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Drop.com (April 10-23): Sales Tax Refunded

If you are a fan of Drop (the artist formerly known as Massdrop), for the time period of April 10-23 in 2023, they are offering the sales tax refunded on your purchases at the Massdrop website using coupon code USTAXDAY. If your state does not collect sales tax, you will obviously not receive a refund 🙂

For shoppers outside the USA, the same coupon code gets you FREE shipping on orders of $50+, and the order must have five items or less FEWER [King Stannis]. There’s no sales tax outside the USA. This coupon does NOT pay back customs or VAT or any other taxes collected outside the USA.

April 8, 2023 Filed Under: shopping news Tagged With: , ,

12-month prepaid CreativeLIVE membership for $99AC

Bring out the Birthday Cakes! CreativeLIVE is sale-a-brating their 13 years, and they offering their 12-month prepaid subscription for $99 when you use coupon code CLTURNS13 (code means CL turns 13) over there. This is a limited time offer.

The B&H and Adorama dailies remain as yesterday but there’s a fun Meh daily deal for Thursday 4/6/23, a 4-pack of Boogie Board VersaTiles for $39 plus shipping. These are LCD writing “tablets” powered by one CR2 battery each. As the name hints (tiles) these are 8.25-inch squares. Each one comes with its own stylus and hanging strips. Fun (and practical) things for kids of all ages!

If you are a registered hippie, aka a member of the REI Collective, you have a first shot at getting their new product collection until May 1st. Then the unwashed masses can buy them too 🙂

And we close today’s roundup with some Kindle action, Amazon is having a sale on their latest Kindle e-readers except for the flagship Kindle Scribe…

April 6, 2023 Filed Under: classes and tutorials, daily deals Tagged With:

Sirui 35mm f1.8 1.33x Ana for $399 AC [m43]

The Adorama daily deals have been renamed to Deals of the Week, however, they don’t mention specific dates/times. Quite possibly they’ll run similarly to the B&H schedule. If something changes in the deals , I’ll post a new blog-post…

+ Sirui 35mm f/1.8 1.33x Anamorphic Lens in M43rds for $399 after $200 off in-cart coupon
+ the Leica L and Canon RF versions do not have the coupon/discount

+ Pelican 14QT Personal Cooler for $60, two color options

+ Godox VK1-UC Vlogging Kit For mobile devices with USB Type-C ports for $79

+ HyperX gaming headset for $85

+ Godox VK1-UC Vlogging Kit For mobile devices with USB Type-C ports for $79
+ this was either added later OR I didn’t notice it initially

April 5, 2023 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Robus CF w/BH, Sachtler, FeelWorld (end Sun PM)

As ever year, the B&H Photo online ordering is closed for a few select days during the Passover Holiday. This round of B&H Photo daily deals run until Sunday at 11:59pm ET but online ordering is closed until Saturday at 8:45pm ET:

+ Robus RCTT-200 Carbon Fiber Tabletop Tripod with Ball Head for $80

+ Sachtler Camporter Camera Bag (Small) for $118

+ Feelworld F5 5.0″ Full HD HDMI On-Camera Monitor with 4K Support and Tilt Arm for $99

+ Polsen mic for $40

PS: since the B&H daily deals won’t be changing, I won’t be reposting the same days as new blog-posts every day – unless they change…

April 5, 2023 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday: AF Extension Tube Sets (7 options, $50 to $55), Sirui T2 Lens Kit (M43), Etc

There’s a lens-y type of theme at the Tuesday 4/4/23 B&H Photo daily deals as follows:

+ Vello Auto-Focus Extension Tube Sets, seven options, $50 to $55
+ DSLR: Canon EF, Nikon F
+ Mirrorless: Canon RF, Fuji X II, M43, Nikon Z, Sony E

+ Sirui Mars 1.33x Anamorphic Lens Set for M43rds for $2499
+ four T2 prime lenses: 24, 35, 50, and 75mm

+ HPRC 2300 Hard Case for DJI Mavic Air 2 and Air 2S for $70
+ if you buy the bag, you’ll probably end up buying the DJI Mavic Air 2 😉

+ Noga Cine Arm DG Hold-It Arm for $99
+ not to be confused with Nessie, the Loch Ness monster

+ also Anton Bauer thing and Virtual Reality thing
+ they still keep on trying to make VR a thing – they are competing with 3D video to see who breaks out to the mainstream first? 🙂

Rama-lana, only one Adorama daily deal today, it’s the Pictar Splat 3N1 Flexible Tripod for Smartphones, Compact & Action Cameras, going for $10…

April 4, 2023 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Monday: Sirui 75/1.8 1.33x Anamorphic for $519 [EF-M]

Canon EF-M fans, unite and take over at the Monday Adorama daily deals because they offer the Sirui 75mm f/1.8 1.33x Anamorphic Lens for $519 in Canon EF-M. Looking at the lens page, the M43rds version goes for $500 but I don’t know what it’s regular price range is. Meanwhile Fuji X and Nikon Z go for $550, while Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony E go for $700.

April 3, 2023 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Mon: Macro Ring Light for $40, Reikan Lens Calibr for $85, Lensbaby Velvet 85/1.8 for $325 [3o], Nanuk, SteadiCAM, Etc

Monday is here and the stork has brought in babies, lens babies 🙂

We start with the B&H Photo daily deals good until 4/3/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ BOLT VM-160 LED Macro Ring Light for $40
+ because macro is life!

+ Reikan Focal Pro Lens Calibration for $85
+ in photography, it is pronounced fOcal
+ in audio, it is pronounced focAl

+ Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8 for $325 in ten options
+ DSLR: canon EF
+ MirrorNYET: M43rds, Fuji X
+ SOLD OUT (as of post time): Pentax K, Canon RF, Nikon F and Z

+ Nanuk 923 Protective Case with Cubed Foam for $100 after in-cart coupon
+ four color options for the color-coders

+ SteadiCAM AIR 25 Monopod for $159
+ me personally, for some reason, I prefer the AIR 23, MJ edition!

+ AU truly wireless thingy for $30

April 3, 2023 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: ,

Sunday: Adobe, Acer, FLIR, OBSbot, PortaBrace, $2 DK eBook

We start with a Kindle daily deal! For $2 you can have the “Digital Photography Complete Course: Learn Everything You Need to Know in 20 Weeks (DK Complete Courses)” for $2. From DK/Penguin, 359 pages, January 2021. As of the time of writing it averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 5640 customer ratings…

We continue with the Sunday Adorama daily deals that offer:

+ Adobe Photoshop 2023 and Premiere Elements 2023 for $90
+ Student & Teacher for $80

+ Acer Aspire 5 A514-54-59SE for $450
+ 14″ Full HD, Core i5-1135G7 2.4GHz
+ 12GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Win 11H

THEN off we geaux to the Sunday B&H Photo dailies with a fresh six-pack:

+ PortaBrace Cable Tote Bag (Large) for $80~

+ FLIR One Pro Thermal Camera for Smartphones (Micro-USB) for $200 with FREE cable adapter
+ yes, you can capture UFO videos too!

+ OBSbot Tiny AI-Powered PTZ Webcam for $119 after in-cart coupon with FREE OBSBOT Tiny Remote Control

+ ReVo Suction Cup Mount with 1/4″-20 Screw for $10

+ Impact QuickStik Telescopic Handle for $24

+ flash deal: Benro headset for $20

PS: speaking of ebooks, if you are into nutrition/health/etc, one of the Sunday kindle daily deal is a book/topic that is picking steam, OXALATES! For $3 (with a 30c GoK store credit) you can get Sally Norton’s “Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick–and How to Get Better”. As of the time of writing it averages 4.8 out of 5 on 446 customer ratings. January 2023 from Rodale Books.

April 2, 2023 Filed Under: daily deals

Saturday: Canon dSLR & MirrorLess sale (15 options)

One of the new additions for Saturday 4/1/23 at the Amazon USA Gold Box is surprise-surprise a Canon DSLR & Mirrorless sale featuring 15 options of both APS-C and FF cameras.

Included are a couple of bundles, the R10 Content Creator kit for $1199, and the RP vlogging bundle for $2100. Too many to list here individually…

MEANwhile the Adorama daily deal for Saturday is an H&A mic for $60…

April 1, 2023 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,