Archives for 2021

Monday is here with a new set of B&H Photo dailies running until 11:59pm ET on Wednesday 9/8/21 or earlier if sold out [B&H is closed for holidays and will return on Thursday]:

+ DraCast Vlog Basic Lighting Kit for $139

+ Siruit PB-10 Multi-Axial Panoramic Head for $80 after $5 MIR

+ Cinetics Lynx 3-Axis Motorized Slider for $1250

+ Atomos Connect Convert Scale | SDI to HDMI for $98

Bag the bags at the Meh daily deal for Monday 9/6/21, Isaac Mizrahi 3-Piece Spinner Luggage with Matching Tote going for $150 plus shipping. This is general use, not camera bags…

Also “bag the bags” at the Amazon USA Gold Box with prices ranging from $11 to $120 on various kinds of general use bags…

Down go the prices for the 1TB external HDDs, it’s $40 for the WD Easystore at the Best Buy dailies, where you can also get the 128GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS microSDXC for $30…

Samsung makes a guest appearance at the Saturday Best Buy daily deals with their 512GB EVO Plus microSDXC going for $70 and their 256GB going for $43 and their 1TB 870 EVO 2.5″ internal SATA SSD for $110…

Then at the Adorama dailies (changes Sun 10am ET) they have the On-Stage AS800 FET Condenser Microphone bundle (with H&A Mic Stand and Broadcast Arm and Pop Filter) for $85 with free US shipping…

If you need hot or cold drinks during your long photo sessions in the great indoors or the dirty outdoors, they have another variant of the Contigo sale with all kinds of sizes and shapes of options…

BUT the star of the day at the Saturday Amazon USA Gold Box is yet another different variant of the Neewer LED lighting sale featurig 21 products with prices ranging from $20~ to $239~. These include:

• on-camera lights
• action camera accessor-a-palooza kits
• stabilizer-y things including tripods and stands
• selfie ring lights
• lighting kits of different kinds
• light boxes and such

FRiyAy is here and as usual, the B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but orders are not accepted Fri PM to Sat PM {check their website for exact hours}:

+ Falcon Eyes PockeLite F7 mini RGB & Variable Color LED Light with Diffuser & Grid for $49
+ fear not, actual falcon eyes were not used in the making of the accessory!

+ Moza Mini MX Gimbal for Smartphones for $59
+ Moza, not to be confused with Mozart, Morrissey or Mozzarella 😉

+ PogoCam Wearable HD Camera for $15

+ UndFind FishBomb Lens Filter and Accessory Case for $4

+ Memory Card Label Stickers (90-Count) for $7

+ PA-H2HFULL Coiled HDMI Cable (14 to 18″) for $6

MEANWHILE at the Friday Amazon USA Gold Box there’s an Acer gaming laptops sale ($1060 to $1145), kitchen accessories sale and trunk organizers and such…

AND at the Adorama daily deals [change Saturday 10am ET] they offer the
Joby GorillaPod 3K PRO Kit for $90 with free US shipping…

Instax cult members fans, head on over to the Adorama daily deals running until Friday 9/3/21 at 10am ET because:

+ Slinger FujiFilm Instax Mini 9 Accessory Kit for $10
+ Camera Not Included

+ Slinger Insert Bag for 4419 for $40
+ can be used stand-alone but it is designed to be used within the 4419 case
+ 4419 case NOT included

We have a bit of a “NOT INCLUDED” theme today 🙂

Better late than never as we start at look at the Thursday 9/2/21 daily deals starting with the B&H Photo action running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier IFF sold out):

+ Bolt VM-110 LED Macro Ring Light for $34

+ GVM G100W Bi-Color LED Video Light Kit with Lantern Softbox for $219

+ $20 main-in rebate (MIR) on Tiffen Variable Neutral Density filters (72mm to 82mm)
+ prices $40 to $60 AFTER the $20 MIR

+ ACER Nitro XV272U Vbmiiprx 27″ Monitor for $275
+ 16:9 FreeSync QHD IPS
+ for the speed readers out there, the model name is Vbmiiprx, not Vampiriix 😉

+ SirUI Video Survival Kit 2 Tabletop Dolly with Slider Track for $45 after $5 MIR

+ VideON VersaStreamer SDI Streaming Video Encoder (HDMI/SDI) for $859
+ apply directly to the forehead? 😉

FANS OF MSI unite and takeover and head on over to the Thursday Woot daily deals where the headliner is a laptop and desktop gaming sale, with prices ranging from $850 to $2730…

An AMD A6 Lenova Chromebook for $119 [has the AMD budget line finally found the right OS for it?] is among the Thursday BEst Buy dailies which also include a sale on Corsair gaming headsets [they go well with the MSI gaming computers above LOL]

Between Snapdragon and Ryzen and Apple Silicon Magic Things, the once monopolistic Intel is running for cover. Which brings us to the NewEGG dailies where you can have a shocking (for the times) $10 off the Ryzen 9 5950X, along with the usual assortment of computer-y and tech-y items…

Speaking of gaming computer gear, there’s a couple of them at the Amazon USA Gold Box, the MSI GS75 Stealth gaming laptop for $1400 and the 17.3″ Alienware m17 R4 going for $1970…

Hump Day is here, and we start with a new round of B&H Photo dailies running until 9/1/21 at 11:59pm ET {or earlier IFF sold out}:

+ EdelKrone SliderPLUS v5 PRO Long for $599

+ MeFoto SideKick360 Smartphone Tripod Adapter (Gold) for $15
+ PRO TIP: important influencers have gold accessories 😉

+ LG 32UL750-W 31.5″ 16:9 4K FreeSync LCD Gaming Monitor for $417
+ Vertical Alignment (VA) Panel HDMI | DisplayPort | USB Type-C Inputs 3840 x 2160 4K UHD Resolution 3000:1 Static Contrast Ratio

+ Pengo HDMI to USB Type-C 4K Grabber for $90

+ also budget CAD mic and Philips true wireless

Then we scoot on over at Woot’s where we find tablet/laptop stands, security cameras, Fire TV sticks, and heated vests because Winter is always coming [h/t Ned Stark]…

Tuesday is here with a new round of B&H Photo daily deals good until the end of the month (8/31/21) at 11:59pm ET (or earlier IFF sold out):

+ Nanlite AC LED Monolights, two options, $139 and $249

+ Think Tank Photo Video Rig 18 Rolling Case for $200
+ you can roll your “bag the bags” too 😉

+ 128GB ProGrade CFexpress 2.0 Gold Memory Card for $130

+ InoGeni 4K HDMI to USB 3.0 Video Capture Card for $299
+ Inogeni sounds like one of the member state of the Federation, the ones that are always mentioned parenthetically but never featured in an episode?

+ Tiffen 3-Filter Neutral Density/Polarizer Filter Kit for DJI Mavic 2 Pro for $45

+ Sirui VTJ-1.8 Video Travel Jib for $285 after a $15 mail-in rebate
+ ARGGH, mail-in rebates for such small amounts

We start with the Monday 8/30/21 B&H Photo dailies good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Vello Battery Grips, 24 options of various camera brands, $36 to $60
+ check each option for specific camera compatibility

+ Nanuk 6-lens cases for $99, three color options

+ Browning BTC-5HD-APX-20C Strike Force Apex HD Trail Camera (20MP) for $100

+ 2-pack of 32GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC for $12

+ GVM RGB LED Studio Video Bi-Color Soft 1000D 3-Light Panel Kit for $399

+ Pengo 1080p HDMI to USB Type-C Video Grabber (Titanium Gray) for $70

MEANWHiLE the Adorama daily deal [changes Tuesday 10am ET] is the MSI Codex R 10SI-026US VR-Ready Gaming Desktop Computer going for $919. Specs include i5-10400F 2.9GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, Windows 10 Home, etc…

Living in Woot-Landia, they have a refurbished Samsung computer monitors sale ($230 to $1000) as the headliner while under clearance they have $70 Chromebooks…

It’s STORAGE DAY at the Best Buy dailies with a 1TB Sandisk Ultra PCIe internal SSD for $95, three WD external storage options, a $15 contactless thermometer (a must have for your COVIDalia collection?), biodegradable (!??!?) iPhone cases, and mo(i)re…

And we are baaack with the Adorama dailies this lot running until Saturday at 10am ET (or earlier IFF sold out):

+ 2-Pack Litra LitraTorch 2.0 Photo and Video LED Light for $85
+ with Triple Mount for GoPro System, Aluminum Handle with Rubber Grip
+ Waterproof 60 Feet(20m), 800 Lumens, 5700K
+ you get two LitraTorches

+ MSI Katana GF66 15.6″ Full HD 144Hz Gaming Notebook for $879
+ i5-11400H 2.7GHz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 with 4GB, Windows 10 Home, etc

You got FriYAY on your mind? Well, you’ve come to the right day!

We start with the B&H Photo dailies which, as usual, end on Saturday at 11:59pm ET but there’s no ordering during the Sabbath (friday pm to saturday pm, check their website for exact hours):

+ MeFoto WalkAbout Aluminum Monopod (Orange) for $24
+ could also be repurposed for Star Wars or other scifi/fantasy cosplay

+ 32GB Lexar JumpDrive V40 USB 2.0 (two point zero) Type A with keychain hole for $4

+ RucPac Professional Focus Headlamp for $40
+ move over lightpainters, we headlampographers are the new “it” 😉

+ 512GB Silicon Power Superior UHS-I A1 microSDXC with SD Adapter for $55
+ 256GB A2 of above for $27

+ MotoRola Verve Loop 200 Wireless earphones for $11

+ some eyeball/egg-shaped wifi security camera thing for $30

+ flash deal ends Friday 7pm ET: 2TB Samsung T7 portable touch external SSD for $270
+ now that HDD prices have fallen down, SSD is the new “it”, thus higher price points per GB, storage companies win regardless 🙂

MEANWHiLE among the FriDAY BeST BuY DAiLieZ there’s a 5TB WD EasyStore external HDD for $90, an 8TB for $170, a Vantop SnapTain SP-7100 drone with remote controller for $250, Frozen (Disney’s Frozen, not refrigerator Frozen) Funkopops, and suc…

A BIG RAZER SALE headlines the Friday Amazon USA Gold Box with two pages of offerings, with prices ranging from $20 to $3400. This includes laptops, keyboards, mice, controllers, headsets, mics, mousepads, keypads, computer cases, etc…

Here we geaux, SUN-DAY is here again, and as usual, if it’s not sunny, you get your money back, from the Sun Customer Service Center, 35 Solaris Avenue Suite 305A, at the intersection of Sunspot #2093 and #6056 on the Sun 😉

We start with the B&H Photo dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier IFF sold out):

+ rucpac dual camera strap for $50
+ because all great swordsmen dual-wield

+ ONA Roma Camera Insert and Bag Organizer (Black) for $39

+ Sunpak VL-LED-09 Compact Video Light for $7
+ I neeeed moooooore liiiiiight!

+ BluTec 95Wh V-Mount Battery and Charger Kit for $100

+ Samsung TU8300 65″ Class HDR 4K UHD Smart Curved LED TV and Free Soundbar System Kit for $698

+ 1-year subscription Acronis True Image 2021 Premium edition from $50 to $80 (from 1 to 5 Win/Mac user licenses)
+ all options are 1-year subscriptions; the variable is the number of user licenses for the 1-year term
+ it’s all about the Netflix-model these days

THE MAGIC HAS A PLAN for you Gaius! Accept Cupertino’s True Love and you will be saved! The headliner of the Sunday Best Buy dailies is the Apple Magic Keyboard for the 12.9″ iPad PRO for $199. Check website for compatibility. You also get free 6-month subscriptions to Apple News and Apple Music (new subscribers only)…

No lens today, but it’s a 7+1 at the B&H Photo dailies which as usual run until SAturday at 11:59pm ET but orders are not accepted Fri PM to Sat PM.

+ Lowel Go Lite Compact LED Light for $30
+ you can’t have photo-graphy without light!

+ Domke F-803 RuggedWear Camera Messenger Bag for $100
+ Bag the Bag!

+ MAgnus BHSP-04 Ball Head with Built-In Smartphone Adapter for $10

+ GVM NP-F970 6600mAh Lithium-Ion Battery with Travel Charger for $44

+ SAmsung Galaxy Buds Pro Noise-Canceling True Wireless for $127 in three color choices

+ Kaiser Diascop Mini 2 with 2x Lens and Folding Arm for $16

+ flash deal Manfrotto Gimbal 220 Pro Kit for $250 after in-cart coupon

Samsung orange-grey EVO microSDXC cards among the Best Buy dailies for Friday 8/20/21, the 512GB goes for $70 while the 256GB for $43. Without the need of a calculator, the 512GB wins!

It’s Tool Tyme at the Friday 8/20/21 Amazon USA Gold Box with Goldblatt, Workpro and more featured in two pages of offerings, ranging from $8 to $80…

Once again we are at the halftime show in the week, it’s Wednesday and there’s a new half-a-dozen B&H Photo daily deals good until Wednesday 8/18/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier IFF sold-out):

+ ONA Brixton Camera/Laptop Messenger Bag for $169 with FREE Canvas Wax, in three color options [the bags, not the wax LOL]

+ Genaray Ultra-Thin Bicolor 144 SMD LED On-Camera Light for $40

+ FotoDiox Selfie Starlite Stix Vlog Light Kit with Light Stand for $78
+ bonus points: it looks professional-y in an influencer-y kind of way

+ Zhiyun-Tech CRANE 2S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $319

+ LG LCD 32UK550-B 31.5″ 16:9 4K FreeSync LCD Gaming Monitor for $275

+ refurb TP-Link Archer AX21 AX1800 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router for $60

Three Windows laptops ($190 HP Celeron, $500 HP i5, $700 Dell Ryzen 7) headline the Best Buy dailies but that’s not all, there’s a non-afterthought Chromebook, one that is not just made with the leftover parts in the warehouse 😉 It’s the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 (13.3″ QLED 1080p, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, Intel i3, backlit keyboard, microSD slot, Wifi 6, etc) going for $499 in new condition or $364 in open-box condition. This only in the “Fiesta Red” color-scheme. However, as it is often the case with Samsung, it has just one USB-C port on each side, so a USB-C hub (or two) are your new best friends 🙂

As of the time of writing it averages 4.6 out of 5 based on nearly 200 customer reviews at Best Buy with a 91% “recommend to a friend”. They should also have a “recommend to an enemy” option 🙂

Meanwhile in Wootlandia the headliner is an iPhone-a-pa-looza of Grade A refurbished with 90-day Woot warranty with prices ranging from $28 (MagSafe charger) to $480 (lowest priced iPhone in the sale) to $1180…

UPDATE: two items can be found in the Adorama daily deals (expire Thursday 10am ET or earlier if sold out):

+ Explorer AX-LED915 AuraLED 915 Lightweight LED Light Panel for $59

+ K&F Concept Black and Orange Aluminum Tripod Monopod with Center Axle Transverse for $100

Tuesday is here and there’s a new 4-pack of B&H Photo dailies running until Tuesday 8/17/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Datacolor SpyderX Color Control Kit for $270

+ MeFoto RoadTrip Aluminum Travel Tripod Kit (Titanium) for $85

+ GVM Bi-Color LED Video Light G100W for $209

+ Westcott X-Drop Kit (5 x 7′, Green Screen) for $74

Yet another external HDD is once again the Best Buy dailies headliner, this time around it is the 14TB WD EasyStore USB 3.0 going for $270… The rest include a 128GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS (not PUS) microSDXC for $33, sale on Instapot multicookers, 1TB Seagate OneTouch external HDD for $50, and even a Hot Wheels mega set (mayhaps a good test subject for camera/lens testing?)…

Bio-bidets are the headliner of the Woot dailies because WATER >> PAPER when it comes to cleaning 🙂 There’s a Brim 19-bar expresso [OOOPS, espresso] machine for $226, WD internal gaming SSD, Defiant Mushroom coffee blend (not sure if this is mushroom or coffee LOL), and more…

UPDATE: party at the NewEgg dailies among which you can haz:

+ 3pk of NewEgg-branded beanie hats for $12

+ 128GB Samsung BAR Plus USB 3.1 Type A for under $18 with promo code shown there (they don’t show the coupon discount)

+ 256GB Lexar Performance microSDXC for $27 after the $7 off promo code shown over there

+ lots of other offers

MEANWHiLE at the Amazon USA Gold Box there’s a sale of APC UPS and surge protectors ($12 to $188) and a Motorhead drill and impact drivers sale. Yes, heavy metal but not _that_ kind of heavy metal 😉

It’s party time at the current iteration of the Adorama dialy deals running until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier IFF sold out):

+ Litra LitraPro Bi-Color On-Camera Light for $150

+ Sirui 3T-35R 1-Section Aluminum Table Top Tripod {= TTT} (8.8lbs Capacity, 13″ Maximum Height, Red) for $60

+ NiSi 100mm Starter Kit III with V6 Filter Holder and Pro CPL for $349