Nikon D3500 with 18-55 DX VR and 70-300 DX non-VR and Various Extras for $447

If you don’t want to deal with the madness of the holiday shopping season and chasing black friday deals and such, and you want a Nikon APS-C DSLR starter kit with extras, then for $447 you can get the Nikon D3500 2-lens kit with freebies at B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon itself. The two lenses are the 18-55mm DX VR AF-P and the 70-300mm f4.5-6.3G DX AF-P non-VR. Also included is a Nikon camera bag with a free online course.

From there on, Adorama and B&H include additional freebies. At B&H you get a 32GB Sandisk Extreme SDXC and the Paintshop PRO 2020 Ultimate software (on DVD with a download card)… At Adorama a 16GB Lexar II SDHC card, a USB card reader and a cleaning kit… Optionally at Adorama when you click on the “Create Your Bundle and save up to $200” you can add the Nikon 18-140mm f3.5-5.6G DX VR lens with extras for +$297…

November 6, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: ,

KEH offer: 12% off DSLRs, 10-15% off Lenses (ends Thur PM)

KEH Camera is back with another limited time coupon promotion. This offer runs for two days, until Thursday 11/17/19 at 11:59pm eastern time. This is a multi-option offer. Using coupon code SLR11A at checkout you get a discount depending on the product type:

+ 12% off DSLR bodies
+ 10% to 15% off Lenses
+ more details at the offer page

Exclusions apply as usual. No “NEW” condition products, no “Used – Like New”, no Leica-branded products and no Medium format lenses. As usual, their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what’s eligible for what…

November 6, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals Tagged With: , , ,

Wedn: Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 Di XR SP [C/N] for $369

It’s “The Return of the Lenses” playing at the B&H daily deals movie theater and Canon and Nikon (and mount adapter) photographers have a chance until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) to grab the new condition Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di SP for $369 with free US shipping. Note that this is not a stabilizer (VC) lens.

The other three daily deals:

+ InterFit S1N AC/DC HSS TTL Monolight with FREE TTL remote (Canon or Nikon or Sony) for $380
+ AC/DC vinyl records and t-shirts NOT included

+ LenOvo 13.3″ IdeaPad 730S Laptop for $599
+ Core i7-8565U Quad, 16GB LPDDR3, 512GB PCIe SSD, 13.3″ 1920 x 1080 IPS, Intel UHD Graphics 615, etc

+ various CoreSWX charger options, $570 to $1400

November 6, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, tamron Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday: Case Logic, Sony AtomX, Etc

Tuesday is upon us with a new 4-pack of semi on-topic B&H daily deals until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Case Logic DSLR Compact Backpack (Indigo color scheme) for $20

+ Sony AtomX SSDmini (1TB) for $240
+ Atom Ant not included!

+ InFocus IN134 4000-Lumen XGA DLP Projector for $279

+ AzDen WLX-PRO+i VHF Camera-Mount Wireless Omni Lavalier Microphone System for Smartphones (169 & 170 MHz) for $109

UPDATE: meanwhile in Wootlandia there’s a sale of HP printers ($21 to $86, 20 options!) under “Computers”, while the main Woot deal of the day is a sale of gaming computers and accessories (MSI, mecha keyboards, etc)…

November 4, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Monday: Manfrotto Nitro N12, Thinkpad P43s, SmallHD, Etc

A new work-week is upon us with four new B&H daily deals as follows:

+ ManFrotto Nitrotech N12 & 545B Dual-Leg Tripod System with Half Ball Adapter & Bag for $450

+ LenOvo 14″ ThinkPad P43s Laptop for $1349
+ Core i7-8565U Quad, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD, 14″ FHD 1920 x 1080 IPS,NVIDIA Quadro P520 GPU (2GB GDDR5), etc

+ SmallHD FOCUS 5″ Base HDMI On-Camera Monitor for $269~

+ Auray boom poles, $140 to $200 (various options)

November 4, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Multi-Year Magazine Subscription: 3yr Outdoor Pho for $12 total, Etc

It’s the return of the Multi-Year sale at DiscountMags for this weekend promotional period. You get the best price if you sign up for the longest offer time-period (typically 3 years) for a particular magazine. So 3-year subscriptions of the following:

+ Outdoor Photographer or Digital Photo for $12 per magazine per 3-year period

+ VideoMaker for $19 for a 3-year period

+ Digital Photo PRO for $20 for a 3-year period

These are for US addresses only, printed magazines, and are good for gifts, renewals, or brand new subscriptions…

November 3, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

Sunday: $23 Vixen, $99 Feiyu WG2, Genaray, Etc

Another Sunday is upon us and it brings us closer to Black Friday. November is here so prepare for an avalanche of Black Friday Preview sales, Early BF, Black November, and so forth. In the meantime, we have four more new B&H daily deals for Sunday 11/3/19 as follows:

+ FeiYu WG2 Water Resistant Wearable/Mountable Gimbal for Action Cams for $99

+ GenAray Ultra-Thin Bicolor 288 SMD LED On-Camera Light Deluxe Kit for $100

+ MaraNtz AVS Audio-Video Streamer All-In-One Broadcasting System for $99

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

November 3, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

10% off Nikon and Canon with KEH coupon (ends Sun PM) {excludes Mirrorless}

CaNiKoN fans, rejoice! Good until Sunday 11/3/19 at 11:59pm ET, coupon code CN11A gets you 10% off many Canon and Nikon branded gear at KEH Camera. Excluded however are Mirrorless, along with “NEW” condition items and “Used – Like New” condition items. Their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies for the coupon. You can “test” it without logging-in or creating an account…

November 2, 2019 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , , , ,

Sat: Miggo Backpack, Vello White Balance Card Sets

Good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET, B&H Photo is offering the following daily deals of potential camera and photo interest:

+ MiGGo Agua Versa Backpack 90 for $100

+ VeLLO White Balance Card Sets (Small, Medium, and Large) for $20

+ the other two are a sound mixer and a security wifi camera

November 2, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Panasonic G7 with 14-42 and 45-150 and GorillaPod and 64GB Extreme and Marantz Mic and more for $498

For a limited time only, as their latest “snapshot deal”, Adorama is offering this Panasonic G7 two-lens kit bundle for $498 with free US shipping. For that you get:

+ Panasonic G7 camera
+ Panasonic 14-42mm and 45-150mm f4-5.6 lenses
+ Joby GorillaPod 3K kit
+ 64GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC card
+ Marantz condenser microphone
+ two ProOptic UV filters (one for each lens)
+ extra 3rd-party battery from Green Extreme
+ last (and least) the obligatory cleaning kit
+ see them all at Adorama

STRATEGERY
Even if you don’t want/need everything included, these can be handy if you are making photography-related gifts this holiday season. You can gift or bundle some of the things you don’t need in other people’s gifts (eg GorillaPod, microphone, lenses, memory card). And for those silly $5 office gift swap things, generously offer them the cleaning kit 😉

November 1, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, panasonic Tagged With: , ,

Thursday: Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens for $149 (C/N/E/X/m43)

Party on Wayne! It’s lens day at the Halloween B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Mitakon Zhongyi 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens for $149 in your choice of DSLR systems (Canon EF or Nikon F) and Mirrorless systems (Fuji X, Sony E, Micro Eight Sixths)
+ NOTE: some of other mounts shown at the aforelinked individual products remain at $199 and are not participating in the sale (Pentax K, Sony A, Canon EF-M)

+ SirUI N-2204X Carbon Fiber Tripod for $200

+ Bright Tangerine Misfit Atom 4 x 5.65″/4 x 4″ Ultra Lightweight 2-Stage Clip-On Matte Box for $249
+ despite the name, there’s no Vitamin C and no orange color 😉

+ Core SWX Powerbase EDGE Battery for Blackmagic Pocket Camera 4K & 6K for $179

October 30, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

20% off UGLY and AS-IS gear with KEH Camera coupon [ends Thur PM]

If you are not a perfectionist and don’t object to used camera gear in “UGLY” condition and/or if you are fine with limitations and imperfections for gear in “AS IS” condition, KEH Camera is back with a new coupon promotion! Using coupon code GAR10A you get 20% off in camera gear in “AS IS” and “UGLY” conditions. Leica products are excluded.

Note that these two conditions do NOT get a 180-day warranty. Check the individual listings for the limitations and potential issues for products in this condition. As usual, you can test the coupon in their shopping cart without the need of logging-in or creating an account.

The promotion ends on Thursday 10/31/19 at 11:59pm ET and it is indeed a scary proposition for …perfectionists 🙂

October 30, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , ,

EU: Nikon Z6 instant savings promotion

Amazon Germany is currently having an instant savings promotion on various Nikon Z6 options. Some of the discounts happen in the shopping cart, others are reflected directly on the website. For example the Z6 with the FTZ adapter goes for 1565 euro (compared to $1700 at the Amazon Mothership). Or the body only without the adapter goes for 1450~ euro after a shopping cart discount reflected after you reach the checkout page… They also have various other kits with lenses and lenses + adapter and some memory cards mixed in too…

On the other hand, if you are a friend of used deals, the Z6 with FTZ adapter goes for 1377 euro in “Used – Good” condition by Amazon Germany’s Warehouse Deals itself…

October 29, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, nikon Tagged With: ,

Wedn: SpyderLensCal, Feiyu AK-4000, RotoLight AnoVa PRO 2, Dell 27″ UltraSharp WQHD IPS

CORRECTION: my Tardis is broken again, today is Wednesday, not Thursday!

Never fear, because Wednesday (10/30/19, Hallow’s Eve) is here with four name brand products in the B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET tonight (or earlier if sold out):

+ DataColor SpyderLensCal Autofocus Calibration Aid for $40

+ FeiYu AK4000 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer for $299

+ RotoLight Anova Pro 2 Bi-Color Standard LED Light for $995

+ DeLL UltraSharp 27 U2717D 27″ 16:9 InfinityEdge IPS Monitor for $269
+ DisplayPort + Mini-DP + HDMI Inputs, 2560 x 1440 WQHD, 1000:1 Contrast Ratio, etc

October 29, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Walgreens Photo: 40% off (or 60% off orders of $60+)

Good until 11/2/19 at 11:59pm eastern time, Walgreens Photo is running another round of weekly coupon promotions as follows:

+ 40% off Everything Photo with coupon SIXTY
+ 60% off Everything Photo orders of $60+ with the same coupon

+ 60% off Cards and Premium stationary with coupon PERFECT60
+ we are less than two months away from 2019 holiday, the time is right to start printing holiday cards!

October 29, 2019 Filed Under: photo prints Tagged With: ,

40% off everything with CL coupon

For a limited time only, coupon code EXTRA40 gets you 40% off everything at the CreativeLIVE website. This includes the monthly and yearly subscriptions along with the many and more classes they be offerin’ for sale…

October 29, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Outdoor Photographer for $4.75/yr [ends Wedn PM]

Good until Wednesday 10/29/19, as its current featured deal, Discount Mags is offering 1-year print subscriptions of Outdoor Photographer for $4.75 per year. This is for USA addresses only. No auto-renewal. You can sign up for up to three years at the sale rate. This is also good for renewals and/or gift subscriptions for others…

NOTE for renewals: some magazines have limits on how many years one can be signed up going forward, so if you are already on a multi-year sub going forward, you may want to check with them before you pile on more years.

October 29, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With:

YMMV: 10% eBay Bucks (ends Wedn PM)

If you are participating in the eBay rewards program, 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 have until Wednesday 10/30/19 at 11:59pm ET to earn 10% on eligible purchases. Their rewards program is free to join.

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

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

October 29, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: 128GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC for $18

If you are a fan of PNY memory cards, good for 10/29/19, among the Best Buy daily deals you can find the new condition 128GB PNY Elite Performance SDXC UHS-I memory card going for $18 with up to ten per customer at the sale price…

PS: for pourover coffee fans, also part of the daily deals is a Kitchen Aid gooseneck electric kettle with a built-in thermometer (no temperature control though) for $50. You can adjust the flow rate however.

October 29, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

Tuesday: Porta Brace HIP 3-Lens Case for $70

And we are baaaack starting with the Tuesday October 29 (2019) 4-pack of B&H daily deals. Of those, two are audio, one is a dashcam and there’s one “proper” camera-n-photo item, the Porta Brace HIP-3LENS Hip-Pack Lens Case in the black color scheme going for $70~ with free US shipping. Ends at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out)…

October 29, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Friday: Aura 9.7″ digiframe, HP DJ 2652 AiO, Action Cam Accessories

A handful of camera-related items are participating in the Friday 10/25/19 [yes, two months until Christmas, are your gift lists complete?] Best Buy daily deals:

+ Aura Modern 9.7″ LCD digital picture frame for $250 in two different color schemes

+ HP DeskJet 2652 wireless AiO instant-ink printer for $35

+ five action camera accessories (GoPro, DigiPower, SunPak, GoPole)

October 25, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Manfrotto Nitro, LedGO BiC, Tiffen VND, SpiderPRO (ends Sat PM)

As usual, the B&H daily deals for Friday last until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out for any individual items):

+ ManFrotto Nitrotech N8 Head & Carbon Fiber Twin Leg Video Tripod Kit (100/75mm, Mid-Level Spreader) for $500

+ LedGo Bi-Color Flood Shoot-Through LED Ring Light for $119

+ TIFFEN Variable Neutral Density Filter, from 72mm to 82mm, prices from $70 to $90

+ SpiderPro Single Camera System for $79

October 25, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories, daily deals

12 classes for $12 each at CreativeLIVE including Art Wolfe

CreativeLIVE is back with another limited time offer, this one is 12 classes for $12 each, that’s almost the price of a fully loaded frappuccino these days 😉 Topics include:

+ wedding photography
+ how to shoot with your first flash
+ art of nature photography with Art Wolfe
+ volume sports photography
+ home studio, video for photographers
+ lightroom CC, photochop
+ portraiture, boudoir

October 23, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With:

Thursday: X-Rite 1Display, RotoLight AEOS, DJI Ronin-M, Etc

Never fear, Thursday is here with four name brand products in the B&H daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ X-Rite i1Display Pro for $155 after a $35 mail-in rebate
+ yes, mail-in rebates still exist, dear readers reading this in the near distant future

+ RotoLight AEOS 2-Light LED Kit for $1099

+ DJI Ronin-M 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $729
+ optionally buy the bundle with a Nanuk 940 waterproof case for $749

+ GenAray LED-6200T 144 LED Variable-Color On-Camera Light for $69

October 23, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Wedn: Vanguard VEO2, Aputure Amaran, 128GB Extreme microSD, Vello Nikon F Lenses to Sony E bodies

Wednesday is here and with it we have a new quartet of B&H Photo dailies running until 11:59pm ET today (10/23/19) or earlier if sold out:

+ Vanguard VEO 2 204AB Aluminum Tripod with Compact Ball Head (Blue, 4.4′) for $50

+ VeLLO Nikon F Lenses (select lenses only) to Sony E-Mount Camera Auto Lens Adapter (Firmware Ver. 6) for $269

+ Aputure Amaran AL-528S Daylight LED Spot Light for $99

+ Sandisk 128GB Extreme PRO UHS-II microSDXC Memory Card with USB 3.0 Adapter for $50

October 23, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Tuesday KEH Flash sale coupon: 10% off DSLRs and 20% off Accessories

Surprise (aka flash sale): KEH Camera doesn’t want to miss out on the Tuesday party, so for today only (10/22/19) until 11:59pm ET, coupon code NOW10A gets you a discount depending on the product category:

+ 10% off DSLRs (MF DSLRs also eligible)

+ 20% off Accessories

As usual, exclusions apply. NO “NEW” and no “USED – Like New” gear are eligible. Their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies for the promo code. You can “test” the coupon without having to login or create an account.

October 22, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories, dslr deals Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday (28 options): 32GB Lexar 2000x SDXC for $40, 512GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC for $160, 256GB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC for $36 [also: HDDs, NAS, SSD, Computers, Kindles, Bushnells, Etc]

And they are back at the Amazon Gold Box, it’s another variant of the Computer Sale featuring 28 products, from storage to actual computers! They are too many to link here individually, here are some potentially interesting options:

+ 32GB Lexar Professional 2000x SDHC (UHS-II, up to 300MB/sec, V90, U3, C10, Z69, A340, B794, C185) for $36~
+ okay, some of those are made-up 🙂

+ 256GB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC for $40~

+ 512GB Sandisk Extreme PRO SDXC card (UHS-I, U3, C10, up to 95MB/sec) for $160

+ 64GB Sandisk USB 2.0 flash drive for $9~

+ 1TB WD Elements portable (definitely not potable) external HDD USB 3.0 for $43
+ 1TB MyPassport instead for $48
+ 5TB WD MyPassport for $100
+ 8TB WD MyCloud EX2 Ultra NAS for $300

+ 2TB Seagate Expansion external USB 3.0 HDD for $50
+ 4TB Buffalo Station NAS with hard drives INCLUDED for $230~

+ 1TB Sandisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD for $160

+ Computers: HP Omen Gaming (i7-9700K), HP 24″ AiO Touchscreen, $290 Acer i3 Windoze
+ 27″ Acer curved monitor

+ also: gaming, headsets, networking, etc

Not part of the daily deals but these are limited time offers by Amazon itself on their latest Kindle e-reader models:

+ latest Kindle for $65 (limit two per customer); this is with Special Offers, Wifi-only, 167ppi, built-in front light [this feature was added to this generation of the entry-point Kindles]
+ optionally you can select the bundle with free 3-month Kindle Unlimited subscription (it auto-renews monthly after the first three months, so setup an alert in your calendar/task app ~ it’s cheaper to buy Kindle Unlimited as prepaids than month-to-month)
+ remember if you are a Prime member, you also have the free Prime Reading feature which usually has over 1000 e-books to read; you don’t even have to buy ebooks

+ Kindle Paperwhite for $90 (limit two per customer); this is with Special Offers, Wifi-only, 8GB on-board storage, 300ppi, built-in front light (it had been the defining feature of the Paperwhite before the Voyage/Oasis)

BUT WAIT, there’s more! Also part of the Tuesday daily deals is a Bushnell sale featuring three groups of Bushnell products, with prices ranging from $22 to $314. Yes, $22 is a Bushnell binocular, not a bag or other accessory 🙂

UPDATE: I haven’t tested every single item, but of the ones I have tested, the limit is two per customer per item at the sale price…

UPDATE #2: there’s also a tech sale at the Amazon Germany Gold Box, lots of great prices on Logitech mice and keyboards since they are typically more expensive in Europe than the US. Note that the most of the keyboards are using the QWERTZ formation, not the “normal” QWERTY. Thankfully the mice don’t have any QWERTZ vs QWERTY confusion 🙂

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

Tuesday: MicroSD sales: 256GB Sandisk for $45, 128GB G-Skill for $13

microSD cards is the theme of the day in the Tuesday 10/22/19 daily deals, starting with the Best Buy dailies offering the new condition 256GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC going for $45 with free US shipping and/or store pickup where possible…

Meanwhile on the storage front, one of the Tuesday NewEgg daily deals [now organized in a single simple page for easy skim-n-scan] is the new condition 128GB G-Skill microSDXC card, Class 10, UHS-I, U1, model FF-TSDXC128GA-U1A, going for $13 with up to three per customer, sold and shipped by NewEgg itself… While there you will also find daily deals on the Intel i9-9900K, i7 Surface Laptop, 512GB internal SSD, 17.3″ $550 HP laptop, and more…

October 22, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Luminar 3 imaging software for $29 [Mac/PC]

And now back to the land of Stacksocial where for a limited time they are offering the Luminar 3 imaging software for $29 as a digital download. This includes a lifetime access with updates included. The license covers up to two computers. It is available in Windows or Mac.

Check the terms and conditions for all the details and deadlines. Optionally you can upgrade to V4 for an additional fee. If you have any Stacksocial coupons, gift cards and store credits, don’t forget to apply them to your order if they are not applied automatically…

October 21, 2019 Filed Under: apps and software Tagged With: ,

Monday: 200GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $28 w/FS AC

Among the Monday NewEgg daily deals you can get the new condition 200GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $28 with free US shipping using promo code 93XPC72 over there. Limit up to three per customer. This is sold and shipped by NewEgg itself…

Speaking of dailies, the Woot Electronics deal of the day are the refurbished Pixel 2 smartphones, fully unlocked, in scratch and dent condition going for $170 for the Pixel 2 and $200 for the larger Pixel 2 XL. They come with a 90-day Woot warranty…

October 21, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,