20-page 8×8″ hardcover custom photo book for $5 + S&H

We forgot about Groupon! For a limited time, Shutterfly is offering through Groupon 20-page 8×8″ hardcover custom photo books for $5 plus shipping. Shipping depends on location and option selected. If you want more than one, they have pre-filled bundles with small volume discounts.

As usual with Groupon offers, be sure to read the terms, conditions and restrictions and make sure your questions are answered to your satisfaction before buying or gifting…

FREE to watch: Nikon School Online classes

Nikon has joined the parade of “free to stream” with a handful of classes and tutorials at the Nikon Online School. The options are a mix of Nikon gear (SB-5000 Speedlight, Z50 video content, DSLR getting started) and Photography (Fundamentals and Beyond Fundamentals, Children and Pets, Macro, Landscape, Making Music Videos).

Duration is manageable for today’s context-switching generation, classes range from 15 to 69 minutes each…

NOTE: you have to sign in to watch. Otherwise Nikon’s marketing department would run to the server room and pull the plug on the computers 😉

Various Dailies: $35 Pentax Bino, Silk Lite, Dracast, Etc

The Wednesday B&H dailies are good for 72 hours, good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Pentax 8×21 UCF R Binocular for $35

+ Slik Lite AL-420 Tripod with LED Center Column Flashlight for $50

+ DraCast S-Series Plus Bi-Color LED1500 Panel with V-Mount Battery Plate for $299

+ Samson Concert 88 Lavalier UHF Wireless Microphone Presentation System (D: 542 to 566 MHz) for $100

NOTE that orders will ship after April 17 as B&H is closed for the Passover holidays…

Meanwhile at Woot there is a DJI sale but as of the time of writing, the actual drones sold out, but remaining available is a $15 controller and a $35 filter kit…

If you want to rekindle your love for your coffee, or if you prefer the convenience of button touches, various coffee products are on sale, including a Nespresso machine, at the Best Buy dailies

And the Adorama daily (changes Wedn 10am ET) is the new condition Gigabyte 15.6″ FHD gaming laptop for $949 (i7-9750H 2.6GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with a nice 6GB memory, Windoze Ten, etc)

Tuesday: PD CaptureLens (C/N/E), Vello remote, Smith-Victor LED, Impact Muslin, Nanuk Wheels On Fire, Etc

Not an actual lens but a kinda-lensy-thing is one of the B&H daily deals for Tuesday until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Peak Design CaptureLENS for $40 in Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony E/FE

+ Vello ShutterBoss II Timer Remote Switch for $30 with seven camera options

+ Smith-Victor LED Ring Light for $100 to $125 (two options)

+ Impact Chroma Muslin Background (10 x 24′, Green) for $70

+ NaNuk 938 Wheeled Case with Foam (Black) for $150

+ CAD Equitek E100S Supercardioid Condenser Microphone for $199

Refurbished Canon camera and lens offerings (115 options)

The official Canon USA store is running a number of offers at the moment on refurbished Canon camera gear as follows:

+ 14 refurbished Powershot fixed lens cameras, a mix of G-series, superzooms and three Elphes too (okay, so the plural of “Elph” is “Elphs” or “Elves” or “Elphes”?)

+ 23 refurbished interchangeable lens cameras of the EF, EF-S and EF-M (mirrorless) variety

+ 73 refurbished Lenses of the EF, EF-S, EF-M and RF kind

+ get the refurbished Canon 75-300mm f4-5.6 III for +$80 when purchased together with select Canon APS-C DSLR kits (five options)

Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 AF for Sony E for $489 [ends Tue 10am ET]

It’s a double lens day! The current Adorama daily deal (ends Tuesday 10am ET) is also a lens deal (B&H’s Monday is also a lens), it is the new condition Rokinon 35mm f/1.4 Auto Focus lens for the Sony E system going for $489 with free US shipping…

Starts Mon 3pm ET (FREE stream): AlphaUniverse with Colby Brown on Photography Websites

Streaming action, free to watch of course, Alpha Universe will be live-streaming starting at 12pm pacific (3pm eastern) on Monday 4/6/20 with Colby Brown on photography websites. The official title of the live stream is “The Anatomy of a Great Photography Website”

Me on the other hand, I will be offering a parallel tutorial, “The Postmortem of a So-So Photography Website” 😉

Photoshop and Lightroom Classes from $9 to $29 at CL

If you are looking for classes on different aspects of Photoshop and Lightroom, CreativeLIVE is running a Photoshop & LR Tutorials sale with classes ranging from $9 to $29, from many photo-teachers such as Lidnsay Adler, Matt K, Ben Willmore, Lisa Carney, and more…

Main Blog Update: Trade Show Calendar updated with 2020+

We have some rare action on the main blog! Our on-going (since 2014) Trade Show Calendar has been updated for 2020 and beyond. The COVID virus has thrown things in a loop, some shows are postponed/cancelled/TBD, others moved to the Fall of 2020, others moved to 2021 and 2022 (Photokina). Things will definitely change even more as the situation develops. Hopefully things will be under control soon!

Monday: Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 [C/N/E/L], Dr. Bag, GVM, AceBil

Monday is here in the B&H daily deals and hooray, it’s another LENS DAY! Offers good until Monday 4/6/20 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 DG HSM Art for DSLRs for $999 in Canon EF or Nikon F

+ Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 DG DN HSM Art for Mirrorless systems for $1199 in Sony E and Leica L

+ ARCO Video Dr. Bag 30 for $79

+ AceBil I-705DX Prosumer Tripod System for $100

+ GVM 800D-RGB LED Studio 3-Video Light Kit for $259

+ Goal Zero Sherpa 50 Power Pack with 110 Volt Inverter Kit for $80

+ also $18 Sennheiser earphone and $300 VocoPro wireless microphone package

UPDATE: the Adorama daily deal (changes Monday at 10am ET) is the new condition Monument Labs Personal Cloud Server with Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi for $99 with free US shipping…

UPDATE #2: one of the New Egg dailies is the new condition 128GB Team Color II microSDXC offered for $14 with up to three per customer. Sold and shipped by NewEgg herself…

Sunday: “Understanding Exposure” [4th ed, 2016] ebook by Bryan Peterson for $2

Don’t want, RUN to Amazon! Good until Sunday 4/5/20 at 11:59pm pacific time [ebooks don’t run out], you can get the 4th edition of Bryan Peterson’s “Understanding Exposure” for $2 as one of the Sunday Kindle deals of the day. The 4th edition came out in 2016 (Random House).

If you haven’t seen this book before, you can get a Kindle sample for the beginning of the book, and you can use the page for the print edition of the book to “Look Inside” which allows you to jump around a book, very helpful in trying to figure out whether this is something that might interest you. o/~ Jump, jump, jump around! o/~

20% off Overstock Gear with KEH coupon [ends Sun PM]

KEH camera fans of the world, unite and get a discount on Overstock Camera Gear until Sunday 4/5/20 at 11:59pm ET, using coupon code OVER4A entered in the shopping cart which is the ultimate decider on what qualifies for the coupons…

Exclusions apply. In this particular case, only items that are tagged in the Overstock category are eligible…

Sunday: Rokinon 14/2.8 AF (FE) for $489, MeFoto, Peak D, DraCast, LiteP, Etc

Hooray, Sunday 4/5/20 is another LENS DAY at the B&H daily deals, good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Rokinon AF 14mm f/2.8 FE for $489
+ only for the Sony FE system, and an actual Auto Focus lens!

+ open box Peak Design Everyday Messenger 13″ Version 2 for $120 in two color options

+ MeFoto BackPacker Air Travel Tripod for $49 in two color schemes

+ DraCast BoltRay LED600 Bi-Color Light for $119

+ LitePanels Brick Bi-Color On-Camera LED Light for $190

+ RucPAc Slide Camera Strap for $25 in four color schemes

+ Crown Audio Slide Camera Strap for $170 after automatic in-cart coupon

+ flash deal: Giottos Rocket Blaster Dust-Removal Tool for $10
+ Guardians of the Galaxy Rocket NOT included ^_^

UPDATE: speaking of B&H, they have launched a LIVE-Streaming from Home portal with various assorted products that can achieve this. If you wanted to dabble with a YouTube channel and such, this is a great opportunity. You never know how it goes until you try it! Sometimes when you put a camera/mic in front of someone, they transform 🙂 Try it! And if you do, please let us know in the comments 🙂

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal (changes Monday 10am ET) is the new condition Mini Gadgets HCNVMiniCube 1″ 1080p Mini Cube Camera with Night Vision going for $35…

UPDATE #2 at the Sunday Woot dailies, the main Woot has a selection of Standing Desk gear ($23 to $109), while the “Computers” sub-Woot has MSI gaming desktops for $520 to $1250…

And at the Best Buy dailies there is a light theme, an OttLite powerup desk-lamp with wireless charging for $45, and two packs of GE A19 smart bluetooth LED light bulbs and a 80″ full color smart LED light strip, all together for $100 [the page over there walks you through what to click to get them all]….

50% off CVS Photo orders (ends Sat PM)

Good until Saturday night 4/4/20, coupon code 2DAYS get you 50% off your CVS Photo photo order… Also expiring at the same time, coupon code WALL55 gets you 55% off canvas and wall decor… Same expiration, coupon WARM40 gets you 40% off photo-blankets and photo-pillows…

20% off Used Gear with BorrowLenses coupon [ends 4/8/20]

In addition to photographers renting gear from BorrowLenses, you can also purchase some of their used gear. And until 4/8/20, coupon code BUYUSED2020 gets you 20% off USED items over there. More on this offer at the BL offers page

BorrowLenses Offer: Rent 7+ Days, Get 7 Days FREE

If you have the extra time and budget to try new gear before you buy it, or you need a macro setup while you are quarantines at home, or for whatever reasons, Borrow Lenses is having a limited time promotion: rent for seven or more days, and get seven days free! You must place your order by 4/13/20 with an order delivery date by 4/17/20. Details, restrictions, etc at the promotional page

Launch Your B&M Business on eBay with 3-month No/Low Fees promotion

eBaY is running a new promotion to encourage brick and mortar business to open up an eBay store. This new promotion is for Business users, and new ones, not for existing eBay accounts. eBay is including these freebies to encourage the transition for the next three months (April 1 until June 30 in 2020):

  • FREE “Basic eBay Store” service
  • No Selling Fees (for the first 500 orders
  • access to various eBay tools

More details on how to do it and what qualifies for “eBay Business” as opposed to an eBay consumer over there…

20 classes for $20 each at C-LIVE

CreativeLIVE is back with another limited time promotion, 20 classes for $20 each. Subject matter includes portraiture, lighting, glamo(u)r, composite, video, fashion, macro, travel (well, not now), long exposure, landscape and making a DIY studio (a good idea if you have the time and energy and material and the downtime)..,

Speaking of CreativeLIVE, earlier on we posted the list of upcoming FREE to Stream classes at their ON-AIR schedule page…

REI members: 20% off Outlet Item, 20% Regular Item (ends 4/6/20)

If you are an REI member (you sign up and pay the membership fee once, not an annual membership), good until 4/6/20 at the end of day, coupon code MEMPERKS20 gets you 20% off one item at the REI Garage-Outlet and 20% off one full priced item at REI.com. Exclusions and restrictions apply as usual…

Prime Day 2020 getting delayed

According to a Reuters exclusive story, Amazon is planning to delay the 2020 Prime Day, which typically happens in June every year since 2015… [via Techmeme]…

Amazon being so sprawled globally is finding itself in the middle of all sorts of Coronavirus situations, sometimes helping deliver medicine and supplies and sometimes [allegedly] planning to smear its own warehouse worker who dared fight for the workers rights to basic human decency. [via Techmeme]…

In other Amazon action, if you are an Apple i-device user, and if you are a Prime member, you can purchase or rent Amazon Prime videos on your iPhone/iPad and pay using your Amazon payment methods. If you are not a Prime member, then you can pay for them with an Apple/iTunes in-app purchase. You can also start a Prime Video monthly subscription through iTunes. Details of all the combinations and scenarios at the Daring Fireball

Yongnuo CE Compass Professional Wireless Flash for $55

Another variant of the Woot Liquidation sale is in progress, and one of the in-stock items (as of the time of writing) is the new condition Yongnuo CE Compass Professional Wireless Flash Speedlight offered for the very specific price of $55.08. Not sure what those eight cents are for 🙂

Free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat for the calendar day for non-members. It comes with a 90-day Woot warranty. Up to three per customer at the sale price. The sale ends in about nine days (from blog posting time) or earlier if sold out [a number of Liquidation sale items do sell out]…

Saturday: 256GB Samsung EVO microSDXC for $40 [limit 3]

On the microSD cards front, I’m on the Samsung bandwagon, and if you are too, or you want to give them a try, one of the NewEgg deals of the day for Saturday 4/4/2020 is the new condition 256GB Samsung EVO microSDXC (UHS-I, U3, up to 100MB/sec, with full-size adapter) going for $40 with free shipping, sold and shipped by NewEGG itself, with up to three per customer at the sale price.

No promo code, no mail-in rebate nonsense 🙂

$50 off on select 2020 iPad PRO tablets (11″ and 12.9″ options)

We have the first notable discounts on the 2020 iPad PROs! When they were announced, the storage jumps was the usual +$100 but now we have movement on the 256GB front, dropping $50 on the 12.9-inch model, making it $1049 in the “Space Gray” at B&H Photo, while the other color being $1069, while the 128GB options remain at around $999… The 512GB is around $1279, while the 1TB is at $1449 in the “Space Gray”.

If you are interested in the 11-inch 2020 iPad PRO, the 128GB version has dropped just $10~ down to $789, but the “Space Gray” of the 256GB version is down to $849 at B&H Photo, while the other color is at $879. Further up, the 512GB is $1049 only in the “Space Gray”, while the 1TB is $1249 again only in “Space Gray”.

If you are of the Apple persuasion, B&H has a number of other Apple promotions and offerings…

And per the Fairness Doctrine (TM) we must needs mention a competitor, Google has Work from Home Router offers, both their own “Google Wifi” routers and the Nest products…

And for students of all ages learning from home, they have created a new Home Schooling portal with related products and offerings…

Fotopro X-Go Max CF Tripod w/BI-Monopod & BH for $140 [ends Sat 10am ET]

The current Adorama daily deal (ends Saturday 10am ET ~ or earlier if sold out) is the new condition Fotopro X-Go Max 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Built-In Monopod (with FPH-62Q Ball Head, max 26 lbs, 67″ max) going for $140 with free US shipping…

KEH Starter Kit #1: USED Nikon D5100 with 18-55 and Extras and 180-day warranty for $239

We have the first of three USED camera “Starter Kits” offered by KEH Camera. This one is the lowest price one as you are getting an older DSLR (released in 2011) but you are also paying a lot less for a non-entry-level tier APS-C DSLR. It is the USED Nikon D5100 Starter Kit that includes the 18-55mm DX (no VR) lens, battery, charger, 52mm UV filter, camera strap and 16GB memory card along with a 180-day warranty offered by KEH. All this for $239 plus shipping…

Optionally, the starter kits (and many other purchases at KEH) are also offered through an installment plan through Affirm. As always with these type of financing offers, be sure to read the terms and conditions before jumping in, and look at how they figure into your financial planning and such…

KEH Starter Kit #2: USED Nikon D3300 with 18-55 DX VR AF-P and Extras and 180-day warranty for $269

On the other hand, if you want a more recent DSLR body, KEH Camera is also offering a Nikon D3300 centered Starter Kit. The D3300 was released in 2014. It comes with the AF-P 18-55mm X VR lens, battery, charger, 55mm UV filter, camera strap and 16GB memory card. You also get a 180-day warranty from KEH. The price is $269 plus shipping…

Given today’s memory card prices, you may scoff at a 16GB card, but given that this is a “starter kit”, it is a great idea to include a memory card, so a potential buyer or gift recipient can start shooting out of the box without additional purchases. Then one can procure additional memory cards as needed 🙂

KEH Starter Kit #3: USED Sony a6000 with 16-50mm and Extras and 180-day warranty for $379

If you want to get started with a Sony APS-C E-system mirrorless camera kit, want to go the way of the USED, but also get a nice warranty (180 days), KEH Camera has created a Starter Kit centered on the Sony a6000 with 16-50mm for $379 plus shipping. This also includes a battery, charger, camera strap and a 16GB memory card…

NOTE: Starter kits are not eligible for coupons…

Sigma Lens Instant Savings for DSLR and Mirrorless systems (93 options)

If you are a fan of Sigma lenses, their latest round of instant savings promotion are up and running at B&H Photo until 4/30/20 as follows:

+ 73 Lenses for SLR/DSLR systems including Canon EF, Nikon F, Sigma SA and a few Pentax K and Sony A too

+ 20 Lenses for Mirrorless Systems including Sony E, M43rds, Canon EF-M and Leica L too

Apple 21.5″ iMac with Retina 4K Display (Early 2019) for $1099

If you are looking for a 2019 iMac with Retina, good until what was usually Tax Day, you can get the new condition Apple 21.5″ iMac with Retina 4K Display (Early 2019) with free US shipping by B&H Photo…

This has the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i3 Quad processor, 8GB RAM, 1TB 5400rpm, AMD Radeon Pro 555X (2GB GDDR5), with 21.5″ 4096 x 2304 IPS Retina 4K Display, Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2, 1-year warranty and such…

Pacific Image Prime Film XEs super edition Film Scanner for $379

It’s the #QuarantineLife these days and if one of your long procrastinated projects is film scanning, well, good for April 2020, B&H Photo is offering the new condition Pacific Image Prime Film XEs super edition Film Scanner for $379 with free US shipping…