FriYAY is here and as usual, the B&H daily deals are good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Oben MFR4-5 Macro Focusing Rail for $75

+ Tamrac Pro Compact 1 Camera Bag for $10

+ Apexel Gorillas Tripod for Smartphones and DSLR Camera for $18

+ GVM Dual Charger with BP-A60 Battery for Canon C300 Mark II, C200 & C200B (6800mAh) for $110

+ FeelWorld LUT7 7″ 3D LUT 4K HDMI Monitor for $200

+ XCellon USB-C hub for $20 (without) to $25 (with PD)

+ Lenspen lens cleaners for $5 (two options)

+ flash deaL: oLIGHT Seeker 2 Pro Rechargeable LED Flashlight (Carbon Fiber) for $100
+ next flash deal: not teased yet

UPDATE: among the FRiday 12/11/20 Best Buy deals du jour they have:

+ 13.3-inch NixPlay Smart digi-photo-frame for $230

+ 64GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS SDXC for $20

+ Sunpak YouTuber Creator Kit with Boya lavalier microphone and bluetooth remote for $25

+ 12TB WD EasySto’or external HDD for $200

+ Razer gaming sale (headliner deal)

+ Galaxy S10* with Verizon activation discounts

Meanwhile at the Woot website they have a headliner on open-box iPads and MacBooks, and a $190 11.6″ rugged ASUS Chromebook C202SA (Celery N3060, 4GB RAM, 16GB on-board, 90-day warranty, ChromeOS Auto Updates until June 2022, etc)…

Robus, Luxli, Lexar, Unagi, these could be the names of the leading characters of a “Hunger Games” clone movie/book 🙂

And just like that, it’s another Hump Day and with it we have a new set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ 128GB Lexar 667x UHS-I microSDXC for $15
+ back in our time kids, we had to pay $15 for a 1MB Smartmedia card 😉

+ Luxli CNS-20D Constructor Medium Block On-Camera Daylight Balanced LED Light for $30
+ daily reminder: you can’t have photography without light

+ Robus RCM-633 6-Section Carbon Fiber Monopod, 65″ for $85
+ you can also cosplay Gandalf with this

+ Celestron Lenspen Optical Cleaning Tool for $6

+ LG 34WL550-B 34″ 21:9 UltraWide FreeSync HDR10 IPS Monitor for $235
+ poor LG it suffered the most in the Smartphone wars of Apple vs Samsung vs China

+ Unagi Model One E500 Dual-Motor Electric Scooter for $749 in three color schemes

+ EzViz C6CN 1080p Pan & Tilt Wi-Fi Network Security Camera for $27
+ mayhaps the most affordable tilt shift lens ever 😉
(+ just so we are clear, this is not a tilt shift lens 🙂

+ flash deal: GVM Dolly Track Camera Slider (31.5″) for $79
+ next flash deal: some kind of a APS UPS

UPDATE: for the EU shoppers, good until Friday 12pm ET (6pm Germany time) Amazon Chermany has the new condition Pergear 35mm f1.6 lens on sale for 56 euro-dollars in the Sony APS-C E-system (NEX time!)…

UPDATE #2: under “Clearance” in the Woot daily deals there’s the 10 inch Kamaitatchi selfie ring light going for $18 while under “Electronics” there’s the Surface headphones for $150…

*OR* you can pre-order the exciting (for Apple’s accountants for sure) Apple AirPods Max for $549 in your choice of five different color options… There are complaints about pricing but lt’s not forget audiophiles willing pay up to $5000 for headphones, so Apple kept it modest with these 😉

*OR* to go in Rockwell-mode, this $18 Koss KSC-75 headphone is the only headphone you’ll ever need. And it won’t ruin your hair or press on your jaw or jam up the inside of your ears 🙂 And when you open the package, you also get a bonus aroma of the Koss (Wisconsin) diary air 😉

No manual focus prime lenses in the Tuesday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals at Amazon, but they have, as of the time of writing:

+ over 115 options

+ lots of the usual studio, lightning and background kits

+ toy/kids digital cameras

+ smartphone photo accessories (“selfie” ring lights, smaller stabilizery things, etc)

+ tripods and other stabilizery things

+ flashes and macro ring lights

+ action cams and binoculars

+ and of course it’s a Neewer party once again!

Meanwhile the current Adorama daily deals (change Wednesday 10am ET) include a $40 USB microphone and a $400 HP Desktop 600 G3 micro-tower (i5-7530 3.4GHz, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, etc)…

We start Tuesday with some Meh action, their deal du jour is a 4-pack of Geeni Prisma 1050lm color smart bulbs for $35 with free S&H for Meh-members… This is model GN-BW944-999… They can be controlled via smartphone and three voice assistants not named Siri…

Unlike the ever-so-sprawling Woot, Meh has only a single deal of the day, but that’s not the whole story either, because the Meh family of companies includes two websites that offer multiple deals du jour (SideDeal, Morning Save), while two others offer a single item (CaseMates (wine) and Mediocriteeee (t-shirts)) [you can find them all at the bottom of the Meh site]…

Speaking of the the Woot website their dailies include another assortment of Apple devices (iPads, iMacs, MacBooks, etc) and Surface devices, 2 lbs of Smokin’ Aces coffee, etc… Speaking of which, third wave coffee is so passe, I’m starting fourth wave coffee as we speak 😉

At the Big Yellow daily deals [outlived Radio ShaQ, Circuit City, Montgomery Ward’s Electric Avenue, The Incredible Universe, HH Gregg, Office Max, etc] includes:

+ 2TB WD Easystore external HDD for $60
+ 1TB Sandisk Ultra internal PCI Express 3.0 x4 NVMe for $90
+ 10″ Simply Smart PhotoShare digiframe for $90
+ various Case Logic bag the bags
+ headliner 15.6″ Dell G3 gaming laptop (i5, 120Hz, 8GB, 512GB SSD, Nvidia GTX 1650 Ti, etc) for $700
+ etc, etc, etc

Next up we head on to the B&H daily deals. Not a lens day today but it’s the usual 7+1 configuration. The “+1” being the flash deals.

+ Vello LENS-2020 lens calibration tool for $25
+ because pixel-peeping is a lifestyle!

+ G-Tech hard drives, 8 options, further discounted by automatic in-cart coupon

+ Tamrac TradeWind BackPack 24 for $40

+ Axler Robin 20 Stabilizer S for $99

+ Magnus MegaGrip flexpod for $13

+ GenAray Spectro LED-14 Flood LED Light for $159

+ Transcend DrivePro Body 30 1080p Body Camera for $220

+ flash deal: Gossen Digiflash Light Meter 2 for $100
+ next flash deal: Vanguard Alta Pro 263AGH Aluminum-Alloy Tripod Kit with GH-100 Pistol Grip Ball Head (price before sale $190)

UPDATE: of potential interest to Prime members since they get free shipping regardless, or non-Prime members who may be interested or want to append these to a planned order, Woot is running an Electronics Stockings Stuffer sale until 12/16/20 at 11:59pm central (or earlier if sold out) that includes these potentially interesting items:

+ 250GB MegaZ BackUp Slim external USB 3.0 HDD for $20
+ not a typo, 250GB (yes, I know this is 2020) and $20 (twenty dollars)
+ up to three per customer, 90-day Woot warranty
+ potential use-case: you can backup a 256GB SD/CF card on this 🙂
+ another use-case: deliver images to a good/high-paying client more impressively

+ Altigo 13400 mAh powerbank for $21
+ two 2.4A USB Type A power-output ports
+ charges via USB-C or micro-USB
+ 90-day Woot warranty
+ up to three per customer

UPDATE #2: this new Humble Bundle is of potential two-fold interest, make something new to eat, which is also something new to photograph (preferably before you eat). It is a PDF cookbook sale that includes Fish, Donuts, Cannabis, Bento and Bread and on the $1 tier, and adds six more on the next tier (veggie burgers, ramen, candy, pies, bisquits, geeky chefs), and adds seven more at the next tier (from vegan to roasting pigs), and adds another ten to the top tier, from pho to BBQ to kitchen gear talk [of course, why not!]… This runs for about three weeks [as of the time of writing]…

Sunday is finally here, but it’s only Sunday if there’s Sun outside. Otherwise it’s just the day before Monday 😉 And with that we have a new round of B&H daily deals until Sunday 12/6/20 at 11:59pm eastern time (or earlier if sold out):

+ Tamrac Tradewing 3.6 shoulder bag for $17

+ Oben AC-1441 4-Section Aluminum Tripod with BA-111 Ball Head for $80

+ PROGrade SDXC UHS-II cards, 64GB for $25, 256GB for $70
+ 256GB CFexpress 2.0 gold for $230

+ GVM Professional Video Aluminum Alloy Motorized Camera Slider (32″) for $220

+ MiniMax Portable & Collapsible Stool for $33

+ DBX DriveRack PA2 Complete Loudspeaker Management System for $249
+ Roland earphones for $50

+ flash deal: 2TB Samsung T7 Touch Portable SSD (Silver) for $260 after in-cart coupon

+ next flash deal: GVM Dual RGB-10S SMD LED Video Light Kit

Another day, another set of Adorama daily deals, this lot good until Saturday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold-out):

+ Datacolor SpyderX Pro Color Calibration for $100

+ Incase EO Travel Collection Duffel Bag for 15″ MacBook Pro for $45

+ Haida 77mm NanoPro MC Variable Neutral Density 1.2 to 2.7 Filter, 4 to 9-Stop for $106

+ Haida 82mm NanoPro MC Variable Neutral Density 1.2 to 2.7 Filter, 4 to 9-Stop for $126

Meanwhile the Friday Amazon Gold Box deals include Anker Nebula projectors and Brevillo Espresso machines ($480 to $900).

It’s FriYAY and there’s a new set of B&H daily deals, good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out. This is the usual B&H Friday PM to Saturday PM closing [check their website for details]:

+ 8pk Watson Chroma Rechargeable AA NiMH Batteries (2500mAh, 1.2V, Multicolored) for $18
+ optionally buy it together with an 8-bay Watson charger for $48

+ Peak Design Everyday Backpack (20L) for $140 with three color options

+ Sirui T-2004SK Tripod with G-20KX Ball Head Travel Tripod Kit for $100

+ Vello EZ-Flip Gel Set for $12

+ NiSi V6 100mm Filter Holder Kit with Enhanced Circular Polarizer Filter for $159

+ Transcend DrivePro 550 Dual Lens Dash Camera with 64GB microSD Card for $110

+ Kula Bebe 3D Lens for Smartphones for $29

+ flash deal: Lenspen SensorKlear Loupe Kit for $40
+ no teaser for next flash deal

Thirst-DAY is here, and with it we have a new B&H Photo daily deals set good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ GenAray PortaBright Daylight LED Battery Powered Monolight for $159

+ Pelican 1535AirNF 2017 Wheeled Carry-On Air Case for $150 in three color options

+ CalDigit TS3 Plus 15-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock for $190

+ Movo WMIC50 Camera-Mount Wireless Lavalier Microphone System (2.4 GHz) for $55

+ Magnus TinyGrip Flexible Tripod for $7 in two color options

+ IndiPro tools, two options, $100 to $120

+ 16GB Kingston microSDHC with SD adapter and USB reader for $4.49

+ flash deal: GVM Carbon Fiber 4-Section Monopod with Video Fluid Head for $119

+ next flash deal: Nanguang TRGB1412A Pavolite LED Tube Light (4′) (price before sale $399)

UPDATE: a quartet of “scratch and dent” refurbished Chromebooks are on offer for $100 each as one of the Woot deals du jour for Thursday from Dell, Acer and Samsung…

UPDATE #2: the Best Buy daily deals include the new condition Sunpak 12″ Bi-Color Ring Light Kit with BOYA Lavalier Microphone and Bluetooth Remote for $110…

UPDATE #3 the latest Adorama daily deals (ends by Friday 10am ET) includes:

+ Spiffy Gear Lumiee Bi-Color Light Bracelet for $30

+ LG 24MK600M-B 24” Class Full HD IPS LED LCD Monitor with Radeon FreeSync for $135

+ Apple Silicone Case for iPhone X for $9

Hump-DAY is here once again and we have a new set of B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ DataColor SpyderX Pro Colorimeter for $100

+ DataColor SpyderX Elite for $170

+ AngelBird AtomX SSDmini (2TB) for $410

+ Vello Auto Extension Tube Set for $55 in your choice of Canon, Nikon, M43rds, Fuji X and Sony E

+ GVM LS-150D LED Daylight Video Light for $235

+ Manfrotto Lumimuse 6 On-Camera LED Light for $50

+ UVC sanitation box/bag, two options, $12 to $30

+ 64GB Kingston DataTraveler 106 USB 3.0 Type A flash drive for $6
+ 5pk for $30, 10pk for $55

+ flash deals: Magnus Tablet/Smartphone Tripod Mount for $8
+ next flash deal: Genustech 82mm Variable Neutral Density and Circular Polarizer Filter

Cyber Monday is over, here comes “Leftovers Tuesday” with a new set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any that sells out):

+ 128GB LExar Professional SDXC UHS-II for $110

+ 3TB Glyph Blackbox Pro 7200 rpm USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C External Hard Drive for $130

+ PEAK DESIGN CaptureLENS for $40 in your choice of Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony E/FE

+ Tamrac Tradewind Zoom Bag 1.4 (Dark Gray) for $10

+ BushNell Trophy Cam HD Aggressor No-Glow Trail Camera (Brown) for $99

+ also Netgear router and Senal headphones

Flash Deals
+ ends 7am ET: NANGUANG CN-100FC Bi-Color LED Fresnel for $599
+ starts 7am ET: Sirui N-2204SK N-S Series Tripod (Carbon Fiber)
+ starts 12pm ET: Zhiyun-Tech Remote Control for Crane 2

UPDATE: a six-pack of factory reconditioned Parrot drones are part of the Tuesday Woot daily deals, with prices ranging from $60 (Bebop) to $535 (Anafi Extended)…

Forgot to post the current set of Adorama daily deals this set is good until Monday at 10am eastern or earlier for any individual item that sells out ahead of its designated expiration time [it’s so nice to type on a mechanical keyboard, the words flow, when you see longer (superfluous) sentences, it probably means I’m using a mechanical keyboard LOL]:

+ Phase One Capture One Pro 20 Photo Editing Software, Download for $175
+ includes a $25 Adorama Gift Certificate

+ Litra LitraPro for $150

+ Litra LitraTorch 2.0 Filter Set Limited Edition – Adorama Exclusive Kit for $57

+ Godox SL-60 LED Video Light (Daylight-Balanced) for $99

UPDATE: I didn’t notice it initially (or it was added later in the day) but the Neewer Ring Lights Etc recurring sale has returned to the Amazon Gold Box deals of the day [not Lightning Deals] with six options, $51 to $160. Offer ends Sunday at 11:59pm pacific time…

Cyber Monday (or Cider Monday depending on your preferences) is here, and with it we have a name-brand-centric edition of the B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET on Monday 11/30/20 or earlier for any that sell out [flash deals only last a few hours]…

+ Acer 15.6″ Predator Triton 300 Gaming Notebook with FREE Bitdefender for $1229
+ 2.6 GHz i7-10750H Six-Core, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB M.2 SSD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 240Hz IPS,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q, etc

+ MeFoTo BackPacker S Travel Tripod (Titanium, Carbon Fiber) for $90 in four color options

+ Studio Lights and Accessories, seven options, $60 to $239 featuring different brands and types

+ WD hard drives, nine options, $42 to $170, from the MyBook, MyPassport and Elements lines

+ Google Pixel 3a for $239, 3a XL for $299

+ Apple 13.3″ MacBook Pros, various options (some Retina, some Touchbar, mid 2020 and one mid 2019), from $$1279 to $1799

+ computer monitors, eight options, $90 to $399,including LG, HP, Dell, Acer

+ flash deal ends 6am ET: 12.9″ iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard Kit (Early 2020, 256GB, Wi-Fi Only, Space Gray) for $1299
+ next flash deals
+ starts 6am ET: Tamrac Speedroller
+ starts 12pm ET: DJI Mavic Mini with nanuk 910
+ starts 6pm ET: Manfrotto Monopod+
+ starts 9pm ET: CoreSWX

+ find them all at the B&H Photo daily deals…

It’s 10am somewhere, and in the eastern time zone it means a new set of Adorama daily deals has gone live, Black Friday or not! This set is good until Saturday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out). It is a foursome as follows:

+ Fuji Instax Mini 7S instant film camera (red color scheme) for $30
+ we just mentioned this before the new daily deals went live

+ 2pk of Lexar 128GB SDXC (UHS-II U3 1667x) for $55

+ Vanguard VEO 2 265CB 5-Section Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod with BH-50 Ball Head for $110

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 600 HSS Battery-Powered Monolight with Built-in R2 2.4GHz Radio Remote System – Bowens Mount (AD600) for $339

A quick note: there was late on Thanksgiving a B&H flash deal on the early 2020 iPad, which happened while I was unplugged from the matrix for a virtual oil change (aka AFK). Hopefully it will return or those of you interested in it, may have seen it…

Black Friday is here, but it’s also a new day, and a such there’s a new round of B&H daily deals, good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (with the usual Friday PM to Saturday PM closure). They are:

+ Pelican Air Cases (11 options) from $130 to $222

+ DJI Osmo Mobile 3 smartphone gimbal combo kit for $89
+ DJI Osmo Pocket Gimbal for $200

+ six lighting kit bundles from $59 to $480 including GVM

+ OnePlus 7T 128GB Smartphones (T-Mobile Unlocked) for $300 in two color options

+ 15.6″ Legion 5 Gaming Laptop for $1080 with FREE Bitdefender and Intel Avengers (they’re gonna need them to fend of Ryzen! ZING!)
+ 2.6 GHz Core i7-10750H Six-Core, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 144 Hz FHD,NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6), etc

+ 13.3″ MacBook Air with Retina Display (Early 2020) from $899 to $1399
+ see more of their Apple Black Friday deals
+ or if you are sold on the new game-changing M1 silicon, pre-orders start at $899)

+ computer monitors, six options, $130 to $599, from Acer, LG, HP

+ flash deal: AONI A20 Full HD Webcam with Auto Focus with FREE privacy cover for $20
+ next flash deal has not been teased as of the time of writing

Another day has clocked in, so another set of Adorama daily deals, good until Friday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ 128GB Lexar Professional CFexpress Type B memory card for $160

+ Incase Eo Roller in Heather Gray color scheme for $50

+ Quasar Science Q-50X Crossfade Linear 50W Bi-Color LED Lamp, 4′ for $99, or 25W output for $70

+ AUDEZE iSINE 20 In-Ear Headphones for $299 in B-stock

Speaking of Adorama, they have also launched their customary CEO Picks of Black Friday with sixteen different products of different kinds… One of them is a 2-in-1, for $140 you get both the Tascam DR-40X audio recorder/interface (red color scheme) AND the AKG K-92 studio headphones…

Thursday is here, Happy Thanksgiving y’all, and we have a new round of B&H daily deals until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Tamrac Anvil backpacks, three otpions, $79 to $110
+ NOTE: you cannot forge swords on this anvil!

+ WD sale featuring 16 options, internal and external HDDs and some SSD HDDs too!

+ 500GB Samsung T7 Touch Portable SSD for $70 after an automated in-cart coupon
+ in two color options
+ Samsung is killing it with solid state storage

+ iPad Pro 12.9″ (256GB, Wi-Fi + 4G LTE, Space Gray, Previous Gen) for $829 in two color options

+ MSI 17.3″ GL75 Leopard 10SDK-228 Gaming Laptop for $999 with FREE Bitdefender and Intel’s Marvel Avengers

+ also Moto 360 smartwatches and AT true wireless

+ flash deal: Samsung Q50R 32″ Class HDR 4K UHD Smart QLED TV for $348
+ starts 12pm ET: 2TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim-Shady
+ starts 5pm ET: Manfrotto Element Small Aluminum Traveler Tripod (Gray)