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A handful of camera-related items are participating in the Friday 10/25/19 [yes, two months until Christmas, are your gift lists complete?] Best Buy daily deals:
+ Aura Modern 9.7″ LCD digital picture frame for $250 in two different color schemes
+ HP DeskJet 2652 wireless AiO instant-ink printer for $35
+ five action camera accessories (GoPro, DigiPower, SunPak, GoPole)
As usual, the B&H daily deals for Friday last until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out for any individual items):
+ ManFrotto Nitrotech N8 Head & Carbon Fiber Twin Leg Video Tripod Kit (100/75mm, Mid-Level Spreader) for $500
+ LedGo Bi-Color Flood Shoot-Through LED Ring Light for $119
+ TIFFEN Variable Neutral Density Filter, from 72mm to 82mm, prices from $70 to $90
+ SpiderPro Single Camera System for $79
Never fear, Thursday is here with four name brand products in the B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ X-Rite i1Display Pro for $155 after a $35 mail-in rebate
+ yes, mail-in rebates still exist, dear readers reading this in the near distant future
+ RotoLight AEOS 2-Light LED Kit for $1099
+ DJI Ronin-M 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $729
+ optionally buy the bundle with a Nanuk 940 waterproof case for $749
+ GenAray LED-6200T 144 LED Variable-Color On-Camera Light for $69
Wednesday is here and with it we have a new quartet of B&H Photo dailies running until 11:59pm ET today (10/23/19) or earlier if sold out:
+ Vanguard VEO 2 204AB Aluminum Tripod with Compact Ball Head (Blue, 4.4′) for $50
+ VeLLO Nikon F Lenses (select lenses only) to Sony E-Mount Camera Auto Lens Adapter (Firmware Ver. 6) for $269
+ Aputure Amaran AL-528S Daylight LED Spot Light for $99
+ Sandisk 128GB Extreme PRO UHS-II microSDXC Memory Card with USB 3.0 Adapter for $50
And they are back at the Amazon Gold Box, it’s another variant of the Computer Sale featuring 28 products, from storage to actual computers! They are too many to link here individually, here are some potentially interesting options:
+ 32GB Lexar Professional 2000x SDHC (UHS-II, up to 300MB/sec, V90, U3, C10, Z69, A340, B794, C185) for $36~
+ okay, some of those are made-up 🙂
+ 256GB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC for $40~
+ 512GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC card (UHS-I, U3, C10, up to 95MB/sec) for $160
+ 64GB Sandisk USB 2.0 flash drive for $9~
+ 1TB WD Elements portable (definitely not potable) external HDD USB 3.0 for $43
+ 1TB MyPassport instead for $48
+ 5TB WD MyPassport for $100
+ 8TB WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra NAS for $300
+ 2TB Seagate Expansion external USB 3.0 HDD for $50
+ 4TB Buffalo Station NAS with hard drives INCLUDED for $230~
+ 1TB Sandisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD for $160
+ Computers: HP Omen Gaming (i7-9700K), HP 24″ AiO Touchscreen, $290 Acer i3 Windoze
+ 27″ Acer curved monitor
+ also: gaming, headsets, networking, etc
Not part of the daily deals but these are limited time offers by Amazon itself on their latest Kindle e-reader models:
+ latest Kindle for $65 (limit two per customer); this is with Special Offers, Wifi-only, 167ppi, built-in front light [this feature was added to this generation of the entry-point Kindles]
+ optionally you can select the bundle with free 3-month Kindle Unlimited subscription (it auto-renews monthly after the first three months, so setup an alert in your calendar/task app ~ it’s cheaper to buy Kindle Unlimited as prepaids than month-to-month)
+ remember if you are a Prime member, you also have the free Prime Reading feature which usually has over 1000 e-books to read; you don’t even have to buy ebooks
+ Kindle Paperwhite for $90 (limit two per customer); this is with Special Offers, Wifi-only, 8GB on-board storage, 300ppi, built-in front light (it had been the defining feature of the Paperwhite before the Voyage/Oasis)
BUT WAIT, there’s more! Also part of the Tuesday daily deals is a Bushnell sale featuring three groups of Bushnell products, with prices ranging from $22 to $314. Yes, $22 is a Bushnell binocular, not a bag or other accessory 🙂
UPDATE: I haven’t tested every single item, but of the ones I have tested, the limit is two per customer per item at the sale price…
UPDATE #2: there’s also a tech sale at the Amazon Germany Gold Box, lots of great prices on Logitech mice and keyboards since they are typically more expensive in Europe than the US. Note that the most of the keyboards are using the QWERTZ formation, not the “normal” QWERTY. Thankfully the mice don’t have any QWERTZ vs QWERTY confusion 🙂
microSD cards is the theme of the day in the Tuesday 10/22/19 daily deals, starting with the Best Buy dailies offering the new condition 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC going for $45 with free US shipping and/or store pickup where possible…
Meanwhile on the storage front, one of the Tuesday NewEgg daily deals [now organized in a single simple page for easy skim-n-scan] is the new condition 128GB G-Skill microSDXC card, Class 10, UHS-I, U1, model FF-TSDXC128GA-U1A, going for $13 with up to three per customer, sold and shipped by NewEgg itself… While there you will also find daily deals on the Intel i9-9900K, i7 Surface Laptop, 512GB internal SSD, 17.3″ $550 HP laptop, and more…
Among the Monday NewEgg daily deals you can get the new condition 200GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $28 with free US shipping using promo code 93XPC72 over there. Limit up to three per customer. This is sold and shipped by NewEgg itself…
Speaking of dailies, the Woot Electronics deal of the day are the refurbished Pixel 2 smartphones, fully unlocked, in scratch and dent condition going for $170 for the Pixel 2 and $200 for the larger Pixel 2 XL. They come with a 90-day Woot warranty…
Look at that! A second actual real camera offered as a daily deal this week! This time around it is at the
The free lens is mentioned when you locate the tiny “Free item with purchase A $399.99 value” line in the ever-so-chaotic product pages… The E-M5 II on its own goes for $899 in new condition at authorized Olympus USA dealers… Best Buy alone has open-box options (for the E-M5 II body only; no free lens) starting at $540 (some of them may be local store pickup only)…
On the other hand, if you already have the 25mm lens or you want a zoom lens, there’s another E-M5 II kit bundled with the 14-150mm f4-5.6 II lens, sold as the “weatherproof kit” for $999 at authorized dealers such as Adorama and B&H Photo…
Meanwhile on the USED front, at B&H Photo they have a condition 7 body-only used E-M5 II body only starting at $390, while KEH Camera prices start at $432 in “BGN” (bargain) condition and with a 180-day warranty…
NOTE however that the E-M5 III is scheduled to roll out around Black Friday 2019 (current release estimate is November 21st), but the starting price is $1199 for the body only (eg Amazon)…
Also part of the Best Buy daily deals for Friday October 18 in 2019 is the return of another Sandisk Ultra Plus memory card sale. This time around the 64GB SDXC and microSDXC memory cards are on sale for $15 each with free store pickup. Free shipping when you reach a minimum ordering amount and/on depending on your Best Buy rewards tier.
Also part of the Friday sale is a sale on Surface devices, namely two Surface PRO 6 tablets and one Surface Laptop 2 with prices starting at $699.
Speaking of Surfaces, the main Woot daily deal for Friday is a sale on three Surface 4 PRO tablet bundles (with keyboard and pen) ranging from $570 to $1390… And for the non-Surface crowd, the “Computers” tab has a sale on various laptops and computer monitors…
Thursday is here with a 4-pack of new B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ LutePanels Brick One Bi-Color On-Camera Light Kit for $349~
+ VeLLo Light Bouncer Plus with Cinch Strap Kit for $13~
+ JILL-E DESIGNS, three options, $10 to $40
+ Setton Bros Ultra Slim Case with Smart Cover for Apple 9.7″ iPad Pro (Light Gray/Brown) for $5
Wednesday is upon us and with it we have three new B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET on Wednesday 10/16/19 or earlier if sold out:
+ Explorer Cases Medium Hard IATA Case 5221B & Wheels with Foam (Black) for $150
+ Sony AtomX SSDmini (500GB) for $125
+ LoRex 6-Channel 1080p Wire-Free DVR with 16GB microSD Card and 4 1080p Wire-Free Night Vision Bullet Cameras for $150
IT’s a day of “Woot Plus” offerings at the Woot website. At the main Woot, it’s all about Apple products, featuring refurbished iMacs, Airs and PROs… And at “Computers”, they have a sale on various gaming accessories…
A new trio of B&H daily deals is here and as usual for the Friday launches, they run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but B&H’s website is closed between Friday PM and Saturday PM [check their website for exact times]:
+ iKAN Mylo MB4 Mini Bi-Color Portable Field LED Light for $100 with FREE Mini Insert Slate
+ fear not, a copy of Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto is NOT included 🙂
+ DraCast BoltRay LED600 Plus Bi-Color LED Light for $149
+ Logan 450-1: 40″ Artist Elite Mat Cutter for $125
Thursday October 10 in 2019 is upon us all and with it we have a trio of new B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET today (or earlier if sold out):
+ Davis & Sanford Traverse TR-553-228 Compact Aluminum Tripod with Ball Head for $50
+ rumors that “Davis & Sanford” are related to “Mumford & Sons” are unfounded 😉
+ refurb TP-LINk Archer A7 AC1750 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router for $30
+ also iON audio thing
Among the Hump Day Woot Electronics deals of the day is a sale on the new condition Sony Cybershot W800 P&S digital camera (20mp 1/2.3″ CCD, 5x optical zoom (26-130mm eq), Lion, 2.7″ LSD, microSD and MS Duo, etc) in the black color scheme going for $50 with free shipping for Prime members [you have to connect your Woot-Prime accounts ~ a one-time action] or $6 flat for the calendar day for non-members. The camera comes with a 90-day Woot warranty and you can buy up to ten per customer.
That’s $10 per optical zoom unit for those buying The Costco Way 😉
The aforementioned sale includes various other assorted electronics including the new condition Force1 U45WF Wi-Fi Camera Drone for $70, a Phantom 2 controller for $40, a couple of Rokus, a couple of gaming accessories, and more. The reason there are multiple items in a daily deal is because sometimes Woot groups together a “Plus” sale and offers it as a daily deal. I don’t know if the Plus sale will continue after the daily deal expires or it will disband or the items will join other sales and such…
If you missed yesterday’s $80 Chromebook, fear not! Woot Computers comes to the rescue with another one, this one is actually $79, it is the refurbished Dell Chromebook 11-3120 Notebook with the Intel N2840 2.16GHz Dual-Core processor, 4GB DDR3 [important these days], 16GB eMMC of on-board storage, 802.11ac, Bluetooth, etc. It comes with a 90-day Woot warranty. Limit up to ten per customer. Of interest if there’s rough usage for the laptop as it is a MIL-STD model.
IMPORTANT: now that Chromebooks have been around for quite a few years, a new twist/risk is raising it’s semi-ugly head. Google does not offer automated OS updates for platforms that are over 6.5 years old. Note that the clock starts ticking on the platform, not the individual laptop. So the clock for this device began ticking when the first Intel N2840 Chromebook came out. This particular model will get auto-updates until June 2020. Details at 11 or more conveniently at the Google Support page for ChromeOS devices 🙂
UPDATE: while we are on the topic of daily deals, one of the Amazon Gold Box deals of the day is yet another Anker sale featuring various charging products: powerbanks, cables, car and wall and wireless chargers…
The headliner of the Tuesday Best Buy dailies is a sale on Aura 9.7-inch WifiLCD digital picture frame for $250 with your choice of color schemes…
Speaking of daily deals, Woot is offering the refurbished Acer C740-C4PE 11.6″ Chromebook for $80 with a 90-day Woot warranty. This is set to receive ChromeOS updates until the summer of 2020. It has 4GB of RAM which these days is pretty much a must for Chromebooks because the web is bloating all the time.
One of the Tuesday Kindle deals of the day at Amazon is an e-book written by Dorothea Lange’s grand daughter about her grandmother, “Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning” for $2.99.
Speaking of ebooks, for a limited time (but longer than a daily deal), Amazon is running a 99c+ ebook sale…
Tuesday is here and with it we have a new round of B&H dailies running until Wednesday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out. Note has holiday hours for Yom Kippur, so check their website for ordering times/dates…
+ Vello Flash Softbox with Cinch Band (Large) for $14
+ Mindshift Gear Multi-Mount Holster for $25 to $40 (three options)
+ also: ezViz security camera and Tascam professional CD player (yes, CD)
Happy Monday as we put on a brave face to face the onslaught of a brand new work week [yes, I am working on a new “daily affirmations” style book, except, given the fast pace of today’s world, it will be an “hourly affirmations” book ;-)]! We have a new 4-pack of B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ ZHIYUN-TECH CRANE 3 LAB Handheld Stabilizer for $549 with FREE Crown Gear and TransMount Phone Holder
+ free items included automatically with your order by B&H
+ Corel VideoStudio Ultimate 2019 (Box) for $30
+ Black Magic Design ATEM 1 M/E Broadcast Panel for $1795
+ SamSon AirLine 77 Fitness Head Worn Wireless Microphone System (Frequency K1: 489.500 MHz) for $150
One of the Sunday Best Buy daily deals is the new condition 1TB (yes, terabyte [unless you bury the card in the ground, then it becomes a terrabyte] Sandisk Extreme Plus microSDXC memory card going for $350 with free US shipping and/or store pickup where available/possible. This is V30, A2, U3, UHS-I, model Model:SDSQXBZ-1T00-ANCMASKU. Maximum of fifteen cards per customer at the sale price during this promotion…
FriYAY is here and as usual, the B&H dailies run for 48 hours, until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out). No lenses today but there are some practical photo-related accessories:
+ RucPac Dual Camera Strap for $49
+ because great photographers, not just great swordsmen dual-wield 😉
+ SYRP Genie Mini Panning Motion Control System for $119 after a $50 mail-in rebate
+ HollyLand COSMO 600 Wireless HDMI/SDI Transmission System (L-Series) for $1149
+ Samson BT30 30-Pin Bluetooth Adapter/Receiver for $14
+ your 30-pin iPod, iPhone and iPad will thank you?
We are not taking a trip down memory lane but rather we are looking at the next 24 hours in the Amazon Camera & Photo Lightning Deals with the following items of potential C&P interest:
+++ IN_PROGRESS BELOW (as of the time of writing):
+ GVM 50RS light panels from $407 to $612
+ Godox MS300 300Ws studio strobe for $92~
+ ring light kit for $136
+ 41% claimed as of 2:14pm ET
+ Usogood either bino or action cam (picture and description disagree) for $34
+++ COMING LATER IN THE DAY (as of the time of writing):
+ generic camcorders, digiframes, binos
+ Neewer 70″ jib arm, Ring Light kit, etc
+ Viltrox 45W ring light kit
+ 62″ K&F Concept tripod
It only took a couple of decades but finally NewEgg modernized their Shellshocker Daily Deals page to something practical and modern with a desktop/laptop computer. Now there’s all in one page, no getting trapped in tiny screen windows. Of interest for Thursday, coupon code 93XPC39 drops the 10TB Seagate Expansion external USB 3.0 HDD to $190… Also part of today’s sales are Team storage products (flash drive, internal SSD, computer memory)…
The Thursday Best Buy dailies include the 64GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS microSDXC memory card going for $20 each…
Meanwhile at the Amazon USA Gold Box deals of they day they have two 64-inch Samsung Frame QLED televisions going for $1600 (4K) and $2998 (8K).
And if you like shopping at the Staples website, coupon code 57190 gets you $15 off orders of $60+ placed online. Check the aforelinked page for details on the promotion.
It’s a lens(e) [for fans of alt-spelling] at the Thursday B&H Photo dailies with the featured deal being the new condition MITAKON ZHONGYI Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 Mark II lens going for $419 with free US shipping in your choice of silver or black AND also in your choice of Fuji X, Sony E or Canon EF-M.
The other three dailies for Thursday 10/3/19 until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) are the following:
+ ONA The Union Street Messenger Bag for $169 in three color schemes
+ Celestron NexStar 5SE 125mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain GoTo Telescope for $499
+ Senal AWS-2000 Camera-Mount Wireless Combo Microphone System Kit for $300 in two options
+ literally A or B are the two options 😉
And now let’s take a look at the next 24 hours or so of Camera and Photo Lightning Deals of the Amazon USA GOLD Box…
+++ IN_PROGRESS BELOW (as of the time of writing):
+ Victure Action camera for $34
+ APEMan action cameras for $26 and $40
+ AKASO 4K30fps action camera with touch for $85
+ Neewer F100 7-inch on-camera field monitor for $81
+ Suptig tripod mount thing for $25
+++ COMING LATER IN THE DAY (as of the time of writing):
+ Hpusn and MountDog softbox lighting kits
+ Geekoto 77″ tripod
+ waterproof “teardrop style” camera bag
+ Canon Korea (???) RF system camera bag
+ also digiframes, generic camcorders, tilt tripod head, chargers/batteries, action cams, etc
+ Godox MS300 studio strobe
+ GVM 50RS video light kit
The Wednesday Amazon USA Gold Box includes an Acer computer equipment sale, including computer monitors starting at $100, AiO computers, Chromebooks starting at $150, and some accessories… Also part of the Gold Box is a Secura coffee gear sale including a $10 pour-over glass dipper, $50 water boiler and warmer, two grinders, and more…
The B&H daily deals are back on the daily schedule with this quartet good until 11:59pm ET on Wednesday 10/2/19 or earlier if sold out:
+ MagMod Wedding and Event Flash Accessory Starter Kit for $269
+ CoreSWX Nano 2-Battery Kit with X2A Vertical Charger for $449 in your choice of Gold mount or V mount
+ Ruggard Electronic Dry Cabinets for $70 to $150 (four options, 18L to 80L)
+ L – liter, one gallon = 2.2 liters
+ Ruggard Electronic Dry Cabinets for $250 to $1000 (four options, 120L to 600L)
Good until Sunday at 11:59pm central time (or earlier if sold out) WOOT is offering the new condition 512GB Centon USB 3.0 DataStick PRO USB flash drive for $40, or the 1TB version for $90. The 512GB “wins” on GB/S. Limit up to ten per customer at the sale price. They come with a 5-year Centon warranty… Free shipping for Prime members [you have to connect your Amazon-Woot accounts as a one-time activity if you haven’t done so]. Otherwise shipping is $6 flat for everything purchased during the calendar day…
Speaking of daily deals, at Best Buy they have new “mug technology”, temperature control mugs because your beverage needs its own TLC!
Looks like I got lost in a time vortex on Thursday but we are back with the Friday B&H daily deals which, as usual, last for 48 hours (instead of the usual 24 hours), until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out).
NOTE also that B&H Photo will be closed from Sunday 1pm ET through Tuesday October 1st for the Rosh Hashana holidays, so plan your purchases ahead if you have time-sensitive needs…
+ General Brand Background Stand Support Kit for $49
+ LumeCube Portable Lighting Kit Plus for $119
+ iKan Saga 7″ High-Brightness On-Camera Monitor for $370
+ DELL Inspiron 3000 Series 3670 Desktop Computer for $499
+ 2.8 GHz i5-8400 Six-Core, 8GB of 2666 MHz DDR4 RAM, 1TB 7200rpm, NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (2GB GDDR5), etc
Happy Hump Day with a new quartet of B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if and only if they individually sell out):
+ RotoLight NEO 2 Explorer Kit for $830
+ HP 15.6″ ZBook 15 G3 Mobile Workstation for $949
+ 2.8 GHz Xeon E3-1505M v5 Quad, 16GB of 2133 MHz DDR4 ECC RAM, 15.6″ DreamColor UWVA IPS Display, etc
+ Anker Roav Viva Alexa-Enabled Car Charger with Universal Magnetic Mount for $40
+ because who doesn’t want to talk to their car charger? 😉
+ HollyLand Mars 300 Dual HDMI Wireless Video Transmitter & Receiver Set for $349
+ despite the name, you can still use it on Earth
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