Fuji fans, good until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) you can get the new condition Fujifilm VF-X21 External OVF for $60 with free US shipping as the current Adorama daily deal…
Archives for 2020
New iPad Air (4th generation, 2020) down to $559
The starting price of the new iPad Air (4th generation, 2020 model, 10.9″, Wifi-only, 64GB on-board) is $599 but for a limited time B&H Photo is offering the green color scheme for $559. This is not a leafy dark green, more of a soothing pastel pistachio-ice-cream green.
Interesting to note how the “storage steps” have gone with Apple. With this model, there are two steps, 64GB and 256GB and the difference is +$150 because now Apple considers the jump from 64GB to 128GB a “half stop” ($50), while the jump from 128GB to 256GB remains a “full stop” ($100).
The cellular option (4G LTE) is the usual +$130…
With Google and manufacturers ignoring Android tablets (Chromebooks are the new tablets seems to be good enough for Google these days) even Apple haters had and have been turning to iPads 🙂
Monday: Celestron, Sirui Tripod, Boling, Zoom, Etc
Oh noez, Monday is here, get ready for another M-F work-week, or M-Sa, or M-Su! Regardless, there’s a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any that may sell out ahead of its designated expiration time):
+ Celestron National Parks Foundation ExploraScope 114AZ 114mm f/8.8 Alt-Az Reflector Telescope
+ REMINDER: NASA has planned a live audio event for 12pm ET on Monday for an announcement about the Moon! (I’m sure it will be revealed they discovered an ancient Klingon Moonbase over there!)
+ SirUI SR-3004 SR Series Professional Aluminum Tripod for $200
+ Boling Pocket LED RGB Video Light for $100
+ Zoom H1n 2-Input / 2-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Onboard X/Y Microphone for $80
And now to the Best Buy dailies, which outsurvived against all odds (and incompetence) Circuit City, HH Gregg, Montgomery Ward’s Electric Avenue, The Incredible Universe, etc:
+ 13″ MacBook PRO with touch and magic bar
+ Hampton Peace smart lighting and such
+ 1TB WD Easystore external HDD for $45
+ monitor mounting arms
+ indoors air quality monitor (don’t want our indoors pictures to be polluted!)
+ standing desk with keyboard tray
Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal (changes Monday 10am ET) is the Godox VL300 300W LED Video Light going for $499 with free US shipping.
UPDATE: the NewEgg omelettes du jour for Monday are up and among them:
+ 8TB Seagate Desktop external HDD for $125 after $20 promo code
+ ASUS 24″, Intel i5-10600K, more storage
4 Magazines for $16 total for 1-year, including two photography options
If you are willing to subscribe to four magazines or more, you can get a great per magazine price at this week’s 4 for $16 DiscountMags sale. You select four or more magazines, and you pay $4 per magazine per year.
This includes two photography options, “Digital Photo PRO” and “Outdoor Photographer”…
These are printed magazines delivered by mail to USA addresses. No auto-renewals…
Sunday: Tamrac, Neewer Ringlights, HUION graftabs, Etc
Never fear, Sunday is here with a mix of daily deals from various retailers as usual…
Some action at the Sunday Amazon US/A Holiday Epic Deals / Gold Box as follows:
+ up to 39% off Neewer Ringlights and other accessories, 12 options, $18 to $160
+ up to 30% off HUION graphics tablets
+ because $WACOM$
+ up to 30% Vankyo projectors
+ around 100 Kindle ebook daily deals
Meanwhile at the B&H Photo dailies they have, a 4-pack until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any that may sellout ahead of time):
+ Tamrac Quick Release Microfiber Shoulder Strap (Brown) for $10
+ photographic Z snaps!
+ Pelican 2430 MityLite Xenon Flashlight for $10
+ because light painting is fun!
+ Ion Audio Insta Sound Portable Indoor/Outdoor Bluetooth Speakers for $45
+ audio killed the written word star?
+ SoundCraft Ui16 16-Input Remote-Controlled Digital Mixer for $300 after automatic in-cart coupon
And at the Woot dailies there’s refurbished MacBooks in “Computers” and an adjustable laptop stand in “Home and Kitchen”…
Speaking of Woot, among their current Best Sellers they have a 256GB PNY Elite microSDXC for $32 and Sony single use batteries and a PNY USB flash drive and such…
Kipon Canon EF/EF-S Lens to C Mount Camera adapter for $20
Have Canon EF and EF-S lenses and want to mount them to C-mount cameras? OR are you a lens adapter collector OR want to be featured on a future episode of (Camera) Hoarders? Good until Sunday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) the current Adorama daily deal is the new condition Kipon Canon EF/EF-S Lens to C Mount Camera adapter going for $20 with free US shipping…
Saturday: Brookstone digiframes, LED Light Strips, Samsung, Etc
Headlining the Amazon USA Gold Box for Saturday October 24 in 2020 is a sale on Brookstone digital picture frame with prices ranging from $70 to $130…
Also part of the dailies over there is a sale on colorful LED light strips with prices ranging from $10 to $25…
Samsung is the theme at the Best Buy dailies with Galaxy Tablets, Note 10* phones, encrypted SSDs, Tizen 85″ 4K TVs, EVO Plus microSD cards, internal SSD, vacuum de roboto, and more Samsungs!
SpyderLensCal AF Calibration Aid for $39, Manfrotto TwistGrip $50, Etc
FriYAY is here with a new 48-hour round of B&H daily deals good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or if sold out ~ and earlier for the flash deals obviously):
+ DataColor SpyderLensCal Autofocus Calibration Aid for $39
+ Manfrotto TwistGrip Complete Kit for $50
+ the thumbnail may look like a doorknob from a distance but it’s not 🙂
+ Sachtler Camporter Camera Bag (Small) for $80
+ 32GB Kingston DataTraveler 106 USB 3.0 Flash Drive for $4
+ or a 5-pack for $20 (same price per GB but you get more of them)
+ flash deal: Spiffy Gear Light Blaster with Universal Studio Adapter Kit for $89
Light painters may be interested in the Friday Meh daily deal, it’s the Coleman 650 Lumen LED Flashlight for $25 with free shipping for Meh-members…
UPDATE: among the Friday Best Buy daily deals you can get, among others:
+ 10.1″ NixPlay Wifi digital picture frame for $140
+ 12TB WD EasyStore external USB 3.0 HDD for $200
+ 32GB Sandisk iXpand USB 3.0/Lightning flash drive for $20
+ why the price so high for 32GB? Why, #AppleTax of course 🙂
+ Insignia projectors
+ Insignia 800 lumen rechargeable LED flashlight for $29
Used Panasonic GH5 Body for $1079+ [NEW $1398 w/LOTS of Freebies]
If of all the M43rds video-friendly cameras out there it is the Panasonic GH5 body only the one you want, as of the time of writing you can get it in “USED – Condition Excellent Plus” for $1079 at Adorama… You can also get it in “USED – Condition 9+” for $1160 at B&H Photo…
The current new condition price is $1400 (okay, $1398) at various authorized Panasonic dealers, some of which are bundling it with a boatload of free accessories, for example, at Adorama’s website there are four different accessor-a-palooza bundles with Marantz or Rode Mic, Extreme PRO SDXC, on-camera light, camera bag, extra batteries/chargers. One of hte bundles has the V-Log…
All four of the new condition bundles above at Adorama’s are eligible for the OPTIONAL combined purchase discount, simply expand the little thing that says “Special Offer Create Your Bundle and Save Up to $410!” and you’ll see them all. SPOILERS: the options are Sigma, Rokinon, 7artisans, Kamlan prime lenses. Each lens’s discount is stackable, so if you buy all the participating lenses, your total combined purchase discount will be $410.
The cheapest combined purchase add-on lens is the 7artisans 25/1.8 for +$65, and the 7artisans 50/1.8 for +$74… The most expensive option is the Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine DS for a +$599…
Thursday: Sirui Tripod CF, DraCast BoltRay, NiSi ND Filter Kits, Etc
Thirstday is here and with it we have a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals, good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ SirUI N-1204SK N-S Series Tripod (Carbon Fiber) for $200
+ DraCast Boltray LED600 Plus Daylight LED Light for $139 with FREE Dracast NP-F 2200mAh 2-Battery and Charger Kit
+ STS Disposable 3-Ply Face Mask for $6 (50pk) to $10 (100pk)
+ Nuforce BE Sport3 Wireless In-Ear Sports for $10
UPDATE: for fans of real/analog watches, Amazon USA has a Citizen sale of various kinds…
UPDATE #2: the latest Adorama daily deal (changes Friday 10am ET) is a sale on the 77mm and 82mm NiSi Special Edition ND Circular Filter Kit (with Microfiber Cloth) for $120 and $125 respectively…
Wedn: Fimi, Cristina, Tamrac, Fotodiox, refurb Canon SX720 HS superzoom, Acer ConceptD, 4TB WD Elements, Etc
Hump Day is upon us once again with a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ J.Cristina 3in1 Photo Reference Tool for $13
+ Tamrac Tradewind Backpack 18 (Dark Gray) for $35
+ FotoDioX C-700RSV FlapJack LED Bi-Color Edge Light (18″) for $270
+ secret Dio fans? 🙂
+ FiMi X8SE 2020 4K Drone Combo Kit for $499
+ no relation to FeMa!
It’s back at the Best Buy dailies the refurbished red Canon SX720 HS superzoom (40X optical) going for $150. Also part of their Wednesday dailies:
+ 256GB Sandisk Nintendo Switch microSDXC for $55
+ 33-pack of assorted single-use Insingia batteries for $12
UPDATE: the Adorama daily deal (changes Wednesday 10am ET) is the new condition ACER ConceptD 7 laptop, model CN715-71-73A9, going for $2200 with free US shipping. IT has a 15.6″ 4K Ultra HD IPS, 100% Adobe RGB, PAntone validated, i7-9750H 2.60GHz, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 with 8GB, Thunderbolt 3, 81% screen to body, Win10 Home, etc…
Meanwhile at the NewEgg dailies, promo code 93XPW28 drops the price of the 4TB WD Elements external USB 3.0 HDD from $100 to $85 with free US shipping, sold and shipped by NewEgg herself…
UPDATE #2: among the Wednesday Amazon USA dailies there’s budget TCL TVs and 4-figure LG OLED TVs, robotic vacuums [aka electronic pet toys], Motorola Razr, KitchenAids pro mixers, and LED curtain and strip lights…
Tuesday: FalconEyes, Bright Tangerine, Celestron, Etc
Tuesday is here with a new set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET tonite (or earlier iff {if and only if} sold out):
+ FalconEyes PockeLite F7 RGBW On-Camera Light Kit with Diffuser & Grid for $99
+ Bright Tangerine Misfit Atom 4 x 5.65″/4 x 4″ Ultra Lightweight 2-Stage Clip-On Matte Box for $249
+ personally I’m holding out for the Yellow Submarine edition 😉
+ Celestron Granite 10×42 Binocular for $230
+ Acronis True Image 2021 (1 Windows License / Download / Standard Perpetual Edition) for $25
Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies they have among others:
+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme Plus microSDXC (A2, V30, U3, UHS-I) for $34
+ AluraTek 7-inch touch-screen LCD Wi-Fi digital-picture frame for $80
Then at Woot, another way to look at the new additions is the New Deals Today page over there, and today’s “get” includes iPhones, iWatches and HP Monitors among others…
Speaking of Woot, among their latest Best Sellers they have Sony Stamina single-use batteries, 128GB PNY USB 3.0 flash drive for $18, 256GB PNY Elite microSDXC for $32, cat and coffee t-shirts, smartphone photo-accessories, and mo(i)re…
And at Iteration #60 of the Electronics Garage sale they have SimplySmart and Brookstone digi-frames, Sony single-use batteries, Contixo drones, international versions of Samsung S20* and Note10* phones, and such…
Viltrox EF-M2 0.71x Lens Mount Adapter (EF lenses to M43 bodies) for $115
We have a new Adorama daily deal good until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) it is the new condition Viltrox EF-M2 0.71x Lens Mount Adapter for Canon EF lenses to M43rds camera bodies going for $115 with free US shipping… Only this option/combination is on the listing…
Monday: Frame Set, GVM 2-Light, Sirui Tripod, Etc
Monday is here, another 5-day grind begins for the M-F crowd, and we start with the Meh deal of the day, not so meh if you like wooden photo frames! They are selling a set of seven black wood picture frames of various sizes (as a set, you cannot select individual sizes) for a total of $39 plus shipping (free S&H for Mehmembers). You get a total of seven frames, as seen on the picture over there…
Then to the B&H dailies we go, good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out ~ as follows:
+ SirUI EP-C10K 8X Carbon Fiber Tabletop Tripod with C-10S Ball Head (Black) for $80~
+ GVM 520S-B Bi-Color LED 2-Panel Kit for $279
+ Tascam audio/midi interfaces, two options, $200 to $300
+ K-Teck KE-89CC Avalon Series Aluminum Boompole with Internal XLR Cable for $120~
Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies you can haz a 11.6″ Celery HP Chromebook (4GB RAM / 32GB storage) for $159… A 1TB WD external portable SSD for $100… a 39pc screw-driver and bit set for $17… a 6-pack of Insignia CR-2032 batteries for $7… and mo(i)re…
Smart lighting of the consumer-kind is the headliner of the Monday Amazon USA Holiday Gold Box from Sylvania, with prices ranging from $10~ to $29~ with 11 options, including Wifi full color LEDs, normal LEDs, naked/clear LEDs, remote control light strips, etc… Personally, I’m holding out for the Samsung AMOLED Super Vivid LEDs 😉
UPDATE: One of the Kindle daily deals for Monday is the “The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln’s Ghost” ebook going for $2 but you also get a promotional $0.20 “Great on Kindle” store credit (must be spent within 7 days). [“Great on Kindle” are ebooks that are marked so by Amazon because they look great on a Kindle, eg they did their homework with formatting, etc, it’s not a lazy PDF scan and such]
Amazon describes this book as follows:
“A story of faith and fraud in post–Civil War America, told through the lens of a photographer who claimed he could capture images of the dead
In the early days of photography, in the death-strewn wake of the Civil War, one man seized America’s imagination. A “spirit photographer,” William Mumler took portrait photographs that featured the ghostly presence of a lost loved one alongside the living subject. Mumler was a sensation: The affluent and influential came calling, including Mary Todd Lincoln, who arrived at his studio in disguise amidst rumors of séances in the White House.”
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…
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
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 😉
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…
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
Datacolor Spyder-Lens-Cal Autofocus Calibration Aid for $39
Calibration maniacs of the world, unite and take over! Good until Saturday at 10am ET, the ADorama daily deal is the new condition Datacolor Spyder-Lens-Cal Autofocus Calibration Aid going for $39 with free US shipping…
Meanwhile among the Saturday Best Buy dailies they have the 1TB Samsung T7 Gen II USB 3.2 portable external SSD with Hardware Encryption going for $160. The SSD and the hardware encryption = higher price than good old portable spinning HDDs…
And at the Woot dailies they have the Contixo F16 and F30 drones under “Sellout”, Whistling tea kettles under Clearance [something to wake you up while you are burning the midnight Photoshop oil], and under Gourmet they have a 3pk of Mad Priest [Melisandre NOT included] coffee…
Pre-order the all new OnePlus 8T for $749 with FREEbie
It’s raining new smartphones left and right these days, and one such is the expected now-a-days “T version” of the current OnePlus model. So if all the options out there the OnePlus 8T is the one you want, it is now available for pre-ordering at B&H Photo for $749 with free US shipping and during this promotional pre-ordering period you will also receive for FREE (automatically by B&H) the OnePlus Truly Wireless Earbuds. The 8T is available in two color options…
As a quick refresher, this uses the SnapDragon 865, 12GB RAM, four back cameras, one front camera, 6.5″ IPS touchscreen (20:9 2400 x 1080, HDR10+, 1100 nits, 120Hz, Gorilla Glass 3), dual SIM, 256GB UFS 3.1 on-board storage, North America variant with 5G, unlocked, Wifi 6 (aka 802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.1. However, no microSD, no headphone jack!
PSA: Chromebooks Getting Extended End Of Life deadline
Google is very “data creepy” (but it has plenty of competition from Facebook, Instagram, Ad Networks, Governments, etc). However, one of the good things it did the last few years is the launch of Chromebooks, easy to use and easy to maintain laptops and more recently moonlighting as Android kinda-tablets.
And while Google avoided the Android pitfall and Google was responsible for the OS updates, it placed OS update expiration dates on Chromebooks. Not on an individual Chromebook but on the platform. Let’s say your Chromebook is using the Celery 123U half-core processor. The Celery 123U launched in May 2015. You bought your Chromebook brand new in box from a retailer in May 2020. The OS updates expiration countdown does not start from May 2020 but May 2015. So even though you just bought a NIB laptop from an authorized retailer, the OS updates were already close to expiration.
After getting e-yelled at by many and mayhaps losing some big corporate and educational orders over this, Google increase the OS updates expiration date (“AUE” in Google speak) multiple times.
And now they have increased it once again per Android Central, so be sure to visit the official Google Support Auto Update Expiration Date page to check whether your current Chromebook(s) have been given a new lease on life. One of mine jumped from 2021 to 2023!
BUT that’s not all. Some of you frequent Chromebook users may have noticed something irritating the last few weeks. Instead of having one set of settings like it used to, the Chromebook now has separate ChromeOS and Chrome Browser settings. This was irritating and confusing. Why were they doing that?
Well the answer to that is related to AUE. Google’s Project LaCros will be splitting the Chrome browser from the ChromeOS, allowing older Chromebooks who no longer get the OS updates to be able to receive Chrome browser updates like a “normal” computer.
This also opens up an interesting question and food for thought for anti-monopoly hawks. Will Chromebooks also be opened up to other web browsers now that OS and the Browser will separate? Details at the OS News at 11 🙂
First Timers: $5 Amazon promotional credit when you convert $30+ in Coins for an Amazon Gift Card at Coinstar
This is the closest thing to free money one can get these days! IF you put $30+ in coins at a participating Coinstar kiosk (found inside grocery stores and such, those green things) AND you get your converted money in an Amazon Gift Card (you get a gift card code on the printed receipt, it won’t print a plastic gift card) you will automatically receive a $5 Amazon promotional credit (for items sold and shipped by Amazon herself only) to be used until 12/31/2020.
IMPORTANT: this promotion is only available to first timers. The terms and conditions state:
“Offer limited to the first time a customer gets an Amazon.com Gift Card claim code from a physical location”
The promotion runs until 11/30/20. All the details at the Terms and Conditions page.
If you are not familiar, Coinstar charges a service fee IF you convert your coins into cash. However, if you convert your coins into gift cards, there’s no service fee (because presumably they get a commission/service-fee from the stores offering the gift cards).
I have done these type of Coinstar promotions a few times before without issue. The only thing that worries me this time is the “first time” language. But if you typically convert your coins to Amazon gift cards anyway, you have nothing to lose by doing this.
PS: if you like making noise, this is fun, because the Coinstar machine makes a lot of noise while counting the coins ^_^
Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 instant film camera for $60
Not a daily deal but more of a longer-term sale at Amazon proper, it is, in five colorful pastel-y color-schemes, the new condition Fujifilm Instax Mini 11 instant film camera going for $60 with free US shipping. Limit 3 per color per customer. Not sure if the limit of 3 is on all colors, or only on a single color.
As of the time of writing this critter averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 1100+ global ratings and it has 45 answered questions…
PS: also part of these longer-running (longer than a daily deal that is) sales at Amazon is a Samsung SSD sale with seven options, four of them external, three of them internal…
PS2: I don’t want to create an additional post for this, but for traveling photographers who happen to be Costco members, you get a $20 Costco shop card when you rent an AVIS/Budget car (with additional driver included) by 10/19/20. The rental period (travel) does not have to start now, just the booking. The rental period can be as late as 3/31/21 [if anyone of us survives the several doomsday scenarios currently in play!!!] Check their website or email newsletter or stores for more details…
Lowepro Viewpoint BP250 Backpack, Tamrac QR MF Shoulder Strap, refurb-used Kindle Voyage for $48, Etc
FRi-YAY is here and as usual the B&H daily deals last for 48 hours until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier iff anything sells out). This time we have a trio:
+ Lowepro ViewPoint BP 250 Backpack for DJI Mavic Drone or Action Cameras (Black) for $65
+ Tamrac Quick Release Leather Microfiber Shoulder Strap (Black) for $12
+ Celestron Night Vision Red LED Flashlight for $6
For Friday 10/16/20 at the Woot website they have a sale of Samsung monitors at the main Woot and old Kindle e-readers at Woot Sellout, with a very good deal being the Kindle Voyage e-reader in USED/refurbished condition from $48 to $50. This is a model with physical programmable page turn buttons on each side. I haz this very model and I’m using it daily these days [because READING is FUN-DA-MENTAL], it is holding up pretty well even when I send a boatload of Kindle samples and online articles to it daily (within reason of course). It has a touchscreen, built-in light, 4GB on-board storage (some of it is eaten up by the Kindle OS and such), Wifi-only, micro-USB charging, plenty of cheap cases available,300ppi display, annoying Goodreads button at the top of the page (if you don’t care for Goodreads it takes up valuable space that could have gone to a feature you use more often), etc…
Meanwhile at the Friday Best Buy deals du jour they have:
+ Philips Hue Lightstrip Plus (2m base and 1m extension, non bluetooth) kit for $70
+ 1TB WD Blue internal SATA SSD for $100
+ Thule Accent Backpack with a child bag for $70
+ this is a 15.6″ laptop bag, not a camera bag
UPDATE: forgot about Dre, and about the Adorama daily deals which are good until Friday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ NiSi V5 Pro Red Edition 100mm Filter Holder with Enhanced Landscape CPL for $80
+ NiSi V5 Pro 100mm Filter Holder with CPL & Adapter Rings for $80
Thursday: E-Mart Lighting Gear Sale (16 options) and Kodak Instant Digital Camera & Printer (13 options)
The 2-Day Prime Day is over, but Amazon has already (!!!) entered the “Holiday Dash” season [hey, at least it’s not Christmas decorations in July at Dollar Tree] and surprise-surprise there are two (!!!) groups of camera and photo products at their Thursday 10/15/20 Gold Box / Holiday Dash daily deals as follows:
+ E-Mart Photo Accessories, 16 options, $15 to $139, including various background stands, backdrops, rectangular and ring lights, umbrella kits, crystal balls (!!!), and more
+ Kodak Smile Instant Print Digital Cameras, 13 options, $70 to $105; includes:
- $70 Instant Print Digital Camera in multiple colors
- $70 Instant Printer with Bluetooth in various colors
- $110 Instant Digital Camera with 3.5×4.25″ Zinc prints for $105 in multiple colors
+ sale ends Thursday at 11:59pm pacific time (or earlier for anything that may sell out ahead of its designated expiration time)
Thursday: Litra Filter Kit LE, Joby TelePod PRO, Christie 65″, Etc
Yes, Thirst-DAY is here, we “survived” two “Prime Daze”, and now we can haz a new set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ Litra LitraTorch 2.0 Filter Kit with GoPro Mount (Limited Edition) for $65
+ JOBY TelePod PRO Kit for $80 minus 43% off automatic in-cart coupon, which, according to my head-math should be under $48
+ Christie Access Series UHD651-L 65″ Direct-Lit LED 4K UHD LCD Display for $895
+ for the speed readers out there, it does NOT say “Charlie’s Angels” 🙂
+ Movo WMIC50 Camera-Mount Wireless Lavalier Microphone System (2.4 GHz) for $55
UPDATE: A dozen Philips Hue products are the main Woot deal of the day for Thursday 10/15/20…
Sandisk is back at the Best Buy dailies with their 32GB Ultra Plus microSDXC going for $10, while the 2TB WD EasyStore external USB 3.0 HDD is going for $55, that’s $27.50 per GB…
Prime Day Last Call: RAVpower Nikon EN-EL15 Charger Kit, Kodak Zink Digital Instant Camera, Etc
One last sweep of the Amazon Prime Day #2 before it is swept into the history books! I won’t repeat anything I previously posted about [please read every “about” on this blog in the Canadian pronunciation], here are some expiring-soon (the party ends around 11:59pm pacific):
+ RAVpower charger with two rechargeable batteries (compatible with Nikon EN-EL15) for $28
+ BUT there’s also a 5% off clip-on coupon, which could/should be stackable
+ averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 1741 ratings
+ KODAK Smile Classic Digital Instant Camera for $90 in three color schemes
+ prints on 3.5 x 4.25 inch Zink Photo Paper
+ bluetooth
+ 4.5 out of 5 based on 186 global ratings
+ Kenko Puro filters, in some of the many options, I see 37mm and 43mm in High Grade as participating; I haven’t checked all the options, some are sold-out;
+ AKASO 4K Wi-Fi Sports Action Camera for $42.49 in two color options
+ averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 2000+ customer ratings
+ Bushnell Falcon 133410 Binoculars with Case (Black, 7×35 mm) for $33~ minus 20% off automatically for Prime members
+ some offers use this confusing pricing where they show the regular price and the price drops for Prime members; not sure why there are two methods of showing the price
+ Coleman binoculars, seven options
+ if you want a flagship-type Galaxy phone and have no plans to use 5G in the next couple of years, the Samsung Galaxy S10 is factory unlocked with US warranty for $575
+ Microsoft Surface 2 headphones for $200
Adorama 48-hour Flash Sale ends Wedn 11:59pm ET
I almost missed this one completely while I was lost in a sea of Prime Deals BUT there’s still time, Adorama is running a 48 hour sale that is good until Wednesday 10/14/20 at 11:59pm eastern…
+ Sony a7R II body with Flashpoint TTL R2 flash with intergrated R2 radio transceiver for $1298
+ optionally, “create a bundle and save” and get combined purchase discounts if you purchase this together with select Zeiss or Sigma or Tamron or Laowa or Rokinon lenses; they are all listed over there when you expand the aforementioned “Special Offer” section over there
+ 2TB Seagate Expansion Portable External HDD for $53
+ not so long ago $50~ was the 1TB floor price
+ 6TB Seagate Expansion Portable External HDD for $95
+ Vivitar 52mm 3-Piece Solid Neutral Density Filter Kit with ND2, ND4 & ND8 for $5
+ Flashpoint Zoom TTL R2 Flash With Integrated R2 Radio Transceiver for Canon (TT685C) for $99
+ only the Canon is $99; the rest are $110
Too many to list here individually, check them all out at the Adorama 48 hour sale…
Refurbished Nikon Z50 with 16-50 DX VR for $697
My oh my, an iLC camera at the Adorama daily deals, it is the manufacturer refurbished Nikon Z50 with 16-50mm f3.5-6.3 DX VR going for $697 with free US shipping and a 90-day Nikon USA warranty…
This is an APS-C Nikon mirrorless camera, and I proposed that we call the Nikon Z mirrorless cameras “Zikon”, to easily distinguish them from “Nikon” 🙂
The offers end on Thursday 10/15/20 at 10am eastern or earlier for any that may sell out ahead of its designated expiration time…
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