Archives for May 18, 2020

FREE to Stream (Next Few Days at CL): Lots of High School Photography

It’s that time of the year once again, the start of the Grads & Dads season, and to celebrate that, the next few days at the CreativeLIVE ON-AIR are headlined photography-wise by high-school related photography classes. A plus if you are interested in this market segment, a minus if you are not interested…

Tue: Tokina 100/2.8 FF MACRO for $379 [C/N], NISI, GVM, Peak D, Smith-Victor, Etc

It’s a LENS DAY at the B&H daily deals for Tuesday May 19 in 2020, good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for anything that sells out ahead of its designated time)…

+ Tokina 100mm f2.8 MACRO full-frame AT-X-i lens for $379 in Canon EF or Nikon F

+ NISI V6 100mm Filter Holder Kit with Filter, two choices, $120 to $160

+ Peak Design Everyday Backpack (20L, Ash) for $150

+ Smith-Victor Edge Light Portable LED Light Stick for $43

+ GVM GT-120WD Wireless Carbon Fiber Motorized Camera Slider (47″) with Bluetooth Remote for $330

+ Vello Extenda camera remotes, three options, $80 to $190

UPDATE:: meanwhile at the BEst BuY DaiLies they have the new condition 128GB sandisk Ultra PLUS microSDXC card going for $25…

GoPro HERO8 Black bundle for $399 [ends Tue 10am ET]

The current Adorama daily deal (changes Tuesday at 10am ET) is a loaded GoPro HERO8 Black bundle with lots of extra accessories, all together now going for $399 with free US shipping…

HP Sprocket 2-in-1 Camera & Instant Printer with Extras for $50

Meanwhile at the Woot Best Sellers, in addition to the obligatory face masks and “sterilizing wands”, there’s 72-packs of single-use Sony Stamina Plus alkaline AA and AAA batteries, with each 72-pack going for $20… Paging further down you’ll find a 12-pack of 9V single-use for $19…

Further down in the top 10, there’s the HP (Toad the Wet) Sprocket 2-in-1 camera and instant printer device type thing going for $50 with a 1-year warranty. It’s available in three color schemes with up to ten per customer. It is new condition. You also get a 8GB microSD card and 30 sheets of photo paper…

NOTE that these are part of the longer-running Woot offers, not their daily deals, so check each individual product listing to find the expiration date…

Monday: Delkin Fat Gecko Triple Mount, Manfrotto 504D, WD HDDs, Etc

Monday is here with a new set of B&H dailies good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out (already the 14″ Acer Aspire S laptop got sold out)…

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Triple Mount for $60

+ WD drives, five options, additional discount with automatic in-cart coupon

+ ManFrotto 504HD Head with 535 2-Stage Carbon Fiber Tripod System for $650

+ also Aminon Connex thing and NuForce earphones

If you are looking for a sub-$500 Windows laptop with a touch-screen, $450 gets you headliner of the Best Buy dailies, an 15.6″ HP with 12GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Ryzen 5, etc. Note that this has “Windows 10 in S-mode” from which you can switch to “normal” Windows [but you can’t go back to “S” again]…

Other Best Buy daily deals include a Surface PRO X, HP FreeSync monitors in various sizes, Victor dual-monitor standing-desk stand, Western Digital portable hard drives and SSDs… And Logitech keyboards and mice if you want to complete your setup based on today’s deals 😉 Oh there’s also a 14″ Lenovo YOGA for $900…

AND a mild surprise, among the NewEgg deals of the day is a full frame mirrorless camera, but it is (most likely) the international edition, because the seller is known importer “6ave”. The camera in question is the Sony a7 III body only offered for $1619…

In EUROPE, Amazon Germany is having a Fuji Instax sale with the Mini 9 going for 49 euro, while the Square SQ EX D [who comes up with these names?] goes for $94. Multiple colors are available…