Archives for July 2021

Sunday is here, August is here, and good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) y’all can haz these B&H Photeaux Daily dEalz:

+ HoYa 82mm NXT Plus UV Filter for $47

+ Porta Brace Sack Pack (Small, Black) for $55~

+ Pelican 3330 PM6 Tactical Flashlight for $34~

+ Audio Technica AT2020USB+ Cardioid Condenser USB Microphone (Limited Edition Chrome) for $149
+ yes, that’s the Cylon Chrome 🙂

+ Samsung Q60A 50″ Class HDR 4K UHD Smart QLED TV for $570 after automatic in-cart coupon

+ B+W Photo Clear Microfiber Cleansing Cloth (7.9 x 7.1″, Black) for $6~
+ the cloth is not B+W, that’s the brand name
+ PRO TIP: do not use brand names that can be confused with actual products or product colors 🙂

At the Meh website you can haz a 2-pack of Brookstone branded 10W Qi charging pads for $10 plus shipping…

At the Woot dailies there’s tracing pads, Galaxy Tablets (S&D, $105 to $660) and the Apple AirPods MAX headphones for $470 in new condition with a 1-year warranty…

UPDATE: the current Adorama daily deal [changes Monday 10am ET] is the new condition 1TB Samsung T7 USB 3.2 Portable SSD going for $150 with free US shipping… This is in the “titan gray” color scheme. Actual Titans NOT included 😉

We now have a scattered round-up of various daily deals and expiring-soons 🙂

We start with the Adorama daily deal (changes Sunday 10am ET) where you can get the new condition Flashpoint M1 Mini Mobile Phone Flash (A1 Mini) for $15 with free US shipping…

Then at DiscountMAGS we go where the weekend sale theme (ends Monday night actually) is $5 per magazines per year. No camera/photo magazine but there are a few [not a lot like usual] “six degrees of separation” plus a little bit of an A/V theme under “Tech” (Stereophile and Sound-n-Vision [no, not the David Bowie box set])…

Good until August 1st, there’s an automatic in-cart sitewide 20% off discount with free US shipping at the RX Bar online shop. You see the regular price, then add the item(s) of interest to the shopping cart, and the 20% off discount appears there in the shopping cart. Note that some items have “natural flavors”. Note also that they recently expanded their product line-up and some of their new “nut butter packs” look like the RXbars on the flattened screen, so be sure you are buying the RXbars and not the nut-butter-packs [if that’s what you want]… I’ve eaten hundreds of Rxbars and look at where I am [this reads more like an anti-endorsement LOL]. My favorites in no particular order Maple Sea Salt, Dark Chocolate, and Coconut Chocolate… If you are new to this, try the Variety Packs… I haven’t tried any of their “breakfasty” stuff, so I can’t tell you anything about them [let’s not forget that cereal was invented as an anti-viagra way back; are you sure you want to be eating that? LOL {and that’s before we consider GMO, empty refined blood-sugar-spiking carbs, not-really-natural natural flavors, food colorings, food glueware, and other yucky things]

Is this turning into a Foodie Blog? Probably not 🙂 Is it getting more random and out of control? Probably yes 🙂

Then at the Saturday Woot daily deals we go where the headliner is a MacBook/MacMini sale ($520 to $1400), and there’s refurbished iMacs ($350 to $650), Birkenstocks for the corporate hippies, and more 😉

Best advertisement for Macs? A picture of Windows and a picture of a 10-line Linux command line 😉

THEN WE HEAD OFF to the Saturday Best Buy dailies where we find another iteration of the Insignia single-use battery sale, a $950 MSI gaming laptop, a $110 Vankyo mini projector, and such…

Then to the Saturday NewEGG dailies we go where we find a Samsung internal SSD, 12TB Seagate Expansion for $260 AC, LG TV, RAM, car digital meter, and all sorts of other techie thingies…

The Saturday Amazon USA Gold Box has more of a house theme, with offers on Echo Buds, Toshiba Smart Fire TV, under-the-desk elliptical, and more…

FriYAY is here and as usual the B&H Photo daily deals last until SAturday 7/31/21 at 11:59pm ET but orders are not accepted Friday PM thru Saturday PM {check their websight for exacto times):

+ Joby UltraFit Sling Strap For Men (Charcoal, M to XL) for $17

+ Ruggard rain shields, three options, $13 to $15

+ ZiV Phone and GoPro Mount Kit for $5

+ YelanGu Handheld DSLR Camera Stabilizer (Blue) for $69

+ ManFrotto Aviator M1 Sling Bag for DJI Mavic Pro and Mavic Air for $35

+ Kodak 10″ Digital Picture Frame with Wi-Fi and Multi-Touch Display (Matte Black) for $100
+ for our younger readers, this is not Kodak the rapper, but once upon a time there was a world famous photography company named Kodak in Rochester in the great state of New York

Meanwhile at the FRIDAY Woot daily deals they have S&D (scratch and dent) iPads ($170 to $240), a Dewalt 20V work light (for the worklightographers), Snaptain drones ($16 to $95), and a $99 Corsair 5000D mid-tower PC case; a case for your computer, not your political correctness 😉

UPDATE: the current Adorama daily deal (changes Saturday 10am ET) is the On-Stage ASVS6GB Pop Blocker with Clamp and Gooseneck going for $20…

And just like that, the time has come to recycle my “Thirst-DAY” joke! This round of B&H Photo dailies is good until Thursday 7/29/21 at 11:59pm ET {or earlier IFF (= if and only if) sold-out}:

+ Metz megablitz digital flashes, 6 options, $70 to $170
+ options for Canon, Oly-Pan-Lei, Pentax, Samsung A-TTL
+ a rare win for Pentax, three of the six options are for Pentax P-TTL
+ fun fact: contrary to popular belief, PenTax does not want to tax pens. So all you anti-taxers out there, please feel free to buy Pentax camera gear 🙂

+ CamBee VL30B 30W Video LED Light for $89

+ GVM GT-120WD Wireless Bluetooth Carbon Fiber Motorized Camera Slider (47″) for $339
+ not to be confused with baseball sliders 😉

+ FeelWorld 7″ 4K Ultra-Bright Monitor with Loop-Through HDMI for $180
+ is it me or does the brand name “FeelWorld” sound like a Depeche Mode coverband? 🙂

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Triple Mount for $60
+ politically correct name: Delkin Festively Plump Gecko

It feels like it was yesterday when I was recycling the “Hump Day” joke, and yet, it’s Wednesday once again! It looks like the Time Lords have put our timeline on Fast Forward 🙂

We start with a party! It’s another Meh-rathon day at the Meh website. In addition to the currently featured sale, you can also purchase previous Meh-rathon offers [that have not sold-out] by following the links over there…

B&H Photo is back with another 6-pack of daily deals, good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier IFF sold-out):

+ RotoLight NEO 2 LED 3-Light Kit for $749
+ it can also be used as a prop for 1950s-style scifi movies 🙂

+ SirUI VSK-3 Video Survival Kit for $65 after $15 mail-in rebate
+ yes, mail-in rebate, with original barcode, and check in the mail

+ FIMI X8 Mini 3-Axis 4K Foldable Drone for $319

+ Celestron 10×32 TrailSeeker Binoculars (Green) for $120
+ personally I use maps to seek trails 😉

+ PortaBrace Hip-Pack Lens Case (Black) for $79~

+ IDX 2 x 179Wh V-Mount Batteries with 2-Bay Compact V-Mount Charger Kit for $530

MEANWHILE among the Best Buy dailies we find:

+ 13.5″ 2K Acer Chromebook Spin 713 2-in-1 (3:2, i5-1021OU, 8GB RAM, 128GB on-board) for $429
+ bonus: it supports the Taiwanese economy as it faces unprecedented pressure-aggression from the mainland

+ 20% off e-gift cards of GAP/BR/OldNavy/Athleta

+ Nomatic bags and such

+ name-brand mice from $8 (Logitech M187, I believe I have this little one, still works fine) to $35 (MSFT Arc Touch) to $65 (ROCCaT Kain 200)

THEN at the Bezos Space Empire Earth Outpost “W” we go with the Woot daily deals where they have:

+ Apple iWatches ($170 to $290)

+ Rocketbooks (for those of us who grew up learning to write with pen–n-paper) from $25 to $50

+ NetGear networking devices ($20 to $480)

UNTIL the Bezos Empire builds an actual Mothership, Amazon remains the mothership of the Bezos Space Empire on Earth with a new round of Gold Box dailies including:

+ up to 43% off on DeWalt power drills and accessories

+ thermal label printers, $95 to $128

+ up to 20% off on four pages (of search-listings) of new Amazon-branded products including CR20* and CR16* and LR44 batteries
+ and cables, always cables [to be fair, I’ve never had a problem with AmazonBasics cables]

Hello Tuesday with a new 7+1 round of B&H Photo daily deals good until 7/27/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Pearstone Onyx 90 Lens Case for $12

+ 1TB Seagate One Touch USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive (Black) for $50

+ FotoDioX Pro FlapJack LED Wand C-308AS Bi-Color Edge Light Kit for $140

+ MeFoto RoadTrip Aluminum Travel Tripod Kit (Pink) for $100
+ isn’t it pretty, pretty in pink?
+ fun fact: I saw the leader singer of the band perform live (at a free concert of course, this is a deals blog after all!)

+ GVM Teleprompter TQ-M for Tablets and Smartphones with Remote Control & App for $129

+ Tilta BMPCC 4K/6K Advanced Module (Tilta Gray) for $379

+ LetsCOM ID115Plus HR Fitness Tracker for $13
+ me personally, I prefer the LetsEXE and LetsBAT options 😉

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

+ next flash deal: Sirui BCT-3202 Professional 2-Section Carbon Fiber Video tripod

HIDDEN AMONG the Best Buy dailies there’s the MOZA AIR 2 handheld 3-axis gimbal stabilizer for DSRLs (ha!) and MirrorNyets (ha! too) for $400…

If you need USB-C powerbanks that have a low price but don’t hold a lot of juice, the Meh daily deal is a 4-pack of 4000 mAh refurbished powerbanks going for $15 total. Free shipping for paying Meh-members, otherwise you pay a flat shipping…

If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet The DePRESSed 😉

We start with a new round of B&H Photo daily deals good until 7/25/21 [yes, just five months to XMas 2021 – did you start planning? Dollar Tree is almost out of Christmas decorations already ;-)] at 11:59pm ET OR earlier IFF sold-out:

+ Vello hot-shoe bubble levels, 4 options, $6 to $10

+ Davis & Sanford & Sons V9 Fluid Video Head for $45

+ PortaBrace RT-LED1X1 Lite Panel Rain Cover for $55
+ only the rain cover; lite panel NOT included 🙂

+ RucPAC Professional Halo Headlamp for $18
+ Halo-Headlampographers unite and take over!

+ Samsung The Frame LS03A 43″ Class HDR 4K UHD Smart QLED TV for $750 after automagic in-cart qoupon

+ RODE Wireless GO Compact Digital Wireless Microphone System (2.4 GHz, White) for $149 after automatic in-cart coupon

NixPLAY digi-frames are among today’s numerous Best Buy daily deals…

UPDATE: among the NewEGG dailies there’s a 2-pack of 64GB Samsung Endurance PRO microSDXC cards for $22 with free US shipping…

Not photography related, but for those of you/us that like to read e-books on the Kindle, the Sunday Kindle Daily Deals feature over 120 e-books on sale, including Book #1 of “Game Of Thrones” 🙂

UPDATE #2: the current Adorama daily deal (changes Monday 10am ET) is the Came-TV Boltzen B-100 Fresnel 100W Fanless Focusable LED Bi-Color Fixture going for $449 with free US shippings…

As usual the B&H Photo daily deals for Friday run until SAturday at 11:59pm ET BUT orders are not accepted Friday PM to Saturday PM {check their website for exact hours}:

+ Metz transceivers for $54 each in Canon, Sony and Nikon
+ Metz receiver for $33 in Canon only
+ no combos

+ Celestron Night Vision Red LED Flashlight for $4
+ red light painters out there?

+ Sensei Quick Clip lens hoods, eight options (52mm to 82mm) for $8 each
+ yes, same price regardless of filter size!

+ RotoLight 6.0″ Articulated Arm Kit for $60

+ MeFoto RoadTrip S Travel Tripod (Aluminum, Red) for $70
+ matches with the red LED flashlight above 😉

+ APEX Utility Pouch Bundle (“Max 4 Camo”) for $10
+ “Max 4” is a name, not quantity
+ you get three pouches and a belt
+ daily reminder: when naming products, have someone not related with the company read the name and see if they get confused 🙂
+ also, please avoid the final “s” in model numbers

+ flash deal: JBL Horizon 2 Clock Radio with Bluetooth for $80

MEANWHILE the FRIDAY Woot daily deals include Pixel 4, iPhone 12 Mini and a sale of computer accessories ($23 to $99, 9 options, plus one that sold out aottow)

AMONG the action at the NewEGG dailies there’s a 128GB Samsung EVO (orange-cream color-scheme) microSDXC card going for $16 with free US shipping (sold and shipped by NewEGG isserf {internet-folksy way of saying itself?}

PS: “aottow” = as of the time of writing 🙂

Get ready to quench your THIRST-DAY with a new six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals good until 7/22/21 at 11:59pm ET {or earlier IFF sold out}:

+ BigSofti ONE Ultra lightweight Portable LED Soft Light (2800-5000K) for $69
+ say what you will, it is a memorable brand name 🙂

+ NanUK 923 Protective Case with Cubed Foam for $100 in five color options
+ the different colors are great for the color-coders out there – you know what’s in the case by the color – assuming of course you remember your color-coding scheme or you are willing to look-up your cheat-sheet; otherwise you may end up with the “macro case” when you are out to shoot fewtball games 😉

+ EdelKrone SliderONE v2 for $349

+ Zhiyun CRANE 3S PRO Handheld Stabilizer for $699

+ 2TB Delkin CFexpress POWER Memory Card for $550 after automatic in-cart coupon
+ flashback to the time we used 32MB Smartmedia cards 🙂

+ Alphabet Google “Great Satan” Nest Thermostat & Nest Mini Kit (Sand Thermostat, Charcoal Mini) for $145

MEANWHiLE at the Woot dailies the headliner is another Apple sale ($210 to $890, iPads, iMac, MacBooks). There’s also a refurbished scratch-n-sniff Samsung Galaxy S10 [once upon a time a flagship] for $200, HP 800 G3 desktops ($270 to $500), KitchenAid, shoes, etc…

PRO TIP on Samsung Galaxy phones: if you are planning to use many of the extra features Samsung loads on the phone, it may be a good idea to buy a higher-spec phone that you would normally use (eg if you had been buying a stock-like Android phone). While you may not find a lot of their extra features useful, they do have a lot of useful features that need memory and processing power (Secure Folder, Edge Panels, S-Pens, three tier lock-screens (including the always-on-display), etc). Of course the list of what one finds useful varies by person, which is why Samsung loads it up with hundreds of extras 🙂 The last time I got a new Galaxy phone, when I did the initial system update, it had over 400 (!!!) apps pre-installed. LOL. So much for going away from the TouchWiz overstuffing 🙂

THEN we dial down the yellow on our monitors and head on over to the Best Buy dailies where they have:

+ Bower clip-on LED right light for $5

+ Nikon Aulon binoculars, 8×21 or 10×21, three options, $47.49 each

+ MSI GF63 15.6″ gaming laptop (i5, GTX1650, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM) for $630

+ 2TB Samsung T7 Touch portable external SSD w/hardware encryption and USB 3.2 Gen 2 for $300

+ 75″ Insignia tripod-projector-screen for $80

+ name brand keyboards and mouse

Never fear, Wednesday is here with a new round of six B&H Photo dialy dealz good until 11:59pm ET or earlier IFF sold-out:

+ PhotoFlex RapiDome with Grid Kit for $90
+ certainly wins on name!

+ MAgnus REX VT-6000 2-Stage Video Tripod with Fluid Head for $399

+ FotoRgear Magilight LED Light Painting Stick / Wand for $199
+ Hodor but Fotor!

+ also: Klipsch speakers, IndiPRO power, PB audio bag

NEXT UP at the Meh website they have LegacyBox digital conversion kits (you send them the printed photographs and they digitize them) ranging from $89 to $369…

Centon internal SSDs ($66 to $570), various backpacks ($16 to $146), dark maple syrups and more at the Woot dailies…

THEN AT Worstest Buy ever they have a 2-pack of LIFX Color (E26 Edison screw) light bulbs going for $45, HyperX gaming mouse for $25, and more…

Back to school is the name of the game at the Wednesday Amazon USA Gold box…

UPDATE: the Adorama daily deals running until Thursday at 10am ET are:

+ Zhiyun Crane-2S 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $319

+ Monster Cable UltraHD Black Platinum 4K High Speed 9′ HDMI Cable with Ethernet + Indicator Lights for $45
+ MAGIC CABLES!
+ but it has lights?

We start the Tuesday 7/20/21 action at the B&H Photo daily deals where we have a 4-pack of offerings until 11:50pm ET {or earlier IFF sold out}:

+ Hoya 43mm UV Haze NXT HMC Filter for $13
+ Purple Haze edition for Hendrix fans not available at the moment

+ Cartoni Focus 10 Red Lock System (100mm Ball) for $1299
+ or you can buy 123 $10 tripods 😉

+ Boling Pocket LED RGB Video Light for $99
+ do you have a superpower or is that a video light in your pocket? 😉

+ hOLLYlAND LARK 150 2-Person Compact Digital Wireless Microphone System (2.4 GHz, Black) FOR $219

Monday is here and we have a new six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals good until 7/19/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out). And it’s blessed by iCupertino 🙂

+ Apple TV 4K (32GB) for $120

+ LumeCube 2.0 Portable Lighting Kit PLUS for $100

+ SteadiCAM AIR 25 Monopod for $179

+ edelKrone JibONE Motion Control Jib Tripod Attachment for $829

+ IDX 2 x 134Wh V-Mount Batteries with 2-Bay Compact V-Mount Charger Kit for $433

+ Spieltek SRL Gaming Recliner for $200 in three color options

MEANWHILE at the Adorama daily deals [change Tuesday 10am ET] they have a quartet of offerings:

+ Gigabyte AERO 15 OLED 15.6″ 4K UHD Gaming Notebook Computer for $2499
+ Intel Core i7-11800H 2.3GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 8GB, Windows 10 Pro
+ OR you can buy 30 refurbished Chromebooks for the same price 😉

+ SteelSeries Arctis Pro + GameDAC Headset for $200

+ SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Wired Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with Adjustable Switch, RGB Back Lighting for $160

+ SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gaming Mouse, 3-RGB Zones Illumination for $85

THEN to the Bezos Space Empire on Earth we go where at the Woot dailies they have ring cameras, wifi routers and modems, origami racks, shirts and more…

AND at the main Bezos Space Empire on Earth, at the Amazon USA Gold Box they have a sale on Anker charging gear, eight options, $12.60 to $110…

THEN at the NewEgg dailies they have the Wacom Intuos wireless graphics drawing tablet with bonus software for $150… It’s also microprocessor day with 2 RYZENs and and one INTEL…

Good until Sunday 7/18/21 at 11:59pm ET {or earlier IFF sold out}, you can haz these sunny-day offers at the B&H Photo daily deals:

+ PortaBrace PB-2500FP Hard Utility Case with Foam (Platinum) for $100

+ ApeXel Mini Tripod/Hand Grip with Smartphone Holder for $10

+ Tiffen 37mm 0.65x Wide-Angle Conversion Lens for $3

+ HoYa 49mm NXT Plus UV Filter for $15

+ EPgear weather sleeves, three options, $9 each

+ Samsung AU8000 50″ Class HDR 4K UHD Smart LED TV for $458 after the automatic in-cart coupon song and dance

Big party at the Woot daily deals where they have among others:

+ GoPro HERO9 Black with 1-year GoPRO warranty for $380

+ Kindle device sale including many tablets and ereaders (a number of which are already sold out as of the time of writing)

+ and some… Redneck Lipstick 🙂
+ no, I am not making it up!

UPDATE: the latest Adorama daily dela (changes Monday 10am ET) is the Apai Genie S1 Auto Smart Shooting 360 Degree Object Tracking Smart Phone Holder going for $14…

FriYAY is ‘ere an’ as^usual the B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday 7/17/21 at 11:59pm ET but orders are not accepted Fri PM to Sat PM (check their website for exact hours):

+ J.CRISTINA PHOTOGRAPHY TOOLS Focus Pyramid Autofocus Lens Calibration Tool for $15

+ RotoLight NEO 2 Explorer Kit for $750

+ BushNell Legend Ultra HD 10×25 Binoculars (Black) for $109

+ SirUI B-00 Series Mini Ball Head in two colors for $25 after a $5 mail-in rebate (SAD!)

+ multi-packs of AVODA branded case/ring accessories for Apple AirTag Kits in different colors, three sets, $15 to $20

+ SaraMonic SmartMic-Di Stereo Condenser Microphone for Lightning iOS Mobile Devices for $59

MEANWHiLE at the Friday 7/16/21 Woot daily deals they have Apple devices (iPhone, iWatch, iAirpod) and Samsung monitors ($140 to $1000) and adders and even 8.5×11 HP printer paper [ouch on the delivery costs and the delivery man!]

CHROMEBOOK TIME at the Friday 7/16/21 Best Buy dailies where the headliner is a 14″ Lenovo Chromebook 3 with touch-screen going for $219 [Mediatek MT8183, 4GB RAM, 64GB on-board storage, 1080p, etc)… There’s also the Logitech M170 mouse going for $8… And a Vankyo leisure mini projector for $110…

UPDATE: inside the Amazon USA Gold Box we find a sale on Ruko drone kits, with two options available, going for $264 and $320 each…

UPDATE #2: the current Adorama daily deal (changes Saturday 10am ET) is the new condition Zendure A2 6700mAh Crush-Proof Portable Charger going for $10. It has low mAh for today’s flagship phones but promises “crush-proof”. Unless they mean K-Pop crush proof 😉