Archives for April 2022

Tuesday: Camera Cage (Canon R5/R6), SteadiCAM, Smith-Victor, Apple e-gift cards, Anker, Etc

Tuesday is here and it comes with a new round of B&H Photo daily deals running until 4/12/22 at 11:59pm eastern time:

+ Tilta Camera Cage Kit B for Canon R5/R6 for $59

+ Steadicam AIR 25 Monopod for $170

+ Smith-Victor Spectrum 2.0 RGB/Bi-Color On-Camera LED Light (2-Pack) for $120

+ LG 32BN50U-B 31.5″ 16:9 FreeSync 4K HDR VA Monitor for $299

+ 2-Pack of 32GB Kingston Exodia USB 3.2 Flash Drive (White) for $7

+ also a collapsible stool

UPDATE: among the Tuesday Best Buy daily deals, if you buy a $100 Apple (everything Apple) e-gift card, you will receive a $10 Best Buy e-gift card. Limit one bonus per customer. The Apple e-gift card can be used for digital and physical goods.

Speaking of e-gift cards, among the Tuesday NewEgg dailies, you get a $10 Adidas e-gift card when you buy a $40 Adidas e-gift card… There’s also a 256GB Samsung PRO Plus microSDXC for $30 after promo code…

Meanwhile at the Tuesday Amazon USA Gold Box we have the Return of the ANKER sale with nine options featured, powerbanks wall chargers, cables, wireless charging, etc…

YMMV: 15% off Kindle e-readers and $15 ebook promotional credit with coupon

This is a YMMV promotion! Amazon is offering some customers a coupon code that gets you 15% off select Kindle e-readers AND a $15 promotional ebook store credit. The offer ends on June 30 in 2022. This happens thanks to coupon code KINDLE2022 entered at checkout.

If you are eligible you may see this offer while travelling around the Amazon website. You can check for sure by visiting The Promotional Page.

The promotion is good on three Kindle e-reader options and you can also use the coupon/offer if you purchase the official “Essentials bundles” of each e-reader:

+ Kindle Paperwhite

+ Kindle Paperwhite Signature

+ Basic Kindle e-reader

The $15 eBook store credit will be applied to your email account after your Kindle e-reader ships (they will send an email notification) and will expire 30 days after it is applied to your account.

Pelican ProGear S130 Sport Elite Laptop/Camera Backpack for $160

The Adorama daily deals are back with a new iteration, this one running until Tuesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Pelican ProGear S130 Sport Elite Laptop/Camera Backpack for $160

+ LG gram 15.6″ Full HD Notebook for $749
+ i5-1135G7 2.4GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
+ Windows 10 Home, Free Upgrade to Windows 11

+ PGYTECH MantisPod Pro Vlogging Tripod with SnapLock Mini Reverse Ball Head for $99

Monday: Zhiyun CRANE 2S PRO for $439, Sunpak LED

Monday is here and we have a new set of B&H Photo daily deals running until 4/11/22 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Sunpak LED-330 Video Light with Barndoors for $40

+ Zhiyun CRANE 2S PRO for $439

+ ZOOM H1n 2-Input / 2-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Onboard X/Y Microphone (Red) for $75

+ simorr Vigor VT-10 Vlog Tripod for $12~ after coupon

+ also CAD microphone and CoreSWX batteries

THEN at the Monday Woot dailies we find Surface tablets and older iPhones and t-shirts among others…

Fire tablets and other Amazon hardware are among the latest offers at the Amazon USA gold box

Sunday (Kindle ebook): Photoshop Elements 2022 For Dummies 1st Edition for $5

Good until Sunday 4/10/22 at 11:59pm pacific time, as one of the Kindle daily deals you can get the “Photoshop Elements 2022 For Dummies 1st Edition” by Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova for $5. This has 446 pages and as of the time of writing it averages 4.4 out of 5 based on 50 ratings…

Venus Laowa 9mm f5.6 FF for $599 w/$75 GC [L/Z]

Lenze dayze are back at the Adorama daily deals, this offer running until Monday at 10am ET and you’ll jump to …venus and back with this offering 😉

+ Venus Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL lens for $599 with $75 Adorama gift certificate in Leica L and Nikon Z
+ without the $75 GC for Sony E
+ with $75 GC for $699 in Leica M
+ some are in silver, others in black, check the option(s) of interest to see which one is offered

+ Yamaha NP-12 Piaggero Portable 61 Key Piano-Style Keyboard for $220

+ also keyboard stand kit and Roland drum kit

AND if you are the e-reading type, there’s over 140 Kindle ebooks for Sunday 4/10/22…

Sunday: iJoy 4K action cam, Mefoto, Sandisk, Etc

Sunday is here and we start with some action …camera action at the Meh daily deal, you can haz the iJoy Visionne 4K Action Camera with 2″ Colored Touch Screen and Waterproof Case for $29 plus shipping (free S&H for paying Meh-members)…

Then at the B&H Photo dailies we go where we find these Sunday offerings:

+ MeFoto RoadTrip S Travel Tripod (Aluminum, Red) for $70

+ 64GB Sandisk Ultra UHS-I microSDXC Memory Card with SD Adapter and Dual USB 3.1 Card Reader for $15

+ Magnus Tablet/Smartphone Tripod Mount for $5

+ Olympus 10×21 RC II WP Binocular for $65

+ Gabor Tilting Wall Mount for 27-42″ Displays for $20

+ SOLD OUT: Tamrac Quick Release Paracord Shoulder Strap

Rotolight, Mefoto, Robus, Sidekick360

Running until Saturday at 11:59pm ET, we have this set of B&H Photo daily deals:

+ RotoLight Video Conferencing Kit for $170

+ RoBus Quick Release Clamp with Arca-Type Plate for $40

+ mefoto SideKick360 Smartphone Tripod Adapter for $15

+ MyGekoGear SideKick360 Smartphone Tripod Adapter for $30

+ SOLD OUT: Gator video bag and Simorr shotgun microphone
+ yes, two of the six sold out!

128GB Lexar UHS-II SDXC, Savage TableTop, Tilta

No lenses this time around but there is name-brand action at the current iteration of the Adorama daily deals running until Saturday at 10am ET:

+ Tilta Nucleus-M Wireless Follow Focus Lens Control System Partial Kit I, Includes Wireless FIZ Hand Unit for $579

+ Savage 12″ Bi-Color RGB Tabletop Ring Light with Stand and Carrying Case for $70

+ 128GB Lexar Professional 1667x SDXC UHS-II/U3 for $33 after coupon

+ 128GB Lexar Professional 2000x SDXC UHS-II (up to 300MB/s Read, 260MB/s Write) for $120 after coupon

Samyang 75/1.8 AF for $249 [E] and Tamron 17-50/2.8 Di-II VC for $360 [N]

A good day to be a lenzaholic is today because the current iteration of the Adorama daily deals running until Friday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out has TWO lens options!

+ Samyang 75mm f1.8 auto focus compact full framer for Sony E for $249

+ Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 XR Di II VC LD SP for $360 in Nikon F
+ there is no listing for the lens for Canon EF

+ Savage Luminous Pro 18″ 60W Bi-Color LED Ringlight for $90
+ somehow the words “savage” and “luminous” don’t go very well together?

+ Sachtler aktiv6 Sideload Fluid Head with SpeedLevel Technology for $1299

Thursday: Playpod, Kingston, Orca, Genaray, Etc

Thirsty Thursday is here and we have a fresh round of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Platypod Max Camera Support for $79

+ Genaray 2 x SL-57 Soft LED Lights & 2 x MicroPod Tabletop Tripods Kit for $60

+ 3pk of 32GB Kingston DataTraveler Exodia USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A Flash Drive for $9.49
+ comes out to $3.16~ per flash drive

+ Orca OR-272 Sound Bag for Zoom F4 and F8N for $85

+ Vertiv PSA5-1500MT120 UPS for $100

+ also Auray microphone accessory type thing

Then at the Thursday NewEgg dailies we geaux where you get $5 off a $100 Lowe’s e-gift card, thus improving home-improvement’s buying power 😉

Moza, LG Gram, Savage LED, Lexar CFexpress Type-B

Running until Thursday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) is a fresh 4-pack of Adorama daily deals as follows:

+ 128GB Lexar Professional CFexpress Type-B Memory Card (up to 1750MB/s Read, up to1000MB/s Write) for $120 after in-cart coupon

+ Savage LED Star Light for $250

+ Moza Slypod Pro 3-In-1 Motorized Carbon Fiber Monopod Master Kit with Mini Tripod Legs, Pan & Tilt Head for $599

+ LG gram 17″ WQXGA Notebook for $1200
+ Core i7-1165 G7 2.8 GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
+ Windows 10 Home, Free Upgrade to Windows 11

New NewEGG page: Lowest Price in 30 Days

If you are a fan of NewEgg or looking for deals in general (with a technology focus), NewEgg has recently launched (or I just now found out about it LOL) a new page of offerings, Lowest Price in 30 Days. As the name suggests, these are products that currently have their lowest price in the last 30 days according to the NewEgg computers/humans/hybrids…

NOTE: as usual, when shopping at open websites like NewEgg, eBay, Amazon and the like, where multiple marketplace sellers are allowed to sell the same product, make sure you check who the actual seller of a product is, and for products where the manufacturer warranty matters, make sure they are an authorized dealer…

Wedn: GVM 3-Light Kit, Benro, Sandisk, Vortex, Etc

Hump Day is back, as it does every seven days, and we have a fresh set of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ 32GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC UHS-I Memory Card (C10, UHS-I, up to 100MB/sec) with 4-in-1 Card Reader for $6.49

+ Vortex 10×42 Viper HD Binoculars (2018 Edition) for $380 with FREE Olight OPen 2 Rechargeable Pen/Flashlight

+ Benro Aluminum Tripod with S2 PRO 60mm Flat Base Video Head for $160

+ Sunpak Mobile Vlogging Kit with Tripod & Accessories for $35

+ GVM 672S-B Bi-Color LED Studio Video Panel 3-Light Kit for $440 with FREE GVM Softbox

+ PortaBrace 672S-B Bi-Color LED Studio Video Panel 3-Light Kit (Black) for $140
+ bag the bags!

UPDATE: the Wednesday Woot daily deals include MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Graphic Card (6 GB) for $390, robotic pool cleaners, suitcase record player for $30, air fryer, inversion table, Master & Dynamic headphones and more…

1-Year CreativeLIVE membership for $99 AC

To celebrate their birthday, for a limited time, CreativeLIVE is offering a 1-year membership subscription for $99 after using coupon code BDAY50 over there. This is a Netflix-style annualized subscription.

You can follow the FAQ links over there for more details and the list of classes/teachers not included in the subscription.

Olympus FL-700WR Wireless Flash for $349

This new round of Adorama daily deals runs until Wednesday at 10am ET:

+ Olympus FL-700WR Wireless Flash for $349

+ NiSi 100mm Starter Kit III with V6 Filter Holder and Pro CPL for $250

+ also a drum throne and a reflection filter offer

Meanwhile at the Tuesday Amazon Gold Box they have the new condition Apple Watch SE (GPS, 40mm) for $230 with up to three per customer…

Canon SX620HS superzoom w/extras for $210 [Gray]

Running until April 29, Woot Plus (the longer-running Woot offers) is having an Amazon Prime Exclusive sale. To get these, you must have an Amazon Prime account which is linked to your Woot account. This linking needs to happen only once per lifetime.

Among the offers is something for the risk-takers, it is the international version without manufacturer warranty of the Canon SX620 HS superzoom bundled with some accessories for $210. Up to two per customer.

Per the bottom of the listing, you get a 90-day Woot limited warranty. But further up the listing says “(NO WARRANTY)”. The seller (or at least the one packaging it) appears to be “Deal-Expo” which offers no warranty, but Woot appears to be throwing in a 90-day warranty of their own. The extra accessories are pictured and listed…

Among the rest of the offers there’s a Fossil Kinley Crossbody bag [some general purpose bags can be repurposed as camera bags if you use camera inserts and protective material or bag-within-a-bag).

Among the sold-out items are a couple of Blackmagic cameras.

Tuesday: DJi Mavic 2 Fly More Kit for $279, Etc

Droning is one of the forms of alt-music but it is also the headliner of the Tuesday 4/5/22 B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ DJi Mavic 2 Fly More Kit for $279

+ Genaray Radiance Daylight LED Monolight for $349
+ not to be confused with Brandon Sanderson Knights of Radiance
+ okay, those are Knights Radiant

+ Aputure Amaran HR672C Bi-Color LED Flood Light for $168

+ Oben TT-200 Tabletop Tripod for $40
+ fun alt-fact: in Ireland, these are marketed as O’Ben

+ also Parrot teleprompter and CAD microphone

Anker is back at the Meh daily deal with a 2pk of USB-C power strips with power delivery for $34 plus shipping. Each round power strip has two AC ports, two USB-A ports and one USB-C.

Storage Week continues at the Best Buy dailies with the 12TB WD Easystore external HDD going for $198 as the headliner…

Dell XPS laptops has their day in the “Computers” section of the Tuesday Woot daily deals with prices ranging from $1030 to $1850…

Tamron SP 45mm f1.8 Di VC USD for $389 [N]

Lens Dayz are back at the Adorama daily deals, this round good until Tuesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Tamron SP 45mm f/1.8 Di VC USD for $389 in the Nikon F system only

+ K&F Concept Multi-Functional Waterproof Large DSLR Camera Backpack with Tripod Holder & Laptop Compartment for $60

+ Swagtron Swagger 5 Boost Folding Electric Scooter, 18mph Top Speed for $340

+ AmazFit Bip S Smartwatch for $40

MEANWHiLE among the Monday Amazon USA Gold box offers running until Monday at 11:59pm pacific time they have an Apple party headlined by the Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS, 41mm, Starlight) going for $330, up to three per customer… Also there, they have Airpod and Beats sales and a refrubished Ring bell…

THEN at the Monday Newegg dailies you can have the 256GB Samsung PRO Plus SDXC for $30 after the promo code shown over there (with free US shipping)… As of the time of writing, they even have two sold-out offers, a refurbished 17.3″ ASUS laptop and a 1TB Samsung T7 SSD…

Monday: LumeCube, MSI, Sachtler, Netgear, Etc

Monday is here, an exciting start of a new work week, let’s put on our working shoes and be super productive 😉

We start with the B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if soldout:

+ Lume Cube Panel Go & Ball Head Camera Mount with 3/8″-16 Light Stand Adapter for $80

+ Sachtler Ace M Fluid Head with 2-Stage Aluminum Tripod & Mid-Level Spreader for $548

+ MSI 17.3″ Crosshair 17 Gaming Laptop for $899
+ 2.4 GHz Core i7 8-Core (11th Gen), 16GB of DDR4 RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1920 x 1080 IPS-Type Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, etc

+ NetGear Orbi Pro AC3000 Wireless Tri-Band Gigabit Wi-Fi System for $160

+ also Senal headphones for $44 and CoreSWX battery for Blackmagic for $138

Meanwhile the Meh daily deal is the Hongsa Smart Pet Camera with Treat Dispenser and Night Vision going for $49 plus shipping (free S&H for paying Meh-members)…

The Best Buy action for Monday includes an 11″ HP Windows 11 tablet (with or without keyboard options), a 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $40, Insignia standing desk with electronic controls (wow?), 100″ Vankyo projector screen, Tempo kit, Galaxy Watch 4 Classic (check battery life estimates before buying any smartwatch or fitness tracker – unless you enjoy daily chargings LOL), etc…

It’s old apples at the Woot dailies with the 2016 9.7″ iPad PRO ($190 to $240, refurbished) and iPhone 12 options ($390 to $590)

3Pod Orbit Tripod for $100, Collapsible Background for $30, Etc

Running until Monday 4/4/22 at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) there’s a new 4-pack of Adorama daily deals as follows:

+ 3Pod Orbit Tripod for DSLR Photo & Video Cameras, 4 Section Extension Legs, Bubble Level, with Bag. 69″, Carbon Fiber for $100

+ Glow Super Collapsible Background – 8 x 16′ (Chroma Green) for $30

+ HP Pavilion x360 15-er0096nr for $475
+ 15.6″ Full HD 2-In-1 Touchscreen
+ Core i3-1125G4 2GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
+ Windows 10 Home, Free Upgrade to Windows 11

+ H&A Broadcast Arm with Internal Springs and Integrated XLR Cable for $26

Sunday: Olympus Binos, GVM Light Kit, Etc

Sunday is here and with it we have a new set of B&H Photo daily deals running until 4/3/22 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Olympus 8×21 RC II WP Binocular – Green for $60
+ more of a green/black stylish color scheme

+ RucPac Photographer’s Winter Apparel Package Extreme for $50 in three size options
+ it’s always Extreme Winter North of The Wall!

+ GVM G100W Bi-Color LED Video Light Kit with Lantern Softbox for $229

+ PortaBRACE CS-DV4 Mini-DV Camcorder Case for $149~

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

+ CAD E50 Equitek Large-Diaphragm Side-Address Studio Condenser Microphone for $90

UPDATE: “World Backup Day” arrives fashionable late at the Woot daily deals. Under “Computers” they have an SSD sale with five options from five different world-known brands, from $40 to $150… Meanwhile the main deal of the day is a MacBook sale, from $170 to $850…

Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC HSM ART for $300 [K] or $330 [A]

Nothing exciting in the Saturday AM daily deals, but it’s a LENZ DAY at the Adorama daily deals running until Sunday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Sigma 30mm f1.4 DC HSM ART for $300 in Pentax K and $330 in Sony Minolta Alpha mount

+ 128GB Lexar Professional 2000x SDXC UHS-II Memory Card for $120

+ 256GB Lexar Professional CFexpress Type-B Memory Card for $250

UPDATE: and now a freebie for this weekend, if you are a member of the Lucky Rewards program, you can get a FREE 12oz of “Coca Cola with Coffee” tin, select varieties…

Rotolight, Godox, ORCA, Cecilia, Etc

Friday is here and as usual the B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET as usual:

+ RotoLight NEO 2 LED Light for $160

+ ORCA Medium Hard-Shell Accessories Bag for $83

+ Cecilia camera straps, five options, $22 to $24

+ Magnus MaxiGrip Flexible Tripod with GoPro Mount for $10

+ also wireless mic system and isolation filter

MEANWhiLE the current Adorama iteration runs until Saturday at 10am ET as follows:

+ Godox VL200 200W LED Video Light for $309

+ DELL 15.6″ Inspiron 15-7591 laptop for $800
+ i7-9750H 2.6GHz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (3GB)
+ Windows 10 Home, Free Upgrade to Windows 11

+ also cable and microphone stand

Of the Friday daily deals at the other retailers, no much is there of on-topic or semi-on-topic interest…