BL Rentals: 15% off most things (or 20% off select HOT NEW cameras)

BorrowLenses is having a promotion running until 4/27/20, that’s the deadline to place your order. Your order must have a designated arrival date by 5/15/20 [that’s the planned date, not the actual date]. And if your order is over $149, you get free standard UPS shipping.

The promotion is two-fold. Coupon code APRIL15 gets you 15% off camera rentals on most gear on their website…

BUT if you want to try one of the latest hot new cameras, coupon code APRILFAVES gets you 20% off their rental. The hot new cameras are:

  • Fuji X-T3
  • Sony a7 III
  • Nikon Z6
  • Canon EOS R
  • Canon 5D Mark IV
  • Nikon D850
April 20, 2020 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

New round of Sony Instant Savings (FE, APS-C, RX series)

If you are a fan of the way of Sony, there is a new Instant Savings promotion running at B&H Photo featuring a mix of full-frame and APS-C on the interchangeable lens front, and the RX-series on the fixed lens front. There are too many to list here individually, you need to hit “Load More” over there to see them all…

April 20, 2020 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , , ,

Rokinon Cine DS Six Lens Kit for $2399 [C/N/E/m43]

If you are fond of the Rokinon Cine DS lenses and you are ready to commit to them, and if you have either a Canon EF or Nikon F or Sony E or Micro Four Thirds system, these six-packs of Cine lenses are on sale for each system for $2399 at B&H Photo…

Of the six lenses, four of them at T1.5: 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85m, while the 14mm is T3.1 and the 135mm is T2.2…

April 20, 2020 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Select Outdoor Photography Classes for $14 to $29 each

Spring is in the air, and outdoor photography is calling [quarantine aside]. To sale-a-brate spring, Creative LIVE is running an Outdoor Photography sale with select classes offered for $14 to $29 each. IF you see a higher price, go to the individual class page where it may automatically drop to the sale price.

The sale includes the “Photographing America’s National Parks” class (16.5 hours) with Ian Shive for $14.

And as fate would have it, starting at 12pm eastern today, Monday 4/20/20, is the FREE-to-STREAM “The Art Of Photographing Birds” class with Frans Lanting. The class is 5 hours and seven minutes long and will repeat for about 24 hours, until about 11:45am ET on Tuesday.

PRO TIP: because the classes repeat immediately during the 24 hour cycle, barring any technical issues and such, you can easily calculate the next start times. For example:
+ 12pm ET starts, 5:07pm ET ends Monday
+ next viewing ends 10:14pm ET Monday
+ next viewing ends 3:21am ET Tue
+ next viewing ends 8:28am ET Tue
+ last partial viewing, ends 11:45am ET Tue

So let’s say you catch the first two hours when it begins at 12pm ET, and then you are busy. You can do the math above, add 2 hours to the number, and that’s when you can continue watching it. If you’ve programmed a VCR before, you have been preparing all your life for this task 🙂

April 20, 2020 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Sirui EP-224S Monopod/Tripod Hybrid Thing for $110

It’s monopod-tripod hybrid day at the Adorama daily deal, good until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out), you can get the new condition Sirui EP-224S 4 Section Multi-Function Flip Leg Lock Carbon Fiber Photo/Video Monopod-Tripod hybrid thing for $110 with free US shipping…

April 20, 2020 Filed Under: camera accessories, daily deals Tagged With: ,

Monday: Sandisk SD and microSD sale (9 options), Dell, HP, Epson

a Sandisk sale is one of the Best Buy deals du jour and it includes nine Sandisk Ultra PLUS microSD and full-size SD cards with the prices as follows:

+ full-size SD: 64GB for $15, 128GB for $25, 256GB for $45
+ $/GB winner: 256GB

+ microSDXC: 32GB for $10, 64GB for $15, 128GB for $25, 400GB for $70
+ $/GB winner: 400GB

But that’s not all, in the rest of the Best Buy daily deals they offer, among others:

+ refurb Epson Workforce ES-50 sheet-fed [memo to self: BE CAREFUL to AVOID TYPOS HERE] for $60

+ Platinum (brand name) dual USB-C 8-port hub for $50
+ these type of docking stations are all the rage these days; don’t forget you can even use them with USB-C Chromebooks too

+ DELL Inspiron Desktop for $400
+ Intel Core i3-9100, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB storage, Intel UHD 630, 6 USB ports, DVD-RW, etc
+ full model name: I3670-3438BLK-PUS
+ fear not, there’s no actual pus 😉

+ HP 17.3″ Laptop for $480
+ Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB Solid State Drive, etc

April 19, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Monday: Vanguard VEO2 GO, Bright Tangerines, ZOOM F4, Etc

It is Monday 4/20/20! And with it we have a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals as follows:

+ VanGuard VEO 2 GO 265CB with T-50 Ball Head for $130

+ Bright Tangerine Misfit Atom Pola+ Matte Box for $299
+ even though it’s a Tangerine, it is not edible and you cannot make juice out of it 😉

+ ZOOM F4 6-Input / 8-Track Multi-Track Field Recorder for $400

+ Watson Pro Cine High-Load V-Mount Battery Kit with Dual-Bay Charger for $449

April 19, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

GoPRO Hero 7 Black with two freebies for $229

If you haven’t …gone pro yet, you can Go PRO with this latest limited time offer from B&H Photo. For $229 with free US shipping you can get the new condition GoPRO HERO 7 Black bundled with two freebies by B&H: an extra GoPRO battery and an extra GoPRO head-amount kit…

UPDATE: Or if you prefer the HERO 8, you can get it for $299 with free US shipping but without the two freebies at B&H Photo…

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: other cameras Tagged With: ,

Google Pixel 4 for $500+, Pixel 4 XL for $600+

The ghosts of the Nexus phones are haunting the Pixel 4, but if you’ve read the reviews, pixel-peeped the sample pictures, and you are certain the Pixel 4* line is the one for you, for a limited time B&H Photo is having discounts on select Pixel 4 phones as follows:

+ Pixel 4: 64GB for $500, 128GB for $600

+ Pixel 4 XL: 64GB for $600, 128GB for $700

These are new condition, factory unlocked, with USA warranty. B&H includes a free case and Mint Mobile SIM card.

NOTE that the Pixel 4 phones do NOT have a headphone jack, and they do NOT have a microSD slot. But you can swim in the Google Clouds 🙂

A lot of people consider the Pixel 4 to have the most pure camera, but not all agree. For example, it is currently at #19 in the DxoMark rankings which have two of the new Honor *30* phones in the Top 5. SPOILER ALERT: the #1 in the ranking is a …LEICA 🙂

NOTE that the latest Huaweii P40* series of phones do NOT have Google Play because of the Huaweii embargo thing. If you look in the forums, there are various hacks that come and go, but come on, it’s 2020, who wants to hunt and peck hacks just so you can run basic apps on your phone?

I remember doing this ten years ago with a crappy Pandigital (?) tablet I got on sale at Radio Shaq. No way I would do this now, there are a gazillion other phones available. But that’s just me. Some people love the excitement of living on the Google Play Frontier 🙂

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: , ,

In-Stock Now: Leica M Monochrome rangefinder

In a black and white world, it’s easier to appreciate the beauty of gray, and if you are a Leica fan, you have 8295 reasons to appreciate the new condition Leica M10 Monochrom digital rangefinder, coming in-stock for $8295 with free US shipping at B&H Photo…

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: leica Tagged With: , , ,

Samsung Galaxy S20 for $800, S20+ for $1000 [with FREE 128GB microSD]

A limited time offer is running at B&H Photo on the new condition unlocked with USA warranty Samsung S20 and S20+ flagship series smartphones! And during this promotion, each one gets a free 128GB Samsung EVO Plus microSDXC card included by B&H.

The prices are as follows: the 128GB S20 goes for $800, while the 128GB S20+ (aka Plus) goes for $1000, while the 512GB of that goes for $1150.

Further down the list, and not getting the free 128GB microSD card you will find international Latin America versions of the S20 Ultra (the more expensive of this flagship trio) going for $1200. One clue as to the internationality is the “dual SIM” in the title. These come with a 1-year B&H warranty. NOTE that this has the Exynos chip, not the QualComm SnapDragon.

NOTE also that these are 5G phones, so you may accidentally intercept intergalactic planetary conversations 🙂

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: samsung, technology deals Tagged With: ,

$4.80 per Magazine per Year sale includes Digital Photo PRO, Outdoor Pho, VideoMaker

We have a very good Weekend Sale at DiscountMags, the featured print-magazines-delivered-by-mail-without-autorenewal are $4.80 each per year and that includes three photo-related titles:

+ Digital Photo PRO
+ VideoMaker
+ Outdoor Photographer

Also part of the lot are many “six degrees of separation” magazines from photography, such as PopSci, Wired, Backpacker, Bridal Guide, Vogue, Elle, sports, nature, fashion, travel, homes/gardens, etc…

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

Sunday: Bescor Light Kit, HPRC Case, Tether Battery Pack, Etc

Sunday 4/19/20 is here and we can haz a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals good until 11:50pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ BesCor Chameleon RGB Bi-Color LED 1-Light Kit for $118

+ HPRC 6400TRIB Wheeled Hard Case for Tripods with Soft Interiors Kit for $230

+ Tether Tools ONsite USB Type-C 87W PD Battery Pack for $100
+ 26,800 mAh, 87W, USB-C input and output, plus two USB-A outputs, PD, QC 3.0

+ Samson SE10T Earset Microphone with Miniature Condenser Capsule with 4 Cable Adapters (Beige) for $45

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Zeiss Batis 25mm f2 (Sony E) for $999 [ends Sun 10am ET]

It’s a LENS DAY at the Adorama daily deals good until Sunday at 10am eastern (or earlier if sold out), it is the new condition Zeiss Batis 25mm f2 lens for the Sony E system going for $999 with free US shipping…

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, zeiss Tagged With: , ,

25 Classes for $25 each at C-LIVE

Time for some more learnings and re-learnings, for a limited time, Creative LIVE is offering 25 classes for $25 each including bird and animal photography, crappy light, cinematic light, understanding light, portraiture, posing, boudoir, workflow, etc…

NOTE: the prices automatically drop to $25 when you visit the individual class product page…

April 18, 2020 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Friday: Samsung Galaxy S10e offers starting at $399 with $50 Best Buy GC with Carrier Versions

Samsung is the word of the day at the Friday 4/17/20 Best Buy daily deals where the headliner is the unlocked Samsung Galaxy A50 going for $200 with activation or $250 without activation.

But the biggest deal is a promotion on the new condition Samsung Galaxy S10e. The offers depend on whether it’s Unlocked or carrier-version and whether you activate it with purchase, or you activate it later if-and-when you want to when you receive it and whether you pay it all or use a financing plan.

Three carrier options are available, Sprint, Verizon and AT&T. These have installment plan options and one-time payment options. The Unlocked options cost $50 less if you select the activate it today. Prices start at $399 for the one-time payment carrier option for the 128GB storage model with a $50 Best Buy electronic gift card on select options.

Some of the options include a $50 Best Buy electronic gift card. Check that particular option you are interested in to see whether it gets it. It’s kinda messy to sort it out, so take a deep breath make a cup of tea and explore the options 🙂

April 17, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals, samsung Tagged With: ,

Lensbaby 5.8mm f3.5 Circular Fisheye for $160 [C/N/E/m43/X], GVM tripod, LumeCube, Etc

The Friday B&H daily deals, as usual, are good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET. Meanwhile orders placed at B&H the last few days will begin shipping on 4/20/20 as they return from the Passover holiday…

+ Lensbaby 5.8mm f/3.5 Circular Fisheye Lens for $160 in your Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony E, M43rds and Fuji X

+ GVM Carbon Fiber 4-Section Monopod with Video Fluid Head for $119

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

+ Pelican light for $18

UPDATE: the Adorama daily deal has finally changed, it is now the new condition Quasar Science Q50-X Q-LED-X Crossfade Linear LED Lamp, Single for $129. This ends on Saturday at 10am ET…

CORRECTION: I got the dates confused, I previously mentioned the E-M10 II long deal expiring on Thursday and on 4/17/20. The former is incorrect because 4/17/20 is actually a Friday. All apologies for the confusion. I am, after all, a river of confusion 🙂

April 17, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

20% off at Think Tank Photo [ends 4/30/20]

Good until 4/30/20, Think Tank Photo is offering 20% off everything on their website. No coupon is needed, the price is reflected automatically at their website while this promotion is running. They also offer free US shipping on $50+ orders and a free gift. Their shopping cart will inform you of the options and details…

April 15, 2020 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Thursday: 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC, 9.7″ NixPlay, Etc [LAST CALL for $299 E-M10 II with 14-42 R]

There is some action on the Thursday 4/16/20 Best Buy daily deals as follows:

+ 256GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $45

+ 9.7-inch NixPlay digi-frame for $230

+ 4pk Sengled Smart A19 LED multi-color starter kit for $65

+ refurb latest AirPods for $130

+ $500 HP Ryzen 5 laptop (15.6″, touchscreen, 12GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windoze)

And at the NewEgg daily deals, starting at 3am ET on Thursday is the new condition 256GB Patriot EP microSDXC for $33…

As a reminder, the Tuesday B&H dailies continue until Thursday at 11:59pm ET, while Amazon.com and Amazon Germany only offer digital products as their deals of the day.

And a last last-call, ending on Thursday at 10am ET is the Adorama daily deal that gets you the new condition Olympus E-M10 II with 14-42 R for $299 in your choice of silver or black color scheme…

April 15, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Wedn: 14TB WD external for $250, Surface 7 PRO latest model

Ooooops, I didn’t notice the expiration date, the Tuesday B&H dailies are actually running for 72 hours, not 24, so they are good until Thursday at 11:59pm ET [or earlier if sold out].

The final countdown clock is finally ticking on the Adorama Passover deal, the new condition Olympus E-M10 II with 14-42mm R for $299 in either color scheme expires on Thursday 4/16/20 at 10am ET. So it’s decision time if you are 50-50 on it…

Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies for Tax Day [which is getting outshined this year by COVID Day Every Day] they offer:

+ 14TB WD External USB 3.0 hard drive for $250
+ that’s $17.86 per TB, assuming we buy data like we buy generic groceries 🙂

+ Microsoft Surface 7 PRO tablet (latest model) for $900
+ 12.3″, 10th gen i5, 8GB, 256GB SSD, etc
+ NOT INCLUDED: Surface Pen, Surface Keyboard Cover Type thing

UPDATE: storage is also the theme in the NewEgg daily deals where they offer:

+ 3pk of 32GB Team USB 3.0 Type A tiny flash drives for $20 total
+ comes out to $6.67 per 32GB flash drive
+ up to five sets per customer

+ 5TB WD Elements external USB 3.0 hard drive for $110 after promo code 93XPH89

April 14, 2020 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday: Peak D Strap, Savage Light Kit, Etc

One of the Woot deals of the day for Tuesday 4/14/20 is a Tech Favorites sale and among the 20 items featured there are a few camera-related:

+ Peak Design Slide Lite Camera Strap SLL-AS-3 for $26

+ Savage 500 Watt LED Studio Light Kit for $90

+ Savage Seamless Background Paper – #46 Tech Green (86 in x 36 ft) for $40

+ Selfie stick with bluetooth for $8

+ Jackery Bolt 10050mAh Power Bank for $24 with built-in Lightning and micro-USB cables

April 14, 2020 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Shopping News: eBay gets new CEO from Walmart eCommerce

eBay has a brand new CEO, Ser Jaime Lannister! Okay, close but not quite. The new CEO is Jamie [not Jaime] Iannone, coming to them as COO of the Walmart e-commerce division… More on this via Techeme…

Does that mean we’ll get “People of eBay” books published? 🙂

April 14, 2020 Filed Under: shopping news Tagged With: ,

Miggo 3-in-1 Aqua Versa, Sunpak Tripod, GVM Slider [ends Thur PM]

UPDATE: OOPS, I didn’t notice the expiration date, these are 72 hour deals, not 24 hour deals…

Good until Thursday 4/16/20 Tuesday 4/14/20 at 11:59pm ET, Tax Eve 2020 [kind of] is a new trio of B&H daily deals as follows:

+ Miggo 3-in-1 Agua Versa Backpack 90 for $89
+ because X-in-1 is all the rage in bags these days 🙂

+ Sunpak 6630LX Medium-Duty Aluminum Tripod for $15

+ GVM Professional Video Carbon Fiber Motorized Camera Slider (32″) for $240

Keep in mind, orders placed at B&H will be shipped on 4/20+ when they return from the holidays…

Speaking of dailies, good until 4/17/20 at 10am ET is the Adorama daily deal for the Passover Holiday season, a bang for the buck entry into the M43rds system, the new condition Olympus E-M10 II with 14-42 R going for $299 with free US shipping in your choice of silver or black…

April 13, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

10% off on many many things w/KEH coupon [ends Tue PM]

Good until Tuesday 4/14/20 at 11:59pm eastern, coupon code SALE4A gets you 10% off on many many things at the KEH Camera website. As usual you can test the coupon in their shopping cart without login/signup, as their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies for the coupon…

Speaking of qualifies, the usual exclusions apply, no “NEW” condition, no “USED – Like New”, no Leica-branded, no FujiX branded, no SonyE branded products are eligible. Non-X and non-E Fuji and Sony products are eligible for the coupon. As I said above, in case of confusion and such, their shopping cart will decide whether you get the discount…

Since there are exclusions, the blog-post title is “many many many things” instead of a blanket 10% off sale 🙂

April 12, 2020 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , ,

Monday: LensPen, Cartoni Focus HD, Ring Light, Mic, Cases, Etc

Monday is here with a non-alcoholic six-pack of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET on Monday 4/13/20 but keep in mind all orders placed at B&H this time period will ship 4/20+ as the company is closed for the Passover Holiday:

+ LensPen DSLR PRO kit for $14

+ Cartoni Focus HD Smart Deployment System Tripod with Mid-Level Spreader for $1499
+ or for the same money you could buy 107 LensPen kits 🙂

+ Impact FRC-RLSLB Fluorescent 19″ Ring Light with Dimmer Kit for $74

+ HPRC 2400 Hard Case for DJI Mavic Pro (Red) for $80

+ Senal SCI-3212MP Small-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone with Interchangeable Capsules (Matched Pair) for $75

+ Overboard Waterproof Large Phone Case for $20 in two color options
+ these are general-use, not made for a specific phone
+ PSA: don’t throw your phone …Overboard, it is not a magical floating self-homing case 🙂

UPDATE: at the Woot daily deal, the main Woot has a big sale on Apple products (iPads, iMacs, MacBooks) ranging from $80 (iPad Mini 1st generation) to $1400 [most are refurbished, check each listing for details], and “Computers” has a refurbished 32″ curved 4K Samsung monitor for $290, and “Electronics” has a 2pk of Blink XT home security cameras for $70…

April 12, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

Starts Sun 12pm ET (FREE to Stream): 14hr “Final Cut X PRO”

The headliner of the Sunday 4/12/20 FREE-to-Stream classes starting at 12pm eastern (9am pacific time) at CreaitveLIVE ON-AIR is a 15-hour class on Final Cut X PRO with Vanessa Joy and Rob Adams…

In the meantime, the Saturday headliner good until 12pm ET on Sunday is a near 4.5 hour class on Setting Up a home photography studio by John CorniCello…

April 12, 2020 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

$15 off orders of $20+ at CreativeLIVE with Inconvenience Coupon

While CreativeLIVE is down for maintenance, they have left up and running 17 FREE-Streaming Classes…

But that’s not all; to make up for the inconvenience, they are offering coupon code HUG-AN-ENGINEER that gets you $15 off orders of $20+, running until Sunday night [it doesn’t specify day, it says “end of day tomorrow”, so if this was posted at 11pm pacific, it should mean Sunday 11:59pm pacific; but that’s just my guess…

This is a very good way to handle a planned outage. You offer the customers some alternatives to watch AND you give them a discount on future purchases!

PS: the various Bootcamp classes are on sale for $29, so this coupon should drop them to $14 [I haven’t tried it]

April 12, 2020 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Top Bootcamp Classes for $29 each: LR, Pho, Portrait, Weddings, Business, Boudoir, Newborn, Etc

IF you are looking for longer and more in-depth classes at a good price, CreativeLIVE is running a Top Bootcamp Classes sale for $29 each covering some of the major topics in photography including:

  • “Fine Art Photography: Complete Guide” (26 hours)
  • “28 Days of Portrait Photography” (58 hours)
  • “Lightroom Classic CC” (24 hours)
  • “Photoshop CC Bootcamp” (22 hours)
  • “Wedding Photography Bootcamp” (22 hours)
  • “Master the Business of Photography” (28 hours)
  • “30 Days of Wedding Photography” (39 hours)
  • “Boudoir bootcamp” (16 hours)
  • “Newborn Photography” (22 hours)
  • “Studio Systems Photography Business Bootcamp” (30 hours)
  • “Complete Wedding Photography Experience” (30 hours)

But that’s not all. Many other classes are included including Final Cut X PRO, prints, lighting, Premiere Pro CC, more portraits, weddings and photoshop, along with more general business/creative classes…

NOTE that every class has one or more chapters streaming for FREE, so you can get a general feel of the instructor(s) and the level and style of the teaching…

NOTE that CreativeLIVE is having a 3-hour maintenance between 11pm to 2am pacific time on Saturday, which translates to 2am to 5am eastern time on Sunday 4/12/20…

April 11, 2020 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Sunday: Lowepro DryZone, Vixen 50/7 Refractor, IndiPro, Etc

A new 4-pack of B&H daily deals are here until 11:59pm ET tonight (Sunday 4/12/20) as follows:

+ Lowepro DryZone 200 Backpack for $130 in a yellow-jacket color-scheme

+ IndiPro Micro-Series 98Wh Li-Ion Battery Kit with Dual Fusion Charger (V-Mount) for $450

+ Vello Universal Pop-Up Diffuser for SLR Pop-Up Flashes for $5.50

+ Vixen Optics Nature Eye 50mm f/7 Refractor AZ Telescope for $23

CONTINUING as the Adorama daily deal until 4/17/20 at 10am ET is the new condition Olympus E-M10 II with 14-42 R for $299 in your choice of black or silver. The daily deal lasts longer as a Passover Holiday deal special…

April 11, 2020 Filed Under: daily deals

25% off UGLY and AS-IS camera gear with KEH coupon [ends Sun PM]

Ugly is IN! Good until Sunday 4/12/20 at 11:59pm ET, coupon code UG4A gets you 25% off on select UGLY and AS-IS camera gear at KEH Camera, excluding Leica-branded products…

NOTE that “UGLY” products are in working order and include the KEH 180-day warranty…

NOTE also that “AS IS” products are NOT in working order (parts only, etc) and DO NOT include [obviously] a 180-day KEH warranty…

PS: if you want a trip down memory lane, for less than the price of a [tall] cup of plain coffee, you can get the Nikon Coolpix P2 for the price of $1.66 🙂

April 9, 2020 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , ,