Flashpoint Zoom Li-Ion X R2 TTL On-Camera Round Flashes for $199+

Adorama is running a sale on various bundles of their house-brand Flashpoint Zoom Li-Ion X R2 TTL on-camera round flashes available in the usual camera systems (Canon/Nikon/Fuji/Sony/Oly/Pana/Pentax). The base option goes for $199 and comes with a custom case. Then there are five different bundles with other things, some with accessories, some without. Too many to outline here individually, but you can find them all through the aforelinked link!

Friday: Flashpoint Zoom Li-on III R2 TTL Speedlight Flash for $129 to $179 [7o], Etc

Lighting once again rules the day at the Adorama daily deals, this lot good until Friday 12/29/23 at 11:59pm Pacific or earlier if sold out:

+ Flashpoint Zoom Li-on III R2 TTL Speedlight Flash for $129 in Olympus and Panasonic and $179 in Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Pentax and Sony

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 600 R2 Manual HSS Battery-Powered All-In-One Outdoor Flash for $399

+ Flashpoint 7′ Air-Cushion Heavy-Duty AutoStand Pro for $60

+ IK Multimedia iRig All-In-One Video Creator Bundle for Smartphones for $60

IF YOU PREFER to get your household supplies online instead of your local Tarjay and K-Martay and Walmartay, Amazon has another Spend $60+, Get $15 Amazon Credit with promo code NYSTOCKUP on the items you see at the aforelinked page. The sale includes Energizer and Duracell and Rayovac single-use batteries of the AA, AAA, C, D, 9V, CR-something kind.

OF RECHARGEABLE INTEREST, the promotion includes the Duracell Ion Speed 1000 Battery Charger for $34. This bundle includes six AA and two AAA pre-charged rechargeable batteries.

Thursday: Flashpoint XPLOR 400 Pro Compact TTL R2 Monolight for $449

While the clock is ticking for the B&H Photo MEGA DEAL ZoNe we have a fresh duo of the Thursday Adorama dailies:

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 400 Pro Compact TTL R2 Monolight, Godox AD400 Pro for $449

+ HP laptop for $165

Tuesday: Glow Octa Softbox with Bowens for $169

Umbrellas for the rain and umbrellas for the light is the theme of the Tuesday Adorama daily deals 🙂

+ Glow 35″ Quick Ball Lantern Softbox with Deflection Disk and Skirt Set, Bowens Speed Ring for $60

+ Glow ParaSnap 44″ Octa New Generation SterlingFibre Softbox With Bowens Mount for $169

Tuesday: Rotolight NEO Bundles (2o)

Tuesday at the Adorama daily deals continues with the lighting theme:

+ Rotolight NEO 3 On-Camera RGBWW LED Light Ultimate Bundle for $440

+ Rotolight NEO 3 PRO On-Camera RGBWW LED Light Imagemaker Kit for $536

+ [all together now]: because you can’t have photography without LIGHT!

+ Thrustmaster T150 Force Feedback Racing Wheel for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PC for $134

DENTAL CARE is the headliner at the Amazon USA Gold Box with two pages of offerings of hardware (electric toothbrushes, e-flossers/picks, etc) and consumables (Listerine, replacement tootbrush heads, etc).

THE HEADLINER free-to-watch class starting at 12pm ET at Creative LIVE On AIR is a 2.5-hour class “Home Studio Starter Kit” with Tony Corbell. The “kindle sample” is Lesson #3, a 38-minute “Using Everyday objects in the home” – which you can watch any time to see if the class might be of interest.

WE HAVE an IN-STOCK alert for Trader Joe fans, the Thanksgiving Edition of their Fearless Flyer is now out online! No spoilers here 🙂

Speaking of which, if you like COOKING or FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, the Kindle daily deal for Tuesday is a Cookbooks eBook sale with 140 options starting at $1 (eg “Stuff Every COFFEE LOVER should know” which is also eligible for Kindle credit; a similar book about cheese and a $3 Dummies Air Fryer Cookbook [yes, we are latecomers to the air fryer hype train]).

Sat: Godox Knowled M600* Bi Color LED Video Lights

The lighting theme continues at the Adorama dailies for November 4 in 2023 as follows:

+ Godox Knowled M600D Daylight LED Light for $899

+ Godox Knowled M600BI Bi Color LED Video Light for $999

ON the LEARNINGz front, free-streaming on Saturday at 12pm ET at creative LIVE on-AIR you can watch “Get Started with Lifestyle Family Photography” with Elena S. Blair, 4 hour and 43 minute runtime, so it will repeat multiple times during the free-streaming window.

ON THE FREEBies front, this weekend, through the Lucky-SaveMart-FoodMaXX rewards program, you can score a FREE 5-8oz Stella cheese type thing.

Daily Cheese reminder: what is sold in the US as Parmesan cheese frequently has almost nothing to do with the authentic Italian Parmigiano!

Wedn: Sachtler aktiv8T, Flashpoint R2 TTL Flash (Pentax only)

Yes dear readers, the Adorama Daily deals have returned, and there’s two new offerings for Wednesday:

+ Flashpoint Zoom Li-on X R2 TTL On-Camera Round Flash Speedlight For Pentax (Godox V1) for $129
+ it appears only the PENTAX is on sale
+ fun alt fact: the company got its name because they were in favor of …taxing pens

+ Sachtler aktiv8T Touch & Go Fluid Head with SpeedLevel Technology for $1747~

ON the FREE-STREAMING front, starting at 12pm ET at Creative LiVe On-AiR the headliner is a Pye Jirsa class, “Incredible Engagement Photography” with a 10.5 hour runtime.

Adorama Daily Deals RETURN with GVM BiC Light and Flashpoint TTL Speed light w/Adapter Set for $129 [7o]

Excitement time for Adorama fans as their daily deals have returned in the spotlight, with the “Top Deals” now becoming the “opening act” in the basement (below the daily deals). As before, new daily deals starts at 3am eastern time each day. The ones good until Wednesday at 3am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ GVM 520LS 30W Bi-Color LED Video Soft Light Panel for $89

+ Flashpoint Zoom Li-on III R2 TTL Speedlight Flash for $129 with FREE Glow ParaPop OTA Adapter Set for the Glow Hexa & Parapop Series Softboxes
+ available in seven system/brand options
+ the daily deal link points to the Sony versions, but once you get there, you can jump around to the other options as well

TIRED of charging and recharging your smartwatches every 12 hours? Amazon comes to the rescue as they have an 8-page sale of real (analogue) watches from Citizen, Skagen, Klein, Timex, Fossil and many more.

NEEWER Ring Light 18-inch Kit for $72 [PD]

A darling of the good old Amazon Gold Box lightning deals cannot miss Prime Dayz, it’s the NEEWER Ring Light 18-inch Kit for $72. It includes various things, include a bag [of course it does!] check the listing for details.

BUT that’s not all from Neewer, being a Lightning Deals darling it is also featured in two-pages of Home Studio Lighting offers including LED lighting, on-camera flashes, softboxes, chargers, stabilizer-y things, ring lights, and more – too many to list here individually.

NOTE: to keep the blog-post titles shorter, I’m using the “[PD]” abbreviation to denote Prime Dayz Dealz!

Amazon Basics Portable Foldable Photo Studio Box with LED Light for $30

If you find these useful, either to use as they are, or the cannibalize/re-purpose them, Woot is offering as part of their Woot-tober-fest deals (expire 10/23/23 or earlier if sold out) the new condition Amazon Basics Portable Foldable Photo Studio Box with LED Light (25 x 30 x 25 Inches) for $30 plus shipping (FREE for Prime members). Up to three per customer!

It comes with a 90-day Woot warranty. No assembly required.

As of the time of writing, this goes for $117 (!) at Amazon by Amazon itself where it averages 4.6 out of 5 on nearly 4000 customer ratings.

Starts Friday 12pm ET (FREE to watch): 17-hour Posing and Lighting Class with Bambi Cantrell

Set your calendars! Starting at 12pm ET on Friday 9/29/23, the headliner of the FREE-streaming Creative LIVE On-AIR classes is a 17 hour and 8 minute, “Posing and Lighting” class with Bambi Cantrell. Given the airtime, it will only air once in its entirety during the free-streaming window.

If you are reading this later and are interested in the class, the first lesson is the “Kindle sample” (free to watch for anyone at any time) and it’s a pretty good indicator, it’s 90 minutes long!

Starts Wedn 12pm ET (FREE to Watch): Lighting Class

It is back on the free-streaming train! Starting on Wednesday at 12pm ET at the Creative LIVE ON-AIR you can watch the 8-hour and 22-minute “Lighting 301” class with Pye Jirsa and the SLR Lounge Experience. The Class Introduction is FREE to watch (aka “the Kindle sample”). The titles of the 26 lessons are a good indicator of what is covered.

Given the airtime, it will air twice a in full, and once partially – during the 24-hour-ish free-streaming window…

Flashpoint Flashes and Transmitters sale

The current headliner of the Adorama Top Deals Daily Deals is a sale on Flashpoint on-camera flashes and Transmitters. V1 of the flashes goes for $199 in five options (Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Sony, Panasonic). Also on sale are Flashpoint Transmitters for said systems for $45 each.

Elsewhere at Amazon, they have the new condition Samsung Galaxy TAB S6 Lite tablet for $309 (S-Pen included, 2020 US model, 10.4″, 128GB storage).

And for fans of Dell Windows laptops, the new condition Dell XPS 13 9310 goes for $959~. This is:

+ 13.4-inch OLED 3.5K (3456×2160) Touchscreen
+ Intel Core i7-1195G7
+ 16GB LPDDR4x RAM, 512G SSD
+ Iris Xe Graphics
+ 1-Year Premium Support
+ Windows 11 Home
+ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2 x 2) and Bluetooth 5.1
+ two Thunderbolt 4 ports

Semi-Annual Adorama House Brand sale! (Lighting, Flashes, Monolights, Etc)

If you are a fan of the Adorama house-brand camera products and accessories, you are in luck because they are currently running their semi-annual sale featuring lighting gear, flashes, monolights, modifiers and reflectors, stands, tripods, BAGS (needless to say, BAG the BAGS!), and audio gear!

I do not know when the Adorama semi-annual sale ends…

UPDATE!
The Adorama daily deals are back, this duo good until Monday 7/10/23 at 11:59pm pacifica or earlier if sold out:

+ Anton Bauer Titon SL 150 14.4V 143Wh Lithium Ion V-Mount Battery for $479

+ Yamaha RX-V6A 7.2-Channel AV Receiver with 8K HDMI and MusicCast for $600

Thur: Glow ParaSnap 12×36″ Strip New Generation SterlingFibre Softbox with Bowens Mount for $189

As of the time of writing, the Thursday Adorama daily deals appear to be some sort of compilation of previous daily deals that includes their exclusive Glow ParaSnap 12×36″ Strip New Generation SterlingFibre Softbox with Bowens Mount for $189.

Unrelated to the above, but if you are a fan of Panera Bread and you have enough self-control so as not to overdo it on sugary beverages, good until 7/18/23, Panera is offering a FREE 2-Month Unlimited SIP Club subscription. You can get free drinks and free refills on coffees, teas, “charged lemonades” (charged as in the beverage has a charge, not your credit card LOL), and such. After the 2-months end, unless you manually cancel it, it will auto-convert into an auto-renewing subscription of $12 per month. OR if you are already a fan of this type of thing, an annual subscription gets you a 17% off discount on the monthly fee AND gets you $0 delivery fee on some orders under certain circumstances.

Friday: Godox E-Sport LED Light Kits, $79 to $89

UPDATE SAT 6/17/23
Three but off-topic are the Saturday Adorama daily deals, Turnstile mic bundle, Bose headphones and Pelican personal cooler (14QT)…

As usual, the Saturday B&H Photo dailies are the same as Friday’s

AND IF you are fond of print magazines delivered right outside your door, the weekend sale at DiscountMAGS starts at $5.02 per year…

FRIDAY 6/16/23
For Friday June 16 in 2023, there’s a trio of GODOX lighting-related offers at the Adorama daily deals:

+ Godox E-Sport ES30 LED Light Kit with Desk Stand for $79

+ Godox E-Sport ES30 LED Light Kit with Telescopic Desktop Stand for $79

+ Godox ES45 E-Sports LED Light Kit for $89

AND on the FREEBIES front, this weekend, at Lucky’s B&M grocery stores, if you are a member of their free rewards program, you score a FREE 16.9oz Gatorade G Fit…

Tue: 24pk Smart Light Bulbs for $48+S&H, SmallRig (Sony), Manfrotto, Samsung Computer Monitors, Etc

Do you know what everybody’s getting in their Christmas Socks this year? A smart light-bulb! Because the Tuesday 5/16/23 Meh daily deal is a 24-pack of Merkury Multicolor + White Dimmable Smart LED Light Bulbs going for $48 plus shipping (free for Meh-members). These are A21, and work with Wifi using the Genie app or spy-master Alexa or ad-master Google Home.

THEN to the B&H Photo daily deals we geaux where we find:

+ SmallRiG Camera Cages for select Sony cameras, basic kit for $30, advanced kit for $94

+ Manfrotto 504X Fluid Head & Aluminum Tripod System with Mid-Level Spreader, Ultrasone Headset & Bluetooth Adapter for $700

+ PortKEYS PT6 6″ 4K HDMI Touchscreen Monitor for $109

+ Blizzard LB-Par Quad RGBA LED Light for $130

+ Polsen SP-260 Rackmount 2×6 Stereo Distribution Splitter (1 RU) for $60

+ Antelope Zen Go Synergy Core Desktop 4×8 USB Type-C Audio Interface for $349 with FREE 6-month Podcast hosting service

UPDATE
The Adorama daily deals have two items, the Celestron Power Tank Lithium for $150 and the PGYTECH Professional UV Filter for DJI Mavic Air 2 for $15…

MEANwhile the headliner of the Amazon USA Gold Box is a Samsung Monitors sale featuring a total of 25 products with prices ranging from $160 (27″ 1080p curved) to $2000 (55″ 4K 165Hz curved). Happy Samsunging 🙂

Friday: CLAR 204 Phantom Series Bi-Color On Camera LED Light for $20

The Friday Adorama daily deals headliner is the CLAR 204 Phantom Series Bi-Color On Camera LED Light offered for $20… The other item offered is the Pictar Smart 18mm Wide Angle Lens for Smartphones going for $60…

Among the Amazon Gold Box offerings they have:

+ Canon Instant Savings promotion on various DSLR and mirrorless cameras of both 35mm FF and APS-C kind

+ Samsung S23 Ultra flagship starting at $1000 (256GB storage)

+ Samsung Memory and Drives sale including SDXC, SSD internal and external, and microSD

+ nearly 180 eBooks in the Friday Kindle daily deals

+ Prime members only: 17% off the Kindle Scribe e-reader

Monday: SmallRig RC-series LEDs ($519 to $699)

Oooops, we got trapped in a wormhole and forgot about the Sunday daily deals! Nothing we can do now about Sunday but Monday is here and we have another SmallRiG day at the Adorama daily deals for Monday 4/17/23:

+ SmallRig RC350D 350W Daylight COB LED Video Light for $519

+ SmallRig RC350B 350W Bi-Color COB LED Video Light for $629

+ SmallRig RC450D 450W Daylight COB LED Video Light for $699

MEANwhile at the Bezos Gold Box we have two more offers that get you Amazon credit when you make a purchase of select products with a minimum order amount requirement:

+ Buy $60+ of select Nutrition-related products (107 options from think!, Amazing Grass [no, not THAT one], Isopure, SlimFast, Optimum Nutrition) and RECEIVE a $15 Amazon credit using coupon code STOCKUP

+ Buy $60+ in PepsiCo Energy Drinks (105 options from Rockstar, Gatorade, Mtn Dew, etc) and RECEIVE a $15 Amazon credit using coupon code ENERGYBXGY

+ both offers have a progress bar of sorts at the top of the promotional page

Friday: SmallRIG RC-series DayLight LED Lights ($153, $253)

Adorama is back with a new set of fresh Adorama daily deals good until Friday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ SmallRig RC 120D Daylight Point-Source LED Video Light for $153~

+ SmallRig RC 220D COB Daylight LED Video Light for $230~

+ SmallRig RM75 RGB Magnetic Smart LED Light for $51~

MEANwhile Procter and Gamble (aka P&G) has a limited time plan for you at Amazon! IF you buy $60+ in eligible P&G products (sold and shipped by Amazon herself), you will earn a $15 Amazon store credit! Terms, conditions, restrictions, etc apply. There’s even a yellow progress bar at the top of the page informing you when you have reached the $60 magical mystical milestone!

Wednesday: Samsung Galaxy TAB S6 Lite for $215, GearLight Ring Light for $15 AC, Etc

TWO items in the latest round of the Adorama daily deals running until Thursday early AM:

+ Netgear Nighthawk AX4 AX3000 4-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router for $119

+ HYTE Y60 Modern Aesthetic Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX PC Case, Black for $170

MEANwhile at the Wednesday Amazon USA Gold Box they have:

+ Samsung Galaxy TAB S6 Lite for $215
+ 10.4″, 64GB on-board, 2000 x 1200, S-Pen

+ GearLight Ring Light – 10″ Selfie Tripod Stand with LED Lights, Dual Phone Holders, Adjustable Height and Lighting for $18 minus 20% clip-on coupon, dropping it to around $15

+ XGIMI projectors, three options, $470 to $1999

SmallRig RC 120B Bi-Color Point-Source LED Light for $181

Music and lights continue to be the theme at the latest iteration of the Adorama daily deals running until Tuesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ SmallRig RC 120B Bi-Color Point-Source LED Video Light for $181~

+ Bose Bass Module 700 for Soundbar 700 for $699

Godox SL Series SL200 (5600K or 3300K) LED Light for $199

The lighting party continues at the Adorama daily deals, this set of offers running until Wednesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Godox SL Series SL200W 200W White LED Video Light, 5600K Color Temperature for $199

+ Godox SL Series SL200Y 200W Yellow LED Video Light, 3300K Color Temperature for $199

Godox SL Series SL150Y for $189

The lighting party at the Adorama daily deals continues, this time around is the new condition Godox SL Series SL150Y (150W Yellow LED Video Light, 3300K Color Temperature) going for $189 until Tuesday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out…

Meanwhile at the Amazon USA Gold Box there’s a Samsung storage sale (including microSD, SDXC, flash drives, SSDs, etc), and a Sabrent computer accessories sale…

Glow 5×6 Green Screen Green Backdrop for $89

Good until Sunday at 10am ET, the current Adorama daily deal is the new condition Glow 5×6 Green Screen Green Backdrop, Portable Collapsible Chromakey Background, Pull-up Style with Auto- Locking Frame, Solid Aluminum Base going for $89…

Godox SL LED lights from $149 to $169

The Godox party continues at the Adorama daily deals, this round good until 1/14/23 at 10am ET or earlier if sold-out:

+ Godox SL-100 LED Video Light (Daylight-Balanced) for $169

+ Godox SL Series SL100Y 100W Yellow LED Video Light, 3300K Color Temperature for $149

MEANwhile at the Amazon USA Gold Box the “New Year, New YOU!” theme is in full swing with all kinds of sales on nutrition, supplements, health foods and the like! They even have crazy things, like organic Apple Cider Vinegar …gummies with 2g of added sugar per gummy (that’s half a teaspoon of sugar!!!). Nothing is healthier than blending a health food with added SUGAR 🙂

Godox SL300 II SL Series 300W Daylight LED Video Light for $309

Only one item is featured in the current round of Adorama daily deals that runs until Friday at 10am ET and it’s of the lighting kind, it is the new condition Godox SL300 II SL Series 300W Daylight LED Video Light going for $309!

Godox SL-series Lights for $199

GoDox lighting is the theme of the day in the current Adorama daily deals that run until Thursday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Godox SL Series SLB60W 60W Battery-Operated White LED Video Light, 5600K Color Temperature for $199

+ Godox SL Series SLB60Y 60W Battery-Operated Yellow LED Video Light, 3300K Color Temperature for $199

Flashpoint XPLOR 400 Pro Compact TTL R2 Monolight Bundle for $539

To the Adorama daily deals we geaux, this round good until Monday at 11:59pm ET:

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 400 Pro Compact TTL R2 Monolight, Godox AD400 Pro, Bundle with Glow EZ Lock Octa Softbox and Flashpoint Color Correction Gel Kit for $539

+ also Bose earbuds and Godox mic type thing

Winter is coming, yes, starting December 21st officially, it is time for hot tea, which is mayhaps why one of the Amazon daily deals is a Vadham Teas sale

Flashpoint Zoom II AA TTL R2 On-Camera Flash Speedlight with Integrated R2 Radio Transceiver for $79 [C/N/S/F/O-P]

To the Adorama daily deals we return and we find a fresh 4-pack of daily offers running until Saturday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Flashpoint Zoom II AA TTL R2 On-Camera Flash Speedlight with Integrated R2 Radio Transceiver for $79 in Sony, Fuji, Canon, Nikon, and Oly-Pan

+ Godox 88 Parabolic Light Focusing System Kit for $899

+ Moza Slypod Pro 3-In-1 Motorized Carbon Fiber Monopod Master Kit with Mini Tripod Legs, Pan & Tilt Head for $399 after in-cart coupon

+ OBSBOT ME AI-Powered Auto-Tracking Selfie Phone Mount for $99