Archives for 2020

Refurbished Nikon P1000 superzoom (125x) for $597

It’s CAMERA DAY at the Adorama daily deals, good until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) you can get the manufacturer refurbished Nikon Coolpix P1000 superzoom (crazy 125x optical zoom) with $597 with free US shipping and a 90-day Nikon USA warranty…

Also part of their daily deals is the LED Lenser P2 Flashlight (13 Lumens) for $5…

Meanwhile at the Amazon USA Gold Box there is yet another variant of the Anker accessories sale featuring a trio of power-banks, cables, and wall chargers with prices ranging from $8 to $33…

UPDATE: on the learnings front, for a limited time, Creative LIVE is having an Adobe software classes sale that includes bootcamp and beginner style classes among others with prices starting at $10 and going up to $29…

Monday: Sigma 150-600 for $729 [C/N], SpyderX, DJi Mavic Mini, MeFoto, Dry Cabinets, LG, Gitzo, Etc

It’s not just any Monday today, it is Green Monday! Because we all reminisce longingly about Cyber Monday, so we need another named Monday 😉

But it carries some weight because it’s a LENS DAY during Monday 12/14/20 at the B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out… A weightlifter lens day 😉

+ Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporiaries for $729 in Canon EF or Nikon F options
+ optionally, under “Buy Together and Save” you can add the Sigma MC-11 mount converters for $99 each: either Sigma EF lenses to Sony E, or Sigma SA lenses to Sony E

+ DataColor SpyderX Photo Kit for $179
+ just like pixel-peeping [memo to self: be careful with the typos here!], calibration is also an officially recognized lifestyle

+ DJI Mavic Mini Fly More Combo with Hard-Shell Travel Case (Black) for $449
+ personally I’m waiting for the “Fly Less” combos 😉

+ MeFoto RoadTrip S Travel Tripod (Carbon Fiber) for $100 in five color options which can be color-coded for project or by person
+ because you know there are some people who freak out if anyone else touches their stuff [and that’s pre-COVID]

+ LG 27UK670 27″ 16:9 4K FreeSync IPS Monitor for $330

+ Ruggard Electronic Dry Cabinets, nine options, $70 to $1000
+ because humidity and dust and such are not a lens’s best friend

+ also $15 Polsen studio headphones

Flash Deals
+ ends 10am ET: GITZO GT3532 Mountaineer Series 3 Carbon Fiber Tripod with 3-Way Fluid Head Kit for $859

+ starts 10am ET: Pelican 1507TP Air Case with TrekPak Insert

+ starts 2pm ET: Sennheiser EW 112P G4 Camera-Mount Wireless Omni Lavalier

+ starts 7pm ET: Polsen M-85 Professional Dynamic Handheld Microphone

MEANWHILE at the Adorama daily deals [change Monday 10am ET] there’s the Incase 16″ Reform Backpack with TENSAERLITE for $35 and the Zendure Q3 Qi-Compatible 7.5W Wireless Charger for $13…

UPDATE #1: it’s Samsung Day at the Best Buy dailies and it includes:

+ 128GB EVO Plus microSDXC for $21!
+ 1TB T7 portable external USB 3.0 SSD for $160

+ S20* and S10* smartphones
+ Tab S6 (10.5″, 256GB) Android tablet for $430

+ TVs, soundbars, smartwatches, robot vacuums, etc

UPDATE #2: the headliner at the Woot website is a Philips Hue system sale, with 15 options ranging from $18 to $180, including starter kits, light bulbs, hubs, light-bars, etc…

The sales also include CANAKIT Raspberry Pi kits ($65 to $90), various assorted former flagship Samsung Galaxy phones ($70 to $410), Birkenstock sandals ($22 to $40) because we all have a bit of a hippy inside us 🙂

Sunday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

The theme of the day for Sunday at the Amazon USA Gold Box is Amazon-branded products, which are harder to spot these days since they have a gazillion different sub-brands. Back in our time kids, when we had to go to school walking up the hill backwards in the blizzard under a scorching blood red sky, they only had AmazonBasics. Which is one of their sub-brands that is on sale today, along with “Daily Essentials” and Fire/Echos, etc…

Meanwhile at the 100+ Camera & Photo Lightning Deals, as of the time of writing, of potential interest, they have:

+ studio, lightning and background kits

+ action cams and generic P&S cameras & camcorders
+ and kids cameras too

+ on-camera flashes (Neewer of course)

+ stabilizer-y things including tripods

+ digiframes

+ monoculars and binoculars
+ sorry, no trinoculars 😉

Sunday: LEDgo, SirUI, Note 10, Kingston, Etc [flash deals: Gitzo CF Monopod and Canon scanner]

Sunday is contractually obligated to be sunny, otherwise it’s just the day before Monday! Now that this is settled, here’s the latest round of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ LEDgo Bi-Color Flood Shoot-Through LED Ring Light for $119
+ also a philosophical product kinda reminding us to …let go of things

+ Ruggard Compact DSLR Backpack V2 (Gray and Blue) for $20
+ the little cyan gives it a different feel and outlook than the typical black/gray “serious” bags

+ SirUI VSK-3 Video Survival Kit for $90
+ this helps the videographer survive, a bad video cannot be saved!

+ 128GB Kingston Data Traveler SE9 G2 USB 3.0 flash drive for $20
+ flash drive naming has gotten out of hand; the names are longer than the product size 😉

+ Samsung Galaxy Note 10 SM-N970U 256GB Smartphone Unlocked for $540 in three color options
+ rumor has it the Note line may be ending its lifecycle
+ until of course Samsung resurrects it in the future, like Motorola keeps resurrecting the Razr 😉
+ mayhaps Samsung is prematurely declaring “mission accomplished” on the foldables; right now they are more breakables than foldables 😉
+ #SaveTheNote

+ also $15 fitness tracker and $20 bluetooth earphones
+ on an unrelated note, I am developing a very accurate $0 fitness tracker for those who do not exercise at all 😉

+ flash deal: Gitzo GM4562 Series 4 Carbon Fiber Monopod for $250
+ next flash deal: Canon imageFORMULA DR-C240 Office Document Scanner

UPDATE: action at the Best Buy dailies for Sunday as well including:

+ Zhiyun Crane M2 3-in-1 handheld stabilizer-y thing for $190

+ PNY microSD sale, 32GB to 512GB, $6 to $75, some Elite, some Elite X, the $75 is Elite PRO
+ bang for the GB/$ is 256GB Elite-X for $35
+ always interesting to see where the GB/$ is at with flash storage products!

Saturday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

Saturday is here and among the Amazon deals of the day there’s an $18 Fire TV Stick Lite and an $80 Echo Show 8, plus some Ring-Echo-etc bundles…

And a stroll down the Camera and Photo Lightning Deals finds 100+ items as of the time of writing including:

+ generic P&S digicams & camcorders and kids cameras

+ digiframes

+ stabilizer-y things including Zhiyun and Feiyu and needless to say all kinds of tripod-alia

+ the obligatory parade of studio, lightning and background kits

+ ring lights of different kinds

+ on-camera monitors

+ action cameras and body cameras and binoculars

+ on-camera flashes

+ tears of a unicorn; okay, not really, just testing to see how many have read the whole thing 😉

UPDATE: the latest Adorama daily deals (change Sunday 10am ET) include the FotoPro UFO 2 Flexible Tripod with Smartphone and GoPro Adapter for $10… Actual alien UFOs not included… Nor music of the band UFO…

Class: Introduction to using Multiple Flashes for $10

Among the current limited time $10 tier sale at Creative LIVE, they are offering a 5-hour “Introduction to using Multiple Flashes” class with Mike Hagen. It consists of 27 lessons…

In other unrelated sale action, NewEgg is having a refurbished sale. Refurbished products that is, not that the sale itself is refurbished 😉

UPDATE: among the Saturday Best Buy dailies there’s the Sunpak Premium Series 18-Inch Bi-Color Ring Light Kit with BOYA Wireless Microphone and Bluetooth Remote for $130…

Friday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

It’s Friday and The Cure at least, they are in love! But as of the time of writing there are 90+ Camera & Photo Lightning Deals at the Amazon USA Gold Bawx, including:

+ starts 9:09am ET: Neewer Charger with Two Batteries compatible with the Canon LP-E6
+ price before sale $31

+ starts 4:54pm ET: Neewer AF Extension Tube Set for M43rds with 10mm, 16mm and 21mm
+ price before sale $44

+ various Neewer flashes, on-camera lights, and monolights

+ action cams

+ studio and lightning and background kits

+ stabilizer-y things including tripods

+ digiframes, on-camera monitors

+ generic camcorders, kids cameras

UPDATE: the latest Adorama daily deals (change Saturday 10am ET) are a sale on Tiffen VND filters, from 72mm to 82mm, with prices ranging from $80 to $100 with the 77mm sitting in the middle for $90…

Oben, Tamrac, GVM, Olight, Etc (ends Sat PM)

FriYAY is here and as usual, the B&H daily deals are good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Oben MFR4-5 Macro Focusing Rail for $75

+ Tamrac Pro Compact 1 Camera Bag for $10

+ Apexel Gorillas Tripod for Smartphones and DSLR Camera for $18

+ GVM Dual Charger with BP-A60 Battery for Canon C300 Mark II, C200 & C200B (6800mAh) for $110

+ FeelWorld LUT7 7″ 3D LUT 4K HDMI Monitor for $200

+ XCellon USB-C hub for $20 (without) to $25 (with PD)

+ Lenspen lens cleaners for $5 (two options)

+ flash deaL: oLIGHT Seeker 2 Pro Rechargeable LED Flashlight (Carbon Fiber) for $100
+ next flash deal: not teased yet

UPDATE: among the FRiday 12/11/20 Best Buy deals du jour they have:

+ 13.3-inch NixPlay Smart digi-photo-frame for $230

+ 64GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS SDXC for $20

+ Sunpak YouTuber Creator Kit with Boya lavalier microphone and bluetooth remote for $25

+ 12TB WD EasySto’or external HDD for $200

+ Razer gaming sale (headliner deal)

+ Galaxy S10* with Verizon activation discounts

Meanwhile at the Woot website they have a headliner on open-box iPads and MacBooks, and a $190 11.6″ rugged ASUS Chromebook C202SA (Celery N3060, 4GB RAM, 16GB on-board, 90-day warranty, ChromeOS Auto Updates until June 2022, etc)…

Thursday: Tokina 17-35/f4 for $379 [N], Metz Flashes (10 options), Sandisk, ASUS, Zhiyun, ShutterBoss, AngelBird, Etc

Thirst-DAY is here once again and it begins with a new set of B&H daily deals AND it is both a LENS DAY and a FLASH DAY! Offers good until 11:59pm ET on Thursday 12/10/20 or earlier for any item that may sell out ahead of its designated expiration time [needless to say, flash deals last only a few hours each]:

+ Tokina 17-35mm f4 PRO FX for $379 in the Nikon F system only
+ the Canon EF version remains at $450
+ this is not to be confused with the upcoming Tokina ATX-i 17-35mm f4 (pre-orders for $599 in C/N)
+ I triple-checked, this is indeed Tokina, not Tamron!
+ why do I triple-check? Because I often type the wrong name among those two 🙂

+ Metz MecaBlitz AF-1 and AF-2 flash sale
+ 10 options of the 64 AF-1 and 56 AF-2 models
+ prices range from $150 to $200
+ system options include Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, and OlyPanLei

+ Zhiyun-Tek CRANE 2S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer Combo Kit for $499

+ Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC, CF and CFExpress cards, six options, prices further discounted with automatic in-cart coupon

+ ASUS 14″ VivoBook Laptop for $599 with FREE 1-yr BitDefender
+ 1.3 GHz Intel Core i7-1065G7 Quad, 8GB RAM, 256GB M.2 SSD, 14″ 1920 x 1080 IPS, UHD Graphics, 100% sRGB, no touchscreen
+ two USB Type A (one 3.x, one 2.0), one USB-C (Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, PD), HDMI, card reader, Wifi 6, Bluetooth 5, 4-cell battery, backlit keyboard, fingerprint reader, TPM, BIOS booting, 3 lbs
+ as of the time of writing, the processor ranks #458 at cpubenchmark.net
+ personally I prefer to get a system with a Top 500 processor, and slightly above my current needs so it can “survive” the never-ending sprawl/slow-down of OS and software and websites over time
+ plus: it has the latest protocols (Wifi 6 and Bluetooth 5), USB-C/Thunderbolt, IPS, 100% sRGB, fingerprint, backlit keyboard
+ only major thing missing is a touchscreen (considering the price)

+ AngelBird AtomX SSDmini (1TB) for $299
+ just so we are clear, it’s neither an Angel, nor a Bird, it’s Storage 🙂

+ Vello ShutterBoss II Timer Remote for $30 in seven options for various cameras/systems

+ flash deal: Gefen GTV-DIGAUD-2-AAUD Stereo Digital-to-Analog Audio Converter for $30
+ next flash deal: Acebil I-705DX Prosumer Tripod System

UPDATE: at the Adorama daily deals (change Friday 10am ET) they have the Air Selfie AIR PIX Portable Pocket-Size 12MP HD Flying Camera with Smartphone Control for $95 and a JBL linear array PA system type of a thing for $500…

UPDATE #2: another day with 110+ Camera and Photo Lightning Deals at the Amazon USA Gold Box with the usual assortment of studio, lighting, tripod/stabilizer-y, action cams, and the like…

Bootcamp classes for $29 or less at CL

If you like more jam-packed and longer classes, Creative LIVE is running a Bootcamp classes sale for a limited time, with the bootcamps ranging from $14 to $29. It includes various Adobe topics (CC, LR, Pho, etc), Fine Art, Outdoors, Portraiture, studio/lighting, Boudoir photography which leads to Wedding photography which leads to Newborn photography and so on…

And if you are fond of sophisticated-man-style shopping website “Touch of Modern”, they are having a sale on DreamGrip modular mobile rigs, four options, $85 to $240. Like Massdrop, this is a membership-site (free to join) in order to offer products below MAP and such…

Fujifilm Instax SQUARE SQ6 Instant Film Camera for $70

It’s square camera time at the Adorama daily deals, good until Thursday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Fujifilm Instax SQUARE SQ6 Instant Film Camera for $70

+ Alter 55mm Rapid Filter System, Includes Lens Mounting Ring for $20

Wedn Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

COVIDalia [of course] is the headliner deal of the day at the Amazon USA Gold Box featuring all the usual suspects, single-use masks, cloth masks, wipes, sanitizers, hockey masks of sorts, and the all-important non-contact forehead thermometer ($17.47)…

Around 110 items are participating, as of the time of writing, in the Camera & Photo Lightning Deals including:

+ kids cameras, action cameras, binoculars

+ generic camcorders, generic Rosdeca P&S camera

+ studio and lightning and background kits

+ stabilizer-y things including Zhigyn Crane 3S

+ flashes and monolights, digiframes

+ various assorted and random accessories

+ Neewer still rules the day

Wedn: refurbished Canon SX520 HS superzoom for $150

Good news there’s a camera in the Best Buy daily deals for Wednesday 12/9/20. Bad news it is a …rerun.

It is the refurbished red-color-scheme Canon SX 520 HS superzoom (40x optical) going for $150 with a 1-year warranty (per the Specs section)…

Wedn: Robus, Luxli, Lexar, Unagi, LG, Etc

Robus, Luxli, Lexar, Unagi, these could be the names of the leading characters of a “Hunger Games” clone movie/book 🙂

And just like that, it’s another Hump Day and with it we have a new set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ 128GB Lexar 667x UHS-I microSDXC for $15
+ back in our time kids, we had to pay $15 for a 1MB Smartmedia card 😉

+ Luxli CNS-20D Constructor Medium Block On-Camera Daylight Balanced LED Light for $30
+ daily reminder: you can’t have photography without light

+ Robus RCM-633 6-Section Carbon Fiber Monopod, 65″ for $85
+ you can also cosplay Gandalf with this

+ Celestron Lenspen Optical Cleaning Tool for $6

+ LG 34WL550-B 34″ 21:9 UltraWide FreeSync HDR10 IPS Monitor for $235
+ poor LG it suffered the most in the Smartphone wars of Apple vs Samsung vs China

+ Unagi Model One E500 Dual-Motor Electric Scooter for $749 in three color schemes

+ EzViz C6CN 1080p Pan & Tilt Wi-Fi Network Security Camera for $27
+ mayhaps the most affordable tilt shift lens ever 😉
(+ just so we are clear, this is not a tilt shift lens 🙂

+ flash deal: GVM Dolly Track Camera Slider (31.5″) for $79
+ next flash deal: some kind of a APS UPS

UPDATE: for the EU shoppers, good until Friday 12pm ET (6pm Germany time) Amazon Chermany has the new condition Pergear 35mm f1.6 lens on sale for 56 euro-dollars in the Sony APS-C E-system (NEX time!)…

UPDATE #2: under “Clearance” in the Woot daily deals there’s the 10 inch Kamaitatchi selfie ring light going for $18 while under “Electronics” there’s the Surface headphones for $150…

*OR* you can pre-order the exciting (for Apple’s accountants for sure) Apple AirPods Max for $549 in your choice of five different color options… There are complaints about pricing but lt’s not forget audiophiles willing pay up to $5000 for headphones, so Apple kept it modest with these 😉

*OR* to go in Rockwell-mode, this $18 Koss KSC-75 headphone is the only headphone you’ll ever need. And it won’t ruin your hair or press on your jaw or jam up the inside of your ears 🙂 And when you open the package, you also get a bonus aroma of the Koss (Wisconsin) diary air 😉

Tuesday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals (110+ options)

No manual focus prime lenses in the Tuesday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals at Amazon, but they have, as of the time of writing:

+ over 115 options

+ lots of the usual studio, lightning and background kits

+ toy/kids digital cameras

+ smartphone photo accessories (“selfie” ring lights, smaller stabilizery things, etc)

+ tripods and other stabilizery things

+ flashes and macro ring lights

+ action cams and binoculars

+ and of course it’s a Neewer party once again!

Meanwhile the current Adorama daily deals (change Wednesday 10am ET) include a $40 USB microphone and a $400 HP Desktop 600 G3 micro-tower (i5-7530 3.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, etc)…

Tuesday: G-Tech, Tamrac, Axler, Apple, Etc

We start Tuesday with some Meh action, their deal du jour is a 4-pack of Geeni Prisma 1050lm color smart bulbs for $35 with free S&H for Meh-members… This is model GN-BW944-999… They can be controlled via smartphone and three voice assistants not named Siri…

Unlike the ever-so-sprawling Woot, Meh has only a single deal of the day, but that’s not the whole story either, because the Meh family of companies includes two websites that offer multiple deals du jour (SideDeal, Morning Save), while two others offer a single item (CaseMates (wine) and Mediocriteeee (t-shirts)) [you can find them all at the bottom of the Meh site]…

Speaking of the the Woot website their dailies include another assortment of Apple devices (iPads, iMacs, MacBooks, etc) and Surface devices, 2 lbs of Smokin’ Aces coffee, etc… Speaking of which, third wave coffee is so passe, I’m starting fourth wave coffee as we speak 😉

At the Big Yellow daily deals [outlived Radio ShaQ, Circuit City, Montgomery Ward’s Electric Avenue, The Incredible Universe, HH Gregg, Office Max, etc] includes:

+ 2TB WD Easystore external HDD for $60
+ 1TB Sandisk Ultra internal PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe for $90
+ 10″ Simply Smart PhotoShare digiframe for $90
+ various Case Logic bag the bags
+ headliner 15.6″ Dell G3 gaming laptop (i5, 120Hz, 8GB, 512GB SSD, Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti, etc) for $700
+ etc, etc, etc

Next up we head on to the B&H daily deals. Not a lens day today but it’s the usual 7+1 configuration. The “+1” being the flash deals.

+ Vello LENS-2020 lens calibration tool for $25
+ because pixel-peeping is a lifestyle!

+ G-Tech hard drives, 8 options, further discounted by automatic in-cart coupon

+ Tamrac TradeWind BackPack 24 for $40

+ Axler Robin 20 Stabilizer S for $99

+ Magnus MegaGrip flexpod for $13

+ GenAray Spectro LED-14 Flood LED Light for $159

+ Transcend DrivePro Body 30 1080p Body Camera for $220

+ flash deal: Gossen Digiflash Light Meter 2 for $100
+ next flash deal: Vanguard Alta Pro 263AGH Aluminum-Alloy Tripod Kit with GH-100 Pistol Grip Ball Head (price before sale $190)

UPDATE: of potential interest to Prime members since they get free shipping regardless, or non-Prime members who may be interested or want to append these to a planned order, Woot is running an Electronics Stockings Stuffer sale until 12/16/20 at 11:59pm central (or earlier if sold out) that includes these potentially interesting items:

+ 250GB MegaZ BackUp Slim external USB 3.0 HDD for $20
+ not a typo, 250GB (yes, I know this is 2020) and $20 (twenty dollars)
+ up to three per customer, 90-day Woot warranty
+ potential use-case: you can backup a 256GB SD/CF card on this 🙂
+ another use-case: deliver images to a good/high-paying client more impressively

+ Altigo 13400 mAh powerbank for $21
+ two 2.4A USB Type A power-output ports
+ charges via USB-C or micro-USB
+ 90-day Woot warranty
+ up to three per customer

UPDATE #2: this new Humble Bundle is of potential two-fold interest, make something new to eat, which is also something new to photograph (preferably before you eat). It is a PDF cookbook sale that includes Fish, Donuts, Cannabis, Bento and Bread and on the $1 tier, and adds six more on the next tier (veggie burgers, ramen, candy, pies, bisquits, geeky chefs), and adds seven more at the next tier (from vegan to roasting pigs), and adds another ten to the top tier, from pho to BBQ to kitchen gear talk [of course, why not!]… This runs for about three weeks [as of the time of writing]…

Neewer 35mm f1.7 manual focus lens for $50 [Fuji X only]

Not part of the just mentioned Monday lightning deals, but on sale on its own is the Fuji X version of the Neewer 35mm f1.7 manual focus lens for $50…

UPDATE: the latest Adorama daily deals [change Tuesday 10am ET] are:

+ Slik Pro AL-323DX Tripod with SH-705E 3-Way Pan Head for $70
+ Green Extreme 4K HDMI Game Capture Card, HDMI to USB 3.0 for $40

Monday: Amazon’s Lighting Deals Wake Up with three Neewer Manual Focus Primes

Meanwhile at the Camera and Photo Lightning Deals at Amazon, as of the time of writing, there are over 100 listed items including:

+ starts 12:04pm ET: Neewer 35mm f1.7 manual focus lens for the Sony E system
+ price before sale $63
+ there’s only a Sony E option on this listing

+ starts 2:34pm ET: Neewer 25mm f1.8 manual focus lens for Canon EF-M
+ price before sale $70
+ there’s only the Canon EF-M option on this listing

+ starts 7:44pm ET: Neewer 25mm f1.8 manual focus lens for Sony E
+ price before sale $66
+ only the Sony E option is on the listing

+ starts 7:44pm ET: ATLI EON Time Lapse Camera
+ price before sale $199
+ the listing also has a 20% off clip-on coupon on the silver color scheme and a 10% off clip-on coupon on the black color scheme
+ clip-on coupon may be stackable with the Lightning Deal discount
+ Gold Box Teaser points to the black color scheme; we have no way of knowing ahead of time whether both color schemes will be a lightning deal

+ starts Tuesday 3:30am ET: Neewer Battery Grip (replacement for Canon BG-E14)
+ price before sale $39

+ studio and lightning kits galore from Neewer and GVM and friends

+ stabilizer-y things: tripods, monopods, phone/camera hand stabilizers, ball heads, holders, etc
+ includes FeiYu products

+ action cams, digi frames, etc

+ flashes, monolights, etc

+ items may get added, cancelled, or rescheduled without prior warning in the Gold Box

+ also, the more things I post, the higher the chances of me introducing errors (wrong times, wrong links, etc)

Monday: refurbished Sony HDR-CX405/B camcorder for $89

Surprise! Some kind of a name-brand camera makes its way to the NewEgg deals du jour, it is the refurbished Sony HDR-CX405/B full HD flash-based camcorder going for $89, sold and shipped by 3rd-party seller “VIP Outlet”… This is a 30X optical zoom…

Meanwhile the headliner of the Amazon Gold Box for Monday is an unlocked USA-warranty Samsung Galaxy S10+ going for $550 in the 128GB variant. Check the listing for the other options…

Monday: Sigma 24-70/2.8 DG OS HSM Art for $899 [C/N/E/L]

Hooray, hooray, Monday comes in with a great start, it’s a LENS DAY at the B&H Photo daily deals and what a lens too, it’s the new condition Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG OS HSM ART going for $899 with free US shipping and freebies depending on the mount option:

+ Nikon F version with FREE Sigma USB dock and FREE B+W 82mm UV Haze filter

+ Canon EF version with FREE B+W 82mm UV Haze filter

+ Sony E or Leica L with FREE B+W 82mm UV Haze filter

+ 256GB Lexar PRO 1667x UHS-II SDXC for $50

+ National Geographic 50mm f/12 AZ Refractor Telescope for $40
+ the UFOs are coming!

+ GVM RGB LED Studio 2-Light Soft Video Light Panel Kit 50RS2L for $330

+ Cooamer UVC Sterilization Lamp, three options, $15 to $40

+ and now something for the Zoom-Slack generations:
++ Xcellon wireless presenters for $10
++ AMX ACV-5100 Acendo Vibe Conferencing Soundbar with Integrated Webcam for $199

+ flash deal: SirUI VSK-5 Video Survival Kit for $140
+ next flash deal: ManFrotto TwistGrip ComPlete Kit

UPDATE: some action at the Best Buy dailies for Monday:

+ 64GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $15

+ 9.7-inch Nixplay LCD digiframe for $250

+ 1TB WD Blue internal SSD for $100

+ Nomatic ultimate travel backpack bundle for $180

+ and of course Poo-Pourri, now they can truly smell like roses 😉

Of e-reader interest under “Computers” at the Woot website there’s a trio of new condition 9th-generation 7-inch Kindle Oasis e-readers ranging from $150 to $200 (8GB = $150, 32GB = $170, 32GB + cellular = $200). They come with a 1-year Amazon warranty. This is the “previous generation”. The latest Kindles are the 10th generation which includes the Oasis 3. Neither uses USB-C. Once upon a time I knew this line-up by heart, now there’s way too many of them. Thankfully there’s a very nice Wackypedia page to sort them all out! I got started with the “Kindle Keyboard”, although I was ponderously pondering the 9.7-inch Kindle DX before that…

Sunday: Moon USA National Parks (all 62) ebook for $5

One of the Kindle ebook deals of the day for Sunday, hiding between the various war and romance and detective ebooks is 1284-page Moon USA National Parks: The Complete Guide to All 62 Parks by Becky Lomax in the Kindle format, going for $5… As of the time of writing, it averages 4.8 out of 5 based on 138 ratings…

This is part of their 16-book Travel Guides series…

Offer ends on Sunday 12/6/20 at 11:59pm pacific time…

UPDATE: the current Adorama dailies (change Monday 10am ET) are:

+ KODAK 10″ Touch Screen Rechargeable Digital Photo Frame Wi-Fi Enabled with HD Photo Display for $130

+ Monument Labs Personal Cloud Server with Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi for $95

15 classes for $15 at C-LIVE

Creative LIVE is running daily flash sales during this shopping season. Their Current Flash Sale is 15 classes for $15 each including:

+ “from photo to film”, conceptual photography, mirrorless portraits, fashion/editorial

+ cinematic, music photography, business, Lightroom Classic CC, weddings, etc

UPDATE: meanwhile at the Sunday Camera & Photo Ligntning Deals at Amazon we have some of the usual suspects, various lighting kits, camera bags, action cams, etc. Neewer is the star once again!

Outdoor Photographer for $4.25/yr [PRINT, US only]

DiscountMags is back with Another Weekend Sale of printed magazines delivered to USA addresses without auto-renewal. Of photography interet:

+ Outdoor Photographer for $4.25/yr
+ Digital Photo PRO for $6.75/yr
+ VideoMaker for $7.50/yr

UPDATE: the current Adorama daily deals (change Sunday 10am ET) are:

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 600PRO TTL Battery-Powered Monolight with Built-in R2 2.4GHz Radio Remote System R2 Pro Transmitter for Canon (Bowens Mount) – Godox AD600 Pro for $719
+ choice of Canon, Nikon, Sony or Fuji

+ Eggtronic 63W 20,000mAh Universal Power Bank for $40

Sunday: GVM, Tamrac, Oben, PROGRADE, Etc

Sunday is finally here, but it’s only Sunday if there’s Sun outside. Otherwise it’s just the day before Monday 😉 And with that we have a new round of B&H daily deals until Sunday 12/6/20 at 11:59pm eastern time (or earlier if sold out):

+ Tamrac Tradewing 3.6 shoulder bag for $17

+ Oben AC-1441 4-Section Aluminum Tripod with BA-111 Ball Head for $80

+ PROGrade SDXC UHS-II cards, 64GB for $25, 256GB for $70
+ 256GB CFexpress 2.0 gold for $230

+ GVM Professional Video Aluminum Alloy Motorized Camera Slider (32″) for $220

+ MiniMax Portable & Collapsible Stool for $33

+ DBX DriveRack PA2 Complete Loudspeaker Management System for $249
+ Roland earphones for $50

+ flash deal: 2TB Samsung T7 Touch Portable SSD (Silver) for $260 after in-cart coupon

+ next flash deal: GVM Dual RGB-10S SMD LED Video Light Kit

SpyderX Pro, Haida, Incase, Etc (ends Sat 10am ET)

Another day, another set of Adorama daily deals, this lot good until Saturday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold-out):

+ Datacolor SpyderX Pro Color Calibration for $100

+ Incase EO Travel Collection Duffel Bag for 15″ MacBook Pro for $45

+ Haida 77mm NanoPro MC Variable Neutral Density 1.2 to 2.7 Filter, 4 to 9-Stop for $106

+ Haida 82mm NanoPro MC Variable Neutral Density 1.2 to 2.7 Filter, 4 to 9-Stop for $126

Meanwhile the Friday Amazon Gold Box deals include Anker Nebula projectors and Brevillo Espresso machines ($480 to $900).

Zeiss Touit 50mm f2.8 MACRO w/freebies for $849 [E/X]

Speaking of normal primes, how about one that is also a MACRO? The new condition Zeiss Touit [does it have its own Twitter account?] 50mm f2.8 MACRO is on sale for $849 in the Fuji X and Sony E systems by Amazon itself (no freebies) and at Adorama (no freebies) and at B&H Photo (with FREE Zeiss T* 52mm UV filter)…

Pre-order new Tamron 17-70mm f2.8 Di III-A VC RXD for $799 [E]

Sony E fans, in mid-January 2021 you can have in your hands a brand new f2.8 zoom lens for the APS-C E system! That’s when the estimate is for the release of the just-announced Tamron 17-70mm f2.8 Di III-A VC RXD lens. It has a pre-order price of $799 and already B&H Photo is accepting pre-orders

Interesting decision to release a brand new APS-C lens in a world where full frame E-system cameras are close in price to the higher tier APS-C E-system cameras. But for those who are bought into the APS-C E-system, certainly having a compact(er) f2.8 17-70mm (25-105mm eq) lens can be quite tempting

Humble Bundle PWYW includes PhotoLemeur 3, Luminar 4, Etc

If you are a fan of the Humble Bundle way of doing things, they have a bundle on Digital Imaging Software for the next few days.

On the $1+ tier, you get the Photolemur 3…

If you meet or beat the average price, you also get training, textures and cinematic LUTs.

But the price is currently close enough to the highest tier (around $25) that gets you the Luminar 4 and Aurora HDR software, and three collections of Looks.

The aforementioned Skylum software is available for Windows and Mac OS. Check the listing above for details and compatibility and restrictions and such…

Panasonic 25mm f1.7 with Extras for $148 [m43]

If you are looking for a normal prime for the world of micro four thirds without breaking the bank, the new condition Panasonic 25mm f1.7 lens is currently on sale for $148 by Amazon itself (no freebies) and at B&H Photo (free lens care kit) and also at Adorama (free filters and cleaning trinkets)…

Yongnuo YN-680-EX-RT lithium wireless TTL flash for $109

If you are a fan of the Yongnuo way of flashing, their new condition Yongnuo YN-680-EX-RT lithium wireless TTL speedlite can be yours for $109 after a $60 clip-on coupon at B&H Photo. You just click to clip the coupon, you don’t have to type anything. This is a limited time offer…