will take about 1-2 hours before it fills up, so I’m posting it as an “update in progress” if you want to follow along with the excitement…

+ lightning deals on select Rokinon lenses – find them under our Lens Deals posts

+ Fuji sales as well: X-H1 body for $1200 by recognizable 3rd-party sellers, Instax Mini 26 camera with film included for $40~, 120pk of Mini paper for $71~
+ Polaroid sales on Originals bundles and Snap Touch printer-type-things

+ it looks like the GoPRO gift card bundle is either sold-out or hasn’t launched yet

+ a BIG storage sale featuring two blocks of offers, one by Sandisk/WD and one by a consortium of storage-related companies

+ Holy Stone drones sale with prices ranging from $75 to $230

+ lots of binoculars and scopes from various brands including Bushnell, Simmons and Tasco

*** LIVE UPDATE IN PROGRESS ***
*** LOTS MORE COMING UP ***

REMINDER: you have to be a Prime member to participate in this madness. If you are not, you are not left out however ~ all you have to do is start a 30-Day Prime FREE Trial and you can start buying right away. Add an entry in your calendar when the 30 days are over, so you can decide whether to let it auto-renew or cancel it manually before the 30 days are over…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With:

EU: Prime Day Monday at Amazon Germany with Sony Camera Sale, Photo Accessories, Storage, Action Cams, Drones, and lots of tech gear [300 separate deals!]

For European Union shoppers, Amazon Germany has already launched their Prime Day 2019 deals with a vast variety of technology and other products, among which:

+ Sony Cybershot camera sale the RX10 III for 968 euro, HX90 compact-zoom for 239 euro, RX 100 IV for 545 euro
+ Sony E-system sale with a6500 body for 949, a6500 two lens kit (18-135, 70-300, both G thangs) for 1585; a7 II w/28-70 for 1085
+ nine E-system lenses starting at 155 for the 50/1.8 FE
+ Sony A-system: a77 II for 739

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July 15, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony, storewide deals Tagged With: , ,

Monday: SmallHD, LED Ringlight, LG 24″, Etc

The party has began and with it our Marathon Coverage of Prime Day 2019, a two day affair for Monday and Tuesday July 15-16 in 2019… With mechanical keyboard and MX Anywhere mouse for optimum blogging performance 😉

We begin the Prime Day festivities, with … the B&H daily deals for Monday 7/15/19 🙂 This quartet runs until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ SmallHD 702 Bright On-Camera Monitor for $699

+ Studio Essential Daylight LED Ringlight for $130 to $140 (two options)

+ LG 24BK430H-B 23.8″ 16:9 IPS FreeSync Monitor for $100
+ IPS, HDMI and VGA, 1920 x 1080, 1000:1 Static Contrast, etc

+ Xerox Phaser 3260/DI Monochrome Laser Printer for $60
+ ideal for the Leica Monochrome /sarcasm

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

New Sony E-mount (and more) Instant Savings are LIVE!

Sony is back with another round of manufacturer-initiated instant savings promotions and you can find them all nicely organized at the B&H Photo website…

The offers include (among others):

+ a7 II with 28-70 and extras for $1600
+ a7R III with extras for $2500
+ a7R III with 24-105 and extras for $4200

+ VG-C3EM Vertical Grip for $298

+ FE 24-105mm f/4 Lens with UV Filter Kit for $1400
+ 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens with UV Filter Kit for $600

And LOTS more. You can use the various tabs and price-range filters at the Promotional page for items of interest. For example, the big RX10 IV monster is down to $1598 with free accessories as well. The RX10 IV is the “(forum) dream of the 90s” ~ to paraphrase Portlandia 🙂

July 14, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , ,

Get Ready: Prime Day 2019 is Monday AND Tuesday

Get ready! Fire up your e-wallets, update your addresses and credit cards on file because Prime Day 2019 is a two-day event, Monday and Tuesday July 15 and 16! We will have extended coverage to go with the festivities…

IF you want to participate in the festivities hut you are not a Prime member, fear not! There is a way, you can start a FREE 30 Day Prime Trial membership and be able to buy all the Prime deals. That’s after all one of the reasons they are doing “Prime Day”. If you don’t like the various features of the Prime membership, you can always cancel it before the 30 days are over ~ if not cancelled, it will automatically convert into a paying recurring 1-year membership [I almost wrote “1 yarn” a flashback to the 70s Battlestar Galactica]…

In the meantime to get you warmed up, Woot is running its own little section of Prime Deals. As of the time of writing, they have great deals on the good old Kindle Voyage e-reader for $75 to $80 (used-refurbished, with 90-day warranty). and a few more things.

July 14, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals

20% off with Barnes & Noble coupon

Barnes and Noble is not going to let Amazon run “unopposed” during Prime Day, so the Barnes & Noble website is offering 20% off your order using coupon code JUNEREADS until 7/16/19. The usual restrictions and exclusions apply. There is no minimum order amount for this promotion…

For bargain book ideas [think of the B&M bookstore “clearance section” with those giant colorful coffee table books], check their Outlet page and if you don’t feel like digging into the various categories, check their Photography Section…

July 14, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With: ,

1-Year of Adobe CC Training Bundle for $29 [Stacksocial]

Stacksocial has another Adobe-related bundle, this time they are offering the The Complete Adobe CC Training Bundle for $29. This bundle consists of seven courses with a total of 247 lessons between them all. These are “Beginner to Advanced” type of classes and include Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Animation, Illustrator, Flash and InDesign. The classes are offered by “Academy of Design”.

NOTE that this is a 1-year subscription to the courses. You do not have lifetime access to them but one year only (365 days from purchase/activation).

July 14, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

REI Outlet: $20 off $100+ order until 7/22

REI fans, unite and take over! Good until 7/22/19, orders of $100+ at the REI Outlet will get an automatic shopping cart discount of $20 off. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply…

Separately, they have a seasonal sale on North Face products. Sorry to say but fans of “East Face” and “West Face” and “South Face” will have to wait for a future sale ^_^

PS: REI is a (hippy) co-op, so unlike annual membership plans, with REI, you pay a one-time fee to join the cult collective, and then you are a lifetime member. You also earn annual dividends on select (non-sale) purchases…

July 14, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Sunday: GoPRO HERO7 Silver for $200, Pixma TS8120 for $50

There is some Sunday action at the Best Buy daily deals, in the central time zone, with the following items:

+ GoPRO HERO 7 Silver HD waterproof action camera for $200
+ keep in mind the camera colors are _different_ models with GoPRO; because life should never be easy 😉
+ it currently goes for $215 at B&H, Amazon, Ado with the “add to cart” song and dance

+ Canon PIXMA TS8120 Wireless AiO Printer (Red color scheme) for $50

July 14, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Sunday: 360 Rize Pano Cam $119, Luxli BiC OnC LED $70, Etc

Sunday is upon us and with it, 7/14/19 brings us a neuvo quartet of B&H daily deals as follows:

+ 360 Rize 360Penguin Panoramic Camera for $119

+ Luxli CNS-40B Constructor Large Block Bi-Color On-Camera LED Light for $70

+ Ruggard Five Pocket Filter Pouch (up to 4 x 6″) for $15

+ HPRC Watertight/Waterproof Hard-Shell Case for DJI Mavic 2 Pro/Zoom (Black) for $74~

July 14, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

15 Classes for $29 (or less) each at CreativeLIVE

For a limited time (as usual), Creative Live is running another flash sale, the theme this time around is 15 classes for $29 [or less] each and the list includes:

+ Photographing National Parks with Shive for $24

+ Commercial Portraiture with Joey L

+ Nature and Landscape photography with John Greengo

+ Fine Art portraits with Brooke Shade

+ and eleven more including fine-art portraits, volume sports, lighting, photoshop (or fauxtoshop as haters like to call it), flower photography and mo(i)re…

If any of the above are not of interest, fear not, they also have a 50% off site-wide sale. This too is a limited time offer, no coupon code is needed: when the sale ends, the price will change…

Speaking of educational matters, and totally unrelated to the above, for a limited time Amazon is offering the Kindle version of the The Reluctant Healer by Andrew D. Hemmell for $0.99 (315 pages, October 2018)…

July 13, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Friday Birthday Woot-OFF is 7am to 10pm Central Time

CORRECTION: today is Friday, not Thursday ^_^

Woot is celebrating its 15 year anniversary [sorry Woot, you still can’t drink ~ probably why they ended the “Woot Wine”] and as part of the festivities they are planning a WOOT-OFF between 7am and 10pm Central Time on Friday 7/12/19… Speaking of the date, did we miss the 7/11 slurpees? 😉

Also part of the festivities they have 15,000 “Bags of Crap” and also special “Birthday Bags of Crap”.

As usual, I have no advance notice of what is coming up, so YMMV on what you find and at which prices…

July 12, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With:

Weekend (B&H): Wireless Trigger, Hubsan, Mic, Etc

There’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Weekend at B&H, with its customary 48-hour Daily deals good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if anything sells out):

+ VeLLO FreeWave Fusion Wireless Flash Trigger & Remote Control for $40 in Canon or Nikon

+ Hubsan X4 H107C-HD Quadcopter with 720p Video Camera for $28

+ BlackVue DR490-2CH 2-Channel 1080p Dash Camera with Night Vision for $69

+ SeNaL MC5-MS Dual-Channel Stereo Condenser Microphone for $130

July 12, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Thursday: Lowepro BP-300 AW for $50, Hollyland, Bauer, Anker

Never fear, Thursday is here, just a day away from Friday, but then again, just four days away from Monday 😉 Anyways, we have a new quartet of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ LOWEPRO HighLine BP 300 AW 22L Backpack for $50
+ you also receive an additional 5% B&H rewards

+ Hollyland COSMO 600 Wireless HDMI/SDI Transmission System (L-Series) for $1149

+ Antonio Bauerini Dionic XT90 Gold Mount Battery for $349~
+ okay, this is not fashion, it’s Anton Bauer 🙂

+ refurbished TP-LINK TL-PA4010KIT AV600 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit for $20

Meanwhile at WOOT, they have an Anker Accessories sale that includes 20,000 mAh power bank, a USB-C wall charger, cables, wireless charging, bluetooth speakers, and more. These are new condition with a 1-year Anker warranty. Sale ends at 11:59pm central time or earlier if sold out…

Keep in mind this is Woot Birthday Week, so if you have time to spare, check them out for birthday specials throughout the week…

July 11, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Olympus 40-150mm f4-5.6R M.Zuiko for $100

Woot is running yet another Garage sale, and among the Electronics garage items you can find the new condition Olympus 40-150mm f4-5.6R M.Zuiko micro.four.thirds lens in the silver.color.scheme going for $100 with free shipping for Prime members or $6 calendar-day flat for non-members. It comes with a 1-year Olympus warranty…

The aforementioned sale also includes the previously-mentioned Zeikos Deluxe Medium Hard-Shell Camera-Case going for $28 with the same shipping terms/fees as above… There’s also a Canon NB-6H battery going for $20, and the BB-8 Droid with Force Band for $56…

NOTE also that Woot is celebrating its birthday and there are various sale-a-brations happening over there this week… Among other things, they are planning on selling 15,000 “Boxes of Crap” aka BOCs…

July 9, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , ,

Wednesday: Revo Stabilizer for $25, Porta Brace, Acer Swift 3, Etc

Hump day brings with it a quartet of B&H Photo daily deals as follows:

+ Porta Brace Carry Case for DJI Ronin-S for $140~

+ ReVO ST-500 Handheld Video Stabilizer (Black/Green) for $25

+ ACER 13.3″ Swift 3 Laptop for $629
+ 1.8 GHz i7-8550U Quad, 8GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD, 13.3″ 1920 x 1080 IPS, Intel UHD Graphics 620, Windoze, etc

+ Powerbeats3 for $75 wireless earphones

UPDATE: the Best Buy dailies are headlined by the Epson Workforce WF-7710 all-in-one printer for $130 with free shipping and/or free store pickup…

July 9, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday: Two 32GB Sandisk Ultra microSD cards for $7 [Prime] or $12

Amazon’s “Prime Day” [which is really “Prime Month” ~ sprawling like the Black Friday and Christmas holiday sales do] expands to Woot as well, where one of their Tuesday 7/9/19 deals of the day is the 2-pack of 32GB Sandisk Ultra microSD cards (UHS-I, C10, adapter) going for $12 per 2-pack…

BUT if you are a Prime member and your Woot account is connected to your Amazon Prime account (a one-time thing), then the price will automatically drop to $7 in the shopping cart. Not bad for $3.50 for a 32GB name-brand microSD card 🙂

The offer is limited one 2-pack per customer. Per the listing, the cards get a 90-day Woot warranty. Not sure why there’s no Sandisk warranty. Mayhaps it’s the price or Amazon sourced them from elsewhere in order to offer them at this low price?

July 8, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: Rokinon 24mm f2.8 Auto Focus (Sony E) for $269

If you are Starbucks Rewards member, Tuesday is Double Stars day, but of more on-topic interest, Adorama is running a snapshot / daily-deal with a 24 hour countdown on the new condition Rokinon 24mm f2.8 Auto Focus lens for the Sony E system for $269 with free US shipping. On the same listing you will also find options with free Mac or PC software BUT those are selling at the regular price of $349, not the sale price of $269.

July 8, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,