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10ft Adjustable Photography Video Background Support Stand Kit w/carrying bag for $18 + $6 S&H

Groupon time now. A 3rd-party seller over there is selling this 10-foot Adjustable Photography Video Background Support Stand Kit w/carrying bag for $18 plus $6 flat shipping to the 48 contiguous US states. It cannot be shipped elsewhere (given the size/weight, it is cost prohibitive at this S&H fee)…

You can use Groupon Bucks towards these, but you cannot use promo codes… It averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 85 ratings at Groupon… It looks like this (or something similar) is also sold for $30 at amazon.com where it averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 84 customer reviews…

March 30, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories

Adorama Lighting Gear March Madness sale

March Madness is upon us all and to celebrate this, Adorama is having a sale-a-bration on their house-brand lightning gear featuring discounts of up to 35% off. Participating brands include Flashpoint, GoDoX, CLAR, Glow, and Orlit…

Because it’s hard to have photography without …light 🙂

March 30, 2019 Filed Under: lighting deals

Think Tank Urban Approach 5 bag for $60

For a limited time, Adorama is offering the new condition Think Tank Urban Approach 5 camera bag (for mirrorless systems) for $60 with free US shipping…

Also at Adorama, they are offering the new condition CLAR WandLux Pro and Ring Light Kit for $159 with free expedited shipping…

And on the lens front, the new condition Rokinon 85mm f1.4 AS IF UMC manual focus lens in the Sony E system is on sale for $239 with free shipping…

Note that Adorama may also be offering faster free shipping options either by signing up for their VIP360 Prime-like shipping service or with signing up for ShopRunner (which may be offered to you for free through your credit card)…

March 30, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

GearBest 48-hour sale includes 256GB Kodak microSDXC for $40

GearBest (western-facing company that ships from Asia) is having a weekend 48 hour sale which includes the 256GB Kodak microSDXC card (V30, A1, U3) offered for $40 with near-free shipping (depending on options/location).

Other items on sale include various Xiaomi smartphones, a couple of chinese-branded sub-$400 laptops, 3D printer-alia, $2 earphones and more…

March 30, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Olympus M. Zuiko ED 12-40mm f2.8 for $560 [MD]

Massdrop is back on again with a new lens offering. It is the new condition Olympus M. Zuiko ED 12-40mm f/2.8 lens offered for $560 with free US shipping. International shipping appears to hover around $10 but I can’t check all the countries in the universe 🙂

There is no mention of warranty in the listing, and this is the international version of the lens. In other words, a grey market from the perspective of the US market.

The offer runs for the next seven days (from posting time) and will get shipping in mid-to-late April 2019 by Massdrop

In new condition at authorized Olympus USA dealers this goes for $1000 (eg B&H, Adorama). Used prices start at $559 in condition “V” at Adorama

March 30, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , , ,

Saturday: PNY storage sale: SD (64 to 512GB), 512GB microSD, Flash Drives

The PNY sale is back on again riding the Amazon USA Gold Box with the following items:

+ Elite Performance SD cards: 64GB for $14, 128GB for $24, 256GB for $47, 512GB for $108
+ the 256GB defeats by a hair the 128GB for GB/$

+ 512GB microSDXC cards, Elite for $110, PRO Elite for $120

+ various USB flash drives; in addition to the singles, they also have 5-packs and 50-packs (of potential interest for promotional purposes of your photographic work)

+ limit two of each individual item

+ sale ends Sunday at 3am eastern (or earlier if sold out)

March 30, 2019 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Exp 3/31: YMMV/Invited: 10% off eBay purchase (max disco $50)

This is our last post/reminder for this promotion,a YMMV coupon from the eBay website, an invited-users type of a promotion, mayhaps to reactivate eBay shoppers who haven’t made a purchase in a while. Anyway, the offer goes live this: coupon code MYTENOFF gets you 10% off your purchase until March 31st in 2019. The maximum discount with the coupon is $50. In other words, purchases over $500 will get a flat $50 off discount.

Exclusions on what the coupon can be used for apply as always. The coupon may only be working for invited eBay users, so a very big YMMV…

March 29, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Canon Warehouse Sale (71 options) at Adorama

More action at Adorama, this time around they are having a Warehouse “Spring Cleaning” sale featuring Canon products. A total of 71 options are available as part of the promotion including 17 cameras, six lenses, 36 printers and scanners, and a few more Canon-y products.

March 29, 2019 Filed Under: canon

19 classes for $19 each at Creative LIVE

For a limited time (as always), CreativeLIVE is back with another “the price you see is the price you pay” sale. The theme this time around is 19 classes for $19 each. Topics include wedding photography, enviro-portraits, first-flash shooting, filters, strobe, making short docs, lifestyle-family, and many more, including every creative’s favorite topic: marketing ^_^

PS: corrected HTML jumble…

March 29, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

$100 gift card with SlingStudio Hub

Adorama is offering a $100 Adorama gift certificate with the purchase of the new condition SlingStudio Hub for $999 with free US shipping. You also earn the now-standard 1% promotional rewards…

Speaking of Adorama, they have an on-going camera sale with a total of 96 products from various manufacturers participating…

March 29, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals

Fuji X-T100 body with EF-X20 flash and Domke bag and more for $560 [limited time only!]

If you are interested in the Fuji X-T100 mirrorless camera, grab your e-wallets! For a very limited time, Adorama is offering this Fuji X-T100 bundle for $560 with free US shipping. For that, you receive:

  • Fuji X-T100 body-only in dark-silver
  • Fuji EF-X20 flash
  • Fuji F-5XB camera bag by Domke
  • 32GB Fuji SD card
  • Peak Design strap

This bundle is of potential interest if you want the EF-X20 flash and the Domke bag which go for $194 and $120 respectively on their own. If neither piques your interest, the X-T100 with 15-45 OIS PZ XC kit goes for $600 with free accessories but not these two $314 accessories…

March 29, 2019 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: ,

15% off total order at B&N website with coupon

The Barnes and Noble website is back with another promotion until Sunday night: coupon code SUNSHINE [yes, get ready for the daylight savings “spring forward” marketing blitz] gets you 15% off your online order. Some exclusions apply (gift cards, Nooks, etc). But the coupon is good for your total order, not just one item… The coupon expires on Sunday at 3am eastern….

There’s also a 15% off one item at their local B&N B&M stores. Find the coupons at the Coupons & Offers page…

March 29, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With: ,

Weekend (B&H): Husban, Black Rapid, Pelican, Etc [updated]

As usual, the Friday daily deals at B&H Photeaux last 48 hours, so this quartet runs until Saturday 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Hubsan X4 H507A Star Pro Quadcopter with 720p HD Camera for $50

+ Black Rapid Double Breathe Camera Harness for $80

+ Pelican 2380 Micro-USB Rechargeable LED Flashlight for $40

+ Hosa Drive Bluetooth Audio Receiver for $18

On the Best Buy dailies for Friday there’s a $25 Vivitar action camera with remote going for $25, and the headliner is a $400 Ryzen HP laptop with 8GB RAM and 128GB SSD…

UPDATE:: the Amazon USA gold box dailies have been revealed and the leader of the pack is yet another variation of the Logitech sale, with a variety of keyboards and mice (includes both generations of the Anywhere mice, a must have!) and gaming headsets.

March 28, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Sale at the Crutchfield online Outlet

IF you are a fan of the Crutchfield way of doing things, they are having an Outlet sale on their online store, featuring a variety of products. These include the manufacturer warranty, 60-day returns, life-time tech-support, and they are tested and inspected.

There are over 40 options in the Mirrorless category including Olympus, Sony and Fuji… They have six options in the Instant Cameras and a trio of options in the Video Cameras category…

As always, price-check with other retailers, and consider how much you value each one of the benefits offered by Crutchfield ~ and things like that ~ depending on each individual products because the dynamics of a decision for a simple prime lens
are different than those of a complex expensive tilt-shift lens…

March 28, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals

Thursday: 1-Year MS Office Home 365 (up to six people) + $50 Amazon Gift Card for $100 total

For Thursday, one of the Amazon USA Gold Box deals of the day is a 1-year subscription to Microsoft Office Home 365 bundled with a $50 plastic Amazon gift card, all together for $100. The software is a digital download while the gift card will be delivered by mail. Being a “Home” edition it covers up to six real or virtual people. Of photo backup interest, it comes with a 1TB OneDrive storage.

March 28, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

50% off classes at CreativeLIVE

For a limited time, the Creative LIVE website is offering 50% off its classes. The price you see is the price you pay, so while this promotion is running, you see the sale prices. When the promotion ends, the prices will change. No coupon is needed…

March 27, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

DXo PhOtO LaB 2 Elite for $89 after coupon

It’s better than Black Friday exclaims the DXo emailing list promo. Coupon code APRIL-SAVE-DPL2 drops the price of the DXo PhOtO LaB 2 Elite edition software from $199 to $89 until April 2nd in 2019. This is a digital download with immediate activation. This is the full version, not the upgrade version ~ thanks to le couponeaux!

March 27, 2019 Filed Under: apps and software Tagged With: , ,

Thursday: 6TB WD ext HDD $100, Bolt Macro Ring, Etc

Never fear, Thursday is here and with it it brings a six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals running until Thursday 3/28/19 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any item that sells out ahead of time):

+ 6TB WD Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $100

+ BOLT VM-160 LED Macro Ring Light for $50

+ AVERMEDIA Live Gamer HD 2 PCIe Card for $90

+ CORE SWX Powerbase EDGE Battery for Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K for $199

+ AURAY M-LED18-DK 18-LED Desktop Music Gooseneck Light (with Power Supply) for $40

+ D-Link DCH-S161-US Wi-Fi Water Leak Sensor for $35

March 27, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Wedn dailies: Woot-OFF, Epson FF-680W for $500, Etc

Computer week continues in the daily deals but also among the Wednesday Best Buy dailies is the new condition Epson Salt Fast Foto FF-680W offered for $500 with free shipping while Amazon has it for $600… Also part of the sale a $700 ASUS 15.6″ i7 2-in-1 laptop, a Surface Book 2, the Viewsonic PX-706-HD projector for $600 but the most important deal of all the week, the Bodum pour-over coffee-maker for just $10. Get as many as the shopping cart allows you!!!!!!!!!

In Woot Landia, there is a Woot-OFF of three sub-Woots, Clearance/Sellout where camera and photo gear and “six degrees of separation” gear may appear, along with Shirt (may have camera/photo-related shirts?) and Gourmet (I don’t think they’ll have a camera-shaped cheese or cake)… In the non-Woot-OFF classic Woots, there’s a $1900 i7 MacBook PRO (2018), and a 28-inch Surface All in one for $2500 among others…

March 26, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Wedn: MOZA Air, Nanuk, Feelworld, Celestron

The WEdnesday action at the B&H Photo daily deals is a 4-pack running until 11:59pm ET on Wednesday (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ MOZA Air 2 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $499

+ Feelworld FH7 7″ IPS LCD On-Camera HDMI Monitor for $139

+ CElestron AstroMaster 70AZ 70mm f/13 Alt-Az Refractor Telescope for $70

+ Nanuk cases with foam, three options, $100 to $180

March 26, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Adorama Limited Time sale and $25 brown switch mecha keyboard

Adorama is running another one of their camera gear sale featuring a total of 92 products which you can also filter on the left-hand side of the page…

Speaking of which, they are running a snapshot deal (limited time offer, usually running for 24 hours or so) on the new condition Dell Alienware AW568 Advanced Gaming Keyboard for $25 with free US shipping. This is apparently mechanical, with brown switches with a stated 50 million cycle life.

March 26, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals

Tuesday Computer Daily Deals Galore Again

Is this national computer deals week? It maybe so judging by the latest round of Tuesday daily deals:

At the Amazon Gold Box, there is a big gaming computer gear sale, with a total of 29 products, with prices ranging from $20 to $1600. This includes Acer, iBUYPower and CyberPower desktop computers, ASUS and Alienware laptops, Acer monitor, Ryzer and ASUS Prime, space-age routers, storage, gaming headsets, keyboard/mice, etc.

At the Best Buy daily deals the headliner is a 17.3-inch ASUS TUF gaming laptop going for $1000 (i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVidia GTX 1060)… Other daily deals include a $150 projector and $249 gaming chair…

Meanwhile in Woot-Landia there’s a $170 factory reconditioned 32-inch curved Samsung FHD LED monitor, and a $390 HP Chromebook (360 degrees, 14″ FHD, Intel i3 U processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM [yummy on ChromeOS!], 64GB eMMC storage, etc) among others…

March 26, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Tuesday (B&H): refurbished Nikon D7500 body for $700, 2TB Sandisk USB-C SSD for $300, iKan, X-Rite

Hooray, a DSLR headlines the Tuesday B&H Photo daily deals which run until Tuesday at 11:59m ET or earlier for any item that sells out ahead of time…

+ refurbished Nikon D7500 body only for $700 with a 90-day warranty

+ 2TB Sandisk Extreme Portable USB 3.1 Type-C External SSD for $300

+ X-RITE ColorMunki Smile Color Calibration Solution for $69

+ IKAN Live Air Compact Wireless Lens Control System for $249 as two options: wireless focus wheel or motor with wireless zoom rocket

March 25, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Limited Time: 1-Year Prepaid CreativeLIVE Season Pass for $199

For a limited time, coupon code CREATEACP1003 drops $100 off the current price of $300 for a 1-Year Creator Pass subscription at Creative LIVE, making it $199 instead of the standard price of $299. This is a prepaid 1-year (365 days) subscription that lets you watch almost all (but there are Exclusions) classes hosted at CreativeLIVE as many times as you want. But when your 1-year is up, you lose access to all those classes…

The offer expires March 31 in 2019…

March 25, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Monday: Samsung Chromebook sale ($200 to $400)

It’s Chromebook time of the Samsung kind. Along with the Levis jeans sale, the Monday Amazon USA Gold Box has a Samsung Chromebooks sale, with three models ranging from $200 to $400 with something for everyone!

The $200 model is the Chromebook 3 with a 11.6″ screen, 4GB RAM, 64GB on-board and Celery N3060 processor…

The other two models are 2-in-1s with touchscreens and with included Samsung S-Pens that are nestled inside the laptop body.

The PLUS has a 12.2″ screen (1920 x 1200, 4GB RAM, 64GB on-board, microSD slot with up to 400GB cards, Celery 3965Y, support for Google Play in parallel to ChromeOS [can be turned off is not needed]. This is the second generation (V2) model. This adds a USB-A port to the first generations two USB-C ports, so that’s one less dongle to carry. For HDMI or Ethernet, you need a USB-C/USB-A dongle.. It averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 21 customer reviews and it has nearly 50 answered questions… I haz the first generation and it’s really a great value for money if you can stomach Google-everywhere 🙂

The $400 model is the PRO in the line but it is the first generation with a 3.8 out of 5 based on 404 [foreboding number?] customer reviews. It has a 12.3″ screen with 2400 x 1600 [but Samsung recommends running it at a lower resolution for optimal performance] with 4GB RAM, 32GB on-board, Core M3-6Y30, 12.3″ display, etc.

When upgraded to the latest OS versions, you should also see an option for “Linux Beta”.

Limit two of each option per customer at the sale price. Sale ends on Tuesday at 3am ET or earlier for any that sell out.

On the other hand, if you don’t need the extra features (eg S-Pen), and you feel like a boldly-going explorer of a new brand, the Amazon page recommended this $250 Poin2 Chromebook (Poin2 is the brand name) with 4GB RAM, 32GB storage, 14-inch screen, 180-degree hinge, IPS, touchscreen, MediaTek quadcore, SD card reader, HDMI, USB 3.0 Type A, USB-C, etc. There’s also a $3.47 off discount if you select “No Rush Shipping”… This is the first time I heard of this brand, so this is strictly for the boldly-going types…

March 25, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, samsung, technology deals Tagged With: , ,

DiscountMags: four magazines for $16 total per year

DiscountMags has a good weekend sale if you are planning to subscribe to four magazines or more. If you subscribe for four your magazines, you pay a total of $16 for one year, making it $4 per magazine, regardless of the price of the magazine. You can add additional magazines for $4/year if you want more than four.

Of photo interest, there are four magazines participating: VideoMaker, Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo and Digital Photo PRO… A variety of other six degrees of separation magazines are participating including sports, tech (C|Net, Wired, Pop Sci), weddings (Bridal Guide), fashion, nature, architecture, etc…

March 24, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

FREE 8×10″ Print with Walgreens Photo

Good until 3/26/19 at 11:59pm central time, coupon code MARCHFREE gets you a FREE 8×10 inch photo print at Walgreens Photo. Free pickup at a nearby (or faraway if sending to another person elsewhere) Walgreens store. Shipment to an address of your choice costs more (unless there’s a free shipping promotion)…One per household during the promotion…

Meanwhile, good until 3/30/19, coupon code HAPPYPICS gets you 50% off Everything Photo at Everything Photo…

March 24, 2019 Filed Under: photo prints Tagged With: , ,

Monday: SLR Magic 35/1.2 FE for $279, CineGears, Tamrac, Manfrotto, Etc

Monday brings a lens with it in the B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ SLR Magic Cine 35mm f/1.2 FE Lens for Sony E-Mount for $279
+ a rather unfortunate company name given that “SLR” makes many lenses for mirrorless systems 🙂

+ TAMRAC Corona 26 Convertible Pack (Black) for $60

+ Manfrotto MVMXPROA42WUS Aluminum XPRO Video Monopod for $140 after $50 MIR (mail in rebate)

+ CineGears Ghost-Eye Wireless HDMI/SDI Video Transmission Kit 200M for $1149

On the autre side of Le Pond, the Amazon Germany Gold Box daily deals including power-banks and USB chargers from both Anker and RAVpower, along with the Hodor 9 Lite smartphone for 190 euro in your choice of color scheme…

March 24, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Impossible Project I-1 Camera Bundle for $40 w/FS

It’s neo-retro time at Massdrop, this time they are offering for a limited time the new condition Impossible Project I-1 Camera Bundle for $40 with free shipping to USA addresses. This particular offering cannot be shipped outside the US per their shopping cart.

$40 gets you the I-1 camera, a carrying case, and neck and hand straps. Optionally, in the shopping cart, you can add various films for about $13 per film option. There’s also a $7 Polaroid photo box option. “Film” as in 600-type and I-type.

These will ship in mid-April 2019 from the vendor. There’s no reference of a warranty in the product description.

March 23, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras Tagged With: , ,

Sunday: BlackRapid, Meade, 18000 mAh, Etc

March Madness Sunday is here with a new quartet of B&H Photo daily deals running until Sunday at 11:59pm eastern ~ or earlier if sold out. Of course since I’m posting them on time, they are guaranteed not to sell out 😉

+ BlackRapid Tripod Jacket for $20
+ what? you thought tripods didn’t need fashion and couture?

+ Meade 10×42 RidgeWay Binocular for $40
+ mead not included ^_^

+ HP 18,000mAh Power Pack Plus 18000 for $40

+ RUGGARD Fabric Rain Shield for $13 to $15 (three size options)

March 23, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals