Archives for 2021

Monday: FLIR One, Peak Design CaptureLens (EF, F, E/FE options) for $45, Tamrac, GVM, SYRP, Manfrotto

Today’s theme song is “(It’s Just Another) Manic Monday” which begins with a customary 7+1 in new B&H Photo daily deals good until Monday 5/10/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ FLIR One Pro Thermal Camera for Smartphones (Micro-USB)
for $220 with FREE cable adapter (USB-C to micro-USB)
+ now you too can be a Paranormal/UFO hunter!

+ Peak Design CaptureLens for $45 in your choice of Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony E/FE
+ this allows you to do it single-handedly
+ “it” refers to changing lenses on a camera body just so we are not misunderstood 😉

+ Sunpak DigiPro Ultra 63 Reverse Folding Aluminum Tri-Monopod for $60

+ Manfrotto Gimbal 220 Pro Kit for $250

+ Tamrac Professional Series: Anvil 17 Backpack for $90

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

+ Syrp Slingshot 1-Axis 328′ Motion-Controlled Cable Cam Time-Lapse Kit for $899

+ flash deal ends 12pm ET: Oben TS-20 Tripod Strap with Two Quick Release Loops for $10

UPDATE: among the Monday Woot daily deals there’s yet another iPhone/iWatch sale ($120 to $800), t/shirts of the COVID vaccination kind, and such… Meanwhile a Prime-members only offer is a 2-pack of AmazonBasics Lightning cables ranging from $10 to $12 total depending on color and size (with a 1-year Amazon warranty)…

It’s The Return of The Ringlight at the Monday Best Buy dailies with the Sunpak 12″ Rainbow Vlogging kit going for $80…

Considering the current demand vs supply Ryzen curve, I suppose a $5 off limited time coupon is considered a big discount these days [HA!], on the Ryzen 7 5800X desktop, going for $424AC at the NewEgg daily deals

How the mighty have fallen. Intel was on the verge of being a monopoly and now it’s getting its silicon rearend kicked from all directions from AMD’s Ryzen to Apple’s home-cooked recipe to Snapdragon and mayhaps the rumored future Samsung thing…

Sunday: Spider, Kodak, Joby, Kingston, Fotodiox, Celestron, Etc

If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Sunday B&H Photo daily deals until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Spiderlight Hand Strap for $10

+ 64GB Kingston DataTraveler 106 USB 3.0 Flash Drive for $6

+ Joby GripTight POV Kit for $10

+ FotoDioX Selfie Starlite Vlog 18″ Bi-Color Ringlight Kit for $75

+ Celestron 10×32 TrailSeeker Binoculars for $120
+ too late for the #ChineseRocket

+ Kodak 10″ Digital Picture Frame with Wi-Fi and Multi-Touch Display (Matte Black) for $100 after automatic in-cart coupon

+ Beats Flex Wireless In-Ear Headphones (Smoke Gray) for $40

+ flash deal ends 7pm ET: EzViz DB1C 1080p Wi-Fi Smart Doorbell for $50

+ no teaser for next flash deal yet

Meanwhile the current Adorama daily deals [change Sunday 10am ET] include:

+ Glow EZ Lock Wing-Like Parabolic Fiberglass Umbrella for $50

+ Mount-It! Wood Turntable TV Stand for 32-50″ Screens for $27~

UPDATE: the new round of Adorama daily deals [changes Monday 10am ET]:

+ Mount-It! Freestanding Single Monitor Desk Stand for $29~

+ Mount-It! Adjustable Gas Spring Desk Mount for Dual 15-34″ Monitor for $91

+ Mount-It! Metal Mesh Monitor Stand with Pull Out Drawer for $35
+ no that’s not a K-Cup drawer 😉

+ Mount-It! MI-7151 Universal PC Computer Holder Cart with 4 Caster Wheels, Adjustable Width for $14

DJI Osmo Pocket Bundle, Curved Softbox, Etc

A new trio of offerings makes up the current Adorama daily deals running until Saturday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ DJI Osmo Pocket 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilized Handheld Camera Bundle for $199
+ bundle includes DJI Expansion Kit, Froggi G03 1/4″ Adapter Multifunctional Expanding, Microfiber Cloth

+ Mount-It! MI-1772 Dual Computer Monitor Mount with Articulating Gas Spring Arms for 13-27″ Screens for $91

+ Glow EZ Lock ARC Curved Strip Softbox With Bowens Mount (16″ x 60″) for $60

Meanwhile the headliner of the Friday Best Buy daily deals is the 2TB WD EasyStore external USB 3.0 HDD going for $57…

If you want to try a Kindle e-reader without breaking the bank, under “Computers” at the Woot daily deals they have older refurbished Kindle Paperwhite models ranging from $19 to $30 with a 90-day Woot warranty. The lower prices are the original model, while the higher prices are 2013 (2nd generation) Paperwhite models. The most expensive one even has the AT&T 3G model (with free data for the express purpose of downloading Kindle ebooks and doing Kindle-related housekeeping). The latest model is the 4th generation Paperwhite [see Wikipedia]. If you are reading text-only ebooks and you don’t plan to download thousands of ebooks on it at the same time, you should be okay with the older models. On the other hand, manga/comics and complex documents may be too challenging for them [I was using the 2nd generation up until 3 years ago, then sideways-up upgraded to the Voyage for the physical page-turning buttons].

Spyder Autofocus Calibration, AF Adapter (Leica M lenses to Sony E cameras), Tamrac Goblins, Etc

FriYAY is here and that means the B&H Photo daily deals are good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ DataColor SpyderLensCal Autofocus Calibration Aid for $39

+ TechChartPRO Leica M Mount Lens to Sony E-Mount Camera Autofocus Adapter for $229
+ Leica M lenses to Sony E cameras

+ Tamrac Goblin pouches, three color options for $8 each

+ Vello film screen protectors, 7 options, $6 each

+ ExploreScientific National Geographic 50mm f/12 AZ Refractor Telescope for $40
+ you can see a UFO or mayhaps the chinese rocket out of control coming down

+ Magnus VPH-20 Video Pan & Tilt Fluid Head for $33

+ RucPac Professional Focus Headlamp for $40
+ niche within a niche, lightpainting with headlamps 😉

+ flash deal ends Friday 7pm ET: 10-pack of 16GB Sandisk Ultra microSD cards for $40
+ comes out to $4 per card

+ no teaser for next flash deal

AF Adapter (Canon EF to Fuji X), Slik Tripod Kit, Flashpoint OlyPan, Reflector (ends Fri 10am ET)

Have Canon EF lenses but also Fuji X bodies? Then come on down to the current Adorama daily deals good until Friday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Fringer Auto Focus Adapter Canon EF To Fuji X Mount Pro II for $299

+ Slik PRO AL-523DX Tripod Kit Includes PRO AL-523 3-Section Tripod with Able 300 Pan/Tilt Head for $80

+ Flashpoint R2 Pro 2.4GHz Transmitter for Panasonic & Olympus (XPro-O) for $20

+ Glow Collapsible Circular Wind Proof Reflector with Handles for $10 (42 inch) or $20 (52 inch)
+ 42 inch TVs are heading towards this price as well 😉

Meanwhile the Thursday Woot daily deals are very computer-centric:

+ MSI gaming desktops, $750 to $3600

+ Microsoft Surface PRO 12-inch (i5, 256GB, LTE) tablet for $560

+ Lenovo business notebooks from $430 to $550

+ more Star Wars t-shirts

+ unlocked Pixel 3 XL from $215 to $255

Then off we go to the Thursday Yellow and Blue daily deals (aka Best Buy) which offers:

+ Nixplay Smart Photo Frame 10.1-inch for $140
+ an old(er) tablet could also be repurposed as a digiframe

+ Sublue WhiteShark Mix Underwater Scooter for $400
+ this device has a song 😉
+ personal note: every time I try to troll people with this song, it backfires and it gets stuck in my head for hours

+ also TCL TV, Keurig single-cup, $30 dual-monitor mount, etc
+ pourover is great but sometimes you just want to press a button and be out the door 🙂

Thursday: MeFoto Sidekick 360, MindShift Holster, Etc

And just like that, the time is right to recycle my ThirstDAY joke, good until 11:59pm ET on Thursday 5/6/21 are the following B&H Photo daily deals:

+ MeFOTO SideKick360 Smartphone Tripod Adapter for $20 in 11 color options, so you can match it to the phone and to the case and to the tripod 😉

+ MindShift Gear Outbound Camera Holster 50 (Carbon Gray) for $40

+ Angler Collapsible Background Kit (5 x 7 feet, Chroma Blue/Green) for $70

+ Celestron Night Vision Red LED Flashlight for $6

+ Setwear Hothand Glove Pair with 3-Layer Mask Kit for $35 in various size options

+ Polsen MVS-5 Stereo Shotgun Microphone for DSLR Cameras and Portable Recorders for $35

+ Watson Voltage Converter, 300W for $30, 500W for $40
+ that’s 10W per $1 or 12.5W per $1 😉

+ flash deal ends 12pm ET: Comica BoomX-U U1 Compact Wireless Microphone System for Mirrorless/DSLR Cameras (568 to 579 MHz) for $99

+ no teaser for next flash deal

Wedn: 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $28AC w/FS

If you are looking for a 256GB microSDXC card for your cameras, smartphones, action cams, tablets, Chromebooks, laptops, etc, good until Wednesday 5/5/21 at 11:59pm pacific time, among the NewEgg deals du jour you can get the new condition 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC (A1, U1, UHS-I, C10) for $28 with free US shipping after using promo code 93XQY46. This is sold and shipped by NewEgg herself. Up to five per customer…

Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 65mm f1.4 Manual Focus (Fuji GF) for $599

Arthur C. Clarke wrote lesser known book, Randezvous with AdoRama and there until Thursday at 10am ET we have a 4-pack of offerings, one of which is a lens, a Fuji …Girl Friend 🙂

+ Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4 for Fuji GF, a manual focus lens, going for $599
+ only available in Fuji GF

+ DJI Ronin-S for $399
+ wasn’t there a Ronin movie at some time in the past? or in the future? I’m a little unstuck in time these days and I lost my sonic screwdriver 😉

+ Lenovo 500 Full HD USB Webcam for $33

+ H&A Professional USB Microphone for $50

Meanwhile among the Wednesday Amazon USA Gold Box offers there’s a sale on GooDee video projectors, and stylish TeaForte teas, most of them samplers in presentation boxes, would make nice gifts for all occasions, even better a random unexpected pick-me-up type of gifts. There’s also an adorable cherry-blossoms design resuable ceramic 12oz cup with included tea infuser for $14… Also great as a gift or even as home or office decor 🙂

NExt up at the Wednesday Best Buy dailies we have the return of the Sunpak 12″ Bi-Color Ring Light Kit with BOYA Lavalier Microphone and Bluetooth Remote all together going for $60… More there, 15% off on Bath & Body Works gift cards, universal tablet stand, sit-n-stand dual-monitor desk converter type of a thing, Apple cases, a basic 5-cup $10 coffee machine and such…

Wedn: GVM, Pixel 3XL, Tamrac Anvil, Celestron, Sunpak, Wise Advanced CFX Type-C, APC, Etc

And just like that, it’s Wednesday again, and this round of B&H Photeau daily deals is good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Tamrac Anvil T0300 M.A.S. & M.O.L.L.E Modular Accessory Belt for $8 in three size options
+ fun fact: the product name is longer than the actual product (when you expand the acronyms) 😉

+ unlocked Google Pixel 3 XL for $230 to $330
+ options include 64GB or 128GB
+ options for unlocked status as well, real unlocked, Sprint unlocked (the cheapest) and Verizon unlocked
+ this gets you the new Android developer preview, but it won’t get the 2022+ versions of Android (through the official Google Update process)

+ Sunpak TravelMaster Professional 63″ Reverse Folding Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head for $80
+ CAUTION: reverse folding tripods may create mini black holes

+ Wise Advanced CFexpress USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C Card Reader for $40

+ GVM LED Ring Light Soft Light 600S for $119

+ APC Back-UPS BN450M for $55 minus 27% off in-cart coupon making it around $40 [using head-math, use calculator or shopping cart for exact price]

+ CAD U37 USB Large-Diaphragm Cardioid Condenser Recording Microphone (Champagne) for $30 with FREE THRONMAX Stream Go X1 1080p Webcam included automagically by B&H

+ flash deal ends 2pm ET: Celestron 10×50 Granite Binoculars for $270

+ no teaser for next flash deal

Tuesday: Star Wars, NixPlay 10″ digiframe

Yes, today is Star Wars Day and it’s a Star Wars headliner at the Best Buy daily deals with various Force-sensitive offers. But that’s not all, they also have the 256GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS microSDXC for $58 and a couple of portable HDDs.

Meanwhile the headliner at the Amazon USA Gold Box is also a Star Wars sale but of camera-n-photo interest there’s the Nixplay 10.1 Inch Smart Digital Picture Frame for $142~ with free US shipping…

Flashpoint eVolv Flash Kit, Manfrotto for DJI, Dual-Monitor Stand

Not another lens day but still another trio of offers in the current Adorama daily deals running until Wednesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Flashpoint eVOLV 200 Pro TTL Pocket Flash Kit With Multi Charger and LED Light for $349

+ Mount-It! Articulating Dual Monitor Desk Stand for $63

+ Manfrotto Aviator D1 Backpack for DJI Phantom Quadcopter for $60

Tuesday: Tenba, Ringflash, GVM, Sirui, Reflektor, Panasonic 3LCD, Etc

ToozDay aka TunesDay is here and we start with the B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Tenba Solstice Sling Bag (7L, Blue) for $45
+ it has a nice distinctive color
+ bag the bag!!!

+ Vello Ringbox Ringflash Adapter for $30

+ Impact 5-in-1 Collapsible Circular Reflector Disc (42″) for $22
+ true fact: reflectors are so popular even Arcade Fire wrote a song about them 😉

+ SirUI PB-10 Multi-Axial Panoramic Head for $69 after a $15 mail-in rebate

+ GVM Teleprompter TQ-M for Tablets and Smartphones with Remote Control & App for $129
+ the start of your political career!

+ Auray SS-4420 Steel Speaker Stand for $12
+ not sure how this works for human speakers, mayhaps they mean audio speakers? who knows – check the user manual to be sure 😉

+ Panasonic PT-LW375U 3600-Lumen WXGA 3LCD Projector for $449
+ because every flat surface is your new TV/computer-monitor!

SLR Magic Cine Prime Lenses for Sony E and M43rds (and LitePanels Astra offer)

Hooray hooray it’s a triple lens day at the current iteration of the Adorama daily deals running until Wednesday 5/4/21 at 10am eastern or earlier if sold out. But there’s also one non-lens item:

+ Litepanels Astra 6X Bi-Color LED Panel, with V Mount Battery Bracket for $700 in your choice of V-mount or Gold-mount

+ SLR Magic Cine 10mm T2.1 HyperPrime for $249 in M43rds

+ SLR Magic Cine 35mm f1.2 for $199 in Sony E

+ SLR Magic Cine II 50mm f1.1 for $199 in Sony E

Monday: LumeCube 2.0 Professional Kit, Gitzo Century, Manfrotto, SpiderPro, Etc

Rumor has it, Monday got its name because the French were so disappointed the weekend was over they kept saying “Oh Mon Dieu, Oh Mon Dieu!” and that’s how Monday happened 😉 #NotFactChecked

Anyway to the Monday 5/3/21 B&H Photo daily deals we go, just one day before Star Wars Day 2021! These expire at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out; flash deals are by definition not running the whole day):

+ LumeCube 2.0 Professional 22-Piece LED Lighting Kit for $189

+ Manfrotto Aluminum Twin Leg Video Tripod with Ground Spreader for $330

+ SpiderPro Hand Strap for $20, two color options

+ refurbished TP-Link Archer A7 AC1750 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router for $30

+ AmazFit GTS 2e GPS Smartwatch for $100 after automatic in-cart coupon, three color options

+ Tascam DR-10L Micro Portable Audio Recorder with Lavalier Microphone for $125

+ Senal SMH-1200 Enhanced Studio Monitor Headphones for $60, three color options

+ flash deal ends 12pm ET: Gitzo Century Camera Traveler Messenger Bag (Black) for $100

+ next flash deal starts 12pm ET: no teaser yet

UPDATE: action at the Amazon USA Gold Box includes:

+ Kindle e-reader for $65 (with Ads, +$20 without ads)
+ option to get a 3-month free trial of Kindle Unlimited (does not change Kindle price)
+ this is the entry-point model but with more and more features coming down from the Paperwhite: touchscreen, front light, 8GB on-board storage, bluetooth audio BUT it is 167ppi (Paperwhite is 300ppi)
+ also on sale: Fire Kids tablets

+ FireTV stick 4K for $38
+ FireTV stick lite for $25

+ Coredy robotic vacuums (aka pet toys)

+ Prime-only discounts on Echo Show 5

Sunday: GVM, Miggo, Pixel 3, Hoya Solas, Fat Gecko

UPDATE #2: the new incarnation of the Adorama daily deal runs until Monday at 10am ET and it is the new condition Delkin Devices Fat Gecko Triple Suction Mount going for $60 with free US shipping… From a distance, it looks a bit like modern art 🙂

If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ unlocked Google Pixel 3 (64GB storage, Verizon Unlocked, pinkish) for $150
+ this can get the current Android developer preview; Pixels 2 and earlier cannot; Pixels 3 and newer can;

+ Miggo Splat SLR Flexible Mini Tripod (Blue) for $15
+ tree brunch NOT included
+ Sunday brunch NOT included

+ Pelican ProGear 1810 LED Keychain Light (Black) for $6
+ keychain-lightpainters?

+ GVM On-Camera RGB LED Video Light with Bluetooth App Control and Power Supply for $99

+ Silicon Power 64GB Mobile C80 USB 3.0 Flash Drive for $17

+ Sensei CreepStop Band (Multi-Color 5-Pack) for $6
+ sadly these do not repel human creeps 😉

+ LensPen MiniPro Compact Lens Cleaner for $6

+ no flash deals today

MEanwhile at the current Adorama daily deals [change Sunday 10am ET] you can get the Hoya SOLAS 77mm Variable Neutral Density Filter (1.3-stops to 8.7-stops) for $150 with free US shipping…

UPDATE: photography magazines return with one representative at the DiscountMags weekend sale, it is a 1-year VideoMaker subscription for $8, US addresses, printed magazine delivered by mail, no auto-renewal. Lots of other non-photo magazines but 6-degrees-of-separation are available…

Sirui, Nodal, Watson, Nodal, Hahnel, Mindshift, Etc

Fri-YAY is here and as usual the B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm eastern (with the usual e-closure of Friday PM to Saturday PM; check website for details):

+ Mindshift Gear Outbound Camera Holster 10 (Carbon Gray) for $25

+ SirUI EP-204S Aluminum Multi-Function Photo/Video Monopod for $59 after a $10 mail-in rebate

+ Watson 8-slot battery case: 2 of them for $10, 3 of them for $15
+ actually the 2-pack is very slightly cheaper per case than the 3-pack. This however is mostly academic, as it is $4.975 vs $4.983

+ Nodal Ninja NN3 MKII Starter Package for $100

+ Polsen Omnidirectional USB Boundary Microphone with Mute for $30

+ Oben TS-100 Tripod Strap with Quick-Release Loop and Spring Lock for $15

+ if you blend the last four names, you get a great tennis player: Watson Nodel-Polsen, mother’s maiden name Oben 😉

+ Apexel 4-in-1 Smartphone Lens with Tripod for $25

+ flash deal ends Friday 7pm ET: Hahnel Module Creative Lantern Kit for $70

+ no teaser for next flash deal

Shipping Friday: Apple Tags for $29 (or 4pk for $99)

If you are part of the Apple ecosystem and want to tag your “frequently lost” or “frequently hard to find” items, we have good news for you! The Apple Tags are going to begin shipping on Friday April 30 in 2021!

You can buy a single tag for $29 at B&H Photo and at Amazon itself and at Adorama

If you want more of these, Apple is selling them as 4-packs for $99, that’s like paying $24.75 per tag. You can get the 4-packs at Adorama and at Amazon itself and at B&H Photo

BUT WAIT, there’s more! Apple is also making AirTag Loops in multiple colors for easier and more color-cordinated attachment. Each one goes for $29 to $39 depending on color (there’s even a PRODUCT RED). You can get these at B&H Photo and at Adorama and also by Amazon itself

PS: if you don’t want/need the official Apple Loops, as expected, various third-parties, MFi or not, have a variety of them, eg at NewEgg’s

Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine for $249 [C/E/m43]

Hooray, hooray it’s a LENS DAY at the Adorama daily deals good until Friday 4/30/21 at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine for $249 in Micro Four Thirds, Sony E NEX and Canon EF
+ the Nikon F goes for $299

+ VIOFO A129 Pro 4K UHD 2160p Dual Band Wi-Fi Front Dash Camera with GPS Module for $145

Thursday: GVM, Vello, Pelican, Marantz, Etc

And just like that, Thursday is here again, so I can reuse “Thirst-DAY” 😉 Spoiler alert: more like Thrifty ThirstDAY today 🙂 Good until 11:59pm ET tonight (4/29/21) are the following B&H daily deals:

+ CaseLogic USB Flash Drive Case for $1.49

+ 60pk Sensei Pre-Moistened Lens Wipes for $3

+ ReVo Bluetooth Selfie Stick for $5

+ Vello VB-2000 ActionPan Pro Stabilizing Action Grip/Handle for $20

+ Marantz PMD-602A 2-Channel DSLR Audio Interface for $69

+ Pelican 1615Air Wheeled Check-In Case with Pick-N-Pluck Foam (Orange) for $222

+ GVM GT-120WD Wireless Carbon Fiber Motorized Camera Slider (47″) with Bluetooth Remote for $299

+ flash deal ends 10am ET: EddyCam Fashion -1- Camera Strap (Medium, Natural/Natural with Natural Stitching) for $89

+ flash deal starts 10am ET: EDDYCAM Fashion -2- Camera Strap

+ flash deal starts 6pm ET: EDDYCAM Fashion -1- Camera Strap

Elements 2021, MSI, Etc

The latest Adorama daily deals that run into Thursday at 10am ET are as follows:

+ Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 & Premiere Elements 2021 for $90

+ MSI Prestige 15 15.6″ Ultra HD Notebook Computer for $1000
+ Core i7-10710U 1.1GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q (4GB), Win10H

+ Green Extreme USB Over-Ear Headset, 7.1 Channel Virtual Surround Sound with Noise Isolating Mic, LED Light, for PC and Mac for $17

Meanwhile among the Wednesday Amazon USA Gold Box offerings there’s a 24″ Samsung Business computer monitor going for $115 while among the “Savings” offers they have a Touchless forehead thermometer for $9.34, one per customer…

Among the Wednesday 4/28/21 Best Buy daily deals they have:

+ Peace by Hampton smart lights

+ WD and Samsung storage options

It’s iPad madness at the Woot daily deals with scratch and dent refurbished offerings ranging from $185 to $630, with screen sizes going from the Mini to the 13-inch PRO. They have a 90-day Woot warranty…

Wedn: Lowepro Adventura SH110 II for $10, Rokinon 24mm f2.8 AF for $199 [FE], Moment Anamorphic, CamRade, Magnus, Etc

Hump Day is upon us once again, time flies so fast when you are in COVID Jail 😉

We start with the B&H Photo daily deals which is a LENS DAY, good until Wednesday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Lowepro Adventura SH 110 II Shoulder Bag (Black) for $10
+ up to five per customer
+ remember, you can also use these for other products
+ another use: use them as thief bait, so they steal an empty $10 camera bag with dummy/filler material inside instead of a bag with actual camera gear

+ Rokinon 24mm f2.8 Autofocus lens for $199 in Sony FE
+ the “with Lens Station” bundle is not discounted HOWEVER you can get the Samyang version with the Lens Station for $295
+ this lens is only available in Sony FE

+ Moment Drone Series Mavic 2 Pro Anamorphic Lens for $80

+ Magnus VT-200 Tripod System with 2-Way Pan Head for $35

+ Panasonic PT-LW335U 3100-Lumen WXGA 3LCD Projector for $449
+ you can create your own version of a popular 80s song, “everywhere I lay my projector, that’s my TeeVee”

+ Samson G-Track Pro USB Microphone with Built-In Audio Interface for $99 with FREE THRONMAX S3 ZOOM Boom Arm included automatically by B&H during the promotion

+ flash deal ends 12pm ET: Camrade wetSuit for Sony HXR-NX5R for $99
+ camera not included 🙂

+ next flash deal starts 12pm ET: camRade CB Single 1 camBag
+ price before sale $159

Meanwhile at the Adorama daily deal [changes Wednesday 10am ET] they offer the new condition BOYA BY-DM10 Digital Lavalier Microphone for $60 with free US shipping…

Tuesday: Benro, Autel, Tamrac Anvil, 512GB CFast 2.0, Wireless Triggers, Etc

Tuesday, aka ToonsDay is here, with a new set of B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Tamrac Professional Series: Anvil Slim 11 Backpack for $80

+ DraCast 728B LED Panel for $169

+ BenRo #4 MCT48AF Monopod with Flip Locks and 3-Leg Base for $90

+ Autel Robotics EVO II 8K Drone for $1149 with FREE Autel Robotics Drone Landing Pad included automatically by B&H

+ Wise Advanced 512GB CFast 2.0 Memory Card for $349

+ Vello FreeWave Fusion Basic 2.4 GHz Wireless Trigger System for $27 in your choice of Cherry, Vanilla, Lime, Canon, Nikon, Durian, and Sony

+ IndiPRO 14.8V 95Wh Lithium-Ion Battery & Pro Charger Kit (V-Mount) for $150

UPDATE: storage is the theme of the day at the Best Buy daily deals including:

+ 1TB Sandisk Ultra internal PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD for $100

+ 6TB WD Red Plus internal SATA NAS HDD for $148

+ 20% off Seagate Backup Plus Slim or OneTouch HDDs

+ 1TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND SATA 2.5″ internal HDD for $90

IF you want to get a Pixel smartphone that lets you jump in on today’s latest Android preview release, $120 is all it takes to get a “Grade A” refurbished Pixel 3 for $120 in two color options with a 90-day warranty… If you don’t care for the preview Android release, they also offer the Pixel 2 and 2XL for $80 to $100… These under “Electronics” at the Woot daily deals

NOTE that the Pixel phones do not have a microSD card and most of them do not have a 3.5mm headphone jack (except for the a-models and the original). Check Wikipedia for the details. Why? Because Google is the Great Satan (TM) 😉

Rokinon 14mm f2.8 MF for $229 [N, E]

Adorama’s current iteration of their daily deals includes a trio of offerings. This set is good until Tuesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out…

+ Rokinon 14mm f2.8 AS IF ED UMC manual focus for Sony E for $229

+ Rokinon 14mm f2.8 IF ED MC manual focus with automatic chip for Nikon F for $229

+ DJI Osmo Mobile 3 – Travel Bundle With Holster Camera Bag, VC-1 Power Adapter, Microfiber Cloth, Ulanzi MT-05 Mini Tripod for $110

Meanwhile at the Monday Woot daily deals there is a factory reconditioned Parrot drone sale with five options, with prices ranging from $120 to $480 with a 90-day Tech Rabbit warranty…

The headliner of the Monday Amazon USA Gold Box is the Hercules Tuff charging station (6 stations, 6 short Lightning cables, I think they are built-in?) going for $24~…

Monday: Nanuk, Manfrotto, 2TB Delkin CExpress, Etc

Monday is here, and for those into calendaring, this is April 26 in 2021 using the current Earth Calendar, and with it we have a six-pack of new B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Oben Magnetic Mount Kit with Mini Ball Head for $13

+ Delkin 2TB CFexpress POWER Memory Card for $700
+ optionally buy it together with a Delkin USB 3.2 CExpress card reader for $745

+ Nanuk 915 Hard Utility Case with Foam Insert for $50 in two color options

+ Manfrotto 504X Fluid Video Head & MVTTWINGC Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ground Spreader for $750

+ Ruggard Electronic Dry Cabinets, seven options, $90 to $1000

+ AUSounds AU-Stream True Wireless In-Ear Headphones for $30~ after an automatic in-cart coupon

It’s Budget-o-rama time at the current Adorama daily deal (changes Monday 10am ET), the new condition Vivitar 58mm 3-Piece Solid Neutral Density Filter Kit (with ND2, ND4 & ND8 filters) going for $4…

Sunday: Film Canisters, Pentax Bino, 5n1 Reflector, 8-slot Charger Kit, Etc

Sunday is here and to the B&H Photo daily deals we go, good until Sunday 11:59pm ET [or earlier if sold out]:

+ Watson 8-Bay Rapid Charger with MX AA NiMH and CX AA Rechargeable NiMH Battery Kit for $45
+ 8-slot (two 4-slot bays) battery charger
+ two 4-packs of AA rechargeables
+ two 4-slot cases

+ Impact 5-in-1 Collapsible Circular Reflector with Handles (32″) for $22

+ Pentax 4X20 VD WP 3-in-1 Binocular for $189

+ Ziv Film Storage Canisters, two options, $8 to $10

+ RucPac Professional Halo Headlamp for $20
+ put that high ISO to work and become the first ever headlamp light-painting photographer 🙂

+ LexMark MB2236adw Monochrome Multi-Function Laser Printer for $160
+ think of all the Wikipedia and PDFs and ePUBs you can print on this 😉

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal [changes Sunday 10am ET] is the new condition Apai Genie S1 Auto Smart Shooting 360 Degree Object Tracking Smart Phone Holder going for $15…

To the DiscountMags Weekend Sale we go, where they don’t have photography magazines this time either but the theme of the weekend is a multi-year sale. There are plenty of “six degrees of separation” magazines such as National Geographic, lifestyle, sports, fashion, travel, local travel, outdoors/wildlife, etc…

And if you are a fan of the Best Buy Way, these are their latet Open Box and Refurbished offers. This is not part of their daily deals, but of “clearance deals of the week”…

Friday: The Photographer’s Saga Book 1 for $2 [Kindle]

The headliner of the Amazon USA Gold Box for Friday 4/23/21 is a World Book Day eBook sale with over 110 options! One of them has a surprising star, a photographer! It is the “The Photographer (The Photographer’s Saga Book 1)” by Petra Durst-Benning, translated by Edwin Miles, going for $1.99. This is also part of Kindle Unlimited so you can read it through that for free if you are a member.
The Amazon description blurb says:

“From the bestselling author of The Glassblower Trilogy comes an inspiring historical saga of a female photographer who must defy convention to live her dreams in turn-of-the-century Germany”

This ebook can count towards the previously mentioned Kindle 25/6 promotion that runs until April 28.

The latest Adorama daily deal (changes Saturday 10am ET) is the
BOYA BY-BM2021 Wired On-Camera Super-Cardioid Shotgun Microphone going for $25 with free US shipping…

PC accessories, Logitech remotes, robot coding kit and more at the Friday Woot daily deals

… while at the Friday Best Buy dailies they have a 10TB WD RED internal HDD for $265, and many other things…

The Ryzen 7 5800X for $439AC and a 14TB WD Red Plus NAS for $340AC are among the NewEgg daily deals for Friday 4/23/21…

13.3″ MacBook M1 Air for $899 {w/AppleCare+ for $1128}

The newly announced “Spring Loaded” Apple gear (M1 iMac, M1 iPad PRO) are going on pre-order at the end of the month, but if you must needs have M1 now, B&H Photo has a M1 MacBook Air on sale until Monday 4/26/21 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ 13.3″ MacBook Air (late 2020, three color options) for $899
+ 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.3″ 2560×1600 Retina IPS, 7-core, 16-neurals

+ and if you …care about Apple Care, you can get it bundled with AppleCare+ Protection for $1128, that’s a +$229 on the laptop alone

Tamrac, Sunpak, GVM, Kingston, Vanguard, Etc

Fri-YAY is here and that means the B&H Photo daily deals last until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (but as usual orders are not accepted Fri PM to Sat PM):

+ Tamrac Speedroller Studio M Wheeled Bag for $249
+ Disclaimer: you can’t fit your whole studio in this bag

+ Sunpak DigiPro Ultra 53 Reverse Folding Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head (Red) for $70

+ GVM RGB LED Bi-Color Video Light Wand for $99
+ looks more laser sword than lightsaber 😉

+ FLEX LENS SHADE for $18

+ 256GB Kingston Canvas Focus CompactFlash Memory Card for $40

+ RucPac Sentinel Camera Strap for $30

+ Sensei Anti-Static Gloves for $6, various size/color combos

+ flash deal ends Friday 7pm ET: Vanguard ALTA PH-114V Magnesium Alloy Video Head for $60

+ no teaser for next flash deal

Thursday: Auto Exposure Tube Sets, Cinetics, Tamrac, Shinoda, GVM, IDX, VAXIS, Etc [CORRECTED!]

Thursday, aka Thirst-DAY [drink coconut water!] is here with a new set of B&H Photo daily deals [CORRECTED! thanks to one of our readers for the email alert!] good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Vello Auto Exposure Tube sets for $55
+ five options of sets in Canon, Nikon, Fuji X, M43rds, Sony E

+ Cinetics Lynx 3-Axis Motorized Slider for $1250

+ GVM LED Light Panels Studio Soft Video Light Bi-Color 2-Pack with Stand MB832-2L for $349

+ Lectrosonics IFBR1a-VHF Multi-Frequency Beltpack IFB Receiver (174.100 to 215.750 MHz) for $349
+ Fun Alt-Fact: Lectrosonics was the previous name of the Seattle Supersonics 😉

+ CAD GXLIEM Single-Mix In-Ear Wireless Monitoring System (T: 902 to 928 MHz) for $99

+ VAXIS Atom 500 HDMI Wireless HD Video Transmission Kit (Basic) for $299
+ SDI for $399

+ IDX DUO-C198 191Wh High-Load Battery with D-Tap Advanced, Standard D-Tap & USB Port for $274

+ flash deal ends 12pm ET: Shimoda Carry-On Roller (Blue Nights)
for $180

+ next flash deal starts 12pm ET: Tamrac Stratus 8 Shoulder Bag
+ price before sale $120

UPDATE!
And now let’s take a look at some of the other daily deals staring with the Woot website offering Pixel 2/2XL options ($60 to $100) and Pixel 3/3XL ($100 to $150; gets new Android version) and Surface PRO tablet bundles and such…

Another option if you want a Pixel 3* smartphone is the Thursday NewEgg daily deals, the Pixel 3a XL fully unlocked going for $130. This too gets the new Android version (in fact its updates last a few months longer than the 3, because the 3a came a few months later)…

Then at the Best Buy dailies they have the 512GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC going for $95…

DNA testing for your dog(s) is among the headliner deals for Thursday 4/22/21 at the Amazon USA Gold Box

Finally the Adorama daily deal [refreshes Friday 10am ET] is the new condition Hoya SOLAS IRND 0.9 62mm Infrared Neutral Density Filter going for $25 with free US shipping…

YMMV: The Kindle Spend $25+ Get $6 Back Offer Is Back April 21-28 (2021)

This recurring offer is back and it covers the April 21-28 in 2021 time period. During this period, if you spend $25+ in Kindle ebooks, you will receive a $6 promotional Kindle ebook credit in your Kindle account.

You can sign up at any time before April 28, and all your purchases made between April 21-28 will count retroactively.

You have to activate the offer. This happens automatically if you are logged on to your Amazon account and visit the promotional page. Regardless, you will get a confirmation message on the Amazon page after you are signed up…

This is a YMMV offer. I do not know if everyone is offered this, or some people…