Archives for April 2020

Refurbished Nikon Z7 with 24-70mm f4 S Z with 90-day Nikon Warranty for $2499

Dying to try the new Nikon Z system but don’t want to pay the new-condition USA-warranty prices? B&H Photo has “Option II: The Refurbished Strike Back”, you can get the refurbished Nikon Z7 with 24-70mm f4 S Z for $2499 with free US shipping and a 90-day Nikon USA warranty…

The new condition of this goes for $3400 as you can see in the Z7 searching listings

Speaking of B&H, they are offering the new condition Lenovo 15.6″ IdeaPad 5 for $755 with free US shipping and a free Bitdefender. This has i5-1035G1 Quad, 16GB RAM [can Windows have too much memory?], 512GB M.2 NVMe, 15.6″ 1080p IPS, etc…

40% off one in-stock item with Dell Refurbished coupon (ends Thur 9am CT)

Almost forgotten in the Year of the COVID is Earth Day 2020! But Dell Refurbished has not forgotten, coupon code EARTH4UDEAL gets you 40% off any in-stock item at the Dell Refurbished website. Free ground shipping is included. Clearance items are EXCLUDED. The coupon expires on 4/22/20 at 9am central time…

The coupon is only good at “Dell Refurbished”, formerly known as “Financial Services”. These specialize in re-selling off-lease (enterprise/corporate) Dell gear. With a warranty of course…

YMMV eBay Bucks: 5% (no minimum amount) [ends Thur PM]

IF you are participating in the eBay rewards program {it’s free to join anytime}, AND you have been invited by eBay via email or their eBay messages to participate, and you have clicked to activate the promotion for your account {you must click to activate before you earn the bonus}, you have until Thursday 4/23/20 at 11:59pm to earn 5% on eligible purchases. This particular offer does not have a minimum purchase amount (hooray!)…

As usual, maximum rewards you can earn are $100 per transaction and $500 for the duration of this promotion. Terms, conditions and restrictions and exclusions apply as always…

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

Pre-order new Canon EOS C300 III EF Body for $11,000

IF you are a fan of the Canon video-priority cameras, we have 11,000 good news for you! Canon has revealed their brand new Cinema EOS C300 III camera body in the EF mount with a preordering price of $11,000 at B&H Photo

Also coming along for the ride is a new Canon 25-250mm T2.95-3.95 Super35 zoom lens. More on these at the B&H Explora

In-Stock Now: Panasonic DC-S1H body for $3998 [USED for $2998]

Mirrorless wallets, open wide, 4K wide, for the big taste of full-frame Panasonic mirrorless video! That’s right, the new Panasonic DC-S1H body only is now in-stock and ready to ship for its starting price of $3998 with free US shipping at B&H Photo

Since this is a new camera/system, a number of potential buyers may also be interested in getting a matching system lens, and four of those are available on the listing (one normal prime and three zoom lenses)…

OR if you prefer USED, the used prices at B&H Photo start at $2998 for a condition “8+”…

Chasing Dory Underwater Drone for $349 [end Wedn 10a ET]

Good until Wednesday 4/22/20 at 10am ET, Adorama’s daily deal is offering the new condition CHASING Dory Underwater Drone for $349 with free US shipping…

FREE to Stream: Vincent Laforet’s HD-DSLR Stills to Video class [ends Wedn 11:45am ET]

Good until Wednesday at 11:45am eastern, CreativeLIVE is live-streaming for FREE vincent Laforet’s “HD-DSLR: From Stills to Video” class with a runtime of 17 and a half hours. This means the class will air once in full, and once partially. The second airing will begin around 5:30am eastern on Wednesday but will not complete because the ON-AIR Schedule (the free to stream classes) changes the free-streaming rotation at 12pm eastern daily…

Tuesday: Dr Bag, GenAray, Goal Zero, Sennheiser Mic Kit

It’s getting harder to tell “what day of the day is this?” without looking at a calendar 🙂 But the calendar insists today is Tuesday 4/21/20 and with it we have four new B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ GenAray MonoBright Daylight LED 750 for $115

+ ARCO Video Dr. Bag 40 for $99
+ PRO TIP: you can always use it when you cosplay a Doctor 🙂

+ Goal Zero Nomad 28 Plus Solar Panel for $150

+ Sennheiser ME66 Supercardioid Mic Capsule with K6 Power Module Kit for $299

UPDATE: to the Woot daily deals we go where the main deal du jour is a new condition OnePlus 6T (8GB RAM, 128GB, Snapdragon 845 (two generations ago), no microSD, no headphone jack, Unlocked GSM T-Mobile + Verizon) going for $280 or $260 for the open-box. Now that the OnePlus 8T and 8 are out, the time is right to make an educated decision on a purchase for OnePlus fans, and those disappointed by the price-range of the new models can look to the 7-series and 6-series… Elsewhere at Woot, there’s a refurbished 1TB Xbox One X for $230 in “Electronics”, mini refurb HP and Lenova desktops ($170 to $300) in “Computers”…

UPDATE #2: the headliner of the Best Buy dailies is the new condition 14″ Dell Inspiron 2-in-1 Chromebook for $399 with 4G RAM, 128GB storage, Intel i3-8130U (8th generation), UHD 620 graphics, touchscreen full-HD LED, 4-cell battery, etc…

16×20″ Unframed Canvas Print for $20 at CVS Photo

CVS Photo is currently offering 16×20 inch Unframed Canvas Prints for $20 each… Coupon BEST50 gets you 50% off premimum and foil cards… Coupon WOW10 gets you 4×6″ prints for 10c each but you have to place an order of a minimum of 100… In a parallel promotion, they offer free ground shipping with coupon GROUND… These offers run 4/19 to 4/25 in 2020…

BL Rentals: 15% off most things (or 20% off select HOT NEW cameras)

BorrowLenses is having a promotion running until 4/27/20, that’s the deadline to place your order. Your order must have a designated arrival date by 5/15/20 [that’s the planned date, not the actual date]. And if your order is over $149, you get free standard UPS shipping.

The promotion is two-fold. Coupon code APRIL15 gets you 15% off camera rentals on most gear on their website…

BUT if you want to try one of the latest hot new cameras, coupon code APRILFAVES gets you 20% off their rental. The hot new cameras are:

  • Fuji X-T3
  • Sony a7 III
  • Nikon Z6
  • Canon EOS R
  • Canon 5D Mark IV
  • Nikon D850

New round of Sony Instant Savings (FE, APS-C, RX series)

If you are a fan of the way of Sony, there is a new Instant Savings promotion running at B&H Photo featuring a mix of full-frame and APS-C on the interchangeable lens front, and the RX-series on the fixed lens front. There are too many to list here individually, you need to hit “Load More” over there to see them all…

Rokinon Cine DS Six Lens Kit for $2399 [C/N/E/m43]

If you are fond of the Rokinon Cine DS lenses and you are ready to commit to them, and if you have either a Canon EF or Nikon F or Sony E or Micro Four Thirds system, these six-packs of Cine lenses are on sale for each system for $2399 at B&H Photo

Of the six lenses, four of them at T1.5: 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85m, while the 14mm is T3.1 and the 135mm is T2.2…

Select Outdoor Photography Classes for $14 to $29 each

Spring is in the air, and outdoor photography is calling [quarantine aside]. To sale-a-brate spring, Creative LIVE is running an Outdoor Photography sale with select classes offered for $14 to $29 each. IF you see a higher price, go to the individual class page where it may automatically drop to the sale price.

The sale includes the “Photographing America’s National Parks” class (16.5 hours) with Ian Shive for $14.

And as fate would have it, starting at 12pm eastern today, Monday 4/20/20, is the FREE-to-STREAM “The Art Of Photographing Birds” class with Frans Lanting. The class is 5 hours and seven minutes long and will repeat for about 24 hours, until about 11:45am ET on Tuesday.

PRO TIP: because the classes repeat immediately during the 24 hour cycle, barring any technical issues and such, you can easily calculate the next start times. For example:
+ 12pm ET starts, 5:07pm ET ends Monday
+ next viewing ends 10:14pm ET Monday
+ next viewing ends 3:21am ET Tue
+ next viewing ends 8:28am ET Tue
+ last partial viewing, ends 11:45am ET Tue

So let’s say you catch the first two hours when it begins at 12pm ET, and then you are busy. You can do the math above, add 2 hours to the number, and that’s when you can continue watching it. If you’ve programmed a VCR before, you have been preparing all your life for this task 🙂

Sirui EP-224S Monopod/Tripod Hybrid Thing for $110

It’s monopod-tripod hybrid day at the Adorama daily deal, good until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out), you can get the new condition Sirui EP-224S 4 Section Multi-Function Flip Leg Lock Carbon Fiber Photo/Video Monopod-Tripod hybrid thing for $110 with free US shipping…

Monday: Sandisk SD and microSD sale (9 options), Dell, HP, Epson

a Sandisk sale is one of the Best Buy deals du jour and it includes nine Sandisk Ultra PLUS microSD and full-size SD cards with the prices as follows:

+ full-size SD: 64GB for $15, 128GB for $25, 256GB for $45
+ $/GB winner: 256GB

+ microSDXC: 32GB for $10, 64GB for $15, 128GB for $25, 400GB for $70
+ $/GB winner: 400GB

But that’s not all, in the rest of the Best Buy daily deals they offer, among others:

+ refurb Epson Workforce ES-50 sheet-fed [memo to self: BE CAREFUL to AVOID TYPOS HERE] for $60

+ Platinum (brand name) dual USB-C 8-port hub for $50
+ these type of docking stations are all the rage these days; don’t forget you can even use them with USB-C Chromebooks too

+ DELL Inspiron Desktop for $400
+ Intel Core i3-9100, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB storage, Intel UHD 630, 6 USB ports, DVD-RW, etc
+ full model name: I3670-3438BLK-PUS
+ fear not, there’s no actual pus 😉

+ HP 17.3″ Laptop for $480
+ Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB Solid State Drive, etc

Monday: Vanguard VEO2 GO, Bright Tangerines, ZOOM F4, Etc

It is Monday 4/20/20! And with it we have a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals as follows:

+ VanGuard VEO 2 GO 265CB with T-50 Ball Head for $130

+ Bright Tangerine Misfit Atom Pola+ Matte Box for $299
+ even though it’s a Tangerine, it is not edible and you cannot make juice out of it 😉

+ ZOOM F4 6-Input / 8-Track Multi-Track Field Recorder for $400

+ Watson Pro Cine High-Load V-Mount Battery Kit with Dual-Bay Charger for $449

GoPRO Hero 7 Black with two freebies for $229

If you haven’t …gone pro yet, you can Go PRO with this latest limited time offer from B&H Photo. For $229 with free US shipping you can get the new condition GoPRO HERO 7 Black bundled with two freebies by B&H: an extra GoPRO battery and an extra GoPRO head-amount kit…

UPDATE: Or if you prefer the HERO 8, you can get it for $299 with free US shipping but without the two freebies at B&H Photo

Google Pixel 4 for $500+, Pixel 4 XL for $600+

The ghosts of the Nexus phones are haunting the Pixel 4, but if you’ve read the reviews, pixel-peeped the sample pictures, and you are certain the Pixel 4* line is the one for you, for a limited time B&H Photo is having discounts on select Pixel 4 phones as follows:

+ Pixel 4: 64GB for $500, 128GB for $600

+ Pixel 4 XL: 64GB for $600, 128GB for $700

These are new condition, factory unlocked, with USA warranty. B&H includes a free case and Mint Mobile SIM card.

NOTE that the Pixel 4 phones do NOT have a headphone jack, and they do NOT have a microSD slot. But you can swim in the Google Clouds 🙂

A lot of people consider the Pixel 4 to have the most pure camera, but not all agree. For example, it is currently at #19 in the DxoMark rankings which have two of the new Honor *30* phones in the Top 5. SPOILER ALERT: the #1 in the ranking is a …LEICA 🙂

NOTE that the latest Huaweii P40* series of phones do NOT have Google Play because of the Huaweii embargo thing. If you look in the forums, there are various hacks that come and go, but come on, it’s 2020, who wants to hunt and peck hacks just so you can run basic apps on your phone?

I remember doing this ten years ago with a crappy Pandigital (?) tablet I got on sale at Radio Shaq. No way I would do this now, there are a gazillion other phones available. But that’s just me. Some people love the excitement of living on the Google Play Frontier 🙂

In-Stock Now: Leica M Monochrome rangefinder

In a black and white world, it’s easier to appreciate the beauty of gray, and if you are a Leica fan, you have 8295 reasons to appreciate the new condition Leica M10 Monochrom digital rangefinder, coming in-stock for $8295 with free US shipping at B&H Photo

Samsung Galaxy S20 for $800, S20+ for $1000 [with FREE 128GB microSD]

A limited time offer is running at B&H Photo on the new condition unlocked with USA warranty Samsung S20 and S20+ flagship series smartphones! And during this promotion, each one gets a free 128GB Samsung EVO Plus microSDXC card included by B&H.

The prices are as follows: the 128GB S20 goes for $800, while the 128GB S20+ (aka Plus) goes for $1000, while the 512GB of that goes for $1150.

Further down the list, and not getting the free 128GB microSD card you will find international Latin America versions of the S20 Ultra (the more expensive of this flagship trio) going for $1200. One clue as to the internationality is the “dual SIM” in the title. These come with a 1-year B&H warranty. NOTE that this has the Exynos chip, not the QualComm SnapDragon.

NOTE also that these are 5G phones, so you may accidentally intercept intergalactic planetary conversations 🙂

$4.80 per Magazine per Year sale includes Digital Photo PRO, Outdoor Pho, VideoMaker

We have a very good Weekend Sale at DiscountMags, the featured print-magazines-delivered-by-mail-without-autorenewal are $4.80 each per year and that includes three photo-related titles:

+ Digital Photo PRO
+ VideoMaker
+ Outdoor Photographer

Also part of the lot are many “six degrees of separation” magazines from photography, such as PopSci, Wired, Backpacker, Bridal Guide, Vogue, Elle, sports, nature, fashion, travel, homes/gardens, etc…

Sunday: Bescor Light Kit, HPRC Case, Tether Battery Pack, Etc

Sunday 4/19/20 is here and we can haz a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals good until 11:50pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ BesCor Chameleon RGB Bi-Color LED 1-Light Kit for $118

+ HPRC 6400TRIB Wheeled Hard Case for Tripods with Soft Interiors Kit for $230

+ Tether Tools ONsite USB Type-C 87W PD Battery Pack for $100
+ 26,800 mAh, 87W, USB-C input and output, plus two USB-A outputs, PD, QC 3.0

+ Samson SE10T Earset Microphone with Miniature Condenser Capsule with 4 Cable Adapters (Beige) for $45

Zeiss Batis 25mm f2 (Sony E) for $999 [ends Sun 10am ET]

It’s a LENS DAY at the Adorama daily deals good until Sunday at 10am eastern (or earlier if sold out), it is the new condition Zeiss Batis 25mm f2 lens for the Sony E system going for $999 with free US shipping…

25 Classes for $25 each at C-LIVE

Time for some more learnings and re-learnings, for a limited time, Creative LIVE is offering 25 classes for $25 each including bird and animal photography, crappy light, cinematic light, understanding light, portraiture, posing, boudoir, workflow, etc…

NOTE: the prices automatically drop to $25 when you visit the individual class product page…

Friday: Samsung Galaxy S10e offers starting at $399 with $50 Best Buy GC with Carrier Versions

Samsung is the word of the day at the Friday 4/17/20 Best Buy daily deals where the headliner is the unlocked Samsung Galaxy A50 going for $200 with activation or $250 without activation.

But the biggest deal is a promotion on the new condition Samsung Galaxy S10e. The offers depend on whether it’s Unlocked or carrier-version and whether you activate it with purchase, or you activate it later if-and-when you want to when you receive it and whether you pay it all or use a financing plan.

Three carrier options are available, Sprint, Verizon and AT&T. These have installment plan options and one-time payment options. The Unlocked options cost $50 less if you select the activate it today. Prices start at $399 for the one-time payment carrier option for the 128GB storage model with a $50 Best Buy electronic gift card on select options.

Some of the options include a $50 Best Buy electronic gift card. Check that particular option you are interested in to see whether it gets it. It’s kinda messy to sort it out, so take a deep breath make a cup of tea and explore the options 🙂

Lensbaby 5.8mm f3.5 Circular Fisheye for $160 [C/N/E/m43/X], GVM tripod, LumeCube, Etc

The Friday B&H daily deals, as usual, are good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET. Meanwhile orders placed at B&H the last few days will begin shipping on 4/20/20 as they return from the Passover holiday…

+ Lensbaby 5.8mm f/3.5 Circular Fisheye Lens for $160 in your Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony E, M43rds and Fuji X

+ GVM Carbon Fiber 4-Section Monopod with Video Fluid Head for $119

+ LumeCube AIR LED Professional Lighting Kit for Video and Photography for $159

+ Pelican light for $18

UPDATE: the Adorama daily deal has finally changed, it is now the new condition Quasar Science Q50-X Q-LED-X Crossfade Linear LED Lamp, Single for $129. This ends on Saturday at 10am ET…

CORRECTION: I got the dates confused, I previously mentioned the E-M10 II long deal expiring on Thursday and on 4/17/20. The former is incorrect because 4/17/20 is actually a Friday. All apologies for the confusion. I am, after all, a river of confusion 🙂

20% off at Think Tank Photo [ends 4/30/20]

Good until 4/30/20, Think Tank Photo is offering 20% off everything on their website. No coupon is needed, the price is reflected automatically at their website while this promotion is running. They also offer free US shipping on $50+ orders and a free gift. Their shopping cart will inform you of the options and details…

Thursday: 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC, 9.7″ NixPlay, Etc [LAST CALL for $299 E-M10 II with 14-42 R]

There is some action on the Thursday 4/16/20 Best Buy daily deals as follows:

+ 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $45

+ 9.7-inch NixPlay digi-frame for $230

+ 4pk Sengled Smart A19 LED multi-color starter kit for $65

+ refurb latest AirPods for $130

+ $500 HP Ryzen 5 laptop (15.6″, touchscreen, 12GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windoze)

And at the NewEgg daily deals, starting at 3am ET on Thursday is the new condition 256GB Patriot EP microSDXC for $33…

As a reminder, the Tuesday B&H dailies continue until Thursday at 11:59pm ET, while Amazon.com and Amazon Germany only offer digital products as their deals of the day.

And a last last-call, ending on Thursday at 10am ET is the Adorama daily deal that gets you the new condition Olympus E-M10 II with 14-42 R for $299 in your choice of silver or black color scheme…

Wedn: 14TB WD external for $250, Surface 7 PRO latest model

Ooooops, I didn’t notice the expiration date, the Tuesday B&H dailies are actually running for 72 hours, not 24, so they are good until Thursday at 11:59pm ET [or earlier if sold out].

The final countdown clock is finally ticking on the Adorama Passover deal, the new condition Olympus E-M10 II with 14-42mm R for $299 in either color scheme expires on Thursday 4/16/20 at 10am ET. So it’s decision time if you are 50-50 on it…

Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies for Tax Day [which is getting outshined this year by COVID Day Every Day] they offer:

+ 14TB WD External USB 3.0 hard drive for $250
+ that’s $17.86 per TB, assuming we buy data like we buy generic groceries 🙂

+ Microsoft Surface 7 PRO tablet (latest model) for $900
+ 12.3″, 10th gen i5, 8GB, 256GB SSD, etc
+ NOT INCLUDED: Surface Pen, Surface Keyboard Cover Type thing

UPDATE: storage is also the theme in the NewEgg daily deals where they offer:

+ 3pk of 32GB Team USB 3.0 Type A tiny flash drives for $20 total
+ comes out to $6.67 per 32GB flash drive
+ up to five sets per customer

+ 5TB WD Elements external USB 3.0 hard drive for $110 after promo code 93XPH89

Tuesday: Peak D Strap, Savage Light Kit, Etc

One of the Woot deals of the day for Tuesday 4/14/20 is a Tech Favorites sale and among the 20 items featured there are a few camera-related:

+ Peak Design Slide Lite Camera Strap SLL-AS-3 for $26

+ Savage 500 Watt LED Studio Light Kit for $90

+ Savage Seamless Background Paper – #46 Tech Green (86 in x 36 ft) for $40

+ Selfie stick with bluetooth for $8

+ Jackery Bolt 10050mAh Power Bank for $24 with built-in Lightning and micro-USB cables