Black Friday Round-Up Part #2: Woot, Massdrop, Best Buy, Meh

And now to Part II of our Black Friday round-up starting with Woot, running a Best Of WOOT sale featuring a random assortment of technology, kitchen, outdoors, clothes, etc. For Friday only, Prime members can get an extra 10% off (maximum discount $20 off) if they use the official Woot app.

If you are not sure what to get, fear not, you can have the wisdom of the crowds, the Woot Best Sellers list, headlined by a $50 Kindle Paperwhite e-reader (2018, new condition, 1-yr warranty, with Ads), a 5pk of Lightning (RIP) cables for $9, phone cases, Energizer batteries and the like.

If you have a problem special interest in mechanical keyboards and audiophile products and such, Massdrop too is having its Black Friday sale with new site-busters added daily.

Against all odds, Best Buy managed to outlive most of the other electronics chain stores [the irony – in the golden age of technology, most of the electronics stores died], and they are having their Black Friday sale, with extra offers for members of their Rewards program. Somewhere in there you’ll also find their 7-hour flash sale.

Ever the trolls, the MEH website [CORRECTED LINK!!!] is selling an actual troll (!!!) as its Black Friday deal 🙂

DJI Osmo Action 3 (Standard) for $279 with $25 promo eGC

The DJI Osmo 3 action camera is offered for $279 at various retailers, but the official DJI Store at NewEgg is also bundling with it a $25 NewEgg promotional e-gift card. The promo GC will be emailed to you four days after invoice and it must needs get spent within 365 days after issue.

B&H 2-Day sale: Lighting (48o), Monitors (13o), Zoom, Pelican, Laptops, Etc

Black Fridays deals have arrived at B&H Photo! More on these later on!

NOTE that B&H has its usual Sabbath closing (4:30pm ET on Fri until 5:45pm ET on Saturday) so be sure to plan your purchases accordingly!

In the meantime we have the Friday B&H Photo dailies which, as usual, run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET:

+ Computer Monitors, 13 options, $55 to $1400

+ Lighting sale, 48 options, $20 to $1794
+ includes GVM, Lowel, NANlite, Genaray, Rotolight, Elinchrom (2nd page of deals), Impact, Angler, etc.

+ Pelican 1510SC Studio Case with Lid Organizer and Yellow Divider Set (Black) for $200
+ yellow for Nikon? 🙂

+ ZOOM H1n 2-Input / 2-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Onboard X/Y Mic for $50

+ 16.2″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max Chip (Late 2021) for $2799
+ Apple M1 Max 10-Core Chip
+ 64GB Unified RAM, 4TB SSD
+ 16.2″ 3456×2234 Liquid Retina XDR
+ 32-Core GPU, 16-Core Neural

+ Lenovo 16″ Legion PRO Gaming laptops, $1199 to $1899

+ FLASH DEAL: Benro MeFOTO RoadTrip Pro Carbon Fiber Series 1 Travel Tripod with Ball Head and Monopod for $100
+ yes, our favorite emo jedi “Ben Ro” and his emo product line “Me Foto” could not be missing out from the Black Friday festivities!

1-Year Creative Cloud Photography Plan (1TB) for $90 AC

We have a breakout deal alert, one of the headliners of the NewEgg Black Friday sale is a 1-year Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan (1TB) for $90 after using promo code BFCY2Z793 over there. On the same listing you will find deals for other Creative Cloud offers as well.

Speaking of imaging software, the Dxo OnLine Shoppe is having its own Black Friday sale with up to 50% off on their own software and the NIK Collection (I mean, it’s theirs now, but they did not create it originally).

Black Friday Round-Up Part #1: DiscountMags, CreativeLIVE, Costco, NewEgg, Stacksocial

And now let’s round-up some of the online shop offerings, so I don’t fill up the blog with hundreds of tiny posts 🙂 This year I’ll be trying this approach, small round-ups every few hours.

The DiscountMAGs website is having its Black Friday sale with VideoMaker ($11~ per year, 6 issues) being the last remaining camera and photo magazine. But they have plenty of “six degrees of separation” (tech, fashion, weddings, sports, etc). Consumer Reports stands out at $14.90 for 1-year (13 issues).

The gift of e-learning with a coupon – code FRIDAY50 drops $50 off on the 1-year Creative LIVE subscription (Netflix style), making it $99 for 1-year of unlimited access to most of their courses! Note that offline access is only available on their iOS app.

Stacksocial is having their Black FRiday sale as well, and their headliner is a 1-year Costco Gold Star membership for $60. This includes a $40 digital Costco Shop card, making it a $20 assuming you’ll use the Costco Shop card. Detailed terms and conditions over there!

Speaking of Costco, their Black Friday deals consists of 951 options! Some offers are Members-Only, others are open to all shoppers. Details on each offer over there. They have two camera and photo options, a GOPRO 11 bundle for $280 and an Ascend Aeronautics drone (2 stars on 8 ratings) for $70.

I love the NewEgg website. The bigger the sale, the bigger the font they use. In this case, there is a color explosion with a giant “Black Friday” in the middle 🙂

Their Black Friday sale consists of 3040 products, which I will be listing one by one below 😉

Extra 10% off on refurbished and open-box Pentax and Ricoh

Happy Black Friday Eve y’all!

We start the party with Pentax-Ricoh! The official Ricoh online store is having a black Friday sale until 11/27/23 (or earlier if sold out), you get an extra 10% off on refurbished and open-box products. This includes APS-C, full frame and 645 Pentax cameras along with Ricoh fixed lens cameras. There’s also Pentax lenses and (zooms and primes) and binoculars. Too many to list here individually.

Thursday: Insta360 GO3 Action-Cam, DJI Mini 3 Fly More, Zhiyun Crane 2S, Nomatic McKinnon Bag System, SmallRiG camera batteries, Flashpoint, Ryzen, Etc

Happy Thanksgiving, aka Black Friday Eve 🙂 As usual, please note that B&H starts their Black Friday offers on Thanksgiving evening, as they will be closed at sundown on Friday – as usual.

Speaking of which, B&H has already launched Black Friday pricing on Cameras & Lenses and they are also running their Holiday head start sale.

And now to the Thursday B&H Photo daily deals:

+ SmallRig camera batteries, 10 options, for cameras and V-mount too, prices range from $26 to $219

+ Nomatic McKinnon 35L Ultimate Travel Camera Bundle Pack (Black) for $349
+ this is not just a camera bag, it’s a BAG SYSTEM!
+ includes memory card and battery cases

+ Laptops: Acer for $550, ASUS for $899

+ DJI Mini 3 Drone with RC Remote and Protection Kit (Fly More Combo) for $700
+ come fly our friendly skies!

+ Zhiyun CRANE 2S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for $200 with FREE Zhiyun TransMount Multifunctional Camera Belt (Medium)

+ also RODE mic and BOSE headphones

+ FLASH DEAL: INSTA360 GO 3 Action Camera (64GB) for $320

FOUR items we find at the Thursday Adorama dailies:

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 600 R2 Manual HSS Battery-Powered All-In-One Outdoor Flash for $349

+ Sachtler aktiv10 Sideload Fluid Head System with flowtech100 Tripod & Ground Spreader for $4275
+ or you can buy 427 Ritz/Wolf camera tripods 😉

+ ASUS ROG Strix XG49VQ 49″ 32:9 Super Ultra-Wide 144Hz Curved VA HDR LCD Gaming Monitor with Adaptive-Sync/FreeSync & Built-In Speakers for $700

+ return of the previously mentioned HP laptop + headset for $179

LOL – getting into the spirit of the Thanksgiving Dinner, the Creative LIVE On-Air headliner is a table manners class (just 30 minutes though). The photography free-streamer today is the 103 minute “Mastering Masking with Lightroom Mobile” with Lisa Carney.

LOTS of things at the Amazon Black Friday including AMD Ryzen processors (5, 7, 9 options) and Intel processors and graphics card (i5, i7, i9).

Panasonic G9 with 12-60/3.5-5.6 for $650

You would think that camera doorbusters are a thing of the past in these days of MAP and smartphones and action-cams and drones but NO! Amazon comes to the rescue, they are offering, for a limited time, the new condition Panasonic G9 with 12-60/3.5-5.6 (DC-G9MK) for $650. This is a M43rds camera that was announced in December 2017.

This kit is not available at B&H and Adorama. They have the body only for $900 with a free battery grip.

Thanks to this offer it is currently the #1 in the top selling Mirrorless cameras.

PS: keep in mind, these days of chaotic listings, the Amazon Top Seller charts are only as good as the categorization of various products. So it’s not uncommon to see “uncanon” products in the charts.

PS2: regular readers of this blog may recall that many years ago we used to traverse the best seller charts (when the categorization was more organized – mayhaps human-controlled vs AI?) and create weekly “Top Seller” posts. Those were the days 🙂

Wedn: unlocked Galaxy phones, 15% Prime Back (select AMZN h/w), Flashpoint Monolight, Etc

LOTS of new action at the Amazon Black Friday, including, among other things:

+ two pages of unlocked Samsung Galaxy smartphones

+ two pages of ACER computeralia including laptops, monitors, BAGS (including a $20 15.6″ Travel Backpack), desktops, and PC accessories

+ FREE Smart Light Bulb with select ECHO devices
+ smart light vs analogue light? 😉

+ PRIME members only: 15% back on select Amazon hardware when you pay with one of the Prime cards (VISA or Store or Secured)
+ ends 11/27/23

MEANwhile the Wednesday Adorama dailies include:

+ Flashpoint Flashpoint XPLOR 400 Pro Compact TTL R2 Monolight, Godox AD400 Pro for $419

+ Glow ParaPop 38″ II Portable Softbox With Bowens Mount Adapter and OTA Adapter Set for $129

+ miggo Agua Stormproof Cover with Landing Mat Drone for $50

SPEAKING of Adorama, their Black Friday deals are already in-progress!

Wednesday: Macro Ring Lights, Lexar, Bags, Tripod, Lensbaby Fixed w/Bokeh for $100 [8o], Etc

Wednesday, aka Black Friday’s Eve’s Eve, is here and #dailyReminder, B&H has already launched Black Friday pricing on Cameras & Lenses and they are also running their Holiday head start sale.

Now onwards towards the Wednesday 11/22/23 B&H Photo daily deals:

+ BOLT LED Macro Ring Lights, $30 or $40 options

+ Lensbaby Fixed Body with Creative Bokeh Optic for $100 in Canon EF or RF, Nikon F or ZZ Top, Sony E, Fuji X, Leica L and M43rds

+ Sirui VHD-2004L 2 Series Aluminum Tripod with Leveling Head for $49

+ PGY Landing Pad for Drones (21.6″) for $10

+ LEXAR 256GB Professional CFexpress Type B Card SILVER Series for $100 after in-cart couponization

+ 2-pack of Gator Universal Speaker Tote for 15″ Speaker for $90
+ that’s $45 per bag!
+ padded interior, check gallery pictures over there, could mayhaps be repurposed for camera/photography gear

+ Tascam mic kit for $27

+ FLASH DEAL: Nanuk 918 Case with Foam Insert for Set of Six Lenses (Graphite) for $75

Free-streaming at 12pm eT on WeDneSdAY at CrEaTiVe LiVE On-AirZzZ is a 5h 19m class “Intro to Lightroom CC for Beginners” with Daniel Gregory. Given the runtime, it will repeat four times in full.

Tuesday: DJI RSC2, Rotolight Ultimate, Benro, SmallHD, Flashpoint, Edelkrone, Food Pho, Etc

Tuesday is here and #dailyReminder, B&H has already launched Black Friday pricing on Cameras & Lenses and they are also running their Holiday head start sale.

Now onwards towards the Tuesday B&H Photo daily deals:

+ DJI RSC 2 Gimbal Stabilizer Pro Combo for $419

+ RotoLIGHT NEO 3 On-Camera RGBWW LED Light Ultimate Bundle for $299

+ Benro CLT204 2-Series Induro Classic Carbon Fiber Tripod for $180

+ SMallHD 702 Touch 7″ On-Camera Monitor for $1249 with FREE cleaning cloth

+ edelkrone PRO video accessories, nine options, $69 to $449

+ AngelBIRD 512GB AV PRO CFexpress 2.0 Type B SE Memory Card (Special 50th Anniversary Edition) for $100

+ also some XLR microphone type thing

+ FLASH DEAL: BOSE SoundLink Revolve+ II Bluetooth Speaker (Triple Black) for $199 after in-cart coupon

THEN we head on over to the Tuesday Adorama daily deals where we find:

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 600PRO TTL R2 2.4GHz Battery-Powered All-in-One Outdoor Flash for $599

+ Glow HexaPop 24″ II Octagonal Softbox with OTA Adapter Set and Bowens Mount for $109

+ SanDisk Extreme PRO 256GB CFexpress Type-B for $120 after in-cart coupon

+ also Steelseries headset

THEN to the Amazon Black Friday sale we go where they have added a Fire tablets for the whole family sale (various options), the Apple Watch SE, Samsung computer monitors (two pages of them) and kitcheny things from Amazon’s own brands.

THEN WE whet our appetites with a 9 hour Commercial Food Photography class free-streaming at 12pm ET at Creative LIVE On-AIR

CRASH YOUR KINDLE e-reader! Good until 11/26/23, there’s a big Kindle eBook sale with 750+ options featuring famous authors and famous books. You can filter them on the left hand side by various sub-categories.

DXO Black Friday sales up to 50% off

If you are a fan or curious about the DXO software, the official DXO online shoppe is having its Black Friday sale with up to 50% off discount on its software!

The sale includes the PhotoLAB 7, Filmpack 7, PureRAW 3, ViewPoint 4, and of course NIK Collection 6. These are for new customers. Upgrade offers are shown when you login to your account and their system looks it all up. Offer ends 11/27/23.

Adorama Black Friday Deals are ON (plus Monday dailies)

IT’s almost here, Black Friday is now barreling towards the inevitable! Adorama has also launched their Black Friday deals waiting for your e-wallets. You can sort the offers by various categories and product types and such, too many to list here individually…

Speaking of Adorama, they have these four daily deals for Monday:

+ DJI Mini 3 Pro Drone with RC Remote Controller for $729 after in-cart coupon with FREE Aries hard case
+ this is a carry-over from the Sunday dailies and it is marked as a CLOSEOUT on the individual product page

+ Alogic Clarity 27″ 16:9 4K Ultra HD IPS LCD HDR Monitor for $649

+ Prograde Digital Cobalt Series 160GB CFexpress Type-A 2.0 Memory Card for $250 after in-cart coupon
+ 2-pack for $490 after in-cart coupon

Black Friday Pricing on CAMERAS and LENSES arrives at B&H Photo

Black Friday pricing on cameras and lenses has arrived at B&H Photo. This is breaking shopping news! More details later on in the day, on a time-permitting basis.

Hide your e-wallets!

PS: B&H is also running their Holiday Head-Start sale

Monday: OB Zeiss Binos, NOGA, Roland, 18TB WD RED PRO, CaseLogic, Lexar CompactFlash UDMA7, Etc

If it’s Monday, it’s Z-ICE Z-ICE BABY! Yes, Zeiss time at the B&H Photo daily deals:

+ open-box Zeiss 10×25 Terra TL Compact Binoculars for $200

+ Kensington SD4839P Triple Video Docking Station for $50

+ Lexar 64GB Professional 1066x CompactFlash (UDMA 7) for $40
+ OR 5-pack for $180 (making it $36 per card)

+ CaseLoGIC Viso Camera Backpack (Large) for $60

+ VAXis ATOM 500 SDI Wireless Video Transmitter and Receiver Kit (SDI/HDMI) for $349
+ no, they don’t have a VAX mini-computer inside 😉

+ NOGA Cine Arm DG Hold-It Arm for $99
+ yes, a distance cousin to the Loch Ness monster 😉

+ Roland V-4EX Four Channel Digital Video Mixer with Effects for $649
+ because we are all MTV2 VJs now!

+ FLASH DEAL: WD 18TB WD181KFGX Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal NAS HDD (Retail) for $320 after in-cart coupon

ON the CreativeLIVE free-streamin, startin at 12pm ET, they have the 137 minute “Mastering Your Digital Camera” class with Chris Weston…

Sunday: $2 Action Cam Kit, Screen Protectors (43o), LumeCube, Flash Sticks, Benro, Apple, Etc

We have a fresh 7+1 formation at the B&H Photo daily deals and this includes a $2 door buster for action cam fans!

+ Sunpak Action Camera Accessory Kit for $2
+ head mount, suction cup mount, and tripod mount

+ Vello screen protectors, 43 options, $13 each
+ some are compatible with multiple camera bodies (ones that share similar related hardware obviously)

+ LumeCube Portable Lighting Kit PLUS LC2 for $80

+ 2-pack of 64GB Kingston DataTraveler Exodia USB 3.2 G1 Type A Flash Drive for $7

+ Benro A2883F Reverse-Folding Aluminum Travel Tripod with S4Pro Fluid Video Head for $150

+ Rucpack camera straps, two options, $20 each

+ Beats for $90

+ FLASH DEAL: Samsung The Frame LS03B 55″ 4K HDR Smart QLED TV for $848 after in-cart coupon

SPEAKING of B&H, in-progress is their Holiday Head Start sale, the precursor to the actual Black Friday sale…

THE HEADLINER addition to the Amazon Black Friday sale is an invasion of Apple products including iPad 10, Apple Watch 9, Airpords 2G, AirTags, MacBook Airs, and Beats. Too many to list here individually…

Sunday: DJI Mini 3 PRO w/RC, Flashpoint Lighting, Monoprice coupon, $1 earphones, Etc

Sunday arrives with four fresh deals at the Adorama dailies as follows:

+ DJI Mini 3 Pro Drone with RC Remote Controller for $727 after in-cart coupon
+ also include FREE Aries Waterproof Hard Shell Carrying Case

+ Flashpoint Rapid 400 II HSS Monolight with Built-In R2 2.4GHz Radio Remote System, Bowens Mount for $349

+ Flashpoint eVOLV 200 Pro Dual Flash Kit With Dual Power Flash Bracket – Godox AD200 Pro for $549

+ miggo Agua Stormproof Cover with Landing Mat Drone for $50

GOOD until the end of day on 11/19/23, coupon code PROMO5 gets you $5 off a purchase of $25+ at the Monoprice website

Speaking of Monoprice, if you are looking for a practical stocking stuffer (it literally fits in most stockings), for $0.99 you can get their wired earbuds which have a mic and one-button remote control built-in to the cable. Averages 4.4 out of 5 on 278 customer reviews. Free standard US shipping on orders of $39+.

The theme of this weekend’s sale at DiscountMAGS is rarely-discounted magazine subscriptions, including various National Geographics and such.

ON the free-streaming front starting at 12pm ET on Sunday at Creative LIVE ON-aIRz there’s the 68 minute “Retouching for Interior Architectural Photography” with Mike Kelley. Given the airtime, this will repeat multiple times during the free-streaming window.

Black Friday arrives at NewEGG as well

Early Black Friday has arrived at the NewEGG website as well, with all kinds of computer-y and tech-y things, with new deals added daily. Too many to list here individually…

MEANwhile REI offers an extra 20% off discount for Members (one-time payment for lifetime membership) using coupon code GEARUP23 until 11/20/23. The coupon is good for one Outlet item, and also for one full-priced item. Details over there.

The Rewards members freebie this week at Lucky/Savemart/etc is Bontana’s Aritos Snacks, select varieties…

Saturday: Flashpoint 2LK, Glow Butterfly Modifier, $180 HP Windows laptops, Etc

Saturday is here and the MEH MEH-ra-thon [CORRECTED LINK!!!] continues for a second day. Unlike a Woot-OFF, during a MEHrathanon, previous offers remain available to purchase – as long as they haven’t sold out…

A new trio of offerings arrives at the Adorama dailies:

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 100 Pro Pocket Flash 2-Light Kit (White) for $599

+ Glow 12×12′ Portable Butterfly Light Modifier Collapsible Kit for $499

+ HP 14-dq0040nr 14″ HD Notebook for $180
+ yes, one hundred and eighty dollares!
+ Celeron N4020 1.1GHz, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC
+ Windows 10 Home S Mode, Free Upgrade to Windows 11
+ Bundled with H&A USB Headset
+ Wifi 5, Bluetooth 4.2
+ 1366 x 768
+ 2x USB-A, 1x USB-C, HDMI 1.4b, mic/remote combo

Lighting with constant light by Mark Wallace is the free-streaming headliner for Saturday at the Creative LiVE On-AiR with a 2.5 hour runtime, so it will repeat many times during the free streaming window.

Early Black Friday arrives at Amazon (Fuji SQ6 for $90)

Can’t wait for Black Friday to arrive? Fear NOT! Amazon has you covered as they have launched their Early Black Friday sale featuring all kinds of products, with their house brand products being in the driver seat – since Amazon is the maker they can discount them as much as they want without having to worry about the manufacturer restrictionisms!

+ Fujifilm Instax Square SQ6 (Instant Film Camera) for $90 in five color options

+ Android tablets from Google, Samsung, Lenovo, etc

+ Kindle Scribe flagship ereader starting at $240

+ INTEL processors, mostly i7 and i9 options

+ two pages of ASUS computeralia including lots of laptops, desktops, and a couple of AiOs

+ Vitamix blenders – yes, you can make your fashionably late viral videos now 😉

+ the above is just a sampling, they have much and more!

Friday: Lowepro, NiSi 100mm kit, Flashpoint bundle

Four new offers make up the Friday 11/17/23 Adorama daily deals as follows:

+ Lowepro m-Trekker BP 150 Backpack for Cameras, Nylon, Black for $80

+ NiSi 100mm V7 Starter Kit for $399

+ Flashpoint Projector Laptop Tripod Stand, Adjustable Foldable Height for $39

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 300 Pro TTL R2 Monolight, Bundle with ParaPop II 38″ Portable Softbox and OTA Set for $499

Prepare for Black Friday: we have a FREE full-text RSS feed!

As we are just one week away from actual Black Friday, the time is right to do the necessary housekeeping to be ready. Inventory your memory cards, internal and external hard drives, your camera bag collection, what holes you have in your lens line-ups, filters, software, etc.

Make sure your address and payment info is updated on the websites you are planning to use on Black Friday, so in case of a door buster type of a deal you don’t get bogged down changing addresses or adding new payment options!

Last (and probably least LOL) we have here a FREE full-text RSS feed you can add to your RSS readers or any other similar services and such.

Sirui 35/1.8 Ana for $329 [L/RF/m43], Domke, GVM Mono, Genaray Strip, Delkin, Benro, Carson, Sennheiser, MEHrathon

Yes dear readers, Black Friday is just a week away, to get us into the mood the MEH website [CORRECTED LINK!!!] is running a MEH-rathon for Friday 11/17/23!

As usual, the Friday B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out, with the usual caveat of a Friday PM to Saturday PM closing:

+ Sirui 35mm f1.8 Anamorphic 1.3xx lens for $329 in M43rds, Leica L and Canon RF

+ Domke F-2 Original Shoulder Bag (Olive Drab) for $99
+ bag the olive bag!

+ GVM G100W Bi-Color LED Monolight (Studio Kit) for $209

+ Genaray SSL-MINI-B Soft Strip Bi-Color LED Light (4 x 17″) for $119

+ Benro ArcaSmart Sidearm Camera Tripod Mount & Smartphone Clamp for $20

+ Delkin DDMOUNT MINI Fat Gecko Mini Camera Mount for $20

+ Sennheiser HD 650 audiophile type headphones for $250 after in-cart coupon

+ FLASH DEAL: Carson TR-100 The Rock Tabletop Tripod with 3-Way Pan Head for $30

SPEAKING OF B&H, they are currently running their Holiday HEAD-START sale, their precursor to the Black Friday deals next week!

ON THE FREE-STREAMING front, starting at 12pm ET on Friday at Creative LIVE on air they have a 5.5 hour class, “Adobe Lightroom Classic CC Workflow for Photographers” with Daniel Gregory

Thursday: Godox, Flashpoint, 17.3″ HP for $290, Pixels, Surfaces, Keurigs, Etc

Four are the offers today at the Adorama daily deals for Thursday 11/16/23:

+ HP 17-cn0045nr laptop for $290
+ 17.3″ HD+ 1600×900, Celeron N4120 1.1GHz
+ 4GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD
+ Windows 11 Home S Mode, Pale Rose Gold
+ you can get rid of “S mode” with just a couple of clicks; but you can’t go back to it once you get rid of it!
+ yes, Windows laptops for those who don’t want Chromebooks (or hate Google or Chrome) have finally arrived in usable form 🙂
+ HP Fast Charge = 50% within 45 mins
+ Wifi 5, Bluetooth 5
+ you really don’t want anything under 5 in Bluetooth
+ Intel UHD Graphics 600
+ USB-C (only data, no charge, no monitors)
+ HDMI 1.4b, 2x USB-A, mic/headphone
+ fingerprint reader

+ HYTE Revolt 3 ITX Small Form Factor Case with 700W Gold SFX Power Supply, Black for $110

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 300 Pro TTL R2 Battery-Powered Outdoor Flash Parasnap Kit for $602

+ Godox ML30Bi Bi-Color 30W Dainty LED 2-Light Kit for $499

MEANwhie at the Amazon Gold Box among other recently added offers:

+ Microsoft Surface sale, laptops and tablets, 26 options in total!

+ Keurig brand K-Cup brewers, 15 options starting at $50

+ two pages of Google Pixel sales including 8 and 7 models

Thursday: SpyderX, Sandisk, Benro, GVM, Pelican, NANLite, Dry Cabinets, Zhiyun CRANE 2S, Etc

Obey your thirst, thirsty-thursday is here with a new set of 7+1 B&H Photo daily deals:

+ DataCOLOR SpyderX Pro Colorimeter for $100

+ Sandisk 256GB Extreme PRO CFexpress Card Type B for $110R after in-cart coupon

+ Ruggard Electronics dry cabinets, 14 options, $80 to $1000

+ Zhiyun CRANE 2S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer Combo Kit for $229

+ Benro MeFOTO BackPacker Classic Aluminum Travel Tripod with Ball Head (Black) for $60
+ that’s almost $1 per word in the product name 😉

+ NANlite PavoTube II 6C RGB LED Tube Light (10″, Special 50th Anniversary Edition) for $63

+ Pelican V525 Vault Rolling Hard Case with Padded Divider Insert (Black) for $130

+ FLASH DEAL: GVM 7SM Double-Sided Mini On-Camera Bicolor & RGB LED Video Light for $79

ON THE FREE-STREAMING front, starting 12pm ET at CreativeLIVE OnAIR you can watch, among others:

+ Organizing Your Images in Lightroom Classic with Ben Willmore (2 hrs)

+ Beginner Type Design in Photoshop with Khara Plicanic (1.5 hrs)

Wedn: Sandisk PRO-BLADE, Rotolight AEOS 2 RGBWW

It’s The Sandisk and Rotolight show at the Wednesday Adorama daily deals:

+ SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE 1TB SSD TRANSPORT for $130 after in-cart coupon

+ SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE 2TB SSD TRANSPORT for $190 after in-cart coupon

+ Rotolight AEOS 2 RGBWW Studio LED Light Masters Kit for $1953

+ Rotolight AEOS 2 RGBWW Studio LED Light Ultimate Kit for $2379

MEANwhile NBA fans at Amazon can get a $10 off discount when they add $50+ of participating items to their shopping cart. Instructions over there…

Wednesday: Samyang AF 35-150/2-2.8 [E] for $999, Lexar, Sachtler, CamBee 2LK, Pelican, SmallHD, Etc

Wednesday is here and it is a big lens day for E photographers at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 11/15/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out. Yes, we ate up half of November 2023 and we are barreling towards Black Friday 2023 – just ten days away!

+ Samyang AF 35-150mm f2-2.8 for $999 in Sony E only
+ yes dear readers, this crazy thing is both auto-focus and full-frame!
+ tempting enough to make you want to get a Sony E 35mmFF camera just for this lens???

+ CamBEE Professional RGB 600 Panel 2-Light Kit (2LK) for $220
+ [all together now]: because you can’t have photography without light!

+ Sachtler Dr. Bag #3 for $139~
+ since they numbered them, we OCD/completists may feel compelled to get them all 😉

+ MagNUS REX VT-5000 2-Stage Video Tripod with Fluid Head for $170

+ SmallHD INDIE 7 Touchscreen On-Camera Monitor for $999 with FREE cleaning cloth and 2pk of GVM charger with battery kit

+ LEXAR Professional CFexpress Type A Card GOLD Series, two options, further discounted in cart

+ Eartec goofy business headset-intercom type things

+ FLASH DEAL: Pelican 1510 Carry-On Case with Foam Set (Black) for $175 after in-cart coupon
+ yes, a day with TWO bag the bags 🙂

If you find that mobile photography can get a bit stagnant, the CreativeLIVE On-AIR free-streamin’ comes to the rescue at 12pm ET with the Experimental Mobile Photography class with Lisa Carney. Runtime is 69 minutes, so it will repeat multiple times during the free-streaming window.

Comixology App PSA
If you are using the Comixology app, note that Amazon will be phasing it out. Your Comixology content is already integrated into the Kindle app which has been updated/upgraded to handle manga content. The Comixology app will be retired around December 3 in 2023.

Tuesday: Glow Octa Softbox with Bowens for $169

Umbrellas for the rain and umbrellas for the light is the theme of the Tuesday Adorama daily deals 🙂

+ Glow 35″ Quick Ball Lantern Softbox with Deflection Disk and Skirt Set, Bowens Speed Ring for $60

+ Glow ParaSnap 44″ Octa New Generation SterlingFibre Softbox With Bowens Mount for $169

Tuesday: Tenba DNA, 64GB UHS-II, GVM Light Wands (4o), Benro, Vanguard Binos, Etc

Tuesday brings us another 7+1 formation at the B&H Photo daily deals as follows:

+ Ultimaxx 6.5″ Mini Tabletop Tripod / Pistol Grip for $7

+ Vanguard 10×42 Endeavor ED II Binocularfor $210

+ 64GB PRO-GRADE UHS-II SDXC for $56
+ 2-pack for $110
+ V90, U3, C10, 300/250

+ Tenba DNA 15 Slim Messenger Bag (Cobalt) for $90
+ it looks so beautiful, can you resist the BAG the BAGS impulse?

+ GVM Light Wands, four options, $149 to $549

+ Gator 52″ Utility Cart Standard for $170
+ you can also take it to Wal*mart to attract special attention 😉

+ ACCsoon transmissiony thingies, $349 to $469

+ FLASH DEAL: Benro #3 MCT38AF Monopod with Flip Locks, 3-Leg Base, and S4 Video Head for $115

MEANwhile at the CreativeLIVE on-air, free streaming starting at 12pm ET on Tuesday 11/14/23 is “The Portrait Lighting Challenge: Natural vs Studio” with Sue Bryce, Felix Kunze, total runtime over 10 hours, so it will air/stream twice in its entirety during the free-streaming window.

YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY gotten tired seeing this, but yes there’s another Early Black Friday sale, this time around at the Monoprice website

Monday: Rotolights and Lexars

RotoLights and LExARs are the stars of the Monday 11/13/23 Adorama daily deals running in the Pacific time zone or earlier if sold out:

+ Rotolight R90 90cm Parabolic Softbox with Bowens S-Mount Adapter Bracket for $289

+ Rotolight NEO 3 On-Camera RGBWW LED Streamer Lighting Kit – Light Pack 1 for $544

+ Lexar Gold Series Professional 80GB CFexpress Type-A Memory Card for $100 after in-cart coupon

+ Lexar Professional CFexpress Type-A/SD USB 3.2 Gen 2 Reader for $40 after in-cart coupon

MEANwhile the latest additions to the Amazon USA Gold Box includes the Citizen EcoDrive “real” watch [yes, analogue watches are making a comeback after people got tired of recharging every 24 hours], SodaStream bundles, kids Bluetooth headphones and the …star of the show of course, Star Wars Stands for the Echo Dot (4 or 5 Gen) or anything with a similar shape 🙂