Archives for August 26, 2021

Thursday: ONA, GVM, Movo, Lenovo, Sigma 10-20/3.5 DC EX HSM for $299 [Nikon F], Acer Spin 713 ChromeOS, Etc

Quest your THIRST-DAY with yet another LENZE-DAY [yes, I know this is an irritating spelling of “lens”, that’s why I’m doing it :)] at the B&H Photo dailies going until 8/26/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier IFF sold out):

+ Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 EX DC HSM for $299 in Nikon F only
+ the Canon EF is discontinued, while the Sony A and Sigma SA are not on sale
+ yes, a wide zoom APS-C lens, 15-30mm-ish equivalent-ish
+ it’s Shiguma time, believe it!

+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme PRO UHS-II SDXC (up to 300MB/sec, V90, U3, C10) for $150 after in-cart coupon

+ GVM Mini Waterproof RGB LED On-Camera Light for $99
+ bonus point: looks adorkable

+ ONA Brixton Camera/Laptop Messenger Bag (Leather, Dark Truffle) for $279 with FREE Canvas Wax
+ PRO TIP: ear wax is not a substitute for canvas wax

+ Logan 450-1: 40″ Artist Elite Mat Cutter for $135

+ Movo GH800 Carbon Fiber Professional Gimbal Tripod Head for $130

+ Lenova 15.6″ IdeaPad Gaming 3 Laptop for $599 with FREE Bitdefender 1-year subscription (up to five devices)
+ i5-10300H Quad, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 IPS,NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
+ bonus point: you can say hello to the Chinese government while its super-secret spyware is running 😉

IF you are fond of improving home-improvement, a limited time promo code gets you a $100 Lowe’s e-gift card for $95 among the NewEGG dailies… Up to three per customer… There’s also 12TB WD, monitor, TV, networking, headphone and the other usual options over there…

A fancy Chromebook is among the Thursday Best Buy dailies, the 13.5″ ACER Spin 713 going for $430. For that you get the i5-10210U, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, 2K VertiView 3:2 IPS Gorillaz touchscreen (2256 x 1504), backlit keyboard [VERY USEFUL], 360-degree rotation, up to 10 hours battery, two USB-C (DisplayPort support), one USB 3.0 Type A, microSD slot, HDMI 1.4, Wifi 6, 1-year warranty, etc… Oh, you also get a vial with “Tears of Windows” 😉

It averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 574 customer reviews as of the time of writing of this bog-post 🙂 The first customer review there says you can replace the SSD yourself if you are careful and know what you are doing (PRO TIP: abstain from coffee/sugar overdose before attempting this LOL)…

Per the Google Auto Update Expiration page, this will be getting updates until June 2028…

Don’t tell your coffee purist friends, but among the Amazon Gold Box offers for Thursday there’s a sale on select 80-packs of Maud Variety Packs of K-Cups for $24… One of the options is decaf, one is original, and one is “super flavored” [offer this to your coffee purist friends LOL]

UPDATE: not a back to back lens day at the Adorama dailies, instead, running until Friday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) it is the new condition Movo Photo UM700 USB Desktop Studio Microphone with Adjustable Polar Patterns going for $80 with free US shippings…