Archives for 2019

The “Spring Sale” continues strong at Amazon Germany with many offers in their Angebote (Gold Box) as follows for Thursday April 11 in the German timezone:

++ another BIG camera sale including:
+ Fuji A5 with 15-45mm XC for 399

+ Ricoh GR II EU for 509 euro
+ Ricoh Theta SC for 175
+ Rollei Actioncam Fun for 39
+ Rollei DashCam-408 for 75
+ Rollei Actioncam 560 Touch for 120

+ Panasonic G70 with 14-42 for 429
+ Panasonic TZ58 travel zoom for 149~

+ Olympus E-PL9 for 539 euro in three colors
+ Olympus LC-37C auto lens cap for 28
+ Olympus 40-150 f4-5.6 R for 172

+ walimex pro AE 14mm f/2.8 for 210 euro in Canon EF, more for other systems

+ Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 EX DC HSM for 345 euro in Nikon and Canon
+ Sigma 70mm f2.8 DG Macro for 445 in Canon
+ Sigma 18-300 f3.5-6.3 DC Macro HSM for Sony E for 335 euro

+ 10.5″ Samsung Galaxy TAB A (T590) Android tablet with 64GB Kingston microSD card included for 189 euro

+ Huawei smartphone sale with P.Smart, Y7 and Y6 and some smartwatches too

+ HiSense TVs and lots of computer and gaming accessories in two different groups of sales there

+ LEABAGs sale (not camera-specific but they can be used/repurposed)

+ 25% off select AmazonBasics products including a 20pk of single-use AA for 5~ euro, monitor stand for 13~, cables galore, DSLR + laptop backpack for 29~, 50″ tripod for 11~, mice galore, phone stands, camera cleaning kit for 7~, and lots more

Thursday brings with it a new six-pack of offerings at the B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Yongnuo YN560Li Lithium Speedlite for $50

+ PEAK DESIGN Capture:Lens for $45 in Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony E/FE

+ Mac mini 2.8 GHz Desktop Computer (Late 2014) for $529

+ OBEN CT-3521 Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod with BE-106T Ball Head for $100

+ JILL-E DESIGNS JACK Hemingway 15″ Leather Backpack for $50
+ Hemingway or his books are NOT included ^_^

+ TP-Link HS110 Wi-Fi Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring (2-Pack) for $22

Meanwhile in Woot Landia they have refurbished i5 MacBook PROs of the 13-inch kind, and TCL Roku TVs and a $200 refurb HP Chromebook, among others…

And at the Best Buy dailies the healdiner is a $360 14-inch HP SSD-only Windoze laptop (i3, 4GB RAM)…

Wednesday brings with it a quartet of new B&H Photo daily deals as follows:

+ Black Rapid Sport Breathe Camera Strap for $44

+ NISI V5 Pro 100mm Filter Holder Kit for $119

+ QuickLOK LPH-001 Multi-Function Tripod Stand for $25

+ HP 15.6″ ZBook 15 G3 Mobile Workstation for $1449 to $1769 (Xeon, DreamColor, etc)

Among the Best Buy dailies, the Epson WorkForce PRO WF-4740 all-in-one wireless printer is going for $150…

And in Woot Landia, under “Computers”, the refurbished 10.5″ iPad PRO (64GB, 2017 model, 1-Year Apple warranty) is offered for $430…

Tuesday is a busy day at the B&H Photo daily deals with a six pack of offerings running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Manfrotto Nitrotech N12 & 545B Dual-Leg Tripod System with Half Ball Adapter & Bag for $600

+ Small HD 5.5″ FOCUS OLED Monitor (SDI) for $549

+ INDIPRO TOOLS 2 x Micro-Series 98Wh Li-Ion V-Mount Batteries with Dual V-Mount Battery Charger Kit for $399

+ SYRP Genie Motion Control Time-Lapse Device for $299, with Ball Head for $389

+ DRACAST BoltRay LED600 Plus Bi-Color LED Light for $149, without battery plate $99

+ IZOTOPE RX Elements Audio Restoration and Enhancement Software (digital download) for $10

Monday too brings with it a quartet of new B&H Photo daily deals as follows:

+ DRACAST LED1000 Pro Daylight LED Light with V-Mount Battery Plate for $349 with FREE Light Stand

+ Tiffen Variable Neutral Density Filter, 77mm for $50 after $20 MIR, 82mm for $70 after $20 MIR
+ MIR = mail-in rebate of course

+ BRIGHT TANGERINE Misfit Atom 4 x 5.65″/4 x 4″ Ultra Lightweight 2-Stage Clip-On Matte Box for $250

+ Sony UWP-D11 Camera-Mount Wireless Omni Lavalier Microphone System (UC14: 470 to 542 MHz) for $400

UPDATE: of the Amazon USA Gold Box, there’s a sale on Sylvania lighting that includes a variety of light bulbs, smart and dumb 🙂

Sunday is here with a new 4-pack of B&H Photo dailies as follows:

+ ANTON BAUER Digital 150 Gold Mount Battery (14.4V, 156 Wh) for $299

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Dual-Suction Camera Mount for $40

+ Mind Shift Gear Moose Peterson MP-7 V2.0 Three-Compartment Backpack for $100

+ Senal studio headphones for $45

UPDATE: a big computer monitors sale (99 to 599 euro) headlines another big day in terms of volume of offers at Amazon Germany. The sale also included UHD TVs, high end coffee machines (up to 1599 euro), smartwatches, Bosch, travel bags and more…

Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies it’s the return of the 48 packs of single use AA or AAA batteries of the Insignia house brand for $8 per 48-pack… Also there, at the other end of the coffee price-spectrum, there’s a $10 Caribou 5-cup french press… Needless to say, price of coffee gear is not directly linked to brewing quality, some argue it’s hard to beat a $20 pour-over set with any kind machine out there…

Meanwhile of the Friday daily deals, in WootLandia there are 13 options in this big refurbished Apple laptops sale in “Computers” with prices ranging from $500 to $1540… For the sporty photographer, the main Woot has a Mizuno Wave running shoes sale going for $51 (Women’s Sky) to $63 (Men’s Shadow)…

These two names could make for a best selling romance novel title, “Women’s Sky and Men’s Shadow” 🙂

On the other side of the pond, among the loaded Friday Amazon Germany Gold Box deals you can find:

+ Surface 2 Laptop for 999 euro (13.5″ Gorilla 3, 8GB, i5-7200U, 256GB SSD, HD 620 Graf, W10 Home, four Alcantara color options)
+ Blackberry KEY2 line of smartphones for 318 euro (Lite) to 518 euro (dual SIM)
+ Toshiba and Telefunked TV sale
+ various budget tabletop lamps for DIY lighting
+ massive Marmot outdoor gear sale (12+ pages, 16 to 560 euro)

There’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s and then there’s Weekend at B&H’s which brings us to this set of 48 hour B&H Photo deals that run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Sunpak PF20XD Digital Slave Flash for $25

+ Avinair 7S Mini Portable LED Projector for $75

+ FREEHANDS Stretch Thinsulate Gloves for $20 in five options (Men and Women options)

+ Pelican 2640CB Heads-Up Headlamp for $16
+ also handy if you have an old e-book reader that doesn’t have a built-in light; unlike phones/tablets, older ebook readers are usable, especially for text-only books and if you don’t leave 1000+ notes per book [not that I did that 🙂 ]

Thursday is flying under the radar, between the excitement of Friday and the promise of Hump Day. But it too has its own daily deals at B&H Photo as follows:

+ DJI Mavic Pro (Special Combo, Alpine White) for $779

+ SmallHD 502 Bright On-Camera Monitor for $849

+ SACHTLER Lite Case (Large) for $180~

+ CHARGEWORX Qi Wireless Charging Pad for $8

Meanwhile at the Best Buy daily deals you can get the new condition Fuji instax SHARE SP-2 wireless printer for $70… Also there, they have an HP 15.6″ 2-in-1 Envy as the headliner for $650 (8GB RAM, i5, 256GB SSD, Touchscreen, etc)…

Wednesday brings with it another quartet of B&H Photo dailies as follows:

+ Spider Camera Holster system, SpiderPro Single Camera System for $79
+ not to be confused with Spyder or Varys the Spider

+ Pelican iM2200 Storm Case with Foam for $70

+ ROBO 3D R1 +Plus 3D Printer for $369

+ Westone 8 driver earphones for $749, that’s under $100 per driver 🙂

In the Tuesday B&H Photo dailies we have a quartet of options:

+ NISSIN i400 TTL Flash for $80 in five system choices (C/N/S/m43/X)

+ Tamrac HooDoo 20 Backpack for $30 in three color schemes

+ Moultrie Wingscapes TimelapseCam Digital Camera for $35

+ SUBLUE US WhiteShark Mix Underwater Scooter for $499 in three color schemes

Meanwhile in Woot-Landia, there are refurbished iPhone X models in “Electronics” and refurbished 10.5 inch iPAD PRO models in “Computers”…

All apologies, I haven’t amassed any April Fool’s Day “news” for this year; hopefully I’ll remember to write down ideas as they come to me through the year [they usually arrive AFTER April Fool’s Day] so I’ll have some for 2020 🙂

The above paragraph hints at the date, today is April Fool’s Day, and with it we have a new quartet of B&H Photo dailies as follows:

+ FEIYU SPG Plus 3-Axis Gimbal Rig for Select Smartphones & GoPro for $49

+ Porta Brace Light Pack for Litepanels Astra 1×1 for $119

+ SmallHD 703 UltraBright Director’s Kit (Dual L-Series Battery Plate) for $1999

+ Denon Commander Sport Portable Water-Resistant 120W All-In-One PA System with Wireless Handheld Microphone for $299

OF tech interest in the Amazon USA Gold Box is a 43-inch TCL Roku Smart LED TV for $170, a 2017 model…

Of potential interest in the Kindle daily deals there are $2 on “Superforecasting” and a $2 “Self-taught programmer” ebook…

Meanwhile at the Amazon GErmany gold box there is a sale on Fire 7 tablets starting at 40 euro…

Never fear, Sunday is here with a six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if any of them sells out):

+ MAnfrotto MK290LTA3-BHUS 290 Light Aluminum Tripod with Ball Head for $100

+ Synology DiskStation DS218j 2-Bay NAS Enclosure for $135

+ Pentax 8×21 UCF R Binocular for $35

+ Freehands gloves, eight options, $15 to $29

+ also TV DAC for $30