Archives for July 2021

Godox, MSI, NiSi {ends Thur 10am ET}

Four are the daily deals that are currently running at Adorama (until Thursday 7/15/21 at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ NiSi M75 75mm Starter Kit with Pro CPL for $199

+ Godox UL60 Silent LED Video Light for $219

+ Godox UL150 Silent LED Video Light for $319

+ MSI Prestige 14 EVO for $899
+ model A11M-221
+ 14″ Full HD, i5-1135G7 2.4GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, W10H, etc

Wedn: SYRP Genie II Motorized Pan/Tilt Head for $1000AC, Etc

Hump Day is here once again and good until 7/14/21 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold-out, you can haz these string quartet of B&H Photo daily dealz:

+ SYRP Genie II Motorized Pan/Tilt Head for $1000 after an automatic $663 off in-cart coupon
+ it’s not a genie in a bottle, it’s a genie in a shopping cart 😉

+ PortaBrace Lightweight Carrying Case for C-Stands for $80

+ Spieltek gaming chairs, 10 options, $160 to $240

+ LetsCOM ID132 Color HR Fitness Tracker for $15 in three color options

IF YOU WANT to try out the official Android 12 Beta, today’s Woot dailies include a srcatch-n-dent (not to be confused with scratch-n-sniff) refurbished unlocked Pixel 3 for $90. Android 12 is the last official version it gets… OR if you want the Pixel 2, the standard goes for $60 while the 2 XL goes for $70… They come with a 90-day Woot warranty…

Speaking of which, this is the official Google page showing the Updates schedule for the Pixel smartphones so far… Note that the “a” models always come after the main models, that’s why their “expiration date” is further into the future than the root models…

Tuesday: GVM, Luxli Cello, Sirui Cabinets, Nighthawk, Etc

Good until Tuesday 7/13/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) is this latest round of B&H Photo daily deals:

+ SpiderPro Hand Strap (Kodiak) for $20
+ not to be confused with Zodiak 😉

+ LuxLi Cello 10″ RGBAW LED Light, four options, $179 to $389

+ GVM Professional Video Aluminum Alloy Motorized Camera Slider (48″) for $225

+ SirUI Electronic Humidity Control and Safety Cabinet, four options, with mail-in rebate offers

+ Comica Audio BoomX-U U2 Compact 2-Person Wireless Microphone System for Mirrorless/DSLR Cameras (568 to 579 MHz) for $149

+ NetGear Nighthawk AX4 AX3000 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router for $80 after automatic in-cart coupon

MEANWHILE at the Woot dailies the headliner is a big MSI sale featuring all kinds of computery things,about 50 options, most of which are in-stock as of the time of writing. Price range is $106 to $3700. Desktops and laptops too…

2TB external name-brand HDDs seem to be settling into the $55 “default sale price” and such is the case at the Best Buy dailies with the WD Easystore…

Olympus E-M5 III with 14-150/4-5.6 II and Rokinon 16mm T2.2 for $1049

Woo-Woo! It’s LENS DAY at B&H and now we have CAMERA DAY at the Adorama daily deals good until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Olympus E-M5 III with TWO LENSES for $1049
+ the lenses are: Olympus 14-150 f4-5.6 II and Rokinon 16mm T2.2 for M43rds

+ Godox TL60 RGB Tube Light for $199

+ Godox TL60 RGB Tube Light 2-Light Kit with Gooseneck 2-Light Bracket for $429

+ Godox TL60 RGB Tube Light 4-Light Kit with Gooseneck 4-Light Bracket for $790

Monday: 2pk of Lexar 1066x SD, GVM, Nanuk 935, Tiffen VND, Zeiss Batis 25/2 [E], Etc

Hooray-Hooray, it’s a LENS DAY at the B&H Photo daily deals good until Monday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ 2-pack of Lexar Professional 1066x UHS-I SDXC Memory Cards (SILVER Series)
+ 64GB for $30, 128GB for $50
+ 128GB wins the GB/$

+ ZEISS Batis 25mm f/2 for Sony E for $999
+ used prices over there start at $844

+ Tiffen Variable Neutral Density Filter at 72mm, 77mm and 82mm with a $20 mail-in rebate

+ GVM 560AS Bi-Color LED Studio Video 2-Panel Light Kit for $159 with FREE GVM Softbox

+ Nanuk 935 Wheeled Hard Utility Cases with Foam for $135 in eight color options

+ EdelKrone StandONE All-Terrain Foldable Camera Stand for $99

THEN we head on over to the Woot dailies where they have scratch-n-dent Chromebooks ($80 to $90), 3D printers and accessories, and more…

MEANWHILE at the Best Buy dailies they have the Moza Air 2 gimbal stabilizer critter for $400… They also have Nomatic bags [not camera bags]…

RYZEN 7 3700X leads the way among the Monday 7/12/21 at the NewEGG dailies

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, at the Bezos Space Empire on Earth, it is a “Back to School Sale”, it’s a Papermate sale… This year may have felt compressed but let’s not forget, the 4th of July is the unofficial start of the Back to School shopping season 🙂 Just don’t tell the students and the teachers 🙂

Sunday: LumeCube, MeFoto, GenAray, Elvid, ThinkTank, Sandisk and Samsung microSD*, Etc

Sunday is here, and as usual, if it’s not sunny, you get your money back. Problem is, you have to request the refund in person at the Sun HQ 😉

We start with the B&H Photo daily deals good until Sunday 7/11/21 [yes, today is a great sale-a-bration, it’s 7-11 day!] at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Think Tank Vision 15 Shoulder Bag (Dark Olive) for $80

+ 5-pack of 32GB Sandisk microSDHC cards (with SD adapter) for $32
+ 10-pack of above for $60

+ GenAray Beacon LED Wand-Style Light for $139 with FREE Battery and Barndoors included automatically by B&H while this promotion is running
+ for the hungry speed-readers out there, it is Beacon, not Bacon 😉

+ LumeCube Bi-Color LED Light and Power Bank for $80

+ ElVid OptiView 50 3.2″ LCD Viewfinder for $25

+ MeFoto GlobeTrotter Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod Kit (Titanium) for $240

MEANWHILE at the Woot dailies the headliner is a Blink security camera sale. Then they have another monitor extravaganza sale ($90 to $3600, that’s quite a price range, 14 options, one soldout), 5 lb Mad Priest coffee [that’s what Melisandre drinks!], VIVO office equipment, canisters, etc…

NEXT UP at the NeW eGG dailies they have a 2-pack of 64GB Samsung PRO Endurance microSDXC cards for $22 with free US shipping and the usual assortment of techie items…

TO SPACE WE GO, at the Bezos Space Empire (on Earth) they have 40% off on select Amazon house-brand dog food items, 60+ ebooks on sale, Fire Stick thing, and more…

UPDATE: the current Adorama daily deals [changes Monday 10am ET] are:

+ MCS Plastic Format Frame for a 8.5×11″ Photograph for $1

+ KODAK T-Max 100, 100TMX, Black & White Negative Film ISO 100, 35mm Size, 24 Exposure for $5

256GB Samsung EVO microSDXC, Mehathon, PortaBrace, Etc

FriYAY is here and the Meh website is having another variant of their “Woot-Off”, this one they call a “Birthday Tour-a-thon”. You can find and purchase all previously featured offers in their forums

NEXT UP, we head on down to the NewEgg daily deals where 256GB Samsung EVO microSDXC (the orange-cream color scheme) is on sale for $27 after you use the limited-time promo code discount shown over there)… There’s also the usual variety of tech items such as Ryzen 5 5600X, ASUS ROG motherboard, WD, Lenova IdeaPad Slim Shady, ASUS gazillion-band wifi thing, MSI Optix monitor and mo(i)re…

THEN we go to the Big Yellow, aka the Best Buy dailies where we find a 256GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS microSDXc for $58, $5 off prepaid phone cards, and such…

MEANWHILE at the Bezos Space Empire, the Woot dailies include a “Bag the Bags” but for tools (not camera gear), Dell 11.6″ Chromebooks from $75 to $95, and the headliner is the Amazon Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote for $20…

The above offers are good for Friday 7/9/21. The ones below, the B&H Photo daily deals, are the usual situation on Friday at B&H Photo, the offer runs for 48 hours but orders are not accepted during Sabbat

+ ApeXel Extendable Tripod for DSLR Camera and Smartphone for $18

+ PortaBrace RB-1B Small Lightweight Run Bag for $115

+ KanExpro 3×1 HDMI Switcher with 4K Support for $17
+ because an HDMI switch is (usually) cheaper than an extra monitor/TV 😉

+ 2pk CETW544 True Wireless In-Ear Headphones Kit for $20

UPDATE #1: the new Adorama daily deal (changes Saturday 10am ET) is the
Zendure A2 6700mAh Crush-Proof Portable Charger going for $10. About one “refill” for most of today’s flagship-tier smartphones…

Thursday: Meh-a-thon, 256GB Lexar 3500x CFast 2, SYRP Genie One, Etc

The day you have all been waiting for with a giant MEH waiting to form on your face, it’s a brand new Meh-rathon (aka Woot-OFF) at the Meh website. Items change every few minutes but unlike Woot, you can also purchase any and all previous offers, as long as they have not sold out…

NEXT UP, to the B^H Photo daily deals we geaux, goode until Thirst-DAY at 11:59pm ET (or earlier IF sold-out):

+ 256GB Lexar Professional 3500x CFast 2.0 Memory Card with CR2 Thunderbolt 2 Reader for $280
+ Vroooooooooom at 3500X

+ InoVativ Pro Monitor Mount & QR Pro VESA System Kit for $300

+ SYRP Genie One Motion Control Pan Head/Linear Drive for $250 after an automatic $280 off in-cart coupon

+ refurbished 2-pack of Deco W2400 AC1200 Wireless Dual-Band 100/10 Mb/s Mesh Wi-Fi System for $55
+ that’s $27.50 per thing

UPDATE: very busy tech day at the Woot daily deals including refurbished MacBooks ($510 to $1480), Vankyo projectors [because every wall is a TV screen!], origami racks, while the main daily deal is a 19-item Tech Favorites sale that includes three different bundles of single-use AC Delco batteries, AirPods PRO, a mega 44K powerbank, TVs, cables, refurbished iPhone 12 PRO & Mini and mo(i)re…

UPDATE #2: the current Adorama daily deal (changes Friday 10am ET) is the Polar Pro LiteChaser Pro Filmmaker Kit for iPhone 11 (PRO or “Regular”) going for $40 to $60…

Arista CS41, Silk PRO Tripod w/PanHead {end Thur 10am ET}

Two items are among the current iteration of the Adorama daily deals which run until Thursday at 10am ET {or earlier if sold out} and one of them is for …film fans!

+ Slik Pro AL-324DX Tripod with SH-705E 3-Way Pan Head for $50

+ Arista CS41 Liquid Developing Quart Kit for Processing C-41 Color Negative Film for $28

Wedn: Manfrotto-Ultrasone bundle, Zhiyun Crane 2S bundle, Neewer Party, Etc

Oooops, we missed a couple of days of dailies, including the all-important “Interdependence Day”, the 5th of July, because you can’t have Independence without Interdependence [Not to be confused with Scalzi’s Interdependency scifi book series]. A 10,000 word bloviating essay on the topic is in the works 🙂

We start with the B&H Photo daily deals, this lot good until Wednesday 7/7/21 until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ crazy bundle time!
+ Manfrotto 504X Video Head & 2-Stage Tripod with Ground Spreader & Ultrasone Ed. M Black Headphones, for $750 after giant automatic in-cart coupon

+ Zhigun CRANE 2S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer Combo Kit for $419

+ AutoCueQTV 19″ Ultra Lite Teleprompter Kit for $699

+ Avaya Webcam/Huddle Camera HC020 with HDMI for $130
+ this was a spin-off of one of the name-brand telecom companies, I am now forgetting which one

MEANWHILE at the Amazon USA Gold Box there’s another Neewer Photo Accessories sale featuring 24 products with prices ranging from $7.60 to $260. This is a daily deal, not lightning deals, so the offers are good for the whole day {or earlier if sold out}. Products include:

+ backdrops
+ on-camera flashes
+ lighting kits
+ umbrellas
+ tripods and stabilizery things
+ camera backpacks
+ ringlights
+ and mo(i)re

Sunday: Hoodman CFAST, FotoPro UFO, Klipsch Cinema, Etc

If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Depressed 😉 Because that’s how you’ll end up after watching all the Sunday morning poly-ticks talk shows 🙂

But wait, there’s more! Today is Independence Day, a day of reflection and essay-reading and essay-writing about the need of and for freedom and prioritizing the collective good and… oh who am I kidding, FIREWORKS!

We start with the B&H Photo daily deals running until 7/4/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ 64GB Hoodman HCFAST Steel Memory Card for $60
+ 2-pack for $100, that’s $50 per card, 2-PAC wins!

+ FotoPRO UFO2 Tripod Kit for $17
+ you don’t need a FOIA request to see this UFO 😉

+ Klipsch Cinema soundbar systems, $300 to $850 _before_ the automatic in-cart coupon
+ after the in-cart coupon, they become $179 and $599…

+ 3-pack of Panasonic earphones for $20, that’s $6.67 per earphone

Meanwhile among the W00t daily dealz they have Segway scooters, Epson projectors ($330 to $620), touchscreen 11.6″ Chromebooks ($130 Lenova, $165 2n1 Dell; check Auto-Update Expiration dates, although at these prices you are often close or past the point-of-no-return), and random audio/video gear…

Speaking of Chromebooks, Opera became the first non-Google browser to become available for Chromebooks. It is available through the Google Play store on ChromeOS (in other words, you need Google’s Chrome-Android active). It has many of the features regular Opera has, including the free built-in VPN. Details at 11 or at your nearest Internet branch

Sat: Tenba Cooper 6, PowerEx 8-cell kit, Delkin Gecko

Good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (but with the usual non-ordering during the Sabbath) these are the latest B&H Photo daily deals:

+ Tenba Cooper 6 Messenger Bag with Leather Accents (Gray) for $50
+ is this Agent Cooper’s bag? 😉

+ PowerEX MH-C801D 8-Cell Charger with 8 Pro Rechargeable AA NiMH Batteries (1.2V, 2700mAh) for $54
+ you know you want more more moar MOAR rechargeable batteries and chargers 😉

+ ApeXel Selfie Ring Light with 24″ Gooseneck Stand Cell Phone Holder for $18

+ Delkin DDMOUNT MINI Fat Gecko Mini Camera Mount for $20
+ from a distance, it looks a bit like …sculpture?

Thursday: Neewer Lighting Sale ($14 to $180)

Party time at the Thursday 7/1/21 Amazon USA Gold Box, it’s a 20 item sale of Neewer Lighting Gear with prices ranging from $14 to $180. The sale includes:

+ ringlights
+ dimmable lights
+ backgrounds and backdrops
+ microphones
+ studio/lighting kits
+ tripod

MEANWHILE at the Woot daily deals they have a sale on refurbished Apple iMacs and Mac PROs ranging from $215 to $1080… There’s also a sale on Samsung TVs ranging from $350 to $5400…

THEN at the Adorama daily deals [change Friday 10am ET] you can have Polar Ignire fitness watches for $179 with free US shipping…