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Thursday: Tokina 24-70mm f2.8 PRO FX for $579 [C], Etc

LOL, the headline for the Thursday 12/24/20 Meh daily deal is funny yet also right? “The Germaphobes were right” LOL. Anyway, their deal of the day is a Sharper Image phone and accessories UV sanitizer type thing for $25…

Hooray hooray, we have a LENS DAY at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Tokina 24-70mm f2.8 PRO FX for $579 in the Canon EF system
+ the Nikon F version is marked discontinued and cannot be ordered, that’s why only the Canon version is on sale
+ this is blog-certified to be Tokina, not Tamron 🙂

+ Lowepro Urbex BP 24L Backpack for $30
+ bag the bag!

+ Bolt VB-22 Bare-Bulb Flash Kit with PP-500DR Pack and Battery for $330

+ Steadicam Air 15 Monopod for $180
+ not your father’s monopod and as such, you can’t cosplay Gandalf with this

+ Oben Magnetic Mount Kit with Mini Ball Head for $13

+ also Shure earphones and sanitizer thing

+ flash deal ends 12pm ET: Wandrd Inflatable Camera Cube for $32
+ this product is so thrifty they don’t want to pay for vowels 😉

+ flash deal starts 12pm ET: Samsung Galaxy Watch LTE GPS Smartwatch (42mm, Midnight Black)
+ price before sale $200
+ marked as “New Arrival”
+ also known as: one more thing to charge daily 😉

UPDATE #1: the headliner of the Best Buy dailies is the 12.3″ Surface PRO 7 (latest model) going for $559 (i3 10th gen, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD), while the i5 with 8GB RAM option goes for $799 and the 256GB option has an Apple-esque +$100 price increase… While the $559 price may be tempting, keep in mind that this is Windows, so get the 4GB version only if you plan to use it in a way that can survive with 4GB of RAM…

Among the rest of the Big Yellow dailies there’s a 1TB Sandisk Extreme USB-C SSD for $125 [Conspiracy Theory Alert: just when the prices of the HDD crashed down, of course the next big thing became SSDs and Encrypted so the price points would go up!], and the 64GB Sandisk Extreme Plus microSDXC for $20, and no, that Duke Canon thing may look like AA batteries in the pictures above but it’s a lip balm type thing 🙂

UPDATE #2: the current Adorama dailies [I forgot to post them earlier] include the ORLIT 250 KWIK Series Studio Flash With Bowens S Mount for $100 and a Swann Wifi pan-and-tilt PTCAM for $43… These change on Thursday at 10am eastern [or earlier if sold out]…

December 23, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, tokina Tagged With: ,

Wednesday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

And now lettuce take a look at the Wednesday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals at Amazonia. As of the time of writing there are 79 participants, including:

+ light panels and selfie ring lights galore

+ stabilizer-y things include FeiYu and tripods

+ generic cameras and camcorders

+ binos and action cams and body cameras

+ monolights and on-camera flashes

+ on-camera monitors

+ background kits

+ Neewer wins once again

December 23, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Wednesday: Pixel 4a, CamBee, LitePanels, LightSabers, Etc

Hump Day is here once again, the hump now being the one on our backs from too much time on computers and smartphones and such 😉

Because life is too short to take too seriously, the Meh daily deal for Wednesday 12/23/20 is a 4-pack of lightsabers for $20, with free S&H for Meh-members… Bonus points the Star-Wars-ized basketball player names at the Meh page, Jruebacca Holiday, Kylo Korver, etc 🙂

Meanwhile at the B&H Photo daily deals they have this lot good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Google Pixel 4a (128GB) for $319 after automatic in-cart coupon
+ if it wasn’t for early Android releases, would anyone buy the Pixels?
+ #BitterNexusUser

+ LitePanels Caliber LED Fresnel 3-Light Kit with Soft Case for $550

+ CamBee panel lights, two options, $49 and $89

+ SmallHD 502 Bright On-Camera Monitor for $529 with FREE SmallHD Faux LP-E6 Battery with DC Barrel Connector
+ in an era of 100-inch UHD TV sets, it’s a good thing they named them “Small HD” 🙂

+ Joby GripTight PRO TelePod for $69
+ because there’s a market for all combinations and variations and permutations of tripods, monopods, hand pods, and pod-pods 😉

+ Sachtler Ace M System Black Edition with Tripod & Mid-Level Spreader (75mm Bowl) for $460
+ PRO TIP: you cannot eat your cereal out of this bowl 😉

+ RucPac Professional Tech Headlamp for $25
+ move over Light Painters, we, the Headlamp Painters are coming!

+ flash deal ends 12pm ET: Roland GO:LIVECAST Live Streaming Audio and Video Studio for Smartphones and Tablets for $190
+ because we are now in the SuperChat and Patreon and GoFundMe and KoFi and Cash-app era (which reminds me I need to set those up LOL)

+ next flash deal starts 12pm ET: ONA The Beacon Lens Case (price before sale $89)
+ despite the name, no light comes out of the case ~ unless you personally attach flashlights or other self-powered light sources inside 😉

December 22, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals including Neewer 35mm f1.7 MF

Tuesday action at the Amazon Camera and Photo Lightning Deals where, as of the time of writing, they have 121 items, among them:

+ starts 5pm ET: Neewer 35mm f1.7 manual focus lens
+ lightning deal once again points to Sony E version

+ action cams and binos and monos

+ lightning kits galore

+ generic kids cameras, P&S, camcorders

+ background and studio kits

+ monolites galore and on-camera flashes

+ digiframes and camera backpack

+ light meter and on-camera monitors

+ stabilizer-y things including sliders and FeiYu

December 22, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: Metz, Sigma 40/1.4 DG HSM ART for $899 [C/N/E], Etc

Tuesday used to be (New) TunesDay but since that got moved to Friday, Tuesday is now ToonsDay 😉 And we have a new round of B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ yes, it’s a LENS DAY back-to-back!
+ SIGMA 40mm f1.4 DG HSM ART for $899
+ DSLR version in Canon EF and Nikon F
+ Mirrorless version in Sony E

+ Metz MegaBlitz flashes, 11 options, 44 AF-2 and M400, $100 to $130

+ SirUI SUP426SR Carbon-Fiber Photo/Video Monopod for $199

+ LuxLi Timpani 1×1 RGBAW LED Light for $700

+ 13.3″ Apple MacBook Airs (early 2020), five options, $880 to $1249
+ using conventional Intel processors
+ the new M1 silicon are the late 2020 models
+ already rumors talk of the upcoming M1x chip which is cannibalizing M1 sales 🙂

+ Hyper 27,000mAh HyperJuice USB Type-C Power Delivery 3.0 Battery for $120
+ two USB-C, one USB-A ports, 100W Power Delivery 3.0, etc

+ Core SWX batteries, 16 options, $399 to $1799

+ flash deal (ends 12pm ET): Miggo Agua Sling Bag 60 for $89
+ has a little bit of aqua-blue color to justify the name 😉

+ next flash deal (starts 12pm ET): LG G8X ThinQ Dual Screen Dual SIM Smartphone (128GB, Unlocked)
+ price before sale $500
+ poor LG getting hammered and squeezed in the blockbuster movie “Battle of the Titans: Samsung vs Apple vs China Inc”
+ not to be confused with the “Attack On Titan” manga/anime; the Titans haven’t eaten LG yet 😉

MEANWHILE at the Adorama daily deals [change Tuesday 10am ET] they have:

+ Gitzo GK0545T-82TQD Series 0 Traveler Tripod – 4 Section – with GH1382TQD Quick Release Center Ball Head for $450

+ LG 24MK430H-B 24″ Class 16:9 Full HD IPS Gaming Monitor with AMD FreeSync for $90

+ Nooie outdoor wifi security cam for $50

KINDA FREEBIE: if you are near a Habit Burger (part of the Burger 2.0 wave), you can get a free “Charburger with Cheese” when you download their app and purchase a regular size drink… The Charburger is more expensive than the regular drink 🙂

December 21, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, mirrorless deals, sigma Tagged With: , , , ,

Monday: Rokinon 50mm T1.5 Cine, 12.9″ iPad PRO (2020), Etc

And just like that Monday is here once again and with it we have a new set of B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out). And it’s a LENS DAY, hooray-hooray:

+ Rokinon 50mm T1.4 AS DS Cine DS manual focus lens for $379 in your choice of Canon EF or Nikon F or Sony E system or Micro 4/3rds

+ 12.9″ iPad Pro (Early 2020, Wi-Fi Only) for $949 (256GB on-board) or $1149 (512GB on-board), two color options each
+ also 256GB available as Wifi + Cellular for $1099

+ GVM Professional Video Carbon Fiber Motorized Camera Slider (32″) for $240

+ also Senal studio headphones for $45 and Denon In/Out speakers pair for $50 and AmazFit GTS smartwatches for $95 (six options)

+ flash deal: RucPac Solo Camera Strap for $20

+ next flash deal: Savage LiteShaper Flexible LED Panel

UPDATE: various Vivo standing desk / office related things and the refurbished Kindle (2019 model, 10th generation, latest model) for $40 are among the Monday Woot daily deals… If you love reading text-only books (eg fiction, or text-only non-fiction), an e-reader is a must have. Especially if you love reading in-bed or before bed time, because they are front-lit and black-n-white like paper, so they don’t affect your brain/sleep the way smartphones/tablets do, which are back-lit, so the light shines on your face instead… Or something like that…

December 20, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Sunday: Neewer Battery Grip (BG-E8 replacement), Etc

At the rest of the Sunday daily deals, among the Best Buy offerings they have the 128GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC with full-size adapter for $25, a Microsoft full-size bluetooth keyboard for $40, a 114″ outdoor projection screen for $180, an Acer 28″ UKD monitor and a 75″ LG UHD television set… And a two-in-one coffee machine, one side is a conventional filter-basket electric coffee maker and the other side is a Keurig K-cup brewer. So you have choices and you can avoid a lot of intra-family debates and arguments about which one to get. This is for $100 by Keurig herself…

At the Woot website there’s a refurbished Pixels sale starting at $100 for the Pixel 2 and going up to $230 for the Pixel 3 XL… Me, personally, I’m holding on to my Nexus 😉

Among the Amazon Gold Box offers there’s a COVIDalia sale that includes this 4-in-1 infrared thermometer for $18. This is a more compact design, not the Star Trek phaser style one… It takes two AAA batteries [not included]…

And now some thunderbolt and lightning, that is the Camera and Photo Lightning Deals, 96 as of the time of writing and they include, among others:

+ starts 3:54pm ET: Neewer Battery Grip replacement for Canon BG-E8
+ that’s for select Canon D-Rebel models, takes two LP-E8 or six AA
+ price before sale $28
+ averages 4.6 out of 5 on 2200+ customer ratings

+ ring lights galore

+ on-camera flashes and monolites

+ binos, action cams

+ stabilizer-y things including FeiYu and Zhiyun

+ lightning, studio and background kits
+ they have them only on days that end in “y” 😉

+ assortment of generic digicams and camcorders

+ Neewer once again wins the day

December 20, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Sunday: DJI Ronin-S, Robus, Lens Shade, Tamrac, Etc

Sunday is contractually obligated to be sunny, a Sun-Day if you must, so if it is not sunny, you are entitled to go into Karen mode and demand a refund!

With that out of the day, the time is right to look at the latest Sunday deals du jour at the B&H Photo website [and also web-sight since it is well-organized with lots of informational extra material] good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out…

+ DJI Ronin-S for $359 after automated in-cart discount
+ no relation to the Ronin movie?

+ Robus RC-5558 Vantage Series 3 Carbon Fiber Tripod for $300
+ theme song: ZZ Top o/~ Legs o/~

+ Flex Lens Shade for SLR lenses for $20

+ Vello VB-2000 ActionPan Pro Stabilizing Action Grip/Handle for $20

+ Letscom ID130Plus HR Fitness Tracker for $13 in two color options
+ if you don’t need all the Garmin and Fitbit and Smartwatch features why pay more?

+ MyGekoGear Orbit 122 1080p Dash Cam with 8GB microSD Card for $40
+ and be sure to sign up for my new class: “Learn How To Drive so YOU can take AMAZING Pictures with your DashCam”

+ SoundCraft Ui16 16-Input Remote-Controlled Digital Mixer for $299 after in-cart automatic discount

+ flash deal: Tamrac Jazz Shoulder Bag 50 v2.0 for $18
+ rumor has it, when you open the bag, it auto-plays the latest Norah Jones album 😉

+ next flash deal: Porta Brace Wheeled Rigid Frame DSLR Case (price before sale $447)

December 19, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Friday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals including Neewer 35mm f1.7 MF

As of the time of writing, 88 items are buzzing around in the Friday Amazon Camera and Photo Lightning Deals. Among them, of potential interest:

+ starts 11:45am ET: Neewer 35mm f1.7 manual focus lens
+ listing has a 10% off clip-on coupon on the Sony E APS-C
+ price before sale: Fuji X for $50, Sony E for $69, Canon EF-M for $73
+ the Gold Box teaser points to the Sony E version
+ UPDATE: the sale is the Sony E APS-C version for $58

+ lightning, studio and background kits – as always

+ stabilizer-y things including tripods

+ action cameras

+ generic P&S digital cameras and camcorders

+ monolights, ring lights (including selfie style)

+ digiframes, binos, etc

+ Neewer reigns supreme for another day

MEANWHILE at the Adorama daily deals [change Saturday 10am ET] they have this trio:

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

+ Minolta MN67Z super-zoom digital camera for $349

+ Minolta 10″ HD Smart Wi-Fi Digital Photo Frame for $90

December 18, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: , ,

Camera Silicon Skins (20+ options), Oben, Celestron, Etc

As usual, the Friday B&H daily deals are good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) with the customary Friday PM to Saturday PM non-checkout [check their website for exact times]:

+ Ruggard SleekGuard Silicone Camera Skins for 17 different options for cameras from Canon, Nikon, Sony
+ over 20 cameras are covered because some have very similar bodies with respect to “skin wearing”, eg D5600/D5500, A6400/A6300, D3400/D3300, Z6/Z5, full-frame a-series with or without “R”
+ it’s getting cold out there, cameras need their jackets too 😉

+ staying with the winter theme
+ RucPac Professional Tech Gloves for $20 in two size options

+ Oben AC-1321 Aluminum Tripod with BA-106A Ball Head for $70

+ 32GB Kingston USB 3.0 flash drive for $4
+ 5pk for $20, 10pk for $38

+ Celestron Night Vision Red LED Flashlight for $6

+ GVM LT-10S Smartphone Video Camera Rig Light for $46
+ smartphone cameras are so advanced now they can capture high-speed UFOs in fighter jets 😉

+ MilSpec Century Power SJTW Triple Tap Extension Cord (12 AWG, Black, 25′) for $23

+ flash deal: Moultrie Wingscapes TimelapseCam Pro Digital Camera for $115

+ next flash deal: no teasers posted

December 17, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Thursday: Storage sale including Samsung full-size SDXC cards [and Sandisk, Lexar, PNY, WD, Crucial, Kingston, 24 options]

It is yet another incarnation at the Amazon USA Gold Box until Thursday at 11:59pm pacific time or earlier for any item that may sell out ahead of its designated expiration time, it is Another Storage Sale featuring Sandisk, WD, Samsung, Lexar, Kingston, Crucial and PNY! A total of 24 options are available, including:

SDXC (full size) cards
+ 256GB Samsung EVO Plus SDXC for $32
+ 256GB Samsung PRO Plus SDXC for $38
+ a rare opportunity for a Samsung full size SD card on sale!

+ 512GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC for $120

+ 128GB Lexar PRO 2000x SDXC for $111
+ gold/black, UHS-II, V90

+ 2pk of 128GB Lexar PRO 1667x SDXC for $60
+ that’s $30 per card

microSDXC cards
+ 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $26.59
+ 512GB for $60, 200GB for $24

+ 512GB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC for $80

+ three PNY and three Lexar options and one Kingston as well, 128GB to 512GB options, $18 to $75

Other Storage
+ 12TB WD MyBook desktop external USB 3.0 HDD for $200

+ 128GB HP x900w USB 3.0 flash drive for $13.49

+ three Crucial portable external SSDs

+ also Sandisk Lightning flash drive and one WD Black game dock thunderbolt type thing

Find them all at the Thursday Amazon Storage sale good until 11:59pm pacific time on December 17 in 2020…

UPDATE: the current Adorama daily deals (changes Friday 10am ET) includes the Qnap TS-251D 2-Bay NAS Enclosure (Celery dual-core, 2GB RAM) for $230, a Pictar Smart 18mm wide angle smartphone lens for $40, and a JBL EON Compact AiO rechargeable personal PA for $499…

December 17, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage, samsung Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Thursday: Bolt Macro Ring, Gossen, Tamrac, E-Image, Etc

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

+ BOLT VM-160 LED Macro Ring Light for $40

+ Impact Hexi 24 Speedlight Softbox for $75 with FREE Impact Grid

+ Tamrac Tradewind Backpack 18 (Dark Gray) for $30

+ E-iMaGe EK60AAM Fluid Drag Video Head and Tripod for $170

+ Vello FreeWave Fusion Basic 2.4 GHz Wireless Trigger System for Canon or Nikon or Sony for $27 each

+ Lexar 128GB Professional CFexpress Type-B Memory Card for $145 after automatic in-cart coupon

+ GVM NP-F970 6600mAh Lithium-Ion Battery with Travel Charger for $44

+ flash deal: Gossen Mavo Monitor for $700

+ next flash deal: WD 12TB My Book Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (price before sale $260)
+ “My Book” are powered, AC adapter included; 3-year warranty

December 16, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Wedn Camera and Photo Lightning Deals

Another variant of the Anker charging accessories sale returns to the Amazon USA Gold Box for Wednesday 12/16/20…

Meanwhile, as of the time of writing, there are 120+ Camera & Photo Lightning Deals, among which:

+ action cams and generic P&S cameras and camcorders and kids cameras

+ studio, lightning and background kits parade as usual

+ stabilizer-y things include sliders and tripods and Feiyu and Zhiyun

+ on-camera flashes and on-camera monitors

+ digiframes and binos too

UPDATE: the latest Adorama daily deals (change Thursday 10am ET) include:

+ Sirui 3T-35R 1-Section Aluminum Table Top Tripod for $50

+ Shoulderpod S1 Professional Smartphone Rig with Tripod Mount, Filmmaker Grip, and Traveler Stand for $23~

December 16, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Wedn: GVM, Mount Adapters, Peak D, Wooden, Etc

If you don’t think $39 drones are meh, the Meh daily deal is the Vistatech 2.4GHz Live-Streaming WiFi Video Drone with free shipping for Meh-members otherwise you pay flat shipping…

And just like that, Hump Day is here with a new set of B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ TECHART auto-focus adapters
+ Sony E lenses to Nikon Z cameras for $170
+ Leica M lenses to Sony E cameras for $230

+ Tamrac Quick Release Nonslip Shoulder Strap for $10
+ and if you’re ever in a reality TV show, you can use it for Z snaps 😉

+ Peak Design Everyday Backpack (30L) for $160 in three color options

+ GVM Variable-Color On-Camera LED Light Kit with Mini Tripod & Suction Mount for $89

+ MagNus REX VT-4000PRO 2-Stage Video Tripod with Fluid Head for $140

+ Dana Dolly Portable Dolly System Rental Kit with Universal Track Ends for $1029

+ Celestron 10×50 Granite Binoculars for $270

+ flash deal: Wooden Camera Unified BMPCC4K/BMPCC6K Camera Cage (Rubber Handle) for $160

+ next flash deal: Nanguang Compac200C Bi-Color Slim Soft Light Studio LED Panel

December 15, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday Camera and Photo Lighting Deals

Thunderbolt and lightning very very e-frightening! Over 130 items are currently featured at the Camera and Photo Lightning Deals at Amazon USA Gold Box for Tuesday 12/15/20. Of potential interest:

+ starts 4:30pm ET: Neewer Charger with Two Batteries (replacement for Sony NP-FW50)
+ also has $3 off clip-on coupon
+ price before sale $27 after $3 off clip-on

+ studio, lightning and background kits as usual

+ generic camcorders, kids cameras, generic P&S cameras, action cams

+ stabilizer-y things including tripods and GVM sliders

+ on-camera flashes and monolights, from Neewer of course

+ digiframes, on-camera monitors

December 15, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Tue: refurbished Nikon Coolpix B500 (40x optical) for $150

Another one of the recurring refurbished Nikons is back, it is the plum-n-black color scheme of the Coolpix B500 superoom going for $150 with free US shipping and/or store pickup and such at the Best Buy website… It has a 40x optical zoom-zoom, and as of the time of writing it averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 164 customer reviews over there…

But Best Buy is not done yet, they have more camera-related gear:

+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme Plus microSDXC for $33

+ Aluratek 11.6″ wifi digiframe with Live Video Chat for $152

+ 15.6″ MSI laptop

+ 1TB Crucial internal SSD

+ dual monitor desk stand

MSI is also represented in the Tuesday Woot dailies with desktops in the $1 to $1.5K range… And of interest to prime members who don’t have to pay extra shipping, there’s a sale of trinkety-techie-gadgets stocking stuffers from $6 to $8…

December 14, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, fixed lens cameras, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday: Metz Wireless Sets, GVM, Tamrac, Joby, Gitzo, Etc

Tuesday is here or TunesDay for music fans, or ToonsDay for cartoons fans and with it we have another set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Metz Wireless Transceivers, Receivers & Sets (9 options), from $40 to $100

+ Vello QuickDraw Rotating Flash Bracket for $13
+ now you too can be the fastest draw in the wild west!

+ Tamrac Tradewind 2.6 Shoulder Bag (Dark Gray) for $13

+ Joby GorillaPod 1K Flexible Mini-Tripod with Ball Head Kit for $25
+ optionally buy it together with the Joby Action Grip for $29~ total

+ GVM Professional Video Aluminum Alloy Motorized Camera Slider (48″) for $225
+ you can be a slider without Scott Bakula!

+ CoreSWX HyperCore NEO 150 Mini batteries, four options, $300 to $719

+ FotoGear Magilight LED Light Painting Stick / Wand for $199

+ flash deal: Gitzo GIGT1555T Traveler Series 1 Carbon Fiber Tripod for $350
+ it looks like Gitzo is getting pole position on the flash deals these days

+ next flash deal: Impact Venture TTL-600 Battery-Powered Monolight (price before sale $799)

December 14, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Monday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals include Neewer 85mm f1.8 MF (Canon APS-C)

Thunderbolt and Lightning! No, not a weather report, and not the technical connector standards either. Monday is here at the Amazon USA Camera & Photo Lightning Deals and as of the time of writing there are 129 listings, among them:

+ starts 12:30pm ET: Neewer 85mm f1.8 manual focus for Canon APS-C
+ price before sale $101
+ only the Canon version is on the listing
+ averages 4.3 out of 5 based on 356 ratings

+ starts 1:24pm ET: Neewer Battery Grip (replacement for Canon BG-E14)
+ price before sale $39

+ action cams, kids cameras
+ generic P&S cameras and camcorders
+ body camera too

+ stabilizer-y things including tripods and Feiyu

+ studio, lightning (including LED panels) and background kits

+ digiframes, binos, on-camera monitors

+ on-camera flashes, monolites, selfie ring lights

+ once again, Neewer reigns supreme

December 14, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: , , ,

Monday: Sigma 150-600 for $729 [C/N], SpyderX, DJi Mavic Mini, MeFoto, Dry Cabinets, LG, Gitzo, Etc

It’s not just any Monday today, it is Green Monday! Because we all reminisce longingly about Cyber Monday, so we need another named Monday 😉

But it carries some weight because it’s a LENS DAY during Monday 12/14/20 at the B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out… A weightlifter lens day 😉

+ Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporiaries for $729 in Canon EF or Nikon F options
+ optionally, under “Buy Together and Save” you can add the Sigma MC-11 mount converters for $99 each: either Sigma EF lenses to Sony E, or Sigma SA lenses to Sony E

+ DataColor SpyderX Photo Kit for $179
+ just like pixel-peeping [memo to self: be careful with the typos here!], calibration is also an officially recognized lifestyle

+ DJI Mavic Mini Fly More Combo with Hard-Shell Travel Case (Black) for $449
+ personally I’m waiting for the “Fly Less” combos 😉

+ MeFoto RoadTrip S Travel Tripod (Carbon Fiber) for $100 in five color options which can be color-coded for project or by person
+ because you know there are some people who freak out if anyone else touches their stuff [and that’s pre-COVID]

+ LG 27UK670 27″ 16:9 4K FreeSync IPS Monitor for $330

+ Ruggard Electronic Dry Cabinets, nine options, $70 to $1000
+ because humidity and dust and such are not a lens’s best friend

+ also $15 Polsen studio headphones

Flash Deals
+ ends 10am ET: GITZO GT3532 Mountaineer Series 3 Carbon Fiber Tripod with 3-Way Fluid Head Kit for $859

+ starts 10am ET: Pelican 1507TP Air Case with TrekPak Insert

+ starts 2pm ET: Sennheiser EW 112P G4 Camera-Mount Wireless Omni Lavalier

+ starts 7pm ET: Polsen M-85 Professional Dynamic Handheld Microphone

MEANWHILE at the Adorama daily deals [change Monday 10am ET] there’s the Incase 16″ Reform Backpack with TENSAERLITE for $35 and the Zendure Q3 Qi-Compatible 7.5W Wireless Charger for $13…

UPDATE #1: it’s Samsung Day at the Best Buy dailies and it includes:

+ 128GB EVO Plus microSDXC for $21!
+ 1TB T7 portable external USB 3.0 SSD for $160

+ S20* and S10* smartphones
+ Tab S6 (10.5″, 256GB) Android tablet for $430

+ TVs, soundbars, smartwatches, robot vacuums, etc

UPDATE #2: the headliner at the Woot website is a Philips Hue system sale, with 15 options ranging from $18 to $180, including starter kits, light bulbs, hubs, light-bars, etc…

The sales also include CANAKIT Raspberry Pi kits ($65 to $90), various assorted former flagship Samsung Galaxy phones ($70 to $410), Birkenstock sandals ($22 to $40) because we all have a bit of a hippy inside us 🙂

December 13, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, sigma Tagged With: , , ,

Sunday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

The theme of the day for Sunday at the Amazon USA Gold Box is Amazon-branded products, which are harder to spot these days since they have a gazillion different sub-brands. Back in our time kids, when we had to go to school walking up the hill backwards in the blizzard under a scorching blood red sky, they only had AmazonBasics. Which is one of their sub-brands that is on sale today, along with “Daily Essentials” and Fire/Echos, etc…

Meanwhile at the 100+ Camera & Photo Lightning Deals, as of the time of writing, of potential interest, they have:

+ studio, lightning and background kits

+ action cams and generic P&S cameras & camcorders
+ and kids cameras too

+ on-camera flashes (Neewer of course)

+ stabilizer-y things including tripods

+ digiframes

+ monoculars and binoculars
+ sorry, no trinoculars 😉

December 13, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Sunday: LEDgo, SirUI, Note 10, Kingston, Etc [flash deals: Gitzo CF Monopod and Canon scanner]

Sunday is contractually obligated to be sunny, otherwise it’s just the day before Monday! Now that this is settled, here’s the latest round of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ LEDgo Bi-Color Flood Shoot-Through LED Ring Light for $119
+ also a philosophical product kinda reminding us to …let go of things

+ Ruggard Compact DSLR Backpack V2 (Gray and Blue) for $20
+ the little cyan gives it a different feel and outlook than the typical black/gray “serious” bags

+ SirUI VSK-3 Video Survival Kit for $90
+ this helps the videographer survive, a bad video cannot be saved!

+ 128GB Kingston Data Traveler SE9 G2 USB 3.0 flash drive for $20
+ flash drive naming has gotten out of hand; the names are longer than the product size 😉

+ Samsung Galaxy Note 10 SM-N970U 256GB Smartphone Unlocked for $540 in three color options
+ rumor has it the Note line may be ending its lifecycle
+ until of course Samsung resurrects it in the future, like Motorola keeps resurrecting the Razr 😉
+ mayhaps Samsung is prematurely declaring “mission accomplished” on the foldables; right now they are more breakables than foldables 😉
+ #SaveTheNote

+ also $15 fitness tracker and $20 bluetooth earphones
+ on an unrelated note, I am developing a very accurate $0 fitness tracker for those who do not exercise at all 😉

+ flash deal: Gitzo GM4562 Series 4 Carbon Fiber Monopod for $250
+ next flash deal: Canon imageFORMULA DR-C240 Office Document Scanner

UPDATE: action at the Best Buy dailies for Sunday as well including:

+ Zhiyun Crane M2 3-in-1 handheld stabilizer-y thing for $190

+ PNY microSD sale, 32GB to 512GB, $6 to $75, some Elite, some Elite X, the $75 is Elite PRO
+ bang for the GB/$ is 256GB Elite-X for $35
+ always interesting to see where the GB/$ is at with flash storage products!

December 12, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Saturday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

Saturday is here and among the Amazon deals of the day there’s an $18 Fire TV Stick Lite and an $80 Echo Show 8, plus some Ring-Echo-etc bundles…

And a stroll down the Camera and Photo Lightning Deals finds 100+ items as of the time of writing including:

+ generic P&S digicams & camcorders and kids cameras

+ digiframes

+ stabilizer-y things including Zhiyun and Feiyu and needless to say all kinds of tripod-alia

+ the obligatory parade of studio, lightning and background kits

+ ring lights of different kinds

+ on-camera monitors

+ action cameras and body cameras and binoculars

+ on-camera flashes

+ tears of a unicorn; okay, not really, just testing to see how many have read the whole thing 😉

UPDATE: the latest Adorama daily deals (change Sunday 10am ET) include the FotoPro UFO 2 Flexible Tripod with Smartphone and GoPro Adapter for $10… Actual alien UFOs not included… Nor music of the band UFO…

December 12, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Friday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

It’s Friday and The Cure at least, they are in love! But as of the time of writing there are 90+ Camera & Photo Lightning Deals at the Amazon USA Gold Bawx, including:

+ starts 9:09am ET: Neewer Charger with Two Batteries compatible with the Canon LP-E6
+ price before sale $31

+ starts 4:54pm ET: Neewer AF Extension Tube Set for M43rds with 10mm, 16mm and 21mm
+ price before sale $44

+ various Neewer flashes, on-camera lights, and monolights

+ action cams

+ studio and lightning and background kits

+ stabilizer-y things including tripods

+ digiframes, on-camera monitors

+ generic camcorders, kids cameras

UPDATE: the latest Adorama daily deals (change Saturday 10am ET) are a sale on Tiffen VND filters, from 72mm to 82mm, with prices ranging from $80 to $100 with the 77mm sitting in the middle for $90…

December 11, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Oben, Tamrac, GVM, Olight, Etc (ends Sat PM)

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)…

December 10, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Thursday: Tokina 17-35/f4 for $379 [N], Metz Flashes (10 options), Sandisk, ASUS, Zhiyun, ShutterBoss, AngelBird, Etc

Thirst-DAY is here once again and it begins with a new set of B&H daily deals AND it is both a LENS DAY and a FLASH DAY! Offers good until 11:59pm ET on Thursday 12/10/20 or earlier for any item that may sell out ahead of its designated expiration time [needless to say, flash deals last only a few hours each]:

+ Tokina 17-35mm f4 PRO FX for $379 in the Nikon F system only
+ the Canon EF version remains at $450
+ this is not to be confused with the upcoming Tokina ATX-i 17-35mm f4 (pre-orders for $599 in C/N)
+ I triple-checked, this is indeed Tokina, not Tamron!
+ why do I triple-check? Because I often type the wrong name among those two 🙂

+ Metz MecaBlitz AF-1 and AF-2 flash sale
+ 10 options of the 64 AF-1 and 56 AF-2 models
+ prices range from $150 to $200
+ system options include Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, and OlyPanLei

+ Zhiyun-Tek CRANE 2S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer Combo Kit for $499

+ Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC, CF and CFExpress cards, six options, prices further discounted with automatic in-cart coupon

+ ASUS 14″ VivoBook Laptop for $599 with FREE 1-yr BitDefender
+ 1.3 GHz Intel Core i7-1065G7 Quad, 8GB RAM, 256GB M.2 SSD, 14″ 1920 x 1080 IPS, UHD Graphics, 100% sRGB, no touchscreen
+ two USB Type A (one 3.x, one 2.0), one USB-C (Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, PD), HDMI, card reader, Wifi 6, Bluetooth 5, 4-cell battery, backlit keyboard, fingerprint reader, TPM, BIOS booting, 3 lbs
+ as of the time of writing, the processor ranks #458 at cpubenchmark.net
+ personally I prefer to get a system with a Top 500 processor, and slightly above my current needs so it can “survive” the never-ending sprawl/slow-down of OS and software and websites over time
+ plus: it has the latest protocols (Wifi 6 and Bluetooth 5), USB-C/Thunderbolt, IPS, 100% sRGB, fingerprint, backlit keyboard
+ only major thing missing is a touchscreen (considering the price)

+ AngelBird AtomX SSDmini (1TB) for $299
+ just so we are clear, it’s neither an Angel, nor a Bird, it’s Storage 🙂

+ Vello ShutterBoss II Timer Remote for $30 in seven options for various cameras/systems

+ flash deal: Gefen GTV-DIGAUD-2-AAUD Stereo Digital-to-Analog Audio Converter for $30
+ next flash deal: Acebil I-705DX Prosumer Tripod System

UPDATE: at the Adorama daily deals (change Friday 10am ET) they have the Air Selfie AIR PIX Portable Pocket-Size 12MP HD Flying Camera with Smartphone Control for $95 and a JBL linear array PA system type of a thing for $500…

UPDATE #2: another day with 110+ Camera and Photo Lightning Deals at the Amazon USA Gold Box with the usual assortment of studio, lighting, tripod/stabilizer-y, action cams, and the like…

December 9, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, tokina Tagged With: ,

Wedn Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

COVIDalia [of course] is the headliner deal of the day at the Amazon USA Gold Box featuring all the usual suspects, single-use masks, cloth masks, wipes, sanitizers, hockey masks of sorts, and the all-important non-contact forehead thermometer ($17.47)…

Around 110 items are participating, as of the time of writing, in the Camera & Photo Lightning Deals including:

+ kids cameras, action cameras, binoculars

+ generic camcorders, generic Rosdeca P&S camera

+ studio and lightning and background kits

+ stabilizer-y things including Zhigyn Crane 3S

+ flashes and monolights, digiframes

+ various assorted and random accessories

+ Neewer still rules the day

December 9, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Wedn: Robus, Luxli, Lexar, Unagi, LG, 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 😉

December 8, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals (110+ options)

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)…

December 8, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday: G-Tech, Tamrac, Axler, Apple, 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]…

December 7, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Sunday: GVM, Tamrac, Oben, PROGRADE, Etc

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

December 5, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals