Trigger Warning for Olympus Fans for this new episode of “Cheaters!” 🙂
The Panasonic S1 body only full frame mirrorless camera is now down to $1998 with free US shipping at B&H Photo and you also get a Filmmaker V-Log Upgrade software key for FREE…
In-Stock Now: Nikon 120-300mm f2.8E FL ED SR VR AF-S
For the price of an old used Honda Civic you can instead get a brand new lens that will take you places photographically! The new Nikon 120-300mm f2.8E FL ED SR VR AF-S is now in-stock and ready to ship at its starting price of $9497 with free US shipping at B&H Photo…
PS: speaking of B&H, they are having a sale on LaCie External Drives until 5/29/20…
Samyang 8mm f3.5 HD fisheye with removable hood for $189 [C]
Canon shooters, your fisheye time has arrived! For a limited time, B&H Photo is offering the Canon EF version of the Samyang 8mm f3.5 HD lens with removable hood for $189 with free US shipping…
PS: Drinking Game (with Water) for this 80 minute Creative LIVE class: every time the instructor says “interesting”. I find it really interesting that someone can say interesting so many times in 80 minutes 🙂
12.9″ iPad PRO (2018, 256GB, Wifi-only) for $899
If you are not tempted by the 2020 iPad PROs, for a limited time, B&H Photo is having a special offer on the new condition 12.9-inch iPad PRO (2018) (256GB, Wifi-only, Space Age Gray) for $899 with free US shipping… You also get a free 1-year subscription to Apple TV+ (as with most new i-device purchases)…
Fuji XP-130 element-proof P&S with FREE floater for $100
The current Adorama daily deal good until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) is the new condition Fuji XP-130 element-proof point-n-shoot digital camera in the “Sky Blue” color scheme going for $100 with free US shipping AND a free Fuji rugged float strap included automagically by Adorama while this promotion is running…
CORRECTION: the camera name is XP-130, not XP-WP130 🙂
Memorial Day: Sigma 70-200/2.8 OS for $999 [C/N], WD RED, Samsung SSD, 64GB Sony CFast 2.0, Pelican Cases, Etc
It’s a LENS DAY, and what a lens, it’s an f2.8 pro zoom, and it’s the headliner of the Memorial Day B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET on Monday 5/25/20 [get ready, Christmas is just seven months away!] or earlier if sold out:
+ Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM Sports for $999 in Canon or Nikon
+ sorry to disappoint the Seven Foveon Fans, but the Sigma SA is NOT on sale
+ Samsung T7 portable SSDs, 4 options, discount after automatic in-cart coupon
+ WD RED and RED PRO NAS drives, 8 options, discount after automatic in-cart coupon
+ 64GB Sony CFast 2.0 with USB 3.0 card reader for $100
+ Axler Robin 05R V2 Stabilizer for $25
+ ironic name for these type of devices could have been “Jumping Jack”
+ Pelican Cases, nine options, $100 to $250
+ GenAray SpectroLED-14 Flood LED Light for $169
+ optional “buy together” bundle as well
+ flash deal: Sachtler Air-Flow Camera Backpack for $138~
+ next flash deal: Vello EZ-Flip Gel Set
UPDATE: starting at 3am ET (as usual), the NewEGG daily deals include:
+ 512GB Team microSDXC for $65
+ 3TB WD RED NAS HDD for $78
+ 128GB Team USB 3.1 flash drive for $14
+ RAM, SSD, Radeon, etc..
UPDATE #2: the headliner of the Amazon Gold Box for Memorial Day 2020 is a sale on Surface PRO X tablets with Wi-fi and 4G LTE going for $750 (128GB storage) or $850 (256GB)…
Adorama Memorial Day Sale (4700+ options)
The Memorial Day sale thing is also happening at Adorama with nearly 4800 options currently available as part of the time. I’m not sure anyone of you will be going through one by one, but you can filter them many different ways, by product category, price range, new-ness, discount percentage, manufacturer name, and more…
FotoPRO X-Go MAX CF Tripod w/BH & BI-Monopod for $140
The latest Adorama daily deal is running until Monday 5/25/20 at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out of course) and it is the new condition Fotopro X-Go Max 4-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Built-In Monopod and FPH-62Q Ball Head (26 lbs Capacity, 67″ Maximum Height) going for $140 with free US shipping and handling…
DiscountMags Memorial Weekend sale
With all the COVID-19 craziness time got “compressed” and just like that, it’s Memorial Day Weekend, and to sale-a-brate that, DiscountMags has a Memorial Weekend sale that includes three photo-related magazines, prices per print-magazine per year, for US addresses only, no auto-renewal:
+ Outdoor Photographer for $4.87/yr
+ Digital Photo PRO for $7.86/yr
+ VideoMaker for $6.65/yr [they didn’t want it to be 3 6s!]
4X Google Play Points [ends Sun PM]
If you have been eyeing any camera and photography related for-pay Google Play apps, or any other for-pay Google Play apps, if you are participating in the free to join (and you can join immediately) Google Play Points rewards program, purchases made until Sunday night 5/24/20 earn you 4X rewards points instead of the usual 1X points. There’s no coupon code to enter. If you are participating in the rewards program you will earn the extra points automagically…
Sunday: Tamrac Goblins, Lowepro Runner Backpack, Etc
If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet The Daily Deals with a new set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ Lowepro Pro Runner BP 450 AW II Backpack (Black) for $150
+ Tamrac Goblin lens pouches, ten options, $5 to $7 each
+ DraCast LED500 Pro Bi-Color LED Light with V-Mount Battery Plate for $200
+ SingTrix Party Bundle Stadium Edition Karaoke Kit for $300 after automatic in-cart coupon
+ ZIV Universal Wired and Infrared Remote Release for $16
+ SOLD OUT: Velbon Shepra tripods
Meanwhile the NewEgg Fried Eggs daily deals have some potentially interesting items:
+ DEERC DE22 drone for $160
+ 512GB Patriot EP microSDXC for $70
+ 5GB ADATA external USB 3.2 hard drive for $120
+ MagicLight Smart Light kit for $30
+ RAM, SSD, ASUS Mesh, Radeon, Etc
Elsewhere at the Best Buy dailies you can get the official Google Pixel Stand for $60, while at the Woot dailies it’s Amazon devices and HP monitors…
Saturday: Haida, GoPRO, Apple, TerraMaster, Etc
The current Adorama daily deal (changes Sunday 10am ET) is the new condition Haida 105mm NanoPro MC Circular Polarizer Filter going for $90 with free US shipping. No coupon, no rebate, a straight up sale…
At the Best Buy dailies there’s the GoPRO Travel Kit going for $30 among others…
And at NewEGG there’s the 256GB TEamGroup microsDXC going for $31, a TerraMaster RAID, and the usual tech options…
Meanwhile among the Woot daily deals there’s a MacBook PRO sale, an iPhone XS MAX sale, and a Viewsonic DLP HT projector among others…
Panasonic G7 Two Lens Kit with Extras for $598
All along the Micro Four Thirds Tower, we have a new offer! B&H Photo is offering this Panasonic G7 bundle for $598 with free US shipping. This includes the G7 camera with the 14-42 and 45-150mm lenses along with the option to triple the original 1-year warranty by filing paperwork with Panasonic [the Bureaucrats Rule the World!]
But that’s not all, you also get some free accessories included automatically in the bundle from B&H. So in total, you get:
- Panasonic G7 camera with 14-42 and 45-200 lenses
- 32GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SD card
- RJ 34 DSLR shoulder bag
- Chiaro filter
- Sensie cleaning kit
- option to triple original 1-year warranty via paperwork (PDF file on their site has the details)
Manfrotto Street Camera Backpack (camera & laptop) for $80
Do you need a camera bag for your camera gear? Or a camera bag to put inside your smaller camera bags? 🙂 Well, you are in luck because B&H Photo is having a limited time sale on the new condition Manfrotto Street Camera camera and laptop backpack for $80~ with free US shipping. This is in the nature-y looking green-gray color scheme…
1TB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC card for $260
You hate switching memory cards and want the largest available storage option in the microSD world and you are willing to pay a premium for it? Well, you’ve found the right post because B&H Photo is currently having a sale on the new condition 1TB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC card for $260 with free US shipping. This is an A2 card, with V30, U3, etc…
In-Stock Now: Canon 1D X Mark III with CFexpress bundle
Speed demon time! The Canon 1D X Mark III CFexpress bundle is now in-stock and ready to ship from B&H Photo for $6499 with free US shipping. This bundle, as the CFexpress name hints at, includes a 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO Type B Card and a Sandisk Extreme PRO CFexpress card reader. This speed-demon camera runs up to 16fps with the OVF and up to 20fps with Live View…
PS: me personally, I’m holding out for the Smartmedia bundle 🙂
Pixel 3a drops to $279, 3a XL drops to $319
Rumors of the upcoming Pixel 4a smartphone are swirling across the universe, but if you don’t want to wait, B&H Photo is having a sale on the current generation, the Pixel 3a. The standard 3a model goes for $279 in various colors, while the larger Pixel 3a XL goes for $319…
Picking a phone these days is hard if you are not predisposed to particular brands or features (eg S-Pen). Let’s not forget the Pocophone F2 PRO is coming too starting at $500!
Zhiyun-Tech WEEBILL LAB Handheld Stabilizer for $349 [Mirrorless]
On the limited time offer front, in a while-supplies-last type of a deal, B&H Photo is offering the new conditino Zhiyun-Tech WEEBILL LAB Handheld Stabilizer for Mirrorless Cameras going for $349 with free US shipping…
PS: do learn how to spell the name, it will be on our Annual Camera Gear Spelling Bee competition 😉
PS2: speaking of B&H, they have a sale on the new condition Surface PRO X tablets with up to $200 off discount [depending on sub-model]…
18 Classes for $18 each flash sale at CreativeLIVE
CreativeLIVE is back with another flash sale, 18 classes for $18 each. The price drops to $18 when you visit the individual product page of that particular class. Classes include Lightroom Classic CC, wedding photography, the art of seeing, light, lifestyle, table-top photography, outdoors, strobe lighting, Illustrator CC, and mo(i)re…
Meanwhlie at the CreativeLIVE ON-AIR, high-school/senior photography continues to be the theme, while in other topics, there are classes on branding and such…
Separately from the “ON AIR schedule”, CreativeLIVE recently launched a life-streaming channel, aka CL-TV, which has live-streams and re-runs, separate from the above ON-AIR classes. There is a weekly schedule for the live-streams, and also on-demand replays of previous recordings. This includes the actual Chase Jarvis live show…
Moultrie M4000i Trail Camera Bundle, Vanguard VEO37, LCD Hoods, Etc (ends Sat PM)
FriYAY is here and with it we have the new round of B&H daily deals, which, as usual, runs until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but, as usual, B&H does not accept orders Friday PM to Saturday PM [check their website for exact hours]:
+ Moultrie M-4000i Trail Camera Bundle with 8 single-use AA Batteries & 16GB SD Card for $70
+ Vanguard VEO 37 Shoulder Bag for $23
+ Vello LCD hoods, two screen size options, $10 each
+ CAD USB microphones, $50 to $80
+ also $12 headphone stand
+ flash deal: Mackie PA system with automatic in-cart discount
+ next flash deal: no teaser available as of the time of writing
UPDATE: at the other daily deals for Friday 5/22/20, Best Buy has a Sony audio products theme, while the Woot website has iPhones, bluetooth trackers, 21.5″ iMacs, and such…
IF you are a fan of Leica-blessed smartphone camera-lenses, and you can live without the Google Play store and apps that depend on Google’s services, the Amazon Germany Gold Box has loaded bundles of Huawei P40s with freebies…
NewEgg’s Egg Salad daily deals include the 400GB Sandisk Ultra microSD card for $57 after promo code, and the 128GB Elite Team microSD for $16. Sale items include an ASUS triangle-offense wifi system [Tex Winters NOT included], Patriot RAM, Kingdom SSD, 4TB WD RED PRO, Intel processor that was strangely submerged in a …coffee lake, and more…
Tired of your broken and unreliable memory cards? Will they blend? Among the Amazon USA Gold Box deals du jour there’s a small Magic Bullet blender for $30 [PS: DON’T put your tender memory cards in the blender ~ unless you want to ruin the blender for the hope of a viral video!!!!]
SpiderHolster SpiderPro Single Camera System v2 for $100
I hope you don’t have a fear of …spiders, because the current Adorama daily deal is the new condition SpiderHolster SpiderPro Single Camera System v2 going for $100 with free US shipping. These come with “Lifetime Limited” warranties… The daily deal ends/changes at 10am ET on Friday ~ or earlier if it manages to sell out…
60% off site-wide at CreativeLIVE: includes Camera Guides for $11 each
IF you have some classes in mind at Creative LIVE, you are in luck, they are having for a limited time a 60% of site-wide sale. No coupon needed. You see the final price on the individual product page of each class. For example John Greengo’s 24.5 hour “Fundamentals of Photography” class goes for $79, Ben Willmore’s Complete Guide to Photoshop CC for $39, etc…
And if you are a fan of camera classes, most of their Fast Start Camera Guides go for $11 each. These include most of the mid-range and above cameras, APS-C and full-frame, along with a few consumer-tier models. And it’s not just Nikon and Canon. There’s plenty of classes for Sony and Fuji and Olympus, and a few Leica and Panasonic too… Meanwhile the Canon and Nikon AutoFocus system classes go for $19 each…
Sony RX100 VA edition with Extras (SquareTrade, 32GB, Watson) for $909
Sony was doing the “New Editions” thing before Huawei (out of mordant need) made it cool with their Google Play “New Edition” smartphones. So back to Sony, their new RX100 VA edition (buffer size boost and other fixes and improvements) goes for $848~ in new condition at authorized dealers, but if you want a nice bundle with extras, for a limited time, B&H Photo is offering this VA bundle for $909. So that extra $61 gets you:
+ extra Watson-brand battery
+ 32GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SD card
+ 2-year Square Trade Spills-n-Drops warranty
On their own, the three items go for $20 + $13 + $64, so basically if you want the Square Trade warranty, you are paying less with the bundle and get the card and battery as a bonus…
PS: speaking of the RX100 cameras, they have amazing staying power for a digital camera, even defeating Leica! Despite all the newer RX100-series models, even the first generation continues to be available as a current product ($399 new, $279 used, at B&H)…
Fuji Instant Savings at Adorama (201 options)
If you are a fan of all things Fuji, another round of Fuji Instant Savings is running at Adorama, with 201 options available that are part of the X-system, their Medium Format system, and there are some fixed lens cameras too… In addition to the instant savings discount, check also the USED prices if you are a fan of used camera gear. Adorama offers a 90-day warranty of their own for used items (those in usable condition; for example, the “spare parts only” obviously do not get a 90-day warranty)…
And if you are jumping on the COVID-19 Gadgets Hype Train, Adorama is offering their new condition Green Extreme TH-100 Digital Non-contact Infrared Forehead Thermometer for $49 with free US shipping. You can also use it with your Star Trek cosplays! It’s a 2-in-1 🙂
2pk PROGrade 64GB UHS-II SDXC cards for $45 total
Did you know Pearl Jam had a song called “Don’t Call Me Lexar”? 😉 On a totally unrelated note, a 2-pack of 64GB ProGrade UHS-II SDXC memory cards is on sale for $45 with free US shipping at B&H Photo. This comes out to $22.50 per card…
15% off and 2 Free Memorial Days with new LR coupon
Lens Rentals is back with a new promotion. It’s a 15% off coupon code AND also TWO FREE DAYS if your order spans the Memorial Day weekend. All the offer details in the annotated screenshot crop below [it’s faster than typing it all in ~ and making a mistake/typo along the way!]
Thursday: Angler CatchLight, Ruggard, Peak D, Shape VCT, Etc
Thursday is here and we have a new set of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):
+ Angler CatchLight Reflector with FREE White Fabric for $100
+ Ruggard Fabric Camera Rain Cover (Black) for $28
+ open-box Peak Design Everyday Tote Bag (Charcoal) for $70
+ Shape VCT Tripod Plate for $189
+ Pelican 3rd-Generation 1910B LED Flashlight for $15
+ Polar PRO Vivid Collection ND/PL Filters for DJI Osmo Pocket Gimbal (Set of 3) for $35
UPDATE: a trio of Epson Workforce scanners are one of the Woot deals of the day, prices ranging from $470 to $550. These are factory reconditioned with a 1-year Epson warranty…
Refurbished Nikon 10-24mm f3.5-4.5G DX for $447 [ends Thur 10am ET]
Zoom-zoom Nikon APS-C photographers! The current Adorama daily deal, good until Thursday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) is the refurbished Nikon 10-24mm f3.5-4.5G DX lens for $447 with free US shipping. It comes with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty and assorted accessories (lens hood, caps, case).
Photoshop Tutorial Sale: $14 to $29 each
If you are interested in Photoshop-related learnings, for a limited time only, Creative LIVE is running a Photoshop Tutorials sale with prices ranging from $14 to $29 per class. It has a mix of basics and beyond-basics classes, general and specific Photochop topics, and there’s even a class dedicated to Adobe Camera RAW. There are multiple pages of classes, not just the first page you see there…
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