Archives for May 23, 2021

Tokina Opera 16-28mm f2.8 with Freebies for $599 [C/N]

Hooray-hooray, it’s a night at the opera at this round of the Adorama daily deals good until Monday 5/24/21 at 10am eastern or earlier if sold out. It is the new condition Tokina Opera 16-28m f2.8 FX in the Canon or Nikon DSLR systems going for $599 with free US shipping. But that’s not all. As of the time of the writing the kit with the free accessories is at the same price [link above], you get a free Adorama Slinger soft lens case, a lens cap tether and the (obligatory) cleaning kit. Even if you don’t want/need/use the lens case, you can repurpose it for a gazillion other things… The freebies are included automatically by Adorama while this promotion is running…

PS1: this is Blog-Typo-Certified (TM) to be a Tokina, not a Tamron lens.

PS2: the certification in PS1 is certified to be the correct certification, it is indeed a Tokina 😉

PS3: the certification in PS2 of the certification in PS1 is indeed certified to be Tokina…

PS4: or is it Tamron 😉

Sunday: Bower 500mm f6.3 MF T-Mount Lens for $100, Etc

Hooray-hooray it is a LENS DAY at the Sunday B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET on 5/23/21 or earlier if sold out:

+ Bower 500mm f6.3 manual focus T-mount lens for $100
+ the bundles with various system adapters go for +$100 each, available in Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony-Minolta, Olympus OM, Pentax M42 and Minolta MD
+ now that’s a trip down memory lane!

+ CamBee VL30B 30W Video LED Light for $89

+ PolSen MVP-6 Directional Shotgun Microphone for DSLR, Smartphones, and Portable Recorders for $25

+ F-Stop reusable 3-layer masks for $3 each, 12 color/pattern/design options

+ TamRac Tradewind Zoom Bag 2.4 (Dark Gray) for $12

+ O’Ben TS-110 Deluxe Tripod Strap with Swivel Clip for $15

+ Vello ActionPan Professional Grade Stabilizing Action Grip/Handle for $10 in four color options

+ no flash deals

Here’s something you don’t see every day. Among the Sunday Amazon Gauld Baux deals du jour, there are four color options of this magical mystical thing a 2-in-1 Backpack – Hoodie going for $32 to $40 depending on color. As seen on Shark Tank. Average 4.8 out of 5 on 830+ customer ratings as of the time of writing…

Among the Sunday Woot dailies the headliner is yet another Samsung monitors sale ($140 to $390), Redragon gaming gear (a cross between Pendragon and Red Dragon?), and 96-packs of Rayovac single-use batteries for $35 (either AA or AAA or “half and half” [no coffee cream included!])…

And among the Best Buy dailies for Sunday you can haz if you wantz a $150 11.6″ Kano touch-screen kids laptop, a standing desk contraption, a 500GB WD external USB-C SSD for $80 and such…

A couple of MSI laptops (in the $800s and $1400s) headline the Sunday NewEgg daiky deals along with the usual techie items and the 256GB Samsung Bar Plus (metal) USB 3.1 flash drive going for $37~ after the limited time promo code shown over there…

No photo-video magazine options, but there is a 4 magazines for $16 total for 1-year sale at this weekend (usually ends Monday night) at DiscountMags. As usual these are printed magazines delivered to US addresses only (except for those that explicitly say they are delivered by Zinio, those are e-magazines, and Zinio is VERY FOND OF AUTO-RENEWALS 🙂