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Friday: GoPRO HERO8 Live Streaming Holiday Bundle for $300 (includes 32GB Extreme, Pole/Tripod, HeadStrap, Extra Battery)

There is a camera and photo theme in the Friday December [wow it’s December already?] Best Buy daily deals with the following offers of potential interest:

+ GoPRO HERO8 Black Live Streaming Holiday Bundle (2020) for $300
+ includes headstrap, the “Shorty” (hybrid mini tripod / extension pole), 32GB Sandisk Extreme microSD, extra GoPRO battery)
+ price-matched at Adorama and Amazon

+ Sunpak PlatinumPlus Ultra 7000 2-in-1 70″ Tripod and Monopod for $40

+ Sunpak PlatinumPlus 5858D 58″ Tripod for $10

+ 500GB WD MyPassport external USB-C portable SSD for $85

+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme Plus SDXC for $33

+ Game of Thrones TV sets and collections (if you can forget the last few seasons happened LOL)

December 3, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, other cameras Tagged With: ,

Sirui, NiSi, Vello, Watson AA, Peak D, Kula (ends Sat PM)

It’s FriYAY and there’s a new set of B&H daily deals, good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out. This is the usual B&H Friday PM to Saturday PM closing [check their website for details]:

+ 8pk Watson Chroma Rechargeable AA NiMH Batteries (2500mAh, 1.2V, Multicolored) for $18
+ optionally buy it together with an 8-bay Watson charger for $48

+ Peak Design Everyday Backpack (20L) for $140 with three color options

+ Sirui T-2004SK Tripod with G-20KX Ball Head Travel Tripod Kit for $100

+ Vello EZ-Flip Gel Set for $12

+ NiSi V6 100mm Filter Holder Kit with Enhanced Circular Polarizer Filter for $159

+ Transcend DrivePro 550 Dual Lens Dash Camera with 64GB microSD Card for $110

+ Kula Bebe 3D Lens for Smartphones for $29

+ flash deal: Lenspen SensorKlear Loupe Kit for $40
+ no teaser for next flash deal

December 3, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Sigma Lens Instant Savings (74 options)

Shiguma time! If you are a fan of their lenses, DSLR or mirrorless, prime or zoom, APS-C or full frame or other-frame, B&H Photo is hosting an Instant Savings promotion with 74 options with prices ranging from $149 (lens mounts) to $289 (30/1.4 DC DN) all the way up to $1849 for the weightlifter’s favorite (150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sporty-Spice)

December 3, 2020 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals, sigma Tagged With: ,

Thursday (starts 2:30pm ET): Neewer 35mm f1.7 MF lens

Per the Amazon Camera and Photo Lightning Deals schedule, starting at 2:30pm eastern (3pm for non-Prime members) there is going to be a manual focus lightning deal, FINALLY at Amazon!

+ starts 2:30pm ET: Neewer 35mm f1.7 MF lens (price before sale $69)
+ the listing also has a 10% off clip-on coupon
+ the Gold Box listing points towards the Sony E option, which has the same pre-sale price as the Canon EF-M
+ also on the same listing is the Fuji X version which is down to $50
+ sometimes the lightning deal is for the item pointed to by the Gold Box teasers (in this case the Sony E)
+ sometimes the lightning deal is for all or multiple items in a listing
+ on rare occasion the lightning deal is on something other than the one pointed to by the Gold Box teasers
+ in order words, we’ll know for sure when it goes live at 2:30pm ET on Thursday 🙂

The rest of the lightning deals include the usual fare, lots of Neewer camera and photo accessories, including LP-E6 charging, lighting kits, AKASO and other action cams, etc, etc, etc…

Meanwhile the day-long Amazon Gold Box deals du jour include:

+ ASUS Vivobook 15.6″ FHD laptop for $600
+ i5-1035G1, 8GB RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, backlit keyboard, fingerprint reader, USB-C and USB 3.x ports, HDMI, bluetooth 5, Win10, Intel UHD, 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz, 45% NTSC, anti-glare, 178 degrees, etc

+ Hyper-X Gaming Gear

+ Electric Guitar Starter Kit with everything needed for $125
+ PRO TIP: before you buy this for anyone, make sure you calculate the distance between the electric guitar and your bed 🙂

December 3, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: ,

Thursday: Pelican, Genaray, Movo, Caldigit, GVM, Etc

Thirst-DAY is here, and with it we have a new B&H Photo daily deals set good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ GenAray PortaBright Daylight LED Battery Powered Monolight for $159

+ Pelican 1535AirNF 2017 Wheeled Carry-On Air Case for $150 in three color options

+ CalDigit TS3 Plus 15-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock for $190

+ Movo WMIC50 Camera-Mount Wireless Lavalier Microphone System (2.4 GHz) for $55

+ Magnus TinyGrip Flexible Tripod for $7 in two color options

+ IndiPro tools, two options, $100 to $120

+ 16GB Kingston microSDHC with SD adapter and USB reader for $4.49

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

+ next flash deal: Nanguang TRGB1412A Pavolite LED Tube Light (4′) (price before sale $399)

UPDATE: a quartet of “scratch and dent” refurbished Chromebooks are on offer for $100 each as one of the Woot deals du jour for Thursday from Dell, Acer and Samsung…

UPDATE #2: the Best Buy daily deals include the new condition Sunpak 12″ Bi-Color Ring Light Kit with BOYA Lavalier Microphone and Bluetooth Remote for $110…

UPDATE #3 the latest Adorama daily deals (ends by Friday 10am ET) includes:

+ Spiffy Gear Lumiee Bi-Color Light Bracelet for $30

+ LG 24MK600M-B 24” Class Full HD IPS LED LCD Monitor with Radeon FreeSync for $135

+ Apple Silicone Case for iPhone X for $9

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

20% off Olympus Outlet with coupon [ends Thur PM]

Extended until the end of day on Thursday December 3 in 2020, coupon code CYBERSAVINGS (not shavings) gets you 20% off participating reconditioned camera gear at the Olympus USA Outlet store [link sorted by price, ascending]… Terms, restrictions, conditions, etc, etc, apply as usual…

As of the time of writing, 27 items are listed. Among them:

+ all items mentioned below are REFURBISHED/RECONDITIONED

+ Moo Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8 for $500

+ E-M10 II two lens kit (14-42 IIR & 40-150 f4-5.6R) for $320
+ with 14-42 IIR for $280, with 14-42 EZ for $290

+ E-M10 III body only for $260

+ E-M10 Mark IV with 14-42 EZ for $511
+ body only for $448
+ soul only: PRICELESS!

+ E-M5 III with 12-45mm f4 for $1000

+ E-M1 (Mark I) body for $800

+ E-PL10 with 14-42 for $448
+ body only for $384
+ various color options

+ all items mentioned above are REFURBISHED/RECONDITIONED

+ find them all at the Olympus USA Outlet store, items sorted by ascending prices

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, olympus Tagged With: , , , ,

Nikon 70-20mm f2.8E FL ED VR with FotoPro X-Go Max carbon fiber tripod w/built-in monopod for $1897

Trinkety freebies are a harder sell when one is buying an f2.8 PRO zoom lens than when one is buying an entry-level camera or entry-level lens. But what about an actual real tripod as a freebie?

Adorama is bundling for FREE with their new condition Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8E FL ED VR lens for $1897 an actual real tripod, the FotoPro X-Go Max Carbon Fiber Tripod with Built-In Monopod, FPH-62Q Ball Head which goes for $269 on its own…

If you don’t want any freebies or if you are planning to take advantage of the B&H PayBoo card, B&H Photo offers it at the same price but without a free tripod…

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: ,

Canon 1D Mark II Body w/64GB Sony CFast 2.0 for $4500

How about a speed-demon DSLR? The previous generation new condition Canon 1D X Mark II body only is now down to $4500 with free US shipping and a free 64GB Sony CFast 2.0 memory card at B&H Photo for a limited time…

In other deal action, they have:

+ BenQ EX2780Q 27″ 16:9 HDR FreeSync 144Hz IPS Gaming Monitor for $450

+ Apple AirPods sale, five options, $135 to $230

+ for more action, check their Cyber Week deals…

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals Tagged With: , ,

In-Stock: Feiyu AK2000C 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer

We have an in-stock alert for Yu! A FeiYu! It’s the new condition Feiyu AK2000C 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer in-stock and ready to ship for $230 with free US shipping at B&H Photo…

For more action, check their Cyber Week deals…

Speaking of stabilizer-y things, Adorama is currently selling the new condition DJI Osmo Pocket 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilized Handheld Camera for $249 with free US shipping…

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

Capture One PRO 20 for Nikon or Fuji or Sony for $90 with $25 bonus Gift Card

If you are interested in the brand-centric Capture One PRO 20, good until Friday 12/4/20 at 4:15pm ET, B&H Photo is offering the brand-centric Capture One PRO 20 (download) for $90 with a FREE $25 B&H Photo gift card included. This is available in three flavors, Nikon, Fuji X and Sony… You will also receive a free upgrade to version 21 when it comes out…

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: apps and software Tagged With:

Joby, Slik Pro, Delkin, NiSi V5 [end Thur 10am ET]

The theme is stabilizer-y things in the current Adorama daily deals (end by Thursday at 10am ET):

+ Delkin Devices Fat Gecko Triple Suction Mount for $60

+ Slik Pro AL-323 BH4 Tripod with BH4 Triple Action Ball Head for $80

+ Joby GorillaPod 1K Flexible Mini-Tripod with Ball Head Kit for $30

+ NiSi V5 Pro Rose Gold Edition 100mm Filter Holder with Enhanced Landscape CPL for $75

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: camera accessories, daily deals

Pre-order new Manfrotto PRO Scrim kits

Pre-order time of the Manfrotto kind! Their new PRO Scrim kits (four options, $460 to $930) are now available for pre-ordering at Adorama… Product details over there…

They come with a 2-year warranty which can be extended to a 5-year extended warranty when you register the product [which goes to show the value of one’s personal data, which most people readily hand off to Facebook and Google and such without expecting compensation for the commercial use of their personal data, but that’s a story for another day]…

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With: ,

Wedn: 1-Year Microsoft 365 Family w/$50 Amazon GC for $100 [auto-renewal, up to 6 people]

If you want to check out the Microsoft 365 Family subscription at virtually half price, for Wednesday 12/2/20 in the pacific time zone, as their headliner Gold Box deal du jour is a 1-year prepaid auto-renewing family-style (up to six people/accounts participating) Microsoft 365 Family Subscription for $100 with a bonus of a $50 Amazon Gift Card. Limit two per customer.

The Microsoft 365 offer [interesting that they are now leveraging their brand name in the subscription] includes the usual Office apps (Excel, Word, etc) and 1TB of OneDrive per person. This is good for PCs, Macs, Android and iPhones/iPads/etc. So it works on a mix-and-match basis.

PRO TIP: if you have a personality that is split six ways, you can have six different Microsoft accounts that have 1TB OneDrive each, making it 6TB OneDrive total 🙂

NOTE: this is an auto-renewing subscription. IF you don’t cancel it, it will auto-renew automatically at the future-renewal-rate. The $50 Amazon Gift Card offer is only for the initial 12-month period. You won’t be getting a $50 Amazon GC every year 🙂

Elsewhere at Amazon they have:

+ Nikon Instant Savings promotion with 30 options, a mix of cameras and lenses of the DSLR and mirrorNYET kind

+ Sony Cameras Instant Savings promotion with seven options, a mix of APS-C and 35mmFF mirrornyets…

+ 6-month Audible Plus subscription for $5 per month; then it auto-renews at $8/month
+ this is a limited Netflix-style subscription, a departure from the usual ownership-style Audible subscription which costs more
+ this includes ONLY a subset of the audiobooks available on Audible
+ the “Premium Plus” subscription with a $15/month standard price includes the above “Plus” plus you get one free (to digitally own) audiobook per month [you can bank freebies to a certain extent if you don’t need any audiobook one particular month; but they do have limitations/expirations]

+ UPDATE: another promotion, spend $20+ on 300 select qualifying products and save $5
+ Amazon herself must needs be the seller of each eligible product
+ all items must be placed in the same shopping cart

December 2, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Wedn: RAVPower NP-FW50 Charger with Two Batteries for $21

Charge me up! If the Rolling Stones were doing ad-covers and if RAVpower could afford the Rolling Stones fees 🙂

Silliness aside, good until Wednesday 12/2/20 at 11:59pm central time (or earlier if sold out) one of the Woot deals du jour is the new condition RAVPower NP-FW50 Charger with Two Batteries kit offered for $21. Free shipping for Prime members (one-time connection of your Woot-Prime accounts) or flat shipping fee for the calendar day for non-members. Limit one kit per customer…

December 1, 2020 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

Wedn: SpyderX, Vello Extension Tubes, GVM, AngelBird, Etc

Hump-DAY is here once again and we have a new set of B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ DataColor SpyderX Pro Colorimeter for $100

+ DataColor SpyderX Elite for $170

+ AngelBird AtomX SSDmini (2TB) for $410

+ Vello Auto Extension Tube Set for $55 in your choice of Canon, Nikon, M43rds, Fuji X and Sony E

+ GVM LS-150D LED Daylight Video Light for $235

+ Manfrotto Lumimuse 6 On-Camera LED Light for $50

+ UVC sanitation box/bag, two options, $12 to $30

+ 64GB Kingston DataTraveler 106 USB 3.0 Type A flash drive for $6
+ 5pk for $30, 10pk for $55

+ flash deals: Magnus Tablet/Smartphone Tripod Mount for $8
+ next flash deal: Genustech 82mm Variable Neutral Density and Circular Polarizer Filter

December 1, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Pre-order the new Sigma I-series compact mirrorless lenses (E/L)

Shiguma strikes again with a new line-up of lenses, the I-series. These are mirrorless-exclusive full-frame compact-priority lenses and they are coming out for the Sony E and Leica L 35mm-full-frame mirrorless systems. The three lenses are:

+ 24mm f3.5 DG DN for $549
+ 35mm f2 DG DN for $639
+ 65mm f2 DG DN for $699

Initially at least, the prices are the same, there is no “Leica tax”. Of course prices can change over time, eg the E-system lenses getting discounted but not the Leica [pure speculation of course].

You can preorder these lenses at B&H Photo and Adorama…

Read more about them at the B&H Explora which includes hands-on impressions and sample pictures…

December 1, 2020 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sigma Tagged With: , , , ,

(CANCELED) Leftovers Tuesday: 10% off USED with coupon at KEH Camera

This Tuesday-only offer got cancelled…

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December 1, 2020 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , ,

Venus Laowa 9mm f2.8 Zero-D MF lens for $419 [X/E/m43/EF-M/DJI], Etc [ends Wedn 10am ET]

It’s LENS DAY again at the Adorama daily deals, good until Wednesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Venus Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D manual focus lens for $419 in your choice of Fuji X or Sony E or Canon EF-M or M43rds or DJI DL

+ Hoya SOLAS 77mm Variable Neutral Density Filter for $150

+ 2pk Flashpoint XPLOR 300 Pro TTL R2 Battery-Powered Outdoor Flash for $699

+ AKG K-702 headphones for $149

December 1, 2020 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , , , ,