There’s always a new Samsung Galaxy flagship just around the corner but if you don’t want to wait for doors and corners, the headliner Amazon USA Gold Box deal of the day is the new condition Samsung Galaxy S10 PLUS (128GB) going for $699 in your choice of four color schemes with up to three per color per customer. These are sold and shipped by Amazon herself, with USA warranty, not 3rd-party sellers… The other storage options are on sale as well, the 512GB goes for $949 and the 1TB goes for $1299… On the other hand, microSD cards go for a lot less 🙂

Also part of the Monday Amazon daily deals is a Timbuk2 bag sale with 22 options and prices ranging from $41 to $137… Also on sale are Kind and RXBars and other nutritious bars. If you haven’t tried the RXbars yet, you must needs try them! Start with the “Chocolate Sea Salt” if you can’t decide on the flavor. If you want to bribe me, a box of RXbars is more than enough 😉

Meanwhile at the BEst Buy dailies you can get the Adobe Fauxtochop Elements 2020 for $60, and they also have some of the Insignia single-use batteries on sale…

For EU shoppers, the Amazon Germany Gold Box has another sale of Anker charging products (along with cables and even keyboard/mouse combo and a 7-in-1 USB-C hub with all kinds of ports (full USB, Ethernet, HDMI, SD/microSD, PD, etc)) along with more AmazonBasics iPhone cases…

Every day is MLK Day, but especially today, Monday 1/20/20, but it is also another new day which means a new round of B&H daily deals until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out:

+ Porta Brace Semi-Rigid Cargo-Style Camera Case for $89~
+ optionally buy it with set of padded lens cups for $104~ total

+ MAnfrotto Nitrotech N12 Head & Carbon Fiber Twin Leg Video Tripod Kit (100/75mm, Ground Spreader) for $549

+ LG LV640S-Series 49″-Class Full HD Commercial Smart LED TV for $399

+ Senal SC-550X Professional Cardioid Condenser Microphone for $70

UPDATE: the current Adorama daily deal (changes at 10am ET) is the Lenovo Legion Y545 15.6″ Full HD Gaming Notebook going for $800 with free US shipping. Specs include Core i7-9750H 2.6GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB, Windows 10 Home, etc…

Sunday is here and with it we have four new B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ LensCoat RainCoat for $25 in Small and $30 in Medium size

+ Polsen SBP-10 5-Section 10′ Telescoping Aluminum Boompole for $69

+ Hoodman Steel31 Dual-Slot CF/SD Memory Card Reader for $25

+ Pelican ProGear 1810 LED Keychain Light for $7

We are slowing making the climb of Mount Hump Day with another set of B&H daily deals but the streak of “lens days” ends at two. Today’s offers, good until 11:59pm ET, are:

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

+ Porta Brace HIP-3LENS Hip-Pack Lens Case (Black) for $70

+ 4TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $80

+ LG 34BL850-W 34″ 21:9 HDR FreeSync IPS Monitor for $399
+ DisplayPort | HDMI | TB3 Inputs, 3440 x 1440 WQHD, 1000:1 Static CR, etc

flash deals
+ now: Gitzo GK1545TA Series 1 Traveler Tripod Kit for a9 and a7-Series Cameras for $450
+ later: Pelican iM2720 Storm Trak Case with Padded Dividers (price before sale $270)
+ “Storm Trak”, not “Storm Trooper” 🙂

If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Camera Press ~ until someone makes that show that is. In the meantime, we have another set of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier IF sold out):

+ PowerEx MH-C980 Turbo Charger-Analyzer and Pro Rechargeable AA NiMH Batteries Kit for $70

+ RAVPOWER 5000mAh Power Bank with Built-In Lightning Cable Offline (Black) for $10
+ 5000 mAH is not a whole lot for the modern flagship phone but it’s better than being out of battery 🙂

+ Sony HDR-CX440 HD Handycam with 8GB Internal Memory for $178 after in-cart coupon

+ Impact Luxbanx Medium Strip Softbox (16 x 55″) for $64

+ PanaVue 6560 Slide Viewer #1 for $20

flash deals
+ GoDoX V350O Flash for Select Olympus and Panasonic Cameras for $99 (the other options are not on sale)
+ next: GoPlug Smart Power Bank (110V) [price before sale $299]

UPDATE: the Adorama daily deal (changes at 10am ET) is the new condition CLAR Slim 10″ Round Bi-Color LED Studio Light, an Adorama exclusive, going for $100 with free US shipping…

Speaking of Adorama, they are currently running a flash sale with over 300 items participating. This is not a sale on flashes, but a flash sale, with lenses, filters, tripods, cameras, lighting gear, etc…

As usual the Friday B&H daily deals last for 48 hours, so this set is set to expire on Saturday at 11:59pm ET but, as usual, they do not accept orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM:

+ ONA The Camps Bay Backpack for $200 in three color schemes

+ AuRay IPU-108 Universal Tablet Stand Adapter for $20

+ PeliCan 3rd-Generation 1910B LED Flashlight for $15 in two color schemes

+ flash deal: Manfrotto 196B-3 Articulated Arm – 3 Sections, With Bracket for $50
+ no teasers for the other flash deals

And just like that, Thursday is here and the new CES 2020 developments are already beginning to fill wish lists for the 2020 holiday shopping season ~ after all we are just 10.5 months away from the next Black Friday 🙂

In the meantime, a new round of B&H daily deals is upon us until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Nissin i400 TTL Flash for $70 in your choice of Canon, Nikon, Fuji or M43rds

+ Adobo Photoshop Elements 2020 for $60 in your choice of DVD or download (Mac or PC)

+ Tamrac Anvil T0370 M.A.S & M.O.L.L.E Modular Accessory Slim Belt for $10 in three size options (all the same price)

+ Polsen ULW-16 Camera-Mount Wireless Omni Lavalier Microphone System (584 to 602 MHz) for $100

flash deals
+ Pelican Hardigg BB0090 BlackBox 9U Rack Mount Case (Metric Threads) for $1000 [it looks like it has dangerous x precious cargo inside!]

+ later: Gitzo GT4533LS Systematic Series 4 Carbon Fiber Tripod (Long) [price before sale $800]
+ later: Pelican 3660 Little Ed Rechargeable LED Flashlight v.2 (Yellow, With Charger) [price before sale $150]

UPDATE: speaking of daily deals, the current Adorama daily deal [changes at 10am ET every day) is the new condition Slik Video II Tripod with Fluid-Effect 2-way Pan Head & Quick Release going for $50 with free US shipping (max height 63.7″, up to 5.5 lbs)…

Tuesday is here and with it we have another set of B&H daily deals as follows:

+ Benro A373F Series 3 AL Video Tripod & S8 Head for $230

+ Oben Tripod Accessory Bar, two mounts for $40, four mounts for $60

+ LumeCube AIR LED Professional Lighting Kit for Video and Photography for $159

+ Polsen CS-88A DSLR-Video Shotgun Microphone for $35

+ flash deal: Behring NX6000D Ultra-Lightweight Class-D Power Amplifier with DSP (1600W/Channel at 8 Ohms) for $399

I spoke too soon, flash deals are back in the B&H daily deals and for Monday, this lot runs until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any that manages to sell out ahead of its designated expiration time ~ excepting the flash deals of course since they have a built-in limited time countdown clock):

+ ONA Bowery Camera Bag for $79

+ GVM 2-light kit for $400, 3-light kit for $670

+ IDX CUE-D150 147Wh V-Mount 2-Battery Kit with Dual-Battery Charger for $449

+ Sennheiser ME66 Supercardioid Mic Capsule with K6 Power Module Kit for $360

flash deals
+ now: Manfrotto Befree GT Travel Carbon Fiber Tripod with 496 Ball Head for $240
+ later: not teased yet

Sunday is here, press release CES Monday is just around the corner but the CES 2020 madness has already began with the hype building by the various tech websites, blogs, influencers and such that are congregating in Las Vegas… Anyway, this set of B&H daily deals runs until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Vello Universal White Balance Handheld Disc for $30

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

+ SpiderCamera SpiderPro Hand Strap (Ivory) for $30

+ Vixen Nature Eye 50mm f/7 Refractor AZ Telescope for $40

+ NOTE: the flash deals are over, they usually appear only during the holiday shopping season

The current Adorama daily deal is the new condition Lensball Pro 80mm Clear Crystal Photography Sphere (with Lensball Crystal Photography Sphere Stand) on sale for $50 with free US shipping for a limited time. Is it a lens, or is it a gimmick, or is it something in between? We blog, you decide!

The day after a big holiday often feels like a Monday but if you look at the calendar and your smartwatch and your smartphone and your old tick-tock wall-clock, they all agree, it’s Friday and whether you are in love or not there is a new set of B&H daily deals, which, as usual on Fridays, lasts until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but the B&H website does not accept orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM [check website for details]:

+ Tamrac Camera shoulder bags, three options, $20 to $50

+ Benro Monopods, two options, $100 to $130

+ Impact PowerSync Mini Transmitter and Receiver Kit for $70

+ Kopul CBT-12 – 12-in-1 Cable Tester for $30

UPDATE: speaking of daily deals, one of the Woot dailies is the refurbishe Kindle Oasis e-reader (2017 model, 7″ Carta e-ink, waterproof) going for $100 in the 8GB model and $110 in the 32GB model. Well worth the extra $10 for the 32GB especially if you read books with lots of images, pictures, diagrams, etc. Or manga and graphic novels. This model supports Audible as well so you can load up your DRM’ed audiobooks on it as well… When sold on Woot, these come with a 90-day Woot warranty. The ones sold at Amazon as certified come with a 1-year warranty. Needless to say the price reflects the inclusion/exclusion of the longer warranty…

PS: I don’t have this model, I’m still at the refurbished Kindle Voyage… I would say e-readers were one of the most important technological developments of the last decade, especially if you like reading text-mostly books. They got me back into reading big time!

Happy Gnu Year with a trio of new B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Aputure VS-2 FineHD 7″ Field Monitor for $119

+ Polsen CAM-2W – Camera-Mountable VHF Wireless System with Omnidirectional Lavalier Mic (G2 Band) for $90

+ Revo Camera Track Slider with Adjustable Feet for $40 (23″) or $70 (47″)

Meanwhile at the Adorama daily deal (changes at 10am ET every day) you can get the new condition NiSi V5 Pro 100mm Filter Holder Kit with 86mm Enhanced Circular Landscape Polarizer Filter for $99 with free US shipping…

Happy New Year, yes, it is 2020 already, may your vision match the year, and may the Tokyo Olympics bring exciting new camera gear 😉

The Mega Deal Zone is over and we are back to the B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET on 1/1/20 or earlier if sold out:

+ AquaTech Sensory Gloves for $25 in various sizes

+ ZiV TTL Cord with Focus Assist for Nikon (Coiled, 3′) for $15

+ also: $15 wireless presenter and $20 true wireless earphones

PS: for the next few weeks, until I adjust to typing “2019”, you may see some deal expiration dates as “/19” instead of “/20” mentioned in the body of the blog-posts. But the dates above/below individual blog-posts [eg where the title and tags/categories are] are correct because they are inserted automatically by WordPress…

Happy New Year’s Eve! You are in luck because the B&^H Mega Deal Zone continues for another 24 hours! It’s like an all-star game of previous daily deals – summary in the original post…

Meanwhile at the Tuesday NewEgg daily deals they have the 128GB Team Elite microSDXC (U3, A1, V30, 4K UHD, UHS-I) memory card going for $13 with up to three per customer, while promo code 93XPE34 gets you the 1TB Toshiba Canvio Advance external HDD USB 3.0 for $43…

And at the Best Buy dailies you can get the 128GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS microSDXC (V30, U3, UHS-I, A2, etc) for $35…

Totally forgot about the Adorama daily deals, the current one is the new condition Rylo 5.8K 360 Degree Video Camera with a 64GB memory card for $339. Adorama’s daily deals switch at 10am eastern, not at midnight local time like most other retailers…

PS: no, Rylo has nothing to do with Kylo Ren 😉

The B&H Mega Deal Zone continues for Day #2. This is like an all-star game of all the previous daily deals, except almost all of the NBA players are playing in the all star game. Except for LeBron, he has a headache because Michael Jordan is a much better _basketball_ player than him 😉

More on the Mega Deal zone in yesterday’s post…

You are in luck! If you missed any of the previous B&H daily deals of the last few months, it is the return of the B&H Mega Deal Zone. Most of those daily deals are back, all together, at once! You can buy as many of the daily deals as you like. There are categories in a horizontal bar over there to filter them by areas of interest (eg Photography) and by price-range.

These are ever-scrolling lists, keep hitting the “Load More Deals” at the bottom of the page to see even more…

Of Lens interest:

+ Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Mark II for $419 in black in Fuji X
+ the other systems/colors start at $450+

+ Tamron SP 28-75mm F/2.8 XR Di for $369 in Canon or Nikon DSLR systems

+ KIPON Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 Lens for $1049 in Sony E

+ Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 25mm f/0.95 for M43rds for $299 in black or $329 in silver
+ sorry, no Raiders edition available ^_^

+ various lens adapters, converters, etc

+ Lensbaby 5.8mm f/3.5 Circular Fisheye for $160 in Canon, Nikon and Pentax SLR systems
+ and in Mirrorless for Sony E, Fuji X and M43rds
+ I’ll let the forums debate how much of a lens is a lensbaby. Maybe a baby lens? 😉

All kinds of other photo-related items are on offer, battery grips, flashes, tripods, monopods, camera bags (lots of bags, bag the bags!), lighting gear, batteries/chargers/power, small accessories, and much and more. Dive into the B&H Mega Deal Zone to see what you want or need or what sings to you A Song of Wallet and Tears…

PS: there are too many to check individually whether it’s “all” or “most”, that’s why I’m saying “most” to be on the safe side…

Good until Saturday at 11:59pm eastern, the B&H Fri-Sat daily deals include:

+ Genaray MonoBright Daylight LED 750 for $115

+ Manfrotto MVMXPROA5US Aluminum XPRO Video Monopod+ for $140

+ IDX 2x DUO-150 V-Mount Batteries & 2-Ch Charger/Power Supply Kit for $650

+ Sandisk 16GB Ultra UHS-I microSDHC Memory Card with SD Adapter and USB 2.0 Card Reader for $4.49

+ Vello HSA-PVU Hot Shoe Adapter with Safe Voltage Conversion for $15

+ I/O Gear ViewPro-C USB Type-C Male to HDMI Female Adapter for $15

+ AURAY LTS-ST Tripod Base Laptop Stand for $30
+ with Accessory Tray for $40

Santa Claus(e) is coming to town with six new B&H daily deals until Wednesday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out). No flash deals today…

+ SenSei Squiggle Re-Writable Rear Lens Cap for Canon or Nikon for $4 each
+ yes, you read right, erasable white-board surface for wet-erase markers ~ what could go wrong? 🙂

+ Cactus LVS laser trigger for $30

+ MagNus TR-13 Travel Tripod with Dual-Action Ball Head for $60

+ CeleStron Travel Scope 70mm f/6 AZ Refractor Telescope, Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Bundle for $75

+ also iK Multimedia , Hoodman climbing rope neckstands

Tuesday is upon us with another set of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Manfrotto 502A Video Head, 546GB Tripod, and Carry Bag Bundle for $399

+ ChargeWorx Magnetic Mount Kit for $8

+ Yongnuo flashes for $50 to $113 (three options)

+ HoodMan 64GB HCFAST Steel Memory Card for $80

+ Tamrac camera bags, $25 to $40, three options

+ also Auray studio monitor stands and Blizzard LED light

Never fear, Monday is here with a new set of B&H daily deals running until Monday 12/23/19 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out)…

+ Lexar Multi-Card 25-in-1 USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader for $14

+ Manfrotto Compact Action Aluminum Tripod (Black) for $35

+ G-Technology hard drives, three options

+ Lilliput FS7 7″ 4K HDMI/3G-SDI Monitor with L-Series Type Plate for $169
+ no relation to Stranger Things

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Vice Camera Mount for $25

+ also Blue Snowball mic, iK smartphone rig

Flash Deals
+ Philips Voice Tracer 2500 Digital Voice Recorder for $35