Thursday: Zeiss Batis 18mm f2.8 (Sony E) for $899, Etc

Thursday is Boxing Day and unboxing day for YouTubers but also a lens day at the B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ ZEISS Batis 18mm f/2.8 Lens for Sony E for $899
+ this lens is only available in Sony E

+ Impact VC-500WLN 3-500Ws Digital Monolight with Transmitter Kit for $600

+ Porta Brace Light Pack for Litepanels Astra 1×1 (Black) for $100

+ Vello FreeWave Fusion Basic 2.4 GHz Wireless Trigger System for $28 in Canon or Nikon or Sony flavors

+ Fantom Rigs Camera Cage for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K/4K for $70

+ SmallHD FOCUS SDI Monitor Kit for $199~

+ headphone holder for $12

Flash Deals
+ 64GB Panasonic UHS-II SDXC for $80
+ technical difficulties do not show teaser

December 25, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, mirrorless deals, zeiss Tagged With: , ,

Gift Panic? Fear Not ~ Electronic Gift Cards Save The Day!

Last minute changes to your gift-giving plans? Unexpected guests arriving? You forgot your “professional graduate student” nephew is actually back from college? You forgot a gift for the mother in law? Fear not! Electronic gift cards are ready to save the day, with email delivery and/or print-and-give options! Check the available options and designs at Amazon itself and B&H Photo and Adorama…

SUPER PRO TIP: before sending an electronic gift card via email or SMS and worrying if/when they will receive it, FIRST, send an e-gift card to yourself to see whether and/or how fast it arrives. Then you can feel more confident to send to others. The minimum amount for electronic gift cards is typically very small…

December 24, 2019 Filed Under: gifts and gadgets Tagged With:

YMMV eBay Bucks: 8% or 10% on $25+ [ends Wedn PM]

IF you are participating in the eBay rewards program {it’s free to join anytime}, AND you have been invited by eBay via email or their eBay messages to participate, and you have clicked to activate the promotion for your account {you must click to activate before you earn the bonus}, you have until Wednesday 12/25/19 at 11:59pm to earn 10% on eligible purchases over $25, and 8% on purchases under $25…

Maximum rewards you can earn are $100 per transaction and $500 for the duration of this promotion. Terms, conditions and restrictions and exclusions apply as always…

For ideas on what to buy, check the latest eBay Deals and the latest Trending Deals…

PS: speaking of eBay, until 12/30/19, coupon code JUMBOSAVE gets you 15% off on many official outlet stores on eBay including Adidas (All Day I Dream About Shutter_speed), Eddie Bauer, Asics, Hoover, Reebok, etc…

December 24, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

12 Classes for $19 each at C-LIVE

The New Year Resolutions are fast approaching. If your list is going to include learning new things or learning more, then you can get a head start on your future procrastinations with this 12 classes for $19 each sale at Creative LIVE. Topics include studio lighting, wedding photography, fine-art, commercial, strobe, digital workflow, compositing [not composting however], etc…

Separately, they are running a sale for 30 classes under $30 with prices ranging from $15 to $29 and a variety of subject matter…

December 24, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Wednesday: Celestron A11 50th Annie, ReWritable Lens Cap, Cactus LVS, Magnus Tripod, Etc

Santa Claus(e) is coming to town with six new B&H daily deals until Wednesday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out). No flash deals today…

+ SenSei Squiggle Re-Writable Rear Lens Cap for Canon or Nikon for $4 each
+ yes, you read right, erasable white-board surface for wet-erase markers ~ what could go wrong? 🙂

+ Cactus LVS laser trigger for $30

+ MagNus TR-13 Travel Tripod with Dual-Action Ball Head for $60

+ CeleStron Travel Scope 70mm f/6 AZ Refractor Telescope, Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Bundle for $75

+ also iK Multimedia , Hoodman climbing rope neckstands

December 24, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

15% to 40% off on Overstock gear with KEH Coupon [ends Thur PM]

Good until Boxing Day (12/26/19) at 11:59pm ET, coupon code OVER12A gets you up to 40% off on Overstock and Clearance camera gear at KEH Camera. The discount depends on the clearance category:

+ 15% off or 20% off or 40% off
+ this time the discount is not based on a product type but rather the clearance category it got grouped in
+ regardless, their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what discount you get ~ you can test it without login/signup

December 24, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday: National Geographic Magazine for $9 [annual digital subscription]

One of the Tuesday Amazon USA Gold Box deals of the day is a sale on digital magazine subscriptions, one of which is an annual digital subscription to the National Geographic Magazine for $9, after a 28-day free trial. Note that this is an auto-renewing subscription, so it will renew automatically in the future, until or unless you cancel it.

PS: if you happen to have a print subscription, you can get the Kindle version for free if you verify your subscription through Amazon…

December 24, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines, daily deals Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: Manfrotto 502A, Yongnuo Flashes, Hoodman CFast 2.0

Tuesday is upon us with another set of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Manfrotto 502A Video Head, 546GB Tripod, and Carry Bag Bundle for $399

+ ChargeWorx Magnetic Mount Kit for $8

+ Yongnuo flashes for $50 to $113 (three options)

+ HoodMan 64GB HCFAST Steel Memory Card for $80

+ Tamrac camera bags, $25 to $40, three options

+ also Auray studio monitor stands and Blizzard LED light

December 24, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Monday: Sunpak LED 448 19″ Bi-Color Ring Light for $80

Meanwhile Sunpak has a 2-day streak now at the Best Buy daily deals, this time around they are offering the new condition Sunpak LED 448 19″ Bi-Color Ring Light for $80 with free US shipping (or store pickup or ship-to-store ~ whatever’s possible/available) until the end of day on Monday 12/23/19…

UPDATE: Speaking of dailies, the latest Adorama daily deal is the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with Signature Type Cover going for $500 (m3, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, W10 PRO, etc). Adorama daily deals rotate at around 10am eastern, not at midnight local-retailers time…

December 23, 2019 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With:

Monday: $14 Lexar 25n1 card reader, $35 Manfrotto Compact Tripod G-Tech, Lilliput, Etc

Never fear, Monday is here with a new set of B&H daily deals running until Monday 12/23/19 at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out)…

+ Lexar Multi-Card 25-in-1 USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader for $14

+ Manfrotto Compact Action Aluminum Tripod (Black) for $35

+ G-Technology hard drives, three options

+ Lilliput FS7 7″ 4K HDMI/3G-SDI Monitor with L-Series Type Plate for $169
+ no relation to Stranger Things

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Vice Camera Mount for $25

+ also Blue Snowball mic, iK smartphone rig

Flash Deals
+ Philips Voice Tracer 2500 Digital Voice Recorder for $35

December 23, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Used Print Book: “Instant: The Story of Polaroid” for $5

If you like print photography books but don’t want to pay new condition price, in “Used – Good” condition you can get the book “Instant: The Story of Polaroid” by Christopher Bonanos (2012, 192 pages, 4.5 out of 5 based on 70+ customer reviews) for $5~ by a 3rd-party seller at Amazon Warehouse Deals with free shipping from the seller (not fulfilled by Amazon, so more people get free shipping). Better conditions go for slightly more ($6~ in “Used – Very Good”)

December 22, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With: ,

Sunday: Sunpak Flexpod for $10, 63″ Travel Lite Tripod for $70

Two Sunpak tripods are featured in the Sunday Best Buy daily deals as follows:

+ Platinum Plus flexible tripod for $10

+ Travel Lite PRO Reverse Folding 63-inch tripod for $70

Meanwhile at the NewEgg daily deals they are offering the new condition 64GB Team Elite microSDXC card for $7.49, sold and shipped by NewEgg itself, with up to three per customer. These are V30, A1, U3, UHS-I, Class 10 with SD adapter, model TEAUSDX64GIV30A103…

December 22, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: ,

Last Day for FREE Next Day Delivery at B&H Photo

The clock is ticking! Today is the last day for FREE Next Day Delivery at B&H Photo. Eligible items show this on their individual listings and you will see it in the shopping cart. Or you can check by manufacturer or product category at the aforelinked page, or you can jump directly into the the search listings…

December 21, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With:

Canon 5D Mark IV now gets a FREE Canon Battery Grip at same prices ($1999 body only)

EDIT: this did not get posted a couple of days ago due to technical issues but thankfully the promotion is still running as of the time of writing…

If you are tempted by the new Canon 5D Mark IV body only price of $1999 but instead of the previously mentioned many accessory-freebies (cards, bags, cleaning kits, etc) offers you prefer a battery grip to come free with the camera, more specifically the Canon BG-E20 battery grip, then for the same price of $1990 you can get the 5D IV at B&H Photo with BG-E20 and 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC…

A parallel offer is available on the other official Canon 5D Mark IV with lenses kits…

But if you already have or don’t want a battery grip, fear not, Adorama is countering that with a FREE Flashpoint Zoom Li-On X TTL flash for the same prices. No other freebie however with the free flash.

December 21, 2019 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals Tagged With: ,

Photography Bootcamps for $19 to $29 [Creative LIVE]

Learnings of the digital kind with this latest Bootcamp offer at Creative Live. A number of photography “bootcamp” classes are on sale for $19 to $29 for a limited time only. No coupon, just add to cart and proceed to checkout while you see the sale price on their website.

“Bootcamp” topics include Wedding Photography, Portraiture, Photoshop/LR/FC/etc, Lighting, Newborn, Boudoir, Outdoors, Fine Art, beginner’s crash course, and there’s even a class for recording (heavy) metal (music)…

UPDATE: separately, they are running another limited time promotion, 30 classes for under $30 each ($15 to $29)…

December 21, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Sunday: Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC ART HSM (C/N/A/K), Manfrotto, Watson, Etc

Sunday is here and with it we have a lens day at the B&H daily deals, running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC HSM Art for $549 in your choice of Canon, Nikon, Pentax and Sony DSLR systems

+ Manfrotto Befree Live Aluminum Lever-Lock Tripod Kit with EasyLink & Case for $160
+ or with Twist Leg Legs instead for same price

+ Watson Chroma Rechargeable AA NiMH Batteries (2500mAh, 1.2V, 8-Pack, Multicolored) for $18
+ not to mention that you can color-code use of the batteries, eg red for flash, green for flashlights, etc; assuming you have enough sets to fit your needs

+ EDELKRONE SliderONE v2 for $329

+ also: Tascam portable audio recorder, InFocus projector, Polsen headphone

Flash Deals
+ now: P-125 88-Note Digital Piano with Weighted GHS Action for $450
+ later: HUBSAN H117S Zino Ultra HD 4K Quadcopter (price before sale $349)

December 21, 2019 Filed Under: Uncategorized

EU: Nikon Z and DSLR and Lenses sales [50 options]

Amazon Germany is having another Nikon gear sale featuring Z and DSLR camera bodies, along with various lenses along with a few Coolpixies as well. Lenses are all over the place, including the 20/4.5-5.6G DX VR for 225 euro and the 50/1.8G FX for 150 euro…

A total of 50 options are available, too many to list here individually…

December 20, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals, nikon Tagged With: , , ,

Canon D-Rebel T6 two lens kit with 58″ Sunpak tripod for $400

The Best Buy 12 Days of Deals (separate from their actual daily deals) have a trio of headliners, one of which is the Canon D-Rebel T6 two lens kit (with EF-S 18-55 IS II and EF 75-300mm non-USM and Canon bag; the Canon 2-lens bundle) and with a free Sunpak PlatinumPlus 5858D 58″ Tripod included by Best Buy, all together now for $400. Of special interest if you have any expiring Best Buy rewards or coupons or promotional gift cards and such…

If you don’t need the Sunpak tripod, B&H Photo is instead bundling it with a 32GB Sandisk Extreme memory card and the Luminar 4 software…

At Adorama you have a variety of additional freebies: two ProOptic 58mm filter kits (one for each lens), 16GB Sandisk Ultra SD, Corel software, extra Green Extreme Battery, and the obligatory cleaning kit…

December 20, 2019 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals Tagged With: ,

IDX, Manfrotto Backpack, Feiyu, 1TB Samsung int SSD, Etc (ends Sat PM)

No cameras or lenses in this edition of the B&H daily deals, which, as usual, lasts for 48 hours, until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but note that B&H does not accept orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM (check their website for exact times):

+ ManFrotto Advanced Active Backpack I for $45

+ IDX NP-L7S NP-Style Lithium-Ion Battery for $169

+ Samsung 1TB 860 EVO SATA III M.2 Internal SSD for $119

+ SaraMonic R-PMIC1 Supercardioid Unidirectional Condenser Microphone for $21

+ ChargeWorx Qi Wireless Charging Pad for $7
+ or buy two for $10 total

+ also Ring video doorbells and Samson wireless mics

Flash Deals
+ now: FeiYu AK2000 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer for $179
+ later: no teasers as of yet

December 20, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Polaroid Originals Onestep 2 VF Camera and Film Bundle for $80

Separate from their daily deals, Best Buy is also running a 12 Days of Deals sale, and as of the time of writing their offers include:

+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme Plus microSDXC for $20

+ Polaroid Originals Onestep 2 VF Camera and Film Bundle for $80

December 19, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras Tagged With: , , ,

Thur: Canon 77D w/18-135mm for $799, Sigma 135/1.8 for $1099, Spyder5, DJI Ronin-M, Etc

Rejoice! The Thursday B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) featured both a DSLR and a lens promotion, a rarity!

+ Canon 77D with 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS USM for $799
+ or a bundle with many accessories for $898 (Bolt VD-410 manual flash, Manfrotto Compact tripod, Lowepro BP-150 II backpack, etc, etc, etc)

+ Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM for $1099 in your choice of Canon or Nikon SLR systems

+ DataColor Spyder5ELITE Display Calibration System for $150

+ LuxLi Cello 10″ RGBAW LED Light for $229

+ DJI Ronin-M 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $699

+ Vello ShutterBoss II Timer Remote Switch for $30 in various options

+ ACER 15.6″ Aspire 5 Series Notebook for $550
+ 1.8 GHz Core i7-8565U Quad, 12GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD Graphics 620, etc

+ flash deal: GVM 50RS RGB LED Panel for $189

December 19, 2019 Filed Under: canon, daily deals, sigma Tagged With: , , , ,

Best Buy …bested on its Canon EOS R Wednesday daily deal

Sorry, but I couldn’t resist the word play! Best Buy has been …bested at its headliner daily deal for Wednesday 12/18/19. They are offering the new condition Canon EOS R full frame mirrorless camera for $1499 with a free 32GB Sandisk Ultra SD card, but as we previously mentioned B&H and Adorama are offering better memory cards (Extreme PRO with more storage) along with various other freebies (bags, etc).

All offer the Canon mount adapter since that is a Canon-blessed promotion. And they have to ~ millions of EF lenses exist but orders of magnitude less [King Stannis, The One True King of Book Westeros: “FEWER!”] RF lenses…

December 18, 2019 Filed Under: canon, daily deals Tagged With: , ,

Wedn: Kodak Printer Dock, Dracast, Camera Straps, Benro Tripods, Etc

Hump Day is here and so is the One Week Eve for Christmas [because we create new calendaring terms every week here at the NoiseFest] and a new round of B&H daily deals is upon us, running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Kodak Photo Printer Dock (USB & Wi-Fi) for $100

+ RucPac camera straps, 7 options, $25 to $50

+ DraCast S-Series Plus Bi-Color LED500 Panel with NP-F Battery Plates for $149

+ Benro A2573FS4 S4 Video Head and AL Flip Lock Legs Kit for $150
+ A5 for $170

+ Kolibri Hellfire HD Camera Drone for $25

+ also: TP-Link smart home wifi system and Auray mic filter and stand

Flash Deals
+ now: Xperia Ear Duo True Wireless Earphones for $80
+ later: Manfrotto Befree GT Travel Carbon Fiber Tripod with 496 Ball Head for Sony A series cameras (price before sale $380)

December 18, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Free Next Day Delivery arrives at B&H with thousands of products

The day you have all (procrastinators) being waiting / procrastinating for has arrived! B&H Photo has now launched their Free Next Day Delivery promotion with thousands of products eligible. Eligible items mention this promotion on their individual product page (in addition to the listings above), and you can see this when you proceed to the shipping section of the shopping cart.

The free next day delivery ends on Sunday 12/22/19 with the usual caveat that B&H does not accept orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM, so plan your purchases accordingly…

Unlike Amazon, you don’t have to be a member to get free next-day-delivery with this promotion B&H. All eligible US addresses get this promotion. Check their website and shopping cart if you are not certain whether your address qualifies…

December 17, 2019 Filed Under: shopping news Tagged With:

Sachtler Ace XL Tripod System with CF Legs and Mid-Level Spreader for $800

The new condition Sachtler Ace XL Tripod System with CF Legs and Mid-Level Spreader is on sale for $800 for a limited time as the current Adorama daily deal. These typically cycle through at 10am eastern, they don’t follow the typical calendar day cycle of daily deals…

December 17, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: 36 exposures of Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400 Color Negative Film for $10

Film fans, you have a daily deal too and you don’t have to look under your chair, you just have to look at the Woot Electronics deal of the day, it is the Fujifilm Fujicolor Superia X-TRA 400 Color Negative Film (35mm Roll Film, 36 Exposures, 3-Pack) for $10 with free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat. Limit up to ten 3-packs per customer. They come with a 90-day Woot warranty…

Tuesday in the Amazon USA Gold Box includes the Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop (Ryzen 5 2500U, Radeon RX 560X Graphics, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 15.6″ IPS) for $485, while the latest Fire HD 10-inch goes for $120…

Speaking of Amazon, strategically, the time is right if you want to start a 30-Day Free Prime Trial, so you can get your holiday season purchases a lot faster. Amazon does not object to this because they know that statistically a high percentage of free trials convert to multi-year paying memberships…

December 17, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, fuji Tagged With:

Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine DS lens for $499 [Canon EF]

It’s a lens day at the Adorama daily deal where they are offering the new condition Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine DS Lens for $499 in the Canon EF system. The other options are not participating in the sale, only the EF option…

December 16, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday: Canon XA11, XA15 camcorders, Photographer Gloves, PortaBrace, Sony AtomX, Etc

Never fear, Tuesday is here with a new round of B&H daily deals until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) ~ plus the limited-time flash deals… It’s not a lens day, but it’s a camcorder day!

+ Canon XA11 Compact Full HD Camcorder with HDMI and Composite Output for $999
+ XA15 with SDI too for $1499

+ RucPac Professional Tech Gloves for Photographers for $20 in two size options

+ PortaBrace cases, $142 to $250
+ PortaBrace lens cups for $20

+ DraCast LED1000 Kala Bi-Color LED Panel for $249

+ Sony AtomX SSDmini from $150 (500GB) to $449 (2TB)

+ CoreSWX Powerbase EDGE Battery for $239 to $279 (two options)

Flash Deals
+ now: JBL 306P MkII – Powered 6.5″ Two-Way Studio Monitor for $add_to_cart
+ later: Manfrotto MVH500A Fluid Drag Video Head with MVT502AM Tripod and Carry Bag (price before sale $307)

For lots more action, check their Holiday shopping deals…

December 16, 2019 Filed Under: canon, daily deals Tagged With:

Olympus Instant Savings end tonight

The various Olympus camera and lenses instant savings are ending tonight, so be sure to check them out if interested in any of their gear. Check Adorama and B^H Photo and Amazon and of course Get Olympus (the official Olympus USA online store) for all the offerings…

December 16, 2019 Filed Under: olympus

Monday: 512GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $64 [EU: Sony E-system sale]

The Monday Amazon USA Gold Box includes yet another variant of the computer sale and of potential interest they have:

+ 512GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $64

+ 5TB WD MyPassport portable external USB 3.0 HDD for $90
+ other HDD/NAS options from WD, Toshiba, Synology, etc

+ flash drives from Sandisk including a 10-pack of 128GB Ultra Flair USB 3.0 for $150

+ networking gear from TP-Link, ARRIS, D-Link, LinkSys, etc

+ limit one of each per customer; offer ends Tuesday at 3am eastern (or earlier for anything that sells out)

UPDATE: on Monday in the German time zone, it’s a very busy day at the Amazon Germany Gold Box and among the offers:

+ Sony cameras and lenses with A-series full frame E-system cameras, RX-series, and a mix of primes and zooms of the E-system including some Zeiss Zeiss Baby. There’s also a battery grip (VG-C3EM for 249 euro) and a camcorder. A total of 21 options, too many to list here individually..

While at Amazon GErmany there’s also another Amazon Basics sale with cables galore along with this AB Camera Shoulder Bag down to 15.50 euro (up to three per customer; averages 4.1 out of 5 based on 38 customer ratings at Amazon Chermany, while at the Amazon Mothership it averages 4.1 out of 5 based on 260+ ratings)…

PS: note that Amazon has been experimenting with showing the average for “ratings”, not always “reviews”. Ratings are everyone who rates a product, whether they write a review or not. In theory the review score is better but judging by the many 1-word/1-sentence reviews (or the nonsensical text of the review), mayhaps the difference between review and rating average is not by much…

December 16, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With: ,