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Samyang 24/1.8 AF for $399 [E] {also: Sachtler}

Another day, another lens at the Adorama daily deals, this lot running until Sunday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Samyang 24mm f/1.8 AF Compact Lens for Sony E for $399
+ even hipsters have given up on MF once again 😉

+ H&A 4-Point Universal Shock Mount for Camera Shoes and Boompoles for $17~

+ Sachtler 0473AM Tripod System with FSB 6 MK II Fluid Head, Aluminum Legs & Mid-Level Spreader for $1599

+ Zendure A2 6700mAh Crush-Proof Portable Charger, Silver for $5
+ that’s about one charge for today’s flagships, check charging specs for charging time though

June 4, 2022 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Pay $60, Get 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership and $40 Costco eGift Card

Costco fans, unite and take-over! This offer is good for new Costco memberships, not for renewals. Yes, it’s the return of the Groupon – Costco deal. You pay $60, and for that you get:

  • 1-year Costco Gold Star membership
  • $40 Costco digital gift card that can be used in-store and online
  • coupon for $40 off a $250+ order at the Costco website (coupon expires 8/14/22)

Check the list of terms and conditions and restrictions before buying if you are not familiar with Costco or this offer.

Looking forward to y’all posting pictures of the 200-pack of socks you purchased 😉

June 3, 2022 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Sirui 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X Lens for $499 [X/E/m43; also Z/EF-M w/lens adapters]

CORRECTION: the HTML formatting of the original post was a mess (the usual typo in the handwritten HTML tag)…

Lenses are back at the Adorama daily deals. Just like B&H, Adorama will be closed for the Shavuot holiday until Tuesday 6/7/22.

I do not know if Adorama will have the same daily deals until then, or will change them. Only time will tell – the countdown clock on the daily deals page is for 24 hours…

+ Sirui 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic 1.33X Lens for $499 in Fuji X, Sony E, M43rds
+ the lens is also available for Nikon Z and Canon EF-M BUT this is done using the M43rds version of the lens as a base and including for FREE the appropriate Sirui 35mm f/1.8 1.33x Anamorphic Lens Adapter for either Nikon Z or Canon EF-M

+ refurbished HP Pavilion 15-eg1073cl 15.6″ Full HD Touchscreen for $629
+ i7-1195G7 2.9GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 11 Home
+ personally I’m still on the “Ryzen or Die Tryin'” hype train 🙂

+ a couple of H&A microphone-related products as well

June 3, 2022 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Lensbaby Velvet 28mm f2.5 for $399 [C/N], 2pks of Lexar CFast 2.0 3500x, Sirui, Camera Skins (20+ cameras), Etc

CORRECTION! these offers are running for 96 hours, until Monday at 11:59pm ET, not Saturday at 11:59pm – because of the Shavuos / Shavuot Holiday! The text below has been corrected to reflect that:

This Friday’s B&H Photo daily deals run until Monday at 11:59pm ET… And it’s a loaded set of options this time around, and you have plenty of time to research them to your satisfaction before purchasing!

+ Lensbaby Velvet 28mm f2.5 for $400 in Canon EF or Nikon F

+ Sirui SUP426SR Carbon-Fiber Photo/Video Monopod for $184 after a $15 mail-in rebate
+ yes, mail-in rebate!

+ 2pk of Lexar Professional 3500x CFast 2.0 Memory Cards
+ 64GB for $170, 128GB for $238, 256GB for $384
+ you don’t need a calculator to see this pattern, the higher the capacity the better the $/GB ratio is

+ Ruggard SleekGuard Silicone Camera Skins, 20 options, $14 to $27
+ some of them are compatible with multiple camera bodies, eg previous-next generation using the same chassis/base

+ Angler Muslin Background (White, 10 x 12′) for $40

+ Edelkrone JibONE Motion Control Jib Tripod Attachment for $799
+ optionally, buy TOGETHER with edelkrone Pan PRO for $1108 total

June 2, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals Tagged With: , , , ,

Green Extreme Battery Grip for Nikon D750 for $50, Etc

Time won’t stand still, so here’s another set of Adorama daily deals running until Friday at 10am ET:

+ Green Extreme MB-D16 Multi Power Battery Pack for Nikon D750 for $50

+ CLAR S30 Focusing LED Light 3-Light Kit (Godox S30-D) for $799

+ Orange Crush 20RT 20W 8″ 2-Channel Guitar Amplifier and Speaker Combo, Orange (Open Box) for $140
+ soda NOT included!

+Zendure 30W Car Charger with QC 3.0 and Dual USB Ports, Silver for $5

June 2, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: ,

Thur: Robus, Inovativ, Angelbird, Macro Ring Light, Etc

Thursday is here, often the precursor to the weekend (pending any unplanned time jumps), and with it we have a fresh set of B&H Photo daily dealz running until 6/2/22 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if-sold-out:

+ BOLT VM-160 LED Macro Ring Light for $40
+ I neeeed moooooore liiiiiiight!

+ Vello QuickDraw Rotating Flash Bracket for $14
+ the fastest flashgun bracket in the west!

+ Robus RCC-5560 Vantage Series C 4-Section Carbon Fiber Compact Tripod for $249
+ not to be confused with Oprah’s favorite tea, Rooibos (Afrikaans word for red bush, rooi, bos, or something like that, I’m not an expert linguini)

+ Inovativ Voyager 36 EVO Equipment Cart with X-Top Keyboard Shelf for $2799
+ how else are you gonna carry all your mechanical keyboards? 😉

+ AuRAY SS-4420 Steel Speaker Stand for $20

+ Angelbird 1TB Match Pack for the Z CAM E2 Cinema Camera (2 x 512GB) for $500

Tech action at the Thursday Woot dailies with new iPhones ($470 to $600), and lots of scratch-n-dent: Samsung phones ($137 to $900), Ninja kitchen appliances ($70 to $125), iPads ($130 to $250)… There’s even an on-topic item, the Creative XP Cellular Trail Camera 4G Camo for $150… And for fans of cheap 11.6″ Chromebooks, Dells go from $50 to $100, including 2-in-1…

Guilty-pleasure time of the belly kind! Buy a $25 Chipotle gift card, get a $5 bonus Chipolte gift card at the Thursday NewEgg dailies…

Bag not just any bags, but Bag The Cooler Bags is the headliner at the Amazon USA daily deals, with three pages of offerings, from the TOURIT brand. Cooler Bags as in bags that keep things cool inside. The sale includes various stand-alone icepack options… Separately, there’s a sale of Aquasonic Duo powered toothbrush gear…

June 2, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Adorama Clearance Sale (2446 options)

Adorama is having another variant of their Clearance Sale with 2446 products participating as of the time of writing.

Prices start at $0.25 (one item) and then move on to $0.49 where there is a handful of lens-caps, body-caps, screen-protectors and such. You can see these when you sort by lowest price…

June 1, 2022 Filed Under: storewide deals

Sirui 24mm f2.8 1.33X Anamorphic Lens for $699 [X/E/m43/Z/M]

This new round of ADorama daily deals expires on Thursday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Sirui 24mm f/2.8 1.33X Anamorphic Lens in Sony E, M43rds, Fuji X, Nikon Z, Canon M

+ Flashpoint Foam Wraps for 1.25″ Tripod Legs, Set of 3, for $10

+ also 600L Slinger dry cabinet for $999 and $11 audio accessory

June 1, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Wedn: Reikan FoCal Pro Lens Calibration for $86, Etc

And just like that we’ve reached the half-way point of the mythical workweek, and with that we have a fresh set of B&H Photo dailies running until 6/1/22 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if-and-only-if they sell out:

+ Reikan FoCal Pro Lens Calibration for $86~

+ GVM Mini Waterproof RGB LED On-Camera Light for $79
+ because photo-graphy almost always need MOOOOOORE LIIIIIGHT

+ Nanuk 918 Case with Cubed Foam Insert for $100 in four color options after in-cart coupon

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Dual-Suction Camera Mount for $40
+ the PC name for this is “Delkin Festively Plumb Gecko” 🙂

+ Vanguard BBH-200 Ballhead for $100

+ Polsen MC-POD Dynamic Podcast/Broadcast Microphone for $50
+ because we’ve all become podcasters, vloggers, tik-tokkers, youtubers, onlyfansies, gamers, zoomers, skypers, slackers (both meanings intended), and internet-cooks by now 😉

They are not as common as Windows laptops but 17-inch Chromebooks have been shyly appearing the last couple of years. One such is the headliner of the WEdnesdaY Best Buy dailies. For $329 you can haz the 17.3-inch Acer Chromebook 317, with an IPS touch-screen 1080p display, Pentium Silver 6000, 8GB LPDDR4X, 64GB on-board, Wifi 6, Intel UHD, backlit keyboard, up to 10 hour battery life, card reader, both USB A and C ports, 4.85 lbs, full name CB317-1HT-P5PF.

Per the Chrome Auto-Update Policy page, this laptop is scheduled to receive updates until June 2029. This laptop came out in 2021, but remember, the expiration date is on the platform (processor, Pentium 6000 Silver in this case), not on the individual laptop model…

UPDATE: at the Wednesday Amazon USA box there is a sale for $20~ on Rocketbook Flip notebooks, and a sale on Kitchen-n-Dinin’ that includes a $42~ always-on hot-water kettle, very handy if you are burning the midnight (Photoshop) oil…

May 31, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Pre-Order new Fuji XF 18-120 and 150-600 lenses

In addition to the just announced X2Hs camera, Fuji has also revealed a couple of mainline/mainstream X-system XF lenses, and they are designed to make your wallet cry capture great photos 😉

+ XF 18-120mm f4 R LM PZ WR for $899 at ADorama and B&H Photo
+ shipping estimate is mid-September 2022

+ XF 150-600mm f5.6-8 R LM OIS WR for $1999 at B&H Photo and Adorama
+ shipping estimate is early July 2022
+ here’s a 4-minute overview by B&H:

May 31, 2022 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Pre-order the new Fuji X-H2s for $2500

A very memorable memorial day for Fuji fans (it’s a self-writing pun!), as Fuji has officially announced their brand new X-H2s flagship camera with a 26mp stacked BSI X-Trans APS-C sensor, up to 7-stops of in-body stabilization, 6.2K/30P 3:2 aspect ratio, AI auto-focus, both SDXC UHS-II and CFexpress Type B, 15fps mechanical shutter (40fps electronic), both OLED EVF and vari-angle 3″ touchscreen (plus monochrome sky-facing LCD for settings), USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, full size HDMI, PC sync, uses the NP-W235 battery, etc, etc, etc…

The camera is available for pre-ordering for $2500 as a body only. It also has three “with lens” kits that bundle it with Fuji’s two T2.9 video-priority pro zooms. The third kit is with both T2.9 zooms. The prices are (of course) high (if you have to ask…).

Pre-orders are accepted at B&H Photo and at Adorama and such…Shipping estimate is early July 2022…

Here’s a 12-minute video overview of the camera by Jake Estes of House B&H:

Along with it are three H2S-dedicated accessories, a $199 camera cooling fan, and $399 VG-HX battery grip, estimated to ship along with the camera in early July 2022. There’s also a $999 file transmitter grip estimated to come out in mid-September (along with the new XF lenses)…

BUT that’s not all! Wooden Camera is also releasing a handful of H2S dedicated accessories (camera cages, etc). But they are also sneaking in a couple of general use adapters, PL lenses to either X-system bodies or GFX bodies…

PS: since the X-H2S uses the existing NP-W235 li-ion battery, if you want to save, for $30 you can get the B&H Photo Watson Li-Ion…

May 31, 2022 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Silk PRO Tripod, Pivo POD One, Etc

The hours keep rolling and now we have a new set of Adorama daily deals, this lot until Wednesday at 10am ET:

+ Slik Pro AL-323DX Tripod with SH-705E 3-Way Pan Head, for $70

+ Pivo Pod ONE- Smartphone Interactive Content Creation Pod for $80

+ Slinger Electronic Dry Cabinet (300L) for $559~

+ mic cable for $5

May 31, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday: Oben, SmallHD, Kindle 2018, Venus Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Lens for $1280 [C/E], Etc

Tuesday is here and so is a new round of B&H Photo dailies as follows:

+ Venus Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Lens for Canon EF or Sony E for $1280

+ Oben ALF-6113L Skysill 3-Section Aluminum Tripod with BE-113 Ball Head for $30

+ SmallHD Cine 7 Touchscreen On-Camera Monitor with RED KOMODO Control Kit (L-Series) for $1999

+ SenSei DOC-CK Deluxe Optics Care and Cleaning Kit for $13

+ also speaker/monitor stands and Shure microphone case

Meanwhile at the Woot dailies, the headliner is a new condition Kindle Paperwhite (2018, previous generation, with ads) going for $80 (8GB on-board) or $90 (32GB on-board). Various color options. With a 1-year warranty…

May 30, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Microsoft Xbox Series S Console for $250

Game time at the Adorama daily deals, this lot running until Tuesday at 10am ET:

+ Microsoft Xbox Series S Console for $250

+ HYTE Revolt 3 ITX Small Form Factor Case with 700W Gold SFX Power Supply, White, for $150 after in-cart coupon

+ SteelSeries Level Up Gaming Bundle – Apex 3 Keyboard, Rival 3 Wireless Mouse and QcK Medium Mousepad for $35

+ SteelSeries Ultimate Gaming Bundle – Apex 3 Keyboard, Arctis 1 Gaming Headset, Rival 3 Wireless Gaming Mouse and QcK Cloth Gaming Mousepad for $100

MEANWHiLE at the Monday Amazon USA Gold Box there’s a sale on UGREEN chargers and enclosures and such, and Anker Nebula projectors, and such (eg Fire TV Stick for $25)…

May 30, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Monday: GVM, Lexar SDXC, White Balance Cards, Etc

At the Monday B&H Photo daily deals they have these offers running until 11:59pm ET:

+ Vello White Balance Cards set for $20
+ three sizes included

+ GVM Bi-Color Edge Video LED Soft Light (10″) for $99

+ 128GB Lexar Professional 1066x UHS-I SDXC for $20~ after coupon
+ 128GB Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC for $113 after coupon

+ Polsen RM-800 Large-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone for $100

+ Case Logic 15-16″ Laptop Sleeve (Heather Rose) for $10

+ JBL Charge 4 Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $110

May 29, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Swellpro Spry The World’s Only Waterproof Sports Drone for $847

ADorama is back with another iteration of their daily deals, this group until Monday 5/30/22 at 10am ET:

+ Swellpro Spry The World’s Only Waterproof Sports Drone for $847

+ Pimax Vision 5K Super Virtual Reality Headset for $599

+ Swagtron EB-5 Pro City & Campus Folding eBike, for $400

+ refurbished HP 17-cp0035cl 17.3″ HD+ Touchscreen Notebook for $399
+ AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 2.1GHz, 12GB RAM, 1TB HDD, Windows 11 Home, etc
+ Ryzen or Die Tryin’!!!

May 29, 2022 Filed Under: other cameras Tagged With: ,

Sunday: DataColor ColorReader EZ Color Matching Tool for $39

Sunday is here and with it we have a new set of B&H Photo daily deals running until 5/29/22 at 11:59pm ET or earlier IFF sold-out:

+ DataColor ColorReader EZ Color Matching Tool for $39

+ Revo Clip-On Vlog Light for Smartphones and Tablets for $8

+ LANparte Starter LED Ring Light Kit with Stand & Smartphone Holder (10″) for $20

+ Bose Soundbar 700 for $569

+ AUsounds true wireless for $15

+ Furman PST-8 Digital Power Station for $100

Speaking of power, the Meh daily deal for Sunday is a 2-pack of Aduro Power-UP Passenger 5-port USB car chargers with backseat betty clip for $16 plus shipping (free S&H for paying MEH-members).

MeanwhiLe the headliner of the Sunday Best Buy dailies is a 18TB WD easystore external HDD for $330…

And among the Woot dailies for Sunday there’s the Pankoo 40×60 Monocular telescope for $48, various radios from Baofeng and Radioddity ($8 to $96), CyberPower battery backup systems ($33 to $300), while the headliner is an iPhones and iWatches sale ($95 to $570)…

MEANWHiLE the Memorial Day sale at DiscountMAGS has titles starting at $4.34 per year. Plenty of “six degrees of separation” but of direct-interest is 1-year VideoMaker for $8.21 to US addresses, no auto-renewal…

Unlike Woot that has dozens of offers running, Meh has only one deal, but that’s not the whole story, because MEH is part of a group of companies that offer various kinds of daily and longer-running deals. One such sister company is SideDeal and as of the time of writing they have an Eveready Silver single-use battery sale with 168 AAA or 110 AA for $29 each. These were made in September 2020 and promise up to 10 years of battery life per the listing.

May 28, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

2pk 64GB Lexar UHS-II/U3 for $50 {or 2pk of 128GB for $72}

It’s a memory cards theme at this latest round of Adorama daily deals running until Sunday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ 2pk of 64GB Lexar Professional 1667x SDXC UHS-II/U3 for $50
+ that’s $25 per 64GB card
+ OR 2pk of 128GB of above for $72
+ that’s $36 per 128GB card

+ 128GB Lexar Professional 2000x SDXC UHS-II for $138
+ up to 300MB/s Read, 260MB/s Write

+ 512GB Lexar PLAY Class 10 UHS-I U3 MicroSDXC for $65

+ Korg Wavestate Wave Sequencing Synthesizer W/2x JBL 305P MkII Monitor/Headphones for $750

MEANWHiLE at the Saturday Woot dailies we have a tech party! The headliner is an Apple MacBook sale ($200 to $1500). Then there’s a “Home Audio Blowout” sale ($270 to $1150) and a Computer Components clearance ($35 to $1500) and a Ninja AirFryer, and such…

May 28, 2022 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Glow Collapsible Circular Wind Proof Reflector with Handles (22″) for $6

Glow-y dayz continue at the ADorama daily deals, this lot until Saturday at 10am ET:

+ Glow Collapsible Circular Wind Proof Reflector with Handles (22″) for $6

+ also dry cabinet, Samson mic system and broadcast arm

MeanwhIle among the Friday Amazon USA Gold Box deals du jour there is yet another variant of the Anker charging accessories sale with seven options, this sale until Friday 11:59pm pacifica or earlier if sold out…

May 27, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

64GB Lexar JumpDrive V40 USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $6

Friday is here and as usual the B&H Photo dailies last until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but orders are not accepted on their website during the Sabbath (Fri PM to Sat PM, check their website for specific hours):

+ Ruggard Fabric Camera Rain Cover for $25
+ because as Ned Stark liked to say, Winter Is Coming!

+ 64GB Lexar JumpDrive V40 USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $6
+ with key-chain hole
+ that’s 10.667GB per dollar!

+ Vello VB-2000 ActionPan Pro Stabilizing Action Grip/Handle for $19

+ ZiV Phone and GoPro Mount Kit for $5

+ GVM 2 x NP-F970 6600mAh Batteries with Dual Charger and V-Mount Adapter for $99

+ Auray MSB-6 Microphone/Speaker Stand Bag with Pouch for $12

May 26, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: ,

Glow Foldable Beauty Dish With Bowens Mount (White, 40″) for $35

We have another rather modest selection of Adorama daily deals, this lot running until Friday at 10am ET:

+ Glow Foldable Beauty Dish With Bowens Mount (White, 40″) for $35

+ H&A Reflection Filter Tripod Mic Stand for $21

+ Slinger Electronic Dry Cabinet (90L) for $209

+ Leatherman Wave Plus with Cap Crimper Multi-Tool, Black for $70

MEANWHiLE of the Thursday Amazon daily deals there is a Renogy Solar Panels (and Accessories) sale with six options.

Speaking of Amazon, among the Thursday 5/26/22 Kindle daily deals there’s Joe Abercrombie (no relation to Fitch LOL), Jack Higgins, David Archer (are these actual individual authors or pen-namess for a cabal of dozens of authors? LOL), and more.

The above and also the following are of potential interest to those of you who may be participating in the previously mentioned Kindle Spend $25+ to get a $6 promotional credit offer which retroactively-runs May 21-28…

Also helping you get to $25+ is an Amazon Best Seller Charts sale that features another “cabal of authors hiding under one coat”, Dean Koontz 😉 This also has autobiographies including Alicia Keys, Kobe Bryant, Malcon X and Elton John. Rumor has it he is working on a remixed autobiography together with Dua Lipa 😉

May 26, 2022 Filed Under: lighting deals

Thursday: Oben, Thule, Rotolight, EdelKrone, Etc

Thirsty-Thursday is here and we start with a fresh set of B&H Photeaux dailies running until 5/26/22 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ O’Ben Magnetic Mount Kit with Mini Ball Head for $14

+ Thule gauntlet sleeves for 12″ MacBook, two options, $15 each

+ RotoLight NEO 2 LED Light with 6 x AA Rechargeable Batteries for $180
+ Batteries ARE included!
+ they are RotoLight branded, “Lionheart by POWEREX”, 2700 mAh
+ Battery Charger NOT included however!

+ Edelkrone SliderPLUS v5 PRO Long for $549

+ Zhiyun CRANE 2S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $549

+ 512GB Silicon Power Superior UHS-I microSDXC Memory Card with SD Adapter for $50
+ 512GB Silicon Power Cinema EX CFexpress 2.0 Type B Memory Card for $250
+ PRO TIP: you can buy FIVE microSDXC cards for the price of one CFExpress 😉

May 25, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

1-Year prepaid CreativeLIVE Subscription for $99 AC

The sale is back thanks to coupon code SUMMER99 that gets you a 1-year prepaid CreativeLIVE subscription for $99 for the first 12 months of your new subscription!

It comes out to $8.50 per month but it is paid initially at $99. Great if you will be having the time/energy to watch a lot of content in the next few months!

A few instructions and classes are excluded per prior agreements. This is a Netflix-style subscription, once the paid membership ends, you do not own the classes.

May 25, 2022 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Glow Collapsible Circular Wind Proof Reflector with Handles (32″) for $8

Budget is the name of the game at the current iteration of Adorama daily deals running until Thursday at 10am ET:

+ Glow Collapsible Circular Wind Proof Reflector with Handles (32″) for $8

+ also CoreSWX for Blackmagic 6K PRO, electronic dry cabinet and pop filter

May 25, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Wedn: WD and Sandisk sale (25 options)

It appears to be Sandisk and WD day today (5/25/22), good until 11:59pm pacific or earlier if sold out, at the Amazon USA Gold Box there is a 25-option sale on Sandisk and WD storage options with microSD, external and internal HDDs and SSDs, flash drives, CFast 2.0, etc.

On the SD front, there are a couple of 256GB options, the Extreme (yellow) for $30 and the Extreme PRO (black/red) for $40, both UHS-I.

Great time for those tiny USB 3.1 Sandisk Ultra Fit drives, a 5-pack of 128GB flash drives for $60, making it $12 per 128GB!

Too many other items to list here individually, check the aforelinked sale page to see them all…

May 25, 2022 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Wedn: LumeCue, Nanuk, Dell, WD, Sandisk, Mefoto, Etc

Wednesday is here with another set of B&H Photo dailies running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Lume Cube Panel Pro for $130

+ Mefoto BackPacker Air Travel Tripod for $49 in three color schemes

+ DIGITALFOTO SOLUTION LIMITED Chameleon LED RGB Tube Light, 4′ for $194

+ Nanuk 905 hard utility cases with foam for around $40 after in-cart coupon, seven color options, great for color-coding organizers and OCD types 😉

+ DELL P2219H 21.5″ 16:9 Ultrathin Bezel IPS Monitor (TAA Compliant) for $200

+ Denon Audio Commander Professional Mobile PA System with Two Wireless Microphones for $399

+ Sandisk memory and WD storage sale with 22 options, $20 to $360, too many to list here individually

May 25, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Pre-ORDER new CANON APS-C R7 and R10 cameras

Managing 2+2 parallel camera systems must not be a fun adventure at the Canon and Nikon headquarters, but reality and the realpolitik of photography demand so. Okay, enough nonsense 🙂

Canon has revealed today two new APS-C mirrorless cameras in the R/RF system, along with two new R/RF APS-C lenses that will be offered in official kits with these two cameras. The same DSLR APS-C playbook repeating itself? 🙂

VROOOM PROMISES the CANON R7
The Canon R7, faster than the speed of life per Canon, promises 15fps using mechanical shutter, 32mp, in-body image stabilization with up to seven stops, dual UHS-II SD slots, Dual Pixel CMOS AF II, DiGiC X, EVF and vari-angle touchscreen, USB-C and such…

Sounds good but can it beat the legendary Olympus E-100 RS? I don’t think so 🙂

It is available in two standard kits, body only for $1500, or with the newly announced RF-S 18-150mm f3.5-6.3 IS STM lens for $1900. Pre-orders are accepted at B&H Photo and Adorama and such…

Here’s a couple of 3-minute “trailers” for the camera by Canon herself:

CANON R10 goes for the $1K PRICE POINT
For those wanting to stay close to the psychological $1K price-point Canon has revealed the R10 APS-C mirrornyet camera. It will be available as body only for $980, with the new RF-S 18-45mm f4.5-6.3 IS STM kit lens for $1100, or with the new RF-S 18-150mm f3.5-6.3 IS STM lens for $1380.

The R10 has a 24mp APS-C sensor, and shares some but not all (single UHS-II card, only version 2.0 USB-C, etc, etc, etc) of the R7 features. It’s a $500 price difference after all 🙂 The detailed comparison is your homework assignment for the week!

Pre-orders are accepted at B&H Photo and also at Adorama…

The R10 has gotten just one 3-minute “trailer” from Canon instead of the two of the R7 😉

DISAMBIGUATION POINT
This may potentially cause some confusion to those new to the Canon RF world. There is an existing previously released Canon BG-R10 Battery Grip that is designed for the R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras.

Life would be just way too easy if the camera name matched the battery grip name 🙂

May 24, 2022 Filed Under: canon, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Sachtler and Zhiyun Weebill 2 (four options)

Stabilizer-y things are also the theme of the day at the latest iteration of the Adorama daily deals which run until Wednesday at 10am ET:

+ Sachtler 0773AM Tripod System with FSB 8 MK II Fluid Head, Aluminum Legs & Mid-Level Spreader for $1999

+ Zhiyun Weebill 2 Pro Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $659
+ PRO+ of above for $849

+ Zhiyun Weebill 2 Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $399
+ Combo bundle for $489

+ drummer’s throne for $30

MEANWHiLE running until Tuesday at 11:59pm pacific time, at the Amazon USA Gold Box there is a big sale of Logitech Gaming & Streaming products, various brand small kitchen appliances, a 75″ Toshiba Fire TV for $750 (that’s $10 per inch!), powered dental flosses, and mo(i)re…

May 24, 2022 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Nikon Z Month at Adorama (with FREE Accessories)

If you’ve made the big decision to try out the Nikon Z system, it is Z Day, okay Z Month, at Adorama where they have many Nikon Z bundles, a number of which include the customary “FREE Accessories” bundles with all kinds of accessorapalooza offerings.

The link above is sorted by newest product first, which is why it starts with the Nikon Z Football Club (aka “Z fc”).

There are eight pages of offerings, and it includes DSLR gear as well. After all, Nikon does not have _that_ many Z system products and I’m guessing they did not want to offend the DSLR users. Yes, the customer politics of having multiple DSLR and mirrorless systems running in parallel in perfect harmony 🙂

May 24, 2022 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Monoprice USB-C hub (w/4 USB-A 3.0) for $11 w/FS

With more and more laptops and such including USB-C ports, USB-C hubs are must-have items. Which brings us to the mobile deal of the week at the Monoprice website, their Monoprice Select Series USB hub with a USB-C “input” and four USB-A 3.0 “outputs”. No other connectors. It goes for $11 with FREE standard US shipping. Up to 20 per customer at the sale price. As of the time of writing it averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 28 customer reviews and it has 12 answered questions. Offer ends 5/29/22 or earlier if sold out.

It is also eligible for coupon code LAT15 (15% off laptop accessories until 5/31/22). Not sure if this is stackable with the sale price.

Speaking of Monoprice, they have also launched the obligatory Memorial Day sale featuring their usual assortment of tech products and accessories (with all kinds of cables as usual)…

May 24, 2022 Filed Under: technology deals