Wednesday: Marcus VT-3000 Tripod w/FH for $90 (or w/Dolly for $122), FotorGear Wand, Etc

It’s a Trio but it doesn’t sing “Da Da Da”. It’s not a bird, nor a plane, it’s the Wednesday B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if any sells out during Hump Day):

+ Magnus VT-3000 Tripod System with Fluid Head for $90
+ or with Magnus Dolly for $122

+ FotorGear Magilight LED Light Painting Stick / Wand for $199

+ Jarv Mobile 20W Dual Wireless Charging Pad for Qi-Enabled Devices for $15
+ looking at the screen from afar this may look like something DJs use 🙂
+ no relation to DA Jarvis or Bixby

Meanwhile on the other side of the pond, among the Amazon Germany daily deals, there is a PacSafe sale featuring 14 items with prices ranging from 36 to 108 euro…

July 2, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Complete Photography Bundle for $35 [Stacksocial]

Stacksocial is offering for a limited time this $35 Complete Photography Professional Bundle that includes eight courses with a combined 250+ courses. You will find a detailed list of the classes further down the page over there. They include Wedding, Mac-related, candid moments, finding great light, perspective and some “getting started” type of classes for DSLRs and photography in general.

These are online streaming courses with lifetime access. There are deadlines on redemption. Unredeemed licenses can be returned for Stacksocial store credit within 15 days of purchases.

July 2, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

128GB Sandisk Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Type A for $17 [limit 4]

If you need USB 3.1 Type A flash storage of the compact kind and don’t want to wait for the next big Sandisk sale, at the moment, Amazon itself is offering the new condition 128GB Sandisk Ultra Fit flash drive, model SDCZ430-128G-G46, for $17 with up to four per customer at the sale price. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $25+ order (eg two of these).

I had one of these (not sure if it is this exact model) that I was using as storage for one of those small OTA Antenna budget-chinese DVR boxes and it worked without missing a beat. Problem was that the budget DVR recorded things at MPEG2, so you’d use about 4GB per hour (depending on how it was transmitted, 1080i? 720? etc?)…

PS: “Fit” is the name Sandisk uses to describes the small USB flash drives. It is a bit longer but decidedly thicker than a microSD memory card. You can even forget you have them in your laptop’s or desktop’s USB port.

July 2, 2019 Filed Under: Uncategorized

AMEX Membership Points on Amazon: $30 off on $60+ purchases

This is a YMMV promotion ~ if you are eligible it will appear in your shopping cart or follow you around as you visit various Amazon pages…

The offer is this: if you make a purchase with an American Express credit card at Amazon over $60, you will receive a $30 off discount in the shopping cart. To get this discount, you must pay at least partially for the purchase using American Express Membership Rewards points. But first, you must manually activate the offer for your account ~ eg at the aforelinked page…

You typically have an option how much to pay with AMEX Membership Rewards points, and this is good because it is not a favorable ratio. So you could pay $2 worth with the AMEX points and the rest with your credit card.

The offer works only on products sold and shipped by Amazon itself, not by 3rd-party sellers. Digital content purchases are not eligible. You can find all the terms/conditions over there…

July 2, 2019 Filed Under: financial

Tuesday: Dracast LED, 5″ SmallHD, InFocus DLP, Etc

Tuesday is here and with it we have another new quartet of B&H dailies running until 11:59pm ET today (or earlier for anything that manages to sell out ahead of its designated expiration time):

+ DraCast 728 RGBW LED Panel for $189

+ SmallHD FOCUS 5″ Base HDMI On-Camera Monitor for $279
+ bundle with NP-FZ100 for $399

+ InFocus IN2138HD 4500-Lumen Full HD DLP Projector for $499

+ Lorex DVR for $250

July 1, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Monday: Canon XF300 PRO camcorder, LEGGo, CoreSWX, 6TB LaCie

Monday is upon us with the start of another (work)week and this quartet of B&H daily offers runs until 11:59pm ET on said day (or earlier if sold out):

+ Canon XF300 Professional Camcorder for $1999

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

+ Core SJW Nano 2-Battery Kit with X2S Vertical Charger (V-Mount) for $449

+ LaCie 6TB Porsche Design USB Type-C Desktop Drive for $115

June 30, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Sunday: Sigma 100-400/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemp (C/N) for $549, AquaTech, SpyPoint, Acorn, Etc

It’s a bird, it’s a lens! Among the Sunday quartet of B&H Photo daily deals, the headliner is a Shiguma zoom lens of the CaNiKon kind:

+ Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary for $549 in Canon EF or Nikon F

+ AquaTech AxisGO Water Housing for iPhone 7 or 8 (Seashell White) for $79

+ SpyPoint LINK-DARK Cellular Trail Camera (Verizon Data Plan) for $250

+ Acorn Masterkey 25 – USB MIDI Controller for $35

June 30, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, dslr deals, sigma Tagged With: , , ,

Fri/Sat: $35 Meade bino, $80AR Lowepro PS RL150 Roller, Etc

FriYAY is here and with it we have the 48-hour long B&H daily deals good until Saturday 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out. As usual, B&H does not accept orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM because of the Sabbath, thus the 48-hour cycle instead of the 24-hour cycle.

The four offers are:

+ Lowepro PhotoStream RL 150 Roller (Black) for $80 after a $50 mail-in rebate

+ Marantz AVS Audio-Video Streamer All-In-One Broadcasting System for $120

+ Meade 10×42 RidgeWay Binocular for $35

+ Wooden Camera Hot Shoe Camera Handle for $90
+ confusing things, the hot shoe handle is NOT made of wood ^_^

June 27, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Double the Rewards with Adorama CustApp sale

For a limited time, Adorama is offering double rewards during their customer appreciation sale. This happens automatically while this promotion is running ~ no need to enter a coupon code…

June 27, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With:

Thursday: 10% off EX+ and EX used gear at KEH w/coupon

It’s Flash (no, not Flash Gordon) but a flash coupon sale running until Thursday at 11:59pm eastern time at KEH Camera. Using coupon code EXP6A you can get 10% off on camera gear in used “EX+” and “EX” conditions. “EX” of course being “excellent”.

As usual exclusions and restrictions apply, eg no Leica branded products…

June 27, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , ,

Thursday: 512GB Centon USB 3.0 Stick for $40, Acer Computers and Monitors sale

One of the Woot daily deals for Thursday is the new condition 512GB Centon Datastick PRO USB 3.0 flash drive offered for $40 with free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat calendar-day shipping. Limit up to ten units per customer at the sale price. It comes with a 5-year Centon warranty. Sale ends, as usual, at 11:59pm central time or earlier if it sells out…

Meanwhile another variant of the Computers and Accessories sale is running at the Amazon USA Gold Beaux for Thursday, the theme of today’s offerings is ACER. Products with an Acer brand that include a $240 15.6″ Chromebook (4GB RAM of course, ChromeOS is bloating too), Windows laptops and desktops and AiOs (general purpose, gaming, budget, ranging from $550 to $2000), along with a variety of computer monitors ($110 to $640) and various other computer and gaming accessories (keyboards/mice, backpacks, etc). Limit two of each item per Amazon account during this sale which ends, as usual, at 11:59pm pacific ~ or earlier for anything that manages to sell out…

Speaking of the Gold Box, as a warm up to the upcoming Prime Day 2019, Amazon is offering for Prime members only, the new condition Toshiba 43LF421U19 43-inch 1080p Smart LED TV, the Fire TV Edition, for $180 with free shipping. Limit one per customer. There’s no rush to get it, this sale lasts for four days (unless it sells out ~ but I’m guessing they wouldn’t have put it up for four days if they knew it had reasonable chances of selling out faster)…

June 27, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, technology deals Tagged With: , , ,

Thursday: Vello Timer Remote Switch, LG Q7+ BTS, Syrp Genie

Thursday brings in another quartet of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ Vello ShutterBoss II Timer Remote Switch for for $70 in seven system options

+ LG Q7+ BTS Edition (Unlocked)
+ 5.5″ FHD+, Snapdragon 450, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, microSD, BT 5.0, etc
+ North American Variant, 3-months prepaid Mint Mobile included
+ yes BTS the boy band

+ SYRP Genie Mini Panning Motion Control System for $169

PS: not a daily deal, but if you need some wireless name-brand headphones at a good price, Amazon itself is offering the new condition V-MODA CrossFade WireLess for $100 with up to three per customer. This is not a lightning deal, so expiration date/time unknown…

June 26, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

1-Year Prepaid CreativeLIVE Creator PASS for $199 after coupon

The coupon promotion is back. This time around coupon code 100VIPGIFT drops $100 off the $299 standard price of the Creative LIVE Season Pass, making it a prepaid $199 purchase for the first 12 months of your subscription.

With this, you can watch almost all the classes (present and future) Netflix-style, but once the subscription is over, you do not own any of them [unless you had previously purchased them digitally]. There are however some exceptions due to prior agreements with a few content creators: the excluded classes are listed at the Exclusions page…

Having said that, if you have a more flexible schedule, there are LOTS of classes you can watch for FREE when you follow the free limited-time showings at the ON-AIR Schedule page. This is also when brand new classes premiere as they are live-recorded at their studios in Seattle. Being in pacific time, expect classes to start at noon if you are in the Big East [now with UConn once again???] / Eastern time zone…

June 25, 2019 Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ,

Wednesday: Vanguard Sedona 43 DSLR sling for $30, 1TD WD $40, ASUS 15.6″ RoG, Etc

Hump day is here once again, as it often does every seven days and with it we can haz a new 4-pack of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Vanguard Sedona 43 DSLR Sling Bag for $30 each in three color options

+ WD 1TB Elements Portable USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $40

+ ASUS 15.6″ Republic of Gamers GL503GE Strix Scar Edition Gaming Laptop for $799
+ 2.2 GHz i7-8750H Six-Core, 8GB DDR4, 1TB FireCuda SSHD, 15.6″ 1920 x 1080 120 Hz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4GB GDDR5), etc

+ TP-Link bulbs / smart home things for $25 to $40

June 25, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Save the Date: Woot Turns 15 on July 12

Save the date for potential Woot-OFFs and other sales and giveaways. Woot is turning 15 years old on July 12 in 2019 per their latest email, so stay tuned for promotions around that date… Here’s the teaser from their email:

June 25, 2019 Filed Under: shopping news Tagged With:

Corel Aftershot PRO 3 software [digital] for $30

For a limited time, Stacksocial is offering the Corel Aftershot PRO 3 software on sale for $30 as a digital download…

PS: don’t forget to use any store credits and/or coupons you may have to drop the price further down [if eligible]… This applies to all Stacksocial offerings, not just this one…

June 25, 2019 Filed Under: apps and software Tagged With: ,

Monoprice USB Type-C to SD 4.0 Card Reader for $12 w/FS

Monoprice is having an End of Quarter sale (yes, the 2nd quarter is also over, the time is almost ripe for yet another round of “Earnings Season” and subsequent stock market “excitement”) that includes over 150 items, including…

… the Monoprice USB Type-C to SD 4.0 Card Reader for the very specific price of $12.35 with free US shipping. It averages 4.7 out of 5 based on 11 customer reviews over there…

June 25, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

Now shipping: latest X-Rite ColorChecker products

And we have an in-stock alert. The latest line-up of X-RITE Color-Checker products are now in-stock and ready to ship at the Adorama website… The two most expensive ones are eligible for an optional 12-month financing promotion ~ check their website for details…

Speaking of Adorama, their Overstock sale now numbers in the 6000+ products, so if you time to spare, you can browse and browse and browse… Or use the various filters on that page to narrow them down to your areas of interest…

June 25, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

Learnings: Photoshop and Adobe CC for $31

Stacksocial continues their semi-annual sale with this Photoshop and Adobe CC Bundle offered for $31. This digital-only product includes seven Photoshop and Adobe CC related courses with lifetime digital access. The total bundle is over 75 hours of video-instruction (over 800 individual lessons so you can do them as piece-meal as you like). Each class is described further down the page over there…

Speaking of Stacksocial, they are also offering their Video Production Bootcamp for $15. This is a 6.5 hour course…

Also for $15 you can get the Drone Aerial Photography and Videography BASICS course that runs for about two hours…

And if you are a fan of the Disconnect VPN, they are currently offering a Lifetime Membership for $49. This can be used on up to three devices (supports iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Windoze)

June 25, 2019 Filed Under: classes and tutorials Tagged With: ,

Woot Crap sale: Canon 50/1.8 STM for $74, Fuji Instax Mini 9 for $37, Etc [NOTE: NO Warranty!]

Woot is having another one of those longer-running semi-random sales. This one is called a Serious Crap sale and it runs until July 7 or earlier for any items that sell out ahead of time {they do sell-out ahead of time}. OF camera and photo interest:

+ Products of $50+ include:

++ Canon EF 50mm f1.8 STM for $74 with NO warranty and 30-day return policy

++ Peak Design 15″ Everyday Messenger Bag v1 for $149 with NO warranty and 30-day return policy

++ among others, $140 Acer One Cloudbook (Windoze, not ChromeOS)

+ the Crap under $50 sale includes the Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Instant Camera in lime-green for $37~, likewise no warranty and 30-day returns.

June 25, 2019 Filed Under: canon, fuji

Tuesday: Benro Angel Tripod, Parrot PRO, LitePanels, Etc [UPDATED]

Never fear, Tuesday is here and with it we have a new quartet of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any that sells out):

+ BenRo Aero 2 Video Travel Angel Tripod Kit for $134

+ PARrot Bebop Pro 3D Modeling Drone with 14 Megapixel Flight Camera for $549

+ LitePanels Caliber LED Light for $184

+ IzoTope Nectar Elements – Automated Vocal Production Software for Pro Audio (Download) for $14

UPDATE: at the main Woot they have refurbished Lenovo computers ranging from $180 to $370 (both desktops and laptops)…

And at the Amazon USA Gold Box they have:

+ Bushnell Engage binoculars for $134

+ Canon MF236n printer for $100

Daily deals expire at 11:59pm in the timezone of each particular retailer, eg B&H at Eastern time, Woot at Central time, Amazon USA at Pacific time. Unless an items sells out ahead of time and becomes un-orderable…

June 24, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Monday: Storage (microSD, HDD) and Laptops and Etc sale

Name-brand technology makes a comeback at the Monday 6/24/19 Amazon Gold Box deals du jour. This set is good until 11:59pm Pacific time [or earlier for anything that sells out earlier on]. You can buy up to two of each individual item per shopping cart.

We start with storage, of the microSD kind:

+ 200GB Sandisk ULTRA microSDXC (C10. A1, UHS-I) for $24

+ Sandisk Extreme microSD bundled with Sandisk USB 3.0 microSD card reader: 64GB for $23, 128GB for $30, 256GB for $54

Then we have one flash drive, the 256GB “Dual Drive” (one side USB regular size, the other microUSB) going for just under $33.

On the hard drive side of things, there’s a 3TB WD for $83, and a 6TB Seagate desktop style with two USB ports for $100.

And then there are laptops, five Windows laptops from Dell and Alienware ($335 to $1515) and one ASUS Chromebook (Flip C101PA-DS04, 10.1″, Rockchip, 4GB RAM, 32GB on-board, one USB-A and two USB-C ports , microSD slot, Google Play, 360-degree touchscreen, 1280×800, 2 lbs, etc) for $279.

But that’s not all – there’s networking gear, gaming accessories, and the Wacom One graphics tablet for $50…

June 24, 2019 Filed Under: memory cards and storage, technology deals Tagged With: , ,

$10 off any class with CreativeLIVE coupon

This week’s “Mystery” deal at Creative LIVE is a “make your own” deal type of a promotion: coupon code MM10 drops $10 off the purchase price of a class. The coupon typically expires later in the week but I’m not sure exactly when…

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

Monday: Zeikos ZE-HC36 Deluxe Medium Hard Camera Case with Extra Padding Foam for $28

Good until Monday 6/24/19 at 11:59pm central time, Woot is offering the new condition Zeikos ZE-HC36 Deluxe Medium Hard Shell Case for cameras with Extra Padding Foam for $28 with free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat calendar-day shipping for non-Prime members. Limit up to ten units per customer at the sale price. It comes with a 90-day Woot warranty.

It averages 4 out of 5 based on 700+ customer reviews at amazon.com where it has nearly 100 answered questions. There’s plenty of pictures both customer-submitted (in the Customer Reviews section) and manufacturer-submitted (product gallery and product description) over there.

June 24, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Luminar 3 Software + Training Class for $49

For a limited time, Stacksocial is offer a bundle of the Luminar 3 software (Windows or Mac) along with a Training Class, together as a bundle for $49 with digital delivery. You have lifetime access to them online. Check the terms and conditions for deadlines for registering and for refunds.

This is an AI workflow type of a software package. Because AI is buzzing like it’s the end of the world 🙂 Minimum 8GB RAM needed on your PC/Mac for this.

In addition to this, they are also having a Semi-Annual sale featuring a mix of digital and not-so-digital products.

June 23, 2019 Filed Under: apps and software Tagged With: ,

Monday: Canon XF100 HD, 4TB WD for $80, G-Tech G-Drive ($160 to $550), Westcott, LitePanels, LG, Etc

It’s a six-pack you cannot drink, it’s the Monday B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier for any that may manage to sell out ahead of time):

+ 4TB Elements Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for $80

+ G-Tech G-Drive sale, five options, from $160 (6GB) to $250 (10TB) up to $550 (12TB 2-Bay Thunderbolt 2 RAID = 2 x 6TB)

+ Canon XF100 HD Professional Camcorder for $1299
+ 1/3″ CMOS, 50M bps MPEG-2, 4:2:2, 60p/60i,30p, 24p

+ LitePanels Astra Soft Bi-Color for $949

+ Westcott 2-in-1 Boom Arm Kit with Boom Arm/Pole, Clamp, and Grip Head for $135

+ LG 27MU88-W 27″ 16:9 4K FreeSync IPS Monitor for $400
+ IPS, HDMI + DisplayPort + USB Type-C Inputs, 3840 x 2160, Static 1000:1 CR, etc

June 23, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Pre-order the all new Kindle Oasis e-reader starting at $250

Sunday is customarily a day for reading, be it newspapers, magazines, fiction or non-fiction. So the time is right to mention this, Amazon has revealed a brand new Kindle Oasis e-reader starting at $249 (Wifi-only, 8GB on-board storage, with Special Offers).

The 32GB option is +$30 only [not bad if you read manga or other data-hungry files]. To option without the Special Offers is +$20 but you can also remove them later after you start using the device [eg, if you don’t find them annoying or intrusive you can ignore them and use the $20 towards more e-books, eg “The Ruin of Kings”]…

This is available in two color schemes. Amazon also offers accessory bundles with a $30 off combined purchase discount.

NOTE that if you are buying this for someone else or you don’t want them to automatically link it to your purchasing Amazon account, you must needs click the “This is a gift…” link over there. There are multiple places during the checkout process that remind you of this [depending on which device/OS/viewport you are in].

As of the time of writing, your purchase includes a FREE 6-month prepaid Kindle Unlimited subscription. You will receive info via e-mail after Kindle order ships. It only activates if you activate it. Note that this is auto-renewing after the first six months, so leave a note in your calendar. Six months is plenty of time to read many e-books from the KU library!

June 23, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With: ,

Sunday: E-Image Tripod for $110, Etc

Sunday brings with it a new quartet of B&H Photo daily deals running until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ E-Image EK50AAM Fluid Drag Video Head and Tripod for $110

+ Google Nest Hub for $75
+ lifetime of Google Spying (TM) included for FREE ^_^

+ Dymo mobile labeler for $40

+ SE Electronics SPACE Reflection Filter for $149
+ I’m assuming this is for your spaceships 🙂

June 23, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals

Adorama Summer Sale (120 items)

Adorama is back with a Summer sale featuring a variety of products. The aforelinked page is a summary/preview, hit the blue “Show More Summer Deals” button at the bottom of the listings over there to see the 120 items currently participating in the sale… Too many obviously to list here individually…

June 22, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals

Sigma 18-35mm f2.8 DC HSM ART (Nikon only) for $574

If you are a fan of the Nikon system, Massdrop is offering the new condition Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC HSM ART lens for $574 with free US shipping and a 1-year Sigma warranty. Orders will ship in mid-July 2019 from the vendor…

June 22, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, sigma Tagged With: , ,