Fuji Instant Savings include FREE Battery Grip with X-T3

A new round of Fuji instant savings is up and running at Adorama with a total of 26 options available, including a FREE Fuji VG-XT3 battery grip with the purchase of select Fuji X-T3 kits. Some options are bundled with free accessories as well. Some kits include a Fuji flash. And on page #2 of the offers you can find instant savings of the Fuji GFX kind (camera kits and lenses)

Pre-order the new Fuji X100V Big Sensor Primes for $1399

Big Sensor Prime fans unite and take over! Fuji has official announced their all new X100V big sensor prime with a 26mp APS-C X-Trans sensor and a new 23mm f2 Fujinon lens (glued to the camera of course). The pre-order price is $1399 and the camera is estimated to be released on March 31st in 2020…

Pre-orders are accepted at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself

Also offered for pre-order is the official Fuji case for said camera for $80…

Wedn: Zhiyun Crane 3 Lab, GVM LED, Porta Brace Hard Case, RAVPower, Sandisk, Etc

It’s getting close to the mid-week point once again and four more B&H daily deals are available for your consideration until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Zhiyun CRANE 3 LAB Handheld Stabilizer for $449

+ GVM 600S LED Ring Light for $120

+ Porta Brace Hard Case with Six 4″ Lens Cups (Gray) for $100

+ RavPower 27,000mAh Universal Power Bank with AC Outlet for $65

Meanwhile the Best Buy dailies are headlined by a $349 HP 15.6″ touchscreen Chromebook (i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB, etc)…

Of potential interest at the Woot dailies, they have the Mobile Pixels Duex Pro 12.5″ Full HD IPS USB A/Type-C Portable Dual-Screen Monitor (with kickstand) for $210 with a 1-year warranty. Meanwhile the main Woot has the Beats 3 Solo wireless headphones for $150 with 1-year warranty…

UPDATE: for those shopping at Amazon Germany, they have a Sandisk Extreme sale with their Extreme PRO SDXC (up to 170MB/sec) cards going for 12 euro (32GB) or 17 euro (64GB) or 30 euro (128GB) or 83 euro (256GB) 200 euro (512GB). The yellow SDXC (non-PRO, up to 150MB/sec) goes for 15 euro which is the price for the Extreme microSDXC card. There’s also a 500GB portable USB-C SSD going for $130…

UPDATE #2: meanwhile among the Amazon Gold Box daily deals for Wednesday 2/5/20 is a sale on RAVpower powerbanks and chargers with nine options and prices ranging from $12 to $49…

Tuesday: Sachtler Camporter Camera Bags, Etc

Tuesday is here with four more B&H daily deals but no lenses today. This lot is good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Sachtler Camporter Camera Bag for $90 in Small or $120 in Large

+ Samson Meteor Mic USB Studio Condenser Microphone for $40

+ also Lorex and truly wireless earphones

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal are Klipsch floor standing speakers for $450 (changes at 10am ET daily)…

And at Woot, they have refurbished Pixels ($80 to $150, Pixel 1 to Pixel 2XL; the 3/3XL have sold out)… And if you use the Woot app, they have a couple of PNY flash storage offers [needs the Wootapp to see/buy them]…

Then at the Best Buy daily deals, there are gift cards with tax software and a $99 11.6″ Lenovo Chromebook and such…

Speaking of computers, the Amazon USA Gold Bawx is having a sale on Kindle ereaders along with a Chromebooks and Monitors sale. Monitors and laptops are sold separately, they are not bundled. There’s also the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Android tablet (10.5″, 256GB) going for $584…

Up to 70% off on new classes at Creative LIVE (includes E-M1X, EOS R, Z6/Z7, X-T3)

On the learnings side of things, CreativeLIVE is having a sale of up to 70% off on new classes added there. Topics include Bird photography, docs, iPhone filmmaking, Lightroom CC Workflow, landscape, astro, Olympus E-M1X fast start and Olympus lenses, macro, LR, masking, HDR, retouching, Nikon Z and Canon EOS R and Fuji X-T3 fast starts, and lots more!

REI Outlet sale of 70% or more

Outdoors photography goes hand in hand with outdoor-sy shopping and if you are of that interest, the REI Outlet is having a handpicked sale offering discounts of 70% or more on the preselected sale items. Over a dozen pages of items are participating…

PS: if you are an REI member, keep in mind you only earn dividends on full price items. Outlet, sale and clearance items do not get dividends. Dividends are a profit sharing plan and profits are a lot less when you are not paying full price 🙂

Samyang 85mm f/1.4 AS IF UMC MF for $269 [Z]

The current Adorama daily deal (changes at 10am ET daily) is the new condition Samyang 85mm f/1.4 AS IF UMC manual focus lens going for $269 with free US shipping in the Nikon Z system. That’s the advertised deal. When you look at the other mount options of this lens it goes for $239 in Fuji X and Sony E and $269 in M43rds and $329 in Canon RF…

Monday: Sigma 28mm f1.4 DG Art HSM for $1099 [C/N/E], Magnus, Etc

Monday is here with a new quartet of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) and surprise-surprise it’s a LENS DAY!

+ Sigma 28mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art for $1099 in your choice of Canon EF or Nikon F or Sony E

+ Magnus REX VT-6000 2-Stage Video Tripod with Fluid Head for $399

+ GVM 520S-B Bi-Color LED 3-Panel Kit for $350

+ and some Ring thing

Meanwhile at Woot, on the bargain side of things, six refurbished “scratch and dent” name brand Chromebooks (ASUS, Acer, Lenovo, HP) are on sale ranging from $62 to $68, with a 90-day Woot warranty. Note that Google will not be offering ChromeOS updates forever. Each platform (eg a specific Celeron processor) has an expiration date. After that, no more ChromeOS updates. You can search this by laptop name at this Google Support page. Once it reaches the no-more-updates date, if you don’t feel comfortable to continue using it, you can install Linux on it or a 3rd-party Chromium OS recommended by How/To/Geek

PS: if you have an existing ChromeOS device in your hands, you can find the “end of updates” date by going to the “About ChromeOS” page, then click on “Additional Details” and “Update Schedule”. If you haven’t checked recently, check again because Google extended some Chromebooks (from what I recall)…

15% off select Lenses, 20% off select Accessories with KEH coupon (ends Wedn PM)

Good until Wednesday 2/5/20 at 11:59pm ET, coupon code SALE2A gets you discounts on select featured products at KEH Camera as follows:

+ 15% off select featured LENSES

+ 20% off select camera/photo accessories including tripods and lighting

As usual, their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies for the coupon. You can test the coupon without login/signup in their shopping cart…

Exclusions apply as usual, no Leica, no “NEW” condition, no “Used – Like New” products, no memory cards, no film, no Breakthrough branded products, no extended warranties are eligible for the coupon promotion…

Adorama Clearance Sale (3100+ options)

Adorama is running a weekend clearance sale with over 3100 options available. Too many to list here individually obviously, but you can filter them by manufacturer, product type/category, price range, review rating, refurbished, etc…

Or if you prefer a different view into the clearance sale, this clearance page has featured suggestions, items under $100, items with a 35% (or better) discount, 39 refurbished offers, and more…

20 Classes for $12 (Canon 5D IV) to $20 at C-LIVE

It’s another limited time sale at Creative LIVE, this time around twenty classes are offered between $12 to $20 each. This is digital ownership. Or if you prefer Netflix-style, their Annual Subscription/Pass has frequent promotions for $150 per year…

The $12 classes include (among others) HD-DSLR film-making, Lightroom CC for beginners, Composition, and the Canon 5D Mark IV Fast Start class with John Greengo (25 lessons with 6 hour runtime).

The $20 tier includes Portraiture, Weddings, finding your niche, making a short doc, and more…

Mag Sale: DP and OP under $5 per magazine per year

Everything this week is/was a Super Bowl sale, or a “Super” sale for short. Which brings us to the Weekend Super Sale at DiscountMAGS which is below their “standard” sale prices:

+ all mentioned below are 1-year printed subscriptions delivered to US addresses without auto-renewal

+ Digital Photo for $4.59
+ Outdoor Photographer for $4.68
+ Videomaker for $6.57
+ Digital Photo Pro for $6.81

You can sign up for up to three years at the sale price. This is good for new subscriptions, renewals of existing, or gift subscriptions for others…

Sunday: Nikon Akulon, Pelican Storm, Etc

If Sundays are not sunny, you can always ask for a refund because they are advertised as Sun Day 😉 Which brings us to a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Nikon 8×42 Aculon A211 Binocular (Black, Refurbished by Nikon USA) for $55

+ BracketTron Xtreme Grip XL Phone Holder with USB Car Charger for $10

+ Porta Brace HR-DSLR Padded Nylon Camera Harness (Black) for $30

+ Pelican iM3300 Storm Case without Foam (Olive Drab) for $120

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal (changes at 10am ET every day) is the new condition Hubsan H501S X4 FPV Brushless Quadcopter with 1080p Camera going for $129 with free US shipping…

Samyang 18mm f2.8 Autofocus FF {Sony E} for $299 (ends Fri 10am ET)

Hooray, it’s lens time at the Adorama daily deal, it’s the new condition Samyang 18mm F2.8 Auto Focus full frame lens for the Sony E system going for $299 with free US shipping. Daily deals end at 10am eastern…

Anker 19000, Tamrac, Peak Design, Etc (ends Sat PM)

FriYAY is here, January is almost over [have you began your Valentine’s Day shopping yet? ~ THRIFTY TIP: save the red from the Chinese New Year for Valentine’s], and we have a new round of B&H deals running until Saturday at 11:59pm ET as usual, but the site does not accept orders between Friday PM and Sat PM as usual…

+ Anker 19,000mAh PowerCore+ 19000 PD Portable Charger and USB Type-C Hub for $60
+ may be expensive but you are not risking your gear on lesser known brands; especially since USB-C is more powerful than microUSB

+ Tamrac Jazz Shoulder Bag 45 v2.0 (Black) for $45
+ model 50 for $20

+ Peak Design Form-Fitting Rain and Dust Cover (Black), in three sizes, from $23 to $30

+ XVenture TwistX 360 Wrist Mount for Select Action Cameras for $8

+ flash deal: JBL boombox for $270; no teasers for next flash deal;

Thursday: Olympus E-M5 II with 14-150mm f4-5.6 II lens for $699

Surprise surprise, the headliner Best Buy daily deals for Thursday 1/30/20 is a mirrorless camera! That’s right, for $699 you can get the Olympus E-M5 II body bundled with the Olympus 14-150mm f4-5.6 II lens, a “zoomy” entry-point into the M43rds system for the curious-zoomers. The lens will be included automatically by Best Buy while this promotion is running…

And if you want to literally yet digitally sift through the bargain bins, Woot is having another Bargain Bin sale with virtual bins starting at $5+ and topping at $50+…

On the other side of the pond, for a limited time, Amazon Germany is having a two-item Sony sale, the 18-105mm f4 OSS lens going for 419 euro, while the RX 100 Mark IV rawsumer going for 896 euro.

Thursday: Lexar UDMA7 Card Reader for $15, 14″ Thinkpad, Sachtler, Etc

Thursday is here and with it we have a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Lexar Professional USB 3.0 Dual-Slot Reader (UDMA 7) for $15

+ 14″ ThinkPad P43s Laptop for $1099 with free BitDefender
+ 1.8 GHz i7-8565U Quad, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, 14″ FHD 1920 x 1080 IPS, NVIDIA Quadro P520 GPU (2GB GDDR), etc

+ Sachter Campack Plus Backpack (Black) for $166

+ also Ring doorbell thing

5TB Seagate BackUp Plus External USB 3.0 HDD for $110

Good until 1/30/20 (or earlier if sold out), if red is your favorite color scheme, you can get the new condition 5TB Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 external HDD for $110 with free US shipping at B&H Photo. You can buy as many as you like. The other colors are not on sale…

Wedn: Lexar SDXC sale from 667x to 2000x

It’s another variant of the Computer Accessories Sale at the Amazon USA Gold Box good until Wednesday 1/29/20 at 11:59pm pacific (or earlier for anything that sells out). A total of 20 items are participating with prices ranging from $17 to $150. Up to three per item on offer.

Of camera and photo interest, the sale has the following memory cards:

SDXC memory cards
+ 128GB Lexar Professional SDXC (1667X, UHS-II, U3, up to 250MB/sec) for $30.59

+ 256GB of that but 1000X (up to 150MB/sec) for $39.40

+ 64GB Lexar Professional black/yellow (2000X, V90, UHS-II, U3, up to 300MB/sec) for $68

+ 256GB Lexar Professional (633X, up to 95MB/sec, V30, UHS-I, U3) for $32

+ as you can see, there are all kinds of speed options available

Other Items
+ 64GB Lexar microSDXC (1800X, V90, UHS-II) for $30.57

+ Lexar Multi-Card 25-in-1 card reader for $17

+ also keyboards, mice, headsets, etc

10% off many Canon and Nikon items with KEH coupon [ends Thur PM]

CaNikon fans unite and take over! Good until Thursday 1/30/20 at 11:59pm ET, coupon code CN1A gets you 10% off Canon and Nikon gear at the KEH Camera website. As usual, you can test the coupon in their shopping cart without the need to login or signup…

NOTE that as usual there are exclusions to the offer: NO NEW condition gear, NO “Used – Like New” gear, and NO “Digital Photography Starter Kits”…

Canon Lenses Extra Savings with Coupon Code (EF, RF, EF-M)

It’s coupon time of the Canon kind at Adorama! For a limited time, coupon code CA3YG4ERG gets you additional discount on select Canon EF, EF-S, RF and EF-M lenses, along with some accessories (flashes, etc). The lenses are too many to list here individually, and I can’t coupon-test every single lens, but here are some examples with the post-coupon discounts:

+ EF 70-200/2.8L IS III USM for $1619~
+ EF 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS II USM for $1619~
+ EF 24-70/2.8L IS II USM for $1439~

+ EF-M 22/2 STM for $206~

+ RF 70-200/2.8L IS USM for $2429~
+ RF 24-70/2.8L IS USM for $2069~

PS: the tilde (~) in the price is because the coupon code creates penny prices, many of them ending in .10

Wedn: Manfrotto Nitro, Pelican, Etc

It’s not a lens day but we got NITRO in the B&H daily deals for Wednesday 1/29/20 [yup, we almost ate up another month] until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Manfrotto Nitrotech N8 Head & Carbon Fiber Twin Leg Video Tripod Kit (100/75mm, Ground Spreader) for $399

+ Pelican 1770 Protector Long Case with Foam (Desert Tan) for $220

+ Angler 5×7′ Collapsible Background Kit for $140

+ also various Nuforce wireless earphones

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal (changes 10am ET) is the VIOFO A119 1440p 30fps Car Dash Cam with GPS Logger V2 (2.0″ LCD Screen) going for $70 with free US shipping…

UPDATE: storage time at the Best Buy dailies where they are offering the new condition external 10TB Western Digital USB 3.0 hard drive in the black color scheme for $160. You also get the customary Shutterfly coupon thing…

Tuesday: Computer/Monitor sale, Anker, Etc

There is action in the Amazon USA Gold BoX for Tuesday 1/28/20 as follows:

+ Computers & Monitors sale, 28 options, $64 to $1999, from Acer mostly plus Sceptre, HP, Dell, etc

+ Anker charging sale with powerbanks, cables, AC and car adapters and such
+ also under “Special Promotions” on individual product pages look for coupons and/or co-promotions

+ Zojirushi coffee gear including coffee machine, water boiler/warmer, stainless steel to-go cups, etc

+ BOSE home audio sale (four options)

+ Join the Cult of RXBAR! 24pk variety pack (a good way to try the various flavors) is 20% off with your first Subscribe and Save on this particular product. Price before discount is $41~; with the discount about $1.50 per bar, a pretty good price; you can adjust future subscribe-n-save orders at any time ~ or cancel them without contacting customer service; or freeze them; just make sure you put alerts in your calendar for future pre-scheduled orders so you can adjust/cancel them if need be;

Tuesday: GVM, Porta, Celestron, 64GB Sandisk SDXC, Etc

Tuesday is here with another round of B&H daily deals as follows:

+ GVM 50RS2L RGB 2-Light Kit for $350

+ Porta Brace PR-C3B Projector Case (Black) for $140

+ Celestron NexStar 8SE 203mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain GoTo Telescope for $849

flash deals
+ Gura Gear Small Compact Photo Module Case for Uinta Backpack for $20
+ later: Tamrac active strap

Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies you can get the new condition 64GB Sandisk Extreme PLUS SDXC card (up to 150MB/s, C10, U3, UHS-I, etc) for $20…

Advanced Photography Classes for $12 to $14 [CLIVE]

Tired of seeing “beginner” or “photography 101” type of sales? Well you are in luck because Creative LIVE is now running a limited time promotion on Advanced Photography classes ranging from $12 to $14 each.

Topics include LR workflow, FauxtoChop techniques, real world lighting, advanced portrait retouching, advanced lighting for adventure photography, advanced photo restoration, Capture One, color correction, advanced RAW processing, advanced masks and many and more…

Minolta MN12Z compact zoom (12X OIS, digital) for $90

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal (changes at 10am eastern time every day) is the new condition Minolta MN12Z compact zoom digital camera going for $90 with free shipping.

This is not an old camera from the early 2000s found in a warehouse but a new Minolta-branded camera. It has a 12x optical zoom lens with OIS, 1-year warranty, 20mp sensor, Wifi, SDXC card support, 720p video, 2.7″ LCD, etc… Did I mention this is in the purple color scheme? Sorry, no “Deep Purple” edition available 🙂

OR if you are a fan of used cameras, you can get it for $59 in “Used – Excellent’ condition over there. Not sure if the used price is coupled with the daily deal price (eg it will go up when the new condition price increases after the daily deal expires)…

Speaking of Adorama, they are currently running a BIG 4-DAY SALE with over 500 items participating. Too many obviously to list here individually, use the various filters on the left hand side over there to look for items of interest (eg by manufacturer, product type, discount percentage, price range, etc)…

Monday: Zhiyun WeeBill, 14″ Lenovo, Dracast, Etc

Never fear, Monday is here with a new quartet of B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Zhiyun WEEBILL LAB Handheld Stabilizer for Mirrorless Cameras for $299

+ Lenovo 14″ IdeaPad Flex Pro Multi-Touch 2-in-1 Laptop for $799 with FREE 1-yr BitDefender
+ 1.8 GHz i7-8550U Quad, 16GB DDR4 [nom-nom says Windows], 512GB PCIe SSD [nice!], 360° Hinge, 3840 x 2160 Multi-Touch IPS Display, etc

+ DraCast S-Series Plus Bi-Color LED500 Panel with NP-F Battery plates for $129

+ Anton Bauer Digital 190 V-Mount Battery (14.4V, 190 Wh) for $300~

KEH Flash Coupon Offer: 12% off Cameras and Lenses [ends Mon PM]

This is just a 16-hour coupon deal! Coupon code DEAL1A gets you 12% off lenses and cameras at KEH Camera until Monday 1/27/20 at 11:59pm eastern time. The promotion started at 8am eastern. You can test the coupon in the shopping cart without login/signup…

Exclusions apply, no Leica branded products, no NEW condition and no “Used – Like New”. Their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies…

Fastest VPN for $20 [lifetime, 5 simultaneous devices]

Stacksocial is having yet another round of promotions and among them is a discount on the Fastest VPN service. You pay $20 and get lifetime access with up to five simultaneous devices. It supports all kinds of OSes (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, etc] and device types [routers, Roku, etc]. You must redeem within 30 days of purchase. Returns can be made for store credit within 15 days of purchase. It says they are based in the Cayman Islands, so you can feel like a billionaire 😉 It averages 4 and change out of 5 based on 1700+ ratings at Stacksocial…

20% off many items at Amazon Warehouse Deals (USA)

IF you feel like deal-fishing, Amazon USA Warehouse Deals is currently running a 20% off shopping cart discount on over 20,000 items that are sold by Warehouse Deals itself [not 3rd-party sellers]. Eligible items mention this offer in the detailed listings and the shopping cart will automatically discount it if eligible. No coupon is needed.

You can dig into the sub-categories over there, or search for your brands or product types of interest using the search box in those pages that is specific to the promotional items. Or you can use our pre-filled searches for DSLRs and camera and photography and lenses and such…

Happy deal fishing! Or phishin 😉