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Tuesday: SpyderCHECKR Color Chart and Calibration Tool for $89, Etc

Tuesday is here and it brings us another six-pack of B&H Photeaux daily deals running until 11:59pm ET or earlier IFF sold out:

+ DataColor SpyderCHECKR Color Chart and Calibration Tool for Digital Cameras for $89

+ 4TB Seagate Expansion Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $80
+ that’s $20 per TB

+ NanLite Halo 10B Bi-Color USB LED Ring Light (10″) for $39

+ M-Audio Uber Mic USB Microphone with Headphone Output for $40

+ ACCsoon CineEye, two options, $$189 or $249

+ IndiPRO Micro-Series V-Mount Li-Ion Battery (98Wh) for $180 with FREE IndiPRO Tools D-Tap Pro Battery Charger (16.8V, 2.5A)

March 28, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

May 3 (2022): Changes to Best Buy Rewards program, Goodbye Three Tiers

Ch-ch-ch-changes! Starting May 3 in 2022, Best Buy is streamlining their rewards program. Gone will be the three tiers. Everyone will be in a single tier, earning the same percentage, half a point for every $1 spent. Points will be redeemed in 250 point increments. 250 points is a $5 reward certificate, thus making it a 1% reward, since 1 point = 2 cents.

Not sure why they have it twisted like that instead of making it a straight 1:1. It’s the same thing, just the 0.5x and 2x can be confusing to those who do not pay close attention.

Best Buy credit cards earn higher percentages depending on card and promotion.

Some items and brands are not eligible to earn points (check the “E. Receiving points” segment) and some things cannot be paid with a reward certificate (check the “3. Non-Qualifying Redemptions”).

Ironically, the company with the highest profit margins in the universe (Apple/Beats purchases) do not earn points 🙂

Details at the Best Buy Terms and Conditions.

Note that the new terms are at the top of the page under the “Upcoming 5/3/22 update” section. If you scroll further down, you will find the previous terms that expire on 5/2/22. So if you are using your browser’s search feature to look for specific things, make sure you are in the correct section of the page…

March 28, 2022 Filed Under: shopping news Tagged With: ,

Bushness 10×50, Godox ML60, Airpods (2019), Etc

Adorama is back with a new set of their daily deals, these good until Tuesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Bushnell 10×50 Powerview Instafocus, Weather Resistant Porro Prism Binocular with 6.55 Degree Angle of View for $40

+ Godox ML60 60W LED Light for $189

+ Apple AirPods (2019) with Wireless Charging Case for $140

+ H&A Professional Desktop Isolation Filter for $40

March 28, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Monday: Paper Shoot DIY Digital Point & Shoot Cameras, Arco, Benro, Kingston, MSI, XPG, Etc

Monday is here and we have a new six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Paper Shoot DIY Digital Point & Shoot Cameras, 27 options, from $89 to $199

+ XPG 32GB Lancer DDR5 5200 MHz UDIMM Memory Kit (2 x 16GB, Black) for $270 after in-cart coupon
+ same listing, MSI PRO Z690-A LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard & XPG 32GB DDR5 RAM Kit for $460 after in-cart coupon

+ EdelKrone FlexTILT Head v3 for $69

+ Benro Aero 2 PRO Aluminum Travel Video Tripod with Twist Locks for $210

+ Arco V15G Camcorder Shoulder Bag for $50

+ 128GB Kingston DataTraveler Exodia USB 3.2 G1 Type A Flash Drive for $10
+ with keyring loop and protective cap

UPDATE: among the Woot dailies there’s the 10.1″ Echo Show (2nd gen) going for $80 and refurbished iPad Air 2 (2014 models, scratch and dent) ranging from $100 to $185…

Meanwhile among the Amazon USA Gold Box offerings they have a sale on Polk Audio speakers… If you are reading this while hungry, you may have read it as Pork Audio instead 😉

March 28, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals, fixed lens cameras

Godox TL60 RGB Tube Light for $149, Etc

Back to the Adorama daily deals we geaux, with this round running until Monday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Godox TL60 RGB Tube Light for $149

+ H&Y RevoRing Variable Neutral Density ND3-ND1000 and CPL Filter with variable adapter, three size options, $189 to $219

+ SmallRig L10 Portable Beauty-Enchancing & Eye-Caring LED Lamp for $60

+ H&A Studio Monitor Stands (Pair) for $36

March 27, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Sunday: DJi Mavic Air 2 Fly More Combo for $789, Etc

Sunday is here and we have a new round of B&H Photo dailies running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ DJi Mavic Air 2 Fly More Combo for $789

+ refurb Nikon 10×42 Aculon A211 Binoculars for $60

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

+ ORCA OR-28 Mini Audio Bag for $137

+ Shure P58-CN-240-MVI Digital Recording Bundle for $99

+ AuRAY Foldable Desktop Isolation Filter with Stand for $27

WHAT IF there was a 17.3″ Chromebook? Well, that’s the headliner of the Sunday Best Buy dailies, an ASUS with Celeron 4500 and 4GB RAM and 32GB on-board storage, 1080p, UHD graphics, card reader, Wifi 6, etc… No touch-screen, no backlit keyboard. But hey, it’s $150 :)… As of the time of writing it averages 4.6 out of 5 based on 119 customer reviews…

THEN at the Sunday Newegg dailies you can improve home-improvement for $5 off. That’s $95 for a $100 Lowe’s e-gift-card…

March 27, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Falconeyes PocketLite F7 RGB Photography Led Video Camera Light Kit With Diffuser & Grid for $69

Adorama is back with another round of daily deals, this ends on Sunday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Falconeyes PocketLite F7 RGB Photography Led Video Camera Light, 12W, 3000Mah, Kit With Diffuser & Grid for $69

+ Moza iFocus M Wireless Follow Focus Motor for Air 2, and AirCross 2 Gimbals for $30

+ Acer ConceptD 3 CN314-72G-791L Creator 14″ laptop for $1200
+ Core i7-10750H 2.6GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q (4GB+
+ Windows 10 Pro, Free Upgrade to Windows 11

+ Lorex security camera thing

It’s an LG Gram laptop invasion at the Saturday Best Buy daily deals with prices ranging from $1280 to $1400…

March 26, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Spend $25+ in Kindle eBooks, Get $6 credit [YMMV]

If there any Kindle ebooks, photography or otherwise, you want to buy, and they never go on sale, this recurring promotion might give you an extra boost.

I do not know if this is targeted or offered to all Amazon customers so YMMV.

Between March 21-28 in 2022, if you make $25+ in Kindle ebook purchases, you will receive a $6 promotional ebook credit to be spent on future ebook purchases.

If you are logged on to your Amazon account, this promotional page will tell you if you are eligible.

You have to activate the offer, either by visiting the above page (auto-activation) or clicking something (eg a banner on the Amazon website mentioning the promotion).

The great thing about this offer is that it is retroactive. For example if you activate it on March 27, all purchases you made between March 21-28 count towards the offer.

Friday Only: Stock Up on Tolkien
Thanks to the above promotion, if you want to stock up on J. R. R. R. R. Tolkien ebooks, for Friday 3/25/22 in the pacific time zone, Amazon has a sale on 19 Tolkien e-books including the famous ones (LOTR, Hobbit). These will likely become very trendy again once September comes and Amazon’s new half-a-billion Lord of the Rings TV series rolls out…

March 25, 2022 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

Flashpoint FV150 Hybrid R2 Continuous LED Light and HSS Flash (Godox FV150) for $199

No lenses in this round of Adorama daily deals running until SAturday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Flashpoint FV150 Hybrid R2 Continuous LED Light and HSS Flash (Godox FV150) for $199

+ Steadicam AIR-25 3-Section Carbon Fiber Monopod with 1 Twist Leg Lock for $249

+ Mount-It! MI-1772 Dual Computer Monitor Mount with Articulating Gas Spring Arms for 13-30″ Monitors for $104

+ H&A Compact Tripod Tabletop Microphone Stand for $12

Friday Daily Deals II
Meanwhile among the conventional Friday daily deals we have:

+ Tolkien e-book sale, prices under $4, Kindle

+ NewEGG dailies include $10 off a $100 XboX e-gift card or $60 Xbox Gold Live, Ryzen 5 and 9, 14TB WD, H&R, ASUS RoG laptop, Corsair mechanical keyboard, etc

+ Best Buy dailies include the Samsung Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha (LOL, leave it to Samsung to create messy railroad names), Surface Laptop 4, Sandisk storage, etc

+ at the Woot dailies, under “Electronics” there’s a 2-pack of 6-foot 60W AmazonBasics USB-C cables for $6, while “Computers” has an iMac sale ($175 to $2200; you certainly can’t get a Mac Studio at $175 LOL)

March 25, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

GVM, Benro, Viltrox, RucPac, IndiPRO, Etc

Friday is here and as usual the B&H Photo dailies run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but orders are not accepted Friday PM to Saturday PM {check their website for the times}:

+ Viltrox RB08 Mini Bicolor Portable LED Light for $25

+ GVM Professional Video Aluminum Alloy Motorized Camera Slider (23″) for $149

+ Benro S2 PRO Flat Base Video Head for $80

+ RucPac Slide Camera Strap for $25

+ IndiPRO NP-F980 6600mAh Li-Ion Battery & Single Charger Kit for $40

+ SaraMonic SmartMic+ Compact Directional Microphone with 3.5mm TRRS Plug for Mobile Devices for $19

March 24, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Godox VL300 300W LED Video Light for $419

We have a new round of Adorama daily deals, this one running until Friday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Godox VL300 300W LED Video Light for $419

+ H&A 4-Point Universal Shock Mount for Camera Shoes and Boompoles for $13

+ refurbished HP 316H8UA 17.3″ Full HD Notebook for $420
+ i5-1135G7 2.4GHz, 12GB RAM, 1TB HDD
+ Windows 10 Home, Free Upgrade to Windows 11

+ Steelseries gaming headset with DAC for $160

Photography Q&A
In this new segment, we answer photography-related questions 🙂

QUESTION: what are the best lenses for UFO (UAP, flying saucer) photography?

ANSWER: Photoshop 😉

March 24, 2022 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With:

Thursday: Nanuk, Zhiyun, ProGrade, Joby, Etc

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

+ Nanuk 918 6-Lens Case with Foam Insert for $97 after in-cart coupon, available in four color options
+ great for color-coders, you can organize by lens mount or by lens type or by lens manufacturer!

+ 160GB ProGrade CFexpress Type A Cobalt for $274
+ 2-pack for $520

+ DigitalFoto Solution Ltd Chameleon LED RGB Tube Light, 4-feet, for $194

+ Oben BC-166 Ball Head for $100

+ Joby GorillaPod 3K Flexible Mini-Tripod with Ball Head and Beamo Mini LED Kit for $60

+ Zhiyun WEEBILL-2 SE Combo Kit with 2 Mini Tripods & Fabric Case for $379

UPDATE: tech days are back, the Thursday Woot daily deals include:

+ Surface Duo dual-screen phone-tablet thing for $400
+ locked to AT&T, 1yr Microsoft warranty
+ 6GB RAM, 256GB storage, SnapDragon 855
+ if you are tired of conventional iPhone/Galaxy/Pixel type phones 🙂

+ refurbished Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 for $220
+ 90-day Woot warranty
+ Celeron, 4GB RAM, 64GB on-board, S-Pen
+ june 2024 updates

+ AmazonBasics 10W Qi wireless charging round pad thing for $10

+ LOL, the Grocery daily deal is the “The Reserve Matcha” but the Woot text says it’s the “The Reverse Matcha”. Not sure if it’s a subtle Woot joke or an actual typo/error 🙂 Technically, you can’t have a reverse matcha, if you reverse matcha you get a whole tea leaf 🙂

March 23, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Samyang 24mm T1.5 Cine DS for $369 [E/m43/C]

The lenses return at the Adorama daily deals, this round running until Thursday 3/24/22 at 10am eastern or earlier if sold out…

+ Samyang 24mm T1.5 Cine DS for $369 in Sony E, Canon EF and M43rds
+ the various options can be found through the daily deals link in the first paragraph; the individual lenses are not interlinked (YMMV on your viewport/browser/etc)

+ Nanoleaf Shapes Hexagons Smarter Kit with 7x Multicolor Hexagon Light Panels, 100 Lumens – With 2 Pack Nanoleaf Shapes Hexagons Expansion Pack for $249

+ Glow Muslin Background – 10 x 20 ‘ (Chroma Green) for $30

+ also a Lorex security camera thing

In an unrelated note, it is high time we made a birthday cake to celebrate 75 years of Magnum. Magnum Photos that is 🙂

March 23, 2022 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , ,

Wedn: Samsung S22, Storage, Ryzen, Lenovo SmartFrame, Etc

While the previously mentioned B&H dailies have a lens in them, the rest of the dailies are more tech-focused as follows:

At the Best Buy dailies:

+ Samsung Galaxy Book PRO 360 (Evo i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, touchscreen) for $1000

+ 21.5″ Lenovo Smart Frame and customary Shutterfly coupon for $200

+ 114″ Insignia outdoor projector screen for $175

+ also 1TB AData internal SSD and 5TB WD external HDD

THEN we go to the Newegg dailies where we find:

+ $60 off Ryzen 9, $10 off Ryzen 7

+ Acer gaming and 17.3″ HP laptops

+ 128GB Samsung PRO Endurance microSDXC for $20 after coupon

Solar is the headliner at the Amazon USA Gold Box, you can get up to 20% off on select Renogy solar products…

Prime members have an exclusive $10 off discount on select Peet’s Coffee espresso capsules (regular or decaf) at the Woot dailies, making the 100-packs $30 after the Prime discount. To get the Prime-discounts and free Prime shipping, you have to connect your Amazon Prime and Woot accounts. This is a one-time activity… Meanwhile under “Electronics” they offer the new condition Samsung Galaxy S22 (128GB on-board, factory unlocked, 1yr Samsung warranty) for $700… Keep in mind this is the entry-level of the three-headed flagship. The S22 Ultra is the one with all the goodies…

March 23, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals, technology deals

Wedn: Zeiss Batis 25mm f2 for $899 [E]

Z-ICE Z-ICE baby! That’s what’s happening in the Wednesday 3/23/22 B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold-out:

+ Vello LENS-2020 Lens Calibration Tool for $25
+ pixel-peeping at an affordable price!

+ Zeiss Batis 25mm f2 for $899 in Sony E

+ Tiffen VND filters, four options, $60 to $80

+ Manfrotto Befree Live Aluminum Video Tripod Kit with Twist Leg Locks for $198
+ “BeFree” sounds like a Marley brand? 🙂

+ Vanguard Havana 48-Backpack for $80 in two color options
+ cuban cigars NOT included

+ GVM RGB LED Studio Video Bi-Color Soft 1000D 3-Light Panel Kit for $389

March 22, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals, zeiss Tagged With: , ,

FotoPro X-Go Max 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Built-In Monopod, FPH-62Q Ball Head for $140

Adorama is back with a new trio of daily deals headlined by the new condition FotoPro X-Go Max 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Built-In Monopod, FPH-62Q Ball Head going for $140 with free US shipping…

The other two items are “off topic”, a USB headset and a guitar stand… These expire/change on Wednesday at 10am ET…

March 22, 2022 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: refurb DJi Mavic Air 2 for $599 w/$30 promo GC

NewEgg leads the way with its Tuesday daily deal offerings for 3/22/22:

+ refurbished DJi Mavic Air 2 with $30 promotional gift card for $599
+ sold and shipped by the DJi store at the NewEgg website

+ $10 off GRRM’s new Elden Rings video game

+ pay $20, get $25 Domino’s e-gift card

+ trio of Intel processors, HDDs, Acer/ASUS laptops, etc

There’s action at the Tuesday Amazon USA Gold Box as well:

+ another variant of the Anker charging sale

+ another sale on Fire tablets and TVs

March 22, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals, other cameras Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday: a7S III Camera Cages, refurb Nikon binos, 4TB Seagate, Etc

Tuesday is here and we start with a fresh six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET:

+ Tilta camera cages for Sony a7S III, four options, $23 to $233
+ yes, four different camera cages for this particular camera model!

+ refurbished Nikon 8×42 Aculon A211 Binoculars for $50

+ Magnus PV-7451M Tripod/Monopod with 3-Way Pan/Tilt Head for $50

+ Ruggard Optica 15 DSLR Roller V2 for $90

+ 4TB Seagate One Touch USB 3.2 Gen 1 External Hard Drive for $88 in two color options

+ ACCsoon CineEye 2S Pro Wireless Video Transmitter & Receiver for $519

Meanwhile at the Tuesday Meh daily deal we have the return of Anker with a 2-pack of their PowerPort III 45W pod wall adapters for $34 plus shipping…

March 21, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Rokinon 18mm F2.8 Full Frame Auto Focus for $249 [E]

Here we are, another lens day at the Adorama daily deals, this set running until Tuesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Rokinon 18mm F2.8 Full Frame Auto Focus for $249 in Sony E
+ PRO TIP: if you buy at least one camera for every current camera system, then you can potentially buy every single lens that’s on sale 😉
+ THRIFTY PRO TIP: or buy adapters and converters for the various systems instead of cameras 😉

+ Vanguard VEO 2 204CB 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head for $60

+ Tether Tools Case Relay Camera Power System for $90

+ LG gram 15.6″ Full HD Notebook for $849
+ i5-1135G7 2.4GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
+ Windows 10 Home, Free Upgrade to Windows 11
+ personally I’m Ryzen Or Die Tryin’ but to each his/her own 😉

March 21, 2022 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Monday: Samsung Z Flip 3, Z Fold 3, FEs, Razer, Etc

There’s tech action at the Monday 3/21/22 Amazon USA Gold Box as follows:

+ Samsung Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 sale, along with S21 FE and S20 FE
+ Z Flip 3 starts at $845, Z Fold 3 starts at $1400

+ Razer gaming sale includes mechanical keyboards and Photoshop gaming chairs 😉

+ Govee Smart Lights, consumer-tier, not photography lighting, but light is light!

Speaking of consumer lighting, there are a couple of LED lighting options under “Clearance” at the Monday Woot daily deals…

March 21, 2022 Filed Under: samsung, technology deals Tagged With: ,

Monday: Nanuk, Angler, Browning, Apple M1, Etc

If you work Monday to Friday, we have good news for you! The weekend is just five days away 😉

We start with the Monday 3/21/22 B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Angler 865BLED Sparta Bicolor LED Light for $69

+ Nanuk 909 Hard Utility Case with Foam Insert for $58 in six color options after in-cart coupon
+ great for color-coding organizers!

+ 1TB Seagate Expansion Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $43

+ Edelkrone HeadONE for $249

+ Browning BTC-5HD-APX-20C Strike Force Apex HD Trail Camera for $90

+ Sony ECM-VG1 Short Shotgun Microphone for $149

+ Apple 13.3″ MacBook Air M1 Chip with Retina Display (Late 2020, Gold) for $1449
+ M1 8-Core CPU, 16GB Unified RAM, 1TB SSD,2560 x 1600 Retina IPS,8-Core GPU, 16-Core Neural Engine

March 20, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Nanuk 910, Rotolight Kit, Light & Motion Stella

We have a new trio of Adorama daily deals, this running until Monday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out. No camera lenses this time, but there is name-brand action!

+ Nanuk Medium Series 910 Lightweight NK-7 Resin Waterproof Protective Case with Foam for $70

+ Rotolight Video Conferencing Kit for $169

+ Light & Motion Stella Pro Reflex S Light, 20 fps with Professional Light Stand Mount for $767

March 20, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Sunday: NiSi, Lowel, Camouflage Tent, Cecilia, Cinetics, 12.9″ iPad PRO (3rd gen), Etc

Sunday is here and if it’s not sunny, you can get your money back at the Sun Customer Service, 39th Solar Flare Avenue, at the 6000 Fahrenheit floor 😉

We start with a new 6-pack of B&H Photo daily deals:

+ Lowel Go Lite Compact LED Light for $25

+ Japan Hobby Tool Camouflage Tent II for Photographers for $89
+ also handy if the spouse/mother-in-law kick you out temporarily
+ father-in-laws are just weak sauce comparatively 😉

+ Ceciila Tharp 8L Camera Bag (Charcoal, Cotton Canvas) for $49

+ Cinetics Lynx Slider for $300

+ Vello SM-LV Selfie Mirror Viewer for Vlogging for $14
+ selfie-mirror on the vlog, who’s the prettiest instagram wall of them all?

+ NiSi V6 100mm Filter Holder Kit with Enhanced Landscape CPL Filter for $149

UPDATE: among the Woot daily deals the headliner are 12.9″ iPad PRO (3rd generation, 2018) ranging from $530 to $800.

March 19, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals

Samyang 135mm T2.2 Cine DS Ultra MF for $329 [E/C/m43]

Party on Wayne, we have another lens day at the Adorama daily deals, this round running until Sunday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Samyang 135mm T2.2 Cine DS Ultra manual focus for $329 in Sony E, Canon EF and Micro Four Thirds

+ Manfrotto 1051BAC 83″ Air Cushioned Aluminum Mini Compact Stand with 4-Sections & 3 Risers for $80

+ Delkin Devices Fat Gecko Triple Suction Mount for $60

+ Tilta Full Camera Cage for Sony FX3 for $65~

Meanwhile at the Saturday Woot daily deals there’s a coffee gear sale as the main deal of the day ($10 to $130, all kinds, stovetop, pourover, gooseneck, press, grinder, Ninja, beans and capsules, etc)… Then at “Electronics” there are Samsung Frame TVs, at “Computers” there’s a $280 refurbished MacBook Air (i5, 4GB RAM, 256GB), and at “Clearance” there are power/solar type things…

Of printed magazine interest, this weekend sale at DiscountMags has a “Spring Sale” theme. There are no camera/photo magazines in this sale. These typically run until Monday night…

March 19, 2022 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , ,

Time Warp News: Senate votes to make DayLight Savings permanent [still needs to pass House & President to sign]

Twice a year we must needs change the time in various clocks and gadgets, assuming we remember which ones change automatically and which ones require manual intervention.

In mayhaps the first good news of 2022, the US Senate passed by unanimous consent (not a single one of the usual suspects demanded a roll-call vote) the proposed law that makes daylight savings time permanent.

This is not a law yet! It has to pass the House of Representatives, and then get signed by El Presidente (or Congress overrides a veto), before it becomes law.

Daylight savings is the new-current current time, the “Spring Forward” time. As the “daylight savings” name hints at, the “spring forward” pushes an extra hour of daylight into the evening, thus “saving” the daylight for more people to enjoy 🙂 Furthermore, the daylight is not “wasted” in the earlier hours of the morning where many may be sleeping or wanting to be sleeping but get woken up by the sunlight…

More details via the various websites linked through at Memeorandum, the newsy site of Techmeme… Or if you just want to read one article with sunrise and sunset light-comparison images (why not?) check out the VoX…

And what makes this long-winded post on-topic: of photography interest, it gives us a more consistent schedule with regards to sunrises and sunsets and photographing things in general, and those of us who may be using older cameras, we’ll have correct capture times all year round 🙂

March 18, 2022 Filed Under: shopping news

Meike 25mm f1.8 MF for $60 [E/X/Z/EOS-M]

Mayhaps the slowdown in the economy during the COVID era has encouraged the more frequent appearance of lenses in the daily deals? It’s only a guess, I know not more than that!

$60 is what it takes for you to get the lens that is featured in this incarnation of the Adorama daily deals running until Saturday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Meike 25mm f1.8 manual focus for $60 in Sony E, Fuji X, Nikon Z and Canon EOS M
+ however the M43rds is not on sale

+ Vanguard VEO 2 233CB 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head for $75

+ Ibanez NTS Tubescreamer NuTube Overdrive for $250
+ with a name like this, if you are not sure what this is, I won’t spoil the surprise 😉

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

March 18, 2022 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , ,

Sunpak 4K Action Camera w/Extra Accessories for $25

FRiday is here once again and this round of B&H Photo daily deals runs until SAturday at 11:59pm ET as usual…

+ Sunpak 4K Action Camera with 9-Piece Accessory Kit (included standard in the OG package) for $25 with FREE 3-piece Sunpak accessories kit
+ you can buy a dozen of these for the price of a GoPRO!

+ Magnus VPH-10 2-Way Pan/Tilt Head for $28
+ fun fact: Peter Pan was named so because he preferred to pan, rather than tilt

+ PortaBrace PR-C2LED Compact Padded Case for LED Lights for $90
+ bag the lights bag!

+ Rucpac Sentinel Camera Strap (Black) for $30

+ SaraMonic SR-PMIC3 3-Capsule Recording Microphone with Integrated Shockmount for DSLR Cameras/Camcorders for $15

+ AndyCine U3H4 4K HDMI to USB 3.0 Video Capture Device for $139

+ no flash deals this time around

UPDATE: under “Electronics” of the Friday Woot daily deals we find scratch-n-dent Samsung phones ranging from $90 to $890…

The headliner of the Friday Best Buy dailies is the new condition Surface PRO X (13″, 16GB RAM, 256GB, Wifi & 4G LTE) for $1150…

And at the Friday NewEgg daily deals we find $6 off a $60 XBox e-gift card, and $5 off a $50 Hulu e-gift card, along with the usual assortment of tech offerings…

UPDATE #2: for logistical reasons, we can’t treat all of our readers to a nice burger, but we can get close enough: for a limited time, the chain “Habit Burger” is offering a free Charburger with Cheese when you download their iOS/Android app. You have to purchase a drink to get the freebie though 🙂 YMMV as usual with these type of offers…

UPDATE #3: speaking of food-related freebies, if you are participating in the Lucky’s Rewards program, this weekend, you can get a 16oz FREE tin of Sparkling ICE + caffeine beverage…

March 17, 2022 Filed Under: daily deals, other cameras Tagged With: ,

SLR Magic 25mm T0.95 Hyperprime Cine III Lens for $369 [m43]

Lens Dayz are everywhere, such as this incarnation of the Adorama daily deals running until Saturday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ SLR Magic 25mm T0.95 Hyperprime Cine III Lens for $369 in M43rds

+ Westcott FJ400 Strobe 400Ws with AC/DC Battery Bundle with Glow EZ Lock Octa Quick XL Softbox With Bowens Mount (48″), Flashpoint Heavy-Duty Light Stand for $700

+ 2pk of 160GB ProGrade CFexpress 2.0 Type A for $650
+ or Typ-A if Leica makes them 😉

+ Prograde Digital Digital CFexpress Type A & UHS-II SDXC Dual-Slot USB 3.2 Gen 2 Card Reader for $80
+ because it makes no sense to read a $600 uber-fast memory card with a USB 2.0 card reader 😉
+ yet we all do it on occasion 😉

PRO TIP!
Today and Friday are the best days of March Madness! Half of all the games to be played are getting played these two days! A total of 64 teams are in-action with lots of excitement and surprises. With up to four games in parallel, you can easily tune out the boring games! #BeatDuke

March 17, 2022 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Thursday: Orca, Nikon Binos, Oben, Zenit primes, Etc

Thursday is here with a new round of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out, and it’s a lens day once again:

+ Zenit MC-Zenitar 8mm f3.5 Fisheye for $300 in Nikon F

+ Zenit Zenitar 85mm f1.4 for $330 in Canon EF or Nikon F

+ Zenit Zenitar 50mm 0.95 for $800 in Sony E

+ refurbished (by Nikon) Nikon 10×25 Aculon A30 Binoculars for $47

+ ORCA Classic Shoulder Camera Bag XS for $99
+ despite the name, no, you cannot fit a whale inside; mayhaps a twitter fail whale 😉

+ Oben BA-126 Single Lever Ball Head for $40

+ edelKrone Wing Slider (16 lb Payload) for $259

+ Audio Technica AT2020USB+V Cardioid Condenser USB Microphone (Limited Edition Silver) for $119

UPDATE: among the NewEgg daily deals, you can get a $100 Lowe’s e-gift card for $95, and the Ryzen 9 5900X for $440 after using the $60 off promo code shown over there…

MEanwhile among the Amazon offers, you can get the Anker Nebula Apollo, Wi-Fi Mini Projector for $260, and you get a $10 Amazon gift card bundled with the TurboTax Deluxe 2021 software for $50…

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Amazon Pickup Orders: $10 off coupon w/$20+ orders

If you live in an area that has Amazon pickup points (self-service lockers, counters, etc), for the promotional period from 3/2/22 to 4/27/22, coupon code PICKUP10OFF gets you $10 off an order of $20+. The offer is good for products sold and shipped by Amazon itself. Fulfilled by Amazon and 3rd-party sellers are NOT eligible for this promotion.

Digital products are obviously not eligible, since you don’t pick them up at self-service lockers 🙂

The offer may be targeted (I have no way to knowing, it just showed it to me on an promotional banner while I was on their website). The offer has a limited number of redemptions. YMMV as always…

If you haven’t tried the self-service lockers, fear not, they work real well. I tried them inside 711s, Staples and Whole Foods without issue through the years…

March 16, 2022 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: