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Tuesday: refurbished Nikon Coolpix B500 superzoom for $150

UPDATE: among the Tuesday Newegg dailies there’s a 1TB Toshiba external HDD for $45 after the promo code shown over there, a standing desk converter for $70, Thinkpad and MSI laptops, and lots of other techie stuff…

And among the Amazon USA Gold Box daily deals, it’s a sale of various name-brand Fire TVs from Toshiba, and Insignia…

Surprise, surprise, it’s a CAMERA DAY at the Best Buy daily deals for Tuesday October 6 of the Crazy Year of 2020, the headliner is the Melisandre-red [okay, it’s some kind of a plum color scheme] refurbished Nikon Coolpix B500 superzoom, model 26507B, going for $150. This is a AA-powered camera (four of them) with a 40x optical zoom, something a smartphone can only do through tortured algorithms 😉

Among the rest of the Best Buy daily deals there’s the 64GB Sandisk Nintendo Switch microSDXC for $19, a 10-inch Aluratek touch-screen digital picture frame [that looks a bit like the abandoned Windows Phone UI] for $140, and a 48-pack of Insignia single-use AA batteries for $12, a mere 4 batteries per $1.

Meanwhile at the Woot daily deals there’s scratch and dent iPhone X [can’t use plural because that’s a different model {DAILY REMINDER: do not put a final “s” in your product’s model name}], Amazon Fire tablets, and a 17.3″ inch HP laptop. In the era of big-screen smartphones and tablets and 2-in-1s, a 17.3-inch laptop feels like you are using an …aircraft carrier!

October 5, 2020 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday: NatGeo 50/12 Refractor, SmallHD, IndiPro, Etc

Never fear, ToonsDay (or Tuesday) is here with a new set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET tonight, or earlier if sold out:

+ National Geographic 50mm f/12 AZ Refractor Telescope for $40
+ because the UFOs are waiting for YOU to discover them!

+ SmallHD 703 UltraBright On-Camera Monitor for $1499
+ Small HD, Big Price!

+ IndiPro Micro-Series V-Mount Li-Ion Battery (270Wh) for $299

+ MyGekoGear Orbit 510 1080p Dash Cam with Night Vision & 16GB microSD Card for $60

October 5, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Return of the Deals: Rokinon 16mm T2.2 Cine [M43] for $279

UPDATE: this complete set of daily deals is back, running until Wednesday 10/7/20 Tuesday 10/6/20 at 10am eastern…

It’s a LENS DAY at the Adorama daily deals good until Sunday [Saturday this ended up running for 48 hours] at 10am eastern time or earlier for anything that may sell out ahead of its designated expiration hour…

+ Rokinon 16mm T2.2 Cine for $279 in the M43rds only

+ EggTronic 20,000 mAh 63W power-bank for USB-C devices for $50

+ AKG K240 II studio headphones for $100

+ Swan security DVR kit for $199

October 5, 2020 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Monday: Porta Brace, GVM Slider, Delkin SensorScope, Etc

Raise your hand if you don’t love Mondays, because they do bring a fresh set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET {or earlier if sold-out} as follows:

+ PortaBrace Soft Case for Assembled Cine-Style Camera for $150

+ GVM GT-80WD Wireless Carbon Fiber Motorized Camera Slider (31″) with Bluetooth Remote for $280
+ Tylenol for bluetooth pairing frustrations not included 😉

+ Delkin Devices SensorScope System DSLR First Aid Travel Kit for $50
+ don’t call ghostbusters, call the DSLR First Aid hotline!

+ SoundCast Portable Waterproof Wireless Speaker for $30

OTHER Daily Deals
Elsewhere, among the Woot dailies the headliner is a refurbished 32″ curved Samsung LED monitor for $180, iWatches, an HP ProDesk, and mo(i)re…

A 5TB WD EasyStore external USB 3.0 hard drive for $100 headlines the Best Buy dailies which also include a 128GB PNY USB 3.0 flash drive with a long name for $15…

For the EU crowd, among the Amazon Chermany dailies are a Surface Laptop 3 and various Samsung LED TVs…

October 5, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

US only: Outdoor Photographer print magazine for $4.56/yr

This weekend, the theme at Discount Mags is a Customer Appreciation Sale and there participate two photography magazines, printed magazines to USA addresses, no auto-renewal:

+ Outdoor Photographer for $4.56/yr
+ the “default sale price” is $5/yr

+ Digital Photo PRO for $7.81/yr
+ the “default sale price” is $8/yr, in some of their weekend sales it goes for under $7

As usual, the offer is good for new subscriptions, gift-subscriptions or renewal of existing subscriptions…

PS: note that if you are planning to renew an already long subscription, some magazines place limits on how many stacked years you can have on a subscription…

October 4, 2020 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

Profoto Daily Deals at Adorama [4 options; ends Mon 10am ET]

It’s the return of Profoto at the Adorama daily deals , good until Monday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out… There are four options in the sale…

The Profoto C1 Plus Portable Studio Light goes for $299 with free US shipping and a free cleaning kit…

Then there are three kits based on the Profoto A1X flash. The “AirTTL” option goes for $895, the “connect trigger” goes for $995, and the combo with the “connect trigger” and the “C1 Plus” goes for $1094…

The above three kits come with three freebies each:

  1. Profoto A1 grid kit
  2. Profoto Gel Kit for A1
  3. Profoto Wide Lens for A1 light

The freebies are included automatically by Adorama while this promotion is running, no coupon is needed…

IMPORTANT: the above daily-deals link shows only the Canon versions, however the promotion for the $895 and $995 bundles is running for Nikon, Sony and Fuji as well. Simply go to the individual product pages of the above items, and select the camera-system of your choice from the options…

October 4, 2020 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With:

Friday: Photoshop Elements 2020 Dummies ebook for $5

Reading is FUN-da-mental! Of the Friday Kindle daily deals one is of photography interest, it is the Kindle edition of the Dummies Photoshop Elements 2020 by Barbara Obermeier and Tad Pavoda for $5. This has 425 pages and as of the time of writing it averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 260+ ratings…

Of “6 degrees of interest” to photography, and a wordplay on the more famous books, of math interest, it’s the The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity by Steven Strogatz for $3…

October 2, 2020 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With: ,

Deal Round-Up: Tamrac Goblins, Vanguard, Diffuser/Softbox, 10pk 64GB Kingston, Lensbaby 50/2.5 (N), Etc

Due to Holidays, the current lot of the B&H daily deals last until Sunday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ Tamrac Goblin lens pouches for $7

+ Vello Universal Bounce Diffuser and Mini Softbox Kit for $10
+ you can never have too many of these (until you open a long-forgotten box and find it filled up with them!)

+ 10-pack of 64GB Kingston DataTraveler DT50 USB 3.0 flash drives for $65
+ handy if you have to hand-deliver (pun intended!) images or videos on a stick

+ Vanguard VEO 2 GO 265HABM Aluminum Tripod/Monopod with T-50 Ball Head for $100
+ you are getting a lot of product name words per dollar!

FLASH DEAL!
+ LensBaby 50mm f2.5 Sweet Spot SPARK for Nikon F for $90
+ expires Friday at 6pm ET (if my time-math is correct)

FRIDAY ONLY
The headliner of the Best Buy dailies is the current generation new condition Apple AirPods with charging case for $151 with free 4-month trials of Apple digital services (for new subscribers only)…

If the toilet paper outage and hoarding situation has you worried, the headliner Woot daily deal has a Plan B for your Side B, the BioBidet Ultimate 770 with remote control for $259. I don’t know if it has an app as well ^_^

Not camera bag, but general purpose stylish bags are part of the Friday AmazonGermany Gold Box. If you have extra padding and dividers you can sort of convert any bag into a make-shift camera bag…

October 1, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

2pk 32GB Lexar CFast 2.0 for $70 [ends Fri 10am ET]

The time is right for a new round of Adorama daily deals, this one good until Friday at 10am ET or earlier for anything that may sell out ahead of its designated expiration time-slot:

+ 2-pack of 32GB Lexar Professional 3500x CFast 2.0 memory cards for $70
+ that’s $35 per card

+ Nanuk 935 waterproof case (DSLR, three lenses, two color options, NK-7 resin, etc) for $110 each

October 1, 2020 Filed Under: camera accessories