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Starts Sunday 2:35pm ET: Lightdow 85mm f1.8 MF lens

Among the lightning deals of the Sunday Amazon USA Goldbox / Holiday Dash there is an upcoming LENS lightning deal!

+ starts 2:35pm ET: Lightdow 85mm f1.8 MF FF (price before sale $130)
+ the lightning deal listing points to the Nikon F, but on the same listing there’s also Canon EF and Sony MirrorNyet versions
+ as of the time of writing it averages 4 out of 5 based on 220+ customer ratings

UPDATE! And now the rest of the Sunday daily deals:

+ at Woot’s dailies there’s iPad PRO tablets ($600 to $1020) and a consumer-lighting clearance sale with 17 options (one has sold out so far) that includes various AmazonBasics LED light bulbs, and smart multi-color bulbs among other options…

+ at Amazon USA’s Gold Box there’s another Anker charging products sale and Samsonite luggage, and a $120 Nespresso kit (some suggest it is superior to Keurig’s K-Cup system {but moi, being a pour-over hippy I say pour-over is superior to all machines, even steampunk coffee machines 😉 }), and for those of you tired of hoarding toilet paper every time there’s a crisis or an “act of nature”, there’s a sale on Bio Bidets with remote controls…

+ if you like the metal touch of the Samsung BAR Plus USB flash drives, the 256GB USB 3.1 version is on sale for $34 among the NewEgg deals du jour for Sunday…

UPDATE #2: per the “Post Deficit Reduction and WordPressian Responsibility Doctrine” I’m appending short one-liner posts to existing posts, so here is the latest Adorama daily deal (changes Monday 10am ET), the new condition Spiffy Gear Lumiee Wearable Light Combo Bundle (Lumiee Bi-Color Light Bracelet and Lumiee RGB Light Bracelet) going for $60 with free US shipping…

October 17, 2020 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Sunday: Revo Clip-On Vlog Light, Browning Strike Force 850 ETC, Etc

It looks like an old school P&S entry-level digital camera but it’s a dashcam! But it’s $24 (plus shipping for non-members) and it’s the MEH deal of the day for Sunday 10/18/20!

Then we have a new trio at the B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET tonight (or earlier if sold out):

+ Browning Strike Force 850 Extreme Trail Camera for $80
+ brownies not included ~ you have to make them and bake them!

+ Revo Clip-On Vlog Light for Smartphones and Tablets for $7
+ because we are all vloggers now!

+ AMX ACV-5100 Acendo Vibe Conferencing Soundbar with Integrated Webcam for $229 in two color schemes
+ silver lining of the COVID thing is that it has proven just how much of the pre-COVID business travel was not really necessary and how tele-work programs were underutilized, especially in areas with high traffic and high pollution

UPDATE: for all y’all shopping in the EU, there are a couple of Samyang prime lens lightning deals at Amazon Germany going live around 8am eastern time on Sunday:

+ Samyang 14mm f2.8 AF
+ the lightning deal points to the Sony FE version but on the listing there are also Canon EF, RF, and Nikon F versions, each one with a different price before the sale

+ Samyang 24mm f3.5 Tilt Shift
+ the lightning deal points to the Canon EF but on the listing nine more mounts (just about every 21st century mount except for Canon RF and Nikon ZZ Top)
+ with so many old buildings in Europe, this is a must have?

UPDATE #2: some big discounts on some of the + Gobe ND Filters Kit (ND4, ND16, ND32), eg the 52mm goes for 12~ euro, while the 49mm goes for 25 euro, the 58mm goes for 35 euro

October 17, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Incase DSLR Pro Pack Nylon Camera Backpack for $100

Bag the Bags time! The current Adorama daily deal good until Sunday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) is the new condition Incase DSLR Pro Pack Nylon Camera Backpack going for $100 with free US shipping…

Elsewhere among the Saturday daily deals, among those at NewEgg you can get the 16TB (yes, sixteen) Seagate Expansion Desktop Hard Drive for $294 minus a $6 off discount you get with promo code 93XPV63, making it $289. Limit one per customer.

Meanwhile among the Amazon Gold Box offers, if you are a fan of the K-cup pod brewing system, Amazon’s house brand Solimo has a K-cup coffee brewer + coffee pods bundle for $62. You get 100 AmazonBasics K-cup pods in three varieties, Kona, Breakfast, Donut; covering the whole consumer-coffee spectrum 😉

October 17, 2020 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Outdoor Photography Classes Sale (63 options, $10 to $29)

If you are a fan of outdoor photography, you are in luck because for a limited time Creative LIVE is running an Outdoors Photography Sale with 63 classes participating and prices ranging from $10 to $29. Instructors include Art Wolfe, Franz Lanting, John Greengo (the Camera “Fast Start” Guy), Photoshop Matt K, Ben Willmore and more.

NOTE there are three pages of classes over there, so browse through them all if interested!

Meanwhile the Weekend Sale at DiscoMAGS includes a 3-year printed USA-addresses-only no-auto-renewal subscription to Outdoor Photographer for $13 total, calculating it to $4.33/year, which defeats their “default sale price” of $5/year…

October 17, 2020 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Pre-order Cricket Wireless Locked iPhone 12 and PRO with Amazon Billing and $100 drip-drop GC

If you are a big fan of both Cricket Wireless and Amazon, and you want the new iPhone 12*, and do not object to a CARRIER LOCKED phone, then keep on reading…

Cricket Wireless through Amazon is offering pre-orders of the new iPhone 12 regular for $829 (64GB), or $879 (128GB) or $979 (256GB) in many different colors including (PRODUCT RED).

They are also offering for pre-order the new iPhone 12 PRO for $999 (128GB) or $1099 (256GB) or $1299 (512GB) also in different colors but no (PRODUCT RED).

Now as I said this is CARRIER LOCKED (to Cricket Wireless) and you have to use $55/month Cricket “Unlimited” talk and data plan (Mexico and Canada included, with 15GB hotspot, Video streaming at SD quality, 4G LTE, no 5G).

This offer has a couple of twists:

  • your monthly payment to Cricket Wireless happens automatically through Amazon. Every month Amazon charges your credit/debit card and behind the scenes they pay Cricket Wireless on your behalf. No additional taxes on the $55 amount since it is a store value card (per the Amazon FAQs over there)
  • every month you remain on the plan you automatically earn a $4.17 Amazon Gift Card balance. If you stay for 24 months, it becomes a drip-drop total of $100 (24 x $4.17). $100 is the maximum you can earn in Amazon gift card balance through this promotion. On month #25 and later you earn nada gift card balance!
  • this is not a contract, you can terminate at any time, but this phone is locked to Cricket
  • there are FAQs and more details on this plan and terms and conditions further down the Amazon product page over there
  • I haven’t done this type of an offer before, so I don’t know how it works in practice
October 17, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,