Archives for August 2023

Adorama: FREE 2-Day S&H on $50+ [ends 8/13]

The Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode but they have a different kind of a promotion until 8/13/23 at 11:59pm ET. Purchases over $49.99 qualify for FREE 2-day shipping for the 48 contiguous US states. Some exclusions apply.

You can learn all about their shipping options at the Shipping help pages.

PS: yes we are talking about actual shipping, not TV/books shipping 🙂

2021 iPad PRO Offers
UNRELATED to the above, but I don’t want to be creating too many short posts, Woot Plus is running until 8/15/23 or earlier if sold out a sale on new condition iPad PRO (2021 models) tablets with a 1-year Apple warranty and eligible for Apple Care.

There are different options (Wifi-only or Wifi + Cellular) and bundles (with Case), so be sure to check each individual listing. The 11-inch models start at $660, while the 12.9-inch models start at $860.

If you find 12.9″ too small, the all new Galaxy TAB S9 has a 14.6″ option. Because Samsung executives never say no to a new product variation or a new TouchWiz/OneUI feature 🙂

Tuesday: Gitzo Ball Heads, IndiPRO, FLiR, Bags, M1 MacBook PRO, Etc

Tuesday is here, aka TunesDay (don’t forget to listen to some music) and ToonsDay (don’t forget to watch some cartoons, classic or new), and we have a fresh batch of B&H Photo daily deals good until 8/8/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Gator 15″ Speaker Tote Bag Kit (2-Pack) for $90
+ yes, why buy one bag, when you can BAG the TWO BAGS 🙂

+ FLiR 128 x 96 C3-X Compact Professional Thermal Camera (9 Hz, Wi-Fi) for $489 with FREE Klean Kanteen TKWide 20 oz Insulated Bottle with Cafe Cap (Matte Black Gold Base)
+ yes, this is the perfect kit for the modern UFO Hunter, thermal camera and 20oz of strong coffee!
+ now that UFOs are Congress-trendy, jump on this bandwagon!
+ PRO TIP: strong coffee on an empty stomach and you can see UFOs everywhere 😉

+ 4x IndiPRO Micro-Series 98Wh Li-Ion Batteries & Dual Charger Kit (V-Mount)

+ Gitzo GIGH4383QD Series 4 Center Ball Head with Arca-Type Screw Knob QR Receiver for $274 after coupon

+ Gitzo GH2750 Series 2 Off Center Magnesium Ballhead for $329 after coupon

+ ManFrotto 504X Fluid Video Head & MVTTWINGC Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ground Spreader for $800 after in-cart coupon

+ 13.3″ MacBook Pro M1 Chip with Retina Display (Late 2020, Space Gray) and AppleCare+ Protection Plan for $1399
+ M1 8-Core CPU
+ 16GB Unified RAM, 1TB SSD
+ 2560 x 1600 IPS Retina
+ 8-Core GPU, 16-Core Neural Engine
+ OR for the same price you can buy 25 refurbished scratch-n-dent prehistoric Chromebooks at Woot 😉

Monday: SpyderX, Lowepro, Zhiyun, Benro, PROGRADE, Etc

Monday is here and it’s a name-brand day at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 8/7/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Lowepro FreeLine Backpack 350 AW (Heather Gray) for $100

+ SpyderX Elite Colorimeter for $135

+ Zhiyun CRANE 2S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer Combo Kit for $229

+ Benro FGP18A Go Plus 4-Section Aluminum Travel Tripod for $110

+ SmallRIG RC 120D Daylight LED Monolight for $140

+ flash deal: PRO-GRADE CFexpress 2.0 Type B Gold Memory Card sales, four options, single packs or two packs, $100 to $550, 256GB to 1TB

MEANwhile the Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode…

Sunday: Gitzo Hand Strap, Filter pouches, Flexpod, Etc

Sunday is here, and if it’s not sunny, you get your money back at the Sun Customer Service Center!

We start with a new sextet at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 8/6/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Gitzo Century Leather Hand Strap for Mirrorless and DSLR Cameras for $20

+ Portabrace Filter Pouch Set for up to 3 Circular Filters up to 4.5″ for $27~
+ you get three filter pouches, a different color each
+ you also get a carry pouch to put the pouches in
+ each pouch can hold up to three filters
+ actual lens filters are NOT included!!!

+ GVM Mini Waterproof RGB LED On-Camera Light for $60
+ shoe-mount
+ when they call it mini, they are not joking!

+ Magnus FT-P15 MiniFlex Flexible Tripod for Smartphones and Camera for $10
+ me personally, I’m using this for the Canon 1Ds with BIGMA 😉

+ Ruggard Herringbone Sleeve for 13″ Laptop / Tablet for $13

+ Alfatron 35′ HDMI 2.0 Cable (Black) for $15

MEANwhile Adorama continues to be in Top Deals mode

IF YOU ARE fond of magazines delivered by snail mail to US addresses, there’s another Weekend sale at DiscountMAGs featuring the usual suspects.

AND IF you like e-book reading, there’s over 200 e-book selections in the Kindle daily deals including the highly influential “Dopamine Nation” by Anna Lembke for $3 with $0.30 “Great on Kindle” future purchase store credit.

2pk 64GB flash sticks for $6, Shimoda X70, OWC CFxB, Leather TS gloves, Sirui BH w/MIR, Etc

Fri-YAY iz herez and az usualz [yes, we typez trendy like it’z 2014] the B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET, August 5 in 2023 in this particular case:

+ 64GB Kingston DataTraveler Exodia Flash Drive for $6
+ that’s just $3 per 64GB USB 3.2 G1 Type A flash stick!

+ Shimoda Action X70 Backpack Starter Kit with X-Large DV Core Unit for $300
+ BAG the BAG!

+ OWC 325GB Atlas Ultra CFexpress Type B Memory Card for $190
+ Atlas saw the price and …shrugged

+ Sirui K-20x Ball Head for $69 after a $10 mail-in rebate
+ yes, mail-in rebate!

+ Bright Tangerine ExoSkin Leather Armour Gloves for $19 per pair
+ size options range from “S” to “XXL”
+ hand-size, just so we are clear!
+ touchscreen fingertips
+ despite the name, they are neither bright nor tangerine colored 😉

+ SmallRIG SimoRR Vigor VT-08 Action Cam Grip and Mini-Tripod for $7
+ you know you can’t resist single-figure accessories 🙂

FRIDAY ONLY
The Adorama daily deals for Friday 8/4/23 continue to be in “Top Deals” mode!

UPDATE: Adorama continues to be in “Top Deals” mode on Saturday as well…

One of the Kindle daily deals for Friday has a photograph as its …star! A 19th century photograph is the key in this modern murder mystery type of a book, “The Luzern Photograph” by William Bayer (no relation to Bayer Sensors?) for $2.

Shutterfly coupon: Free Shipping without Minimum Order amount

If you like free shipping, good until Sunday 8/6/23 at 11:59pm pacific time, coupon code SHIPIT gets you free shipping without a minimum purchase amount requirement at the Shutterfly website.

The coupon is good for one purchase per customer to US addresses with free economy shipping.

In parallel, as you can see at the aforelinked page, they have 40% off discounts on various things such as canvas prints, woven blankets (because as Ned Stark taught us, “Winter Is Coming!”), and such. They also have 60% off on last chance products.

PS: the coupon mnemonic is SHIP-IT, not SHI-PIT 🙂

Thursday: Fluid Head, Fat Gecko, Nanuk 925, Optoma UHD DLP

Thirsty-Thursday is here and the Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode!

Then off to the B&H Photo daily deals we go where they run until 8/3/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Magnus VPH-20 Video Pan & Tilt Fluid Head for $28

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Triple Mount for $60

+ Nanuk 925 Cases with Foam or Dividers, ten options, further discounted with add-to-cart coupon

+ NiSi Macro Focusing Rail NM-200 with 360° Rotating Clamp (7.9″ Length) for $129
+ with push-button release for +$10

+ Optoma UHZ50 3000-Lumen XPR 4K UHD Home Theater DLP Projector for $1799 after add-to-cart coupon

+ Arcsoon video transmission type thing for $399

Trigger warning for Pour-Over and French Press fans 😉 On the Amazon Gold Box front, there’s a sale of Keurig K-Mini Plus Single Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker for $79 in various color options.

Wedn Kindle eBook: The Auschwitz Photographer: The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost Souls for $3

One of the Wednesday 8/2/23 Kindle daily deals is the “The Auschwitz Photographer: The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost Souls” by Luca Crippa and Maurizio Onnis for $3.

IT came out in September 2021 from Sourcebooks. It is 372 pages. As of the time of writing it averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 281 customer ratings.

In-Stock Alert: Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome for $2200

I don’t know when this was exactly released, but I just now noticed it. Please remember we are no longer on the daily beat of daily photography news and such 🙂

Monochrome is in and Pentax K-mount system fans now have an option to have a monochrome DSLR and they pay DSLR prices, not Leica prices 🙂

In-stock and ready to ship is the Pentax K-III Monochrome DSLR body only going for $2200 at B&H Photo and at Adorama and at the Ricoh Official Shop which offers an optional $184/mo 0% APR financing plan through Affirm.

As usual with financing plans, be sure to check the terms, conditions, restrictions and traps ahead of time!

YES, this is like decaf coffee, it’s more work and more expensive to remove the caffeine / color from the coffee / sensor 😉

PS: the standard color version of the K-3 Mark III is currently on sale for $1700 at B&H Photo and at Adorama

Wednesday: GVM NP-F750, Manfrotto Vintage, Benro Induro, MacBook PRO, ASUS, Etc

The Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode featuring a variety of offerings of products old and new…

Off to the B^H Photo dailies we go where we find a fresh six-pack running until 8/2/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ GVM NP-F750 4400mAh Batteries with Travel Chargers for $30
+ you get two batteries and two 1-slot chargers

+ Manfrotto EzyFrame Vintage Background Kit 6.5 x 7.5′ (Concrete) for $200
+ so vintage I can hear 80s Hot 100 top hits just by watching it 🙂

+ Benro CLT203 2-Series Induro Classic Carbon Fiber Tripod for $160

+ RING 1080p Video Doorbell (2020 Release) for $50

+ LexMark MB2236i Multifunction Monochrome Laser Printer for $190 after in-cart coupon
+ yes monochrome is making a comeback!

+ 14.2″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max Chip (Late 2021) for $2499
+ M1 Max 10-Core Chip
+ 64GB Unified RAM, 2TB SSD
+ 3024×1964 Liquid Retina XDR Screen
+ 32-Core GPU, 16-Core Neural Engine
+ with AppleCare+ for +$100

One of the Kindle daily deals for Wednesday is my nominee for the Dad Jokes Hall of Fame, the ebook name is … Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries Book 1). Yes reading/looking at it makes me crave cheese. The book itself, I have no clue, but I just sent the sample to the Kindle 🙂

Longer Running Offers
Yes, it is the “OS Fairness Doctrine”. Since we mentioned an Apple laptop above, we had to balance it with Windows and Chrome OS options!

As part of the Woot Plus offerings, running until 8/18/23 or earlier if sold out, Woot is offering an ASUS Laptops sale with a mix of Windows and ChromeOS options and prices ranging from $130 (Flip 12″ MediaTek) to $2500 (17.3″ i9 RoG Windows gaming laptop).

Note that a number of them are factory reconditioned with a 90-day ASUS warranty. New condition get a 1-year ASUS warranty.

Stay tuned for an MS-DOS offer too. GRRM may be selling his older laptops 😉

Tuesday: Sunpak Video Light for $22, Wooden, Bushman, PlatyPOD, Laptops, Etc

The Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode where they feature a variety of deals, instead of the usual “deal of the day”.

THEN at the B&H Photo daily deals we have a fresh six-pack of offerings but no lens today:

+ Wooden Director’s Monitor Cage v3 with Dual Carbon Fiber Handgrips for $179
+ I’m sure some would rather buy a Director’s Cage – there are some impossibly narcissistic ones out there 😉

+ Sunpak LED-330 Video Light with Barndoors for $22
+ you have to provide your own barn animals though
+ I promise, this is the last time I use this joke 🙂

+ Bushman Claremont Bushman Monopod for $82

+ PlatyPOD Platyball Ergo Ball Head for $189

+ SynCO Mic-D2 Hypercardioid Shotgun Mic for $139

+ CaseLogic 13.3″ Laptop and MacBook Sleeve (Galaxy) for $9
+ they either have a sense of humor or they didn’t realize it – naming an Apple accessory with the Samsung flagship brand name (Galaxy) LOL

THEN at Amazon we find some new potentially interesting offerings:

+ Laptops sale from ASUS, Acer, MSI, Dell, Samsung, Lenova, etc
+ there’s a mix of “regular” and gaming laptops

+ five pages of name-brand Office Supplies including a gift set type of Schools Supplies kit that includes Sharpie, EXPO, Elmers and Papermate products for $21~
+ it has 38 pieces
+ you can probably do a lot better buying them piecemeal as needed BUT this can make a fun gift for kids of all ages, eg if you are buying school supplies as gifts for children or adults that could use a little boost in excitement from a packaged gift type thing or are in tough situations or are under-priviledged, etc, etc, etc
+ yes, I’m getting soft and emotional in my old age 😉

+ Amazon Clip-On Coupons page from many brands, it’s not just Amazon-brand products anymore
+ I don’t think Amazon knows how many coupons are being offered 😉