Camera Deals

Note that B&H will be closing on Wednesday at 5pm ET and reopening on Friday, so keep that in mind if you have any time-sensitive orders!

This four-pack of B&H Photo dailies runs until Wednesday 7/26/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out. Yes, it’s five months until Boxing Day 2023!

+ WestCott Solix Bi-Color 1-Light Compact Kit for $140
+ [all together now] because you can’t have photography without light!

+ OWC Atlas FXR Thunderbolt CFexpress Type B Card Reader for $79
+ Atlas did not shrug when he saw this price 😉

+ PortaBRACE MB-1B Matte Box Case (Black) for $159

+ Alesis Virtue 88-Key Digital Piano with Wooden Stand and Bench (Black) for $329
+ this is the “take pictures with” equivalent of a piano kit 🙂

DON’T YOU just wish there was a power-user power-station that offered a lot of flexibility yet had the weight of an average …puppy? That’s the Wednesday Meh daily deal, Puleida 600W/518Wh Portable Power Station going for $150 plus shipping. The free shipping comes in handy for paying MEH members.

You can charge up to nine devices (110V AC, USB-C, USB-A, 12V DC) at the same time, has five ways of recharging, battery size is 140,000 mAh, AC charging cord included. NOT included are USB-C PD cables.

Tuesday at the Adorama daily deals is a DJI Mavic Air accessories day!

+ Aries ND Filters Set with CPL, ND16, ND32, ND64 Filters for DJI Mavic Air 2S for $10
+ four filters in the set

+ Aries Carrying Case for DJI Mavic Air 2 / Air 2S for $10

+ SmallRig L10 Portable Beauty-Enchancing & Eye-Caring LED Lamp, White for $24

OFF TOPIC
It’s amazing how quieter your email inbox gets when you quiet down all the various and assorted Groupon emails!

Heads UP! B&H Photo will be closing on Wednesday at 5pm ET and reopening on Friday morning, so if you have any time sensitive orders, be sure to act accordingly!

The Tuesday 7/25/23 ~ yes, just five months until Christmas and Dollar Tree is already out of stock on the Holiday decorations 😉 Oh where were we? The Tuesday B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlierif sold out are as follows:

+ SmallRIG Dual Charger with TWO Batteries INCLUDED for $23 in EN-EL14 or $28 in EN-EL15 or $35 in NP-W235
+ as usual with third-party batteries be sure to check compatibility, reviews, specs and things like that
+ the price is certainly right compared to the camera manufacturer prices 🙂

+ Xcellon CFast 2.0 USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C Card Reader for $40
+ imaging having a CFast 2.0 card and running it through USB 2.0 😉

+ 128GB PROGRADE CFexpress 2.0 Type B Gold for $80
+ two-pack of above for $150

+ 512GB PROGRADE CFexpress 2.0 Type B Gold for $130
+ two-pack of above for $250
+ handily defeats (in GB/$) the 128GB version

+ TetherPro USB 2.0 Active Extension Cable (16′, Black) for $10
+ that’s 16 feet, not inches
+ yes, that’s USB 2.0!

+ KRK GoAux 3 Portable Near-Field 2-Way Studio Monitor (Pair) for $199

+ ACCSOON CineView HE Multi-Spectrum Wireless Video Transmission System for $364
+ ACC soon is also heard in the board rooms of many big universities as the conference re-alignment carousel spins out of control
+ waiting for UCLA to join the ACC, and then new generations of college students will think Los Angeles is near the Atlantic ocean 😉

Monday is here with a fresh six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals good until 7/24/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Savage Edge Lit Pro LED Light for $120
+ this is very popular with the kidz, savage and edge-y and lit!

+ Nanuk 910 Hard Utility Case with Foam Insert for around $40 after in-cart coupon
+ nine color options
+ color-coding organizing party!

+ DRM-Lover Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 for $55 in box or download

+ Ring 1080p Wired Video Doorbell (Black) for $32
+ more over light-painters, here come doorbell-ographers!

+ Anton x Bauer Titon SL 150 143Wh 14.4V Battery (Gold Mount or V-mount) for $357.50 each

+ SynCO WAir-G2-A2 Ultracompact 2-Person Digital Wireless Microphone System for Mirrorless/DSLR Cameras (2.4 GHz) for $99

Sunday is here and we have a fresh set of B&H Photo daily deals running until 7/23/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ RucPAC Dual Camera Strap for $50
+ yes, you can be a dual wielder, as many celebrated swordsmen are/were in reality and in fantasy novels
+ not to be confused with dual yielder, that’s when you yield to two people at the same time 😉

+ 64GB Kingston Exodia USB 3.2 Flash Drive (White) for $3.49
+ Gen 1 Type A
+ keyring loop and protective cap

+ LExAR 160GB Professional CFexpress Type A Card GOLD Series for $250
+ OR for the same price you can buy 71 flash drives mentioned above 🙂

+ Delkin DDMOUNT MINI Fat Gecko Mini Camera Mount for $20
+ kinda looks like clumsy work of modern art as well 😉

+ GoGREEN COB LED Pop-Up Lantern (Gray) for $10
+ light-painting is so 2022, 2023 is the year of the lantern-ographers!

+ Sachtler SR410 Rain Cover for Small Video Cameras for $97

MEANwhile two offers make up the Adorama daily deals for Sunday:

+ Galaxy microphone and stand kit for $23

+ HP OMEN 30L Liquid Cooled Gaming Desktop Computer for $1000
+ Intel i7-10700K 3.8GHz, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD
+ NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti with 8GB
+ Windows 11 Pro

As usual, the Saturday B&H daily deals are the same as yesterday, except for the flash sales that expire and any items that potentially sells out ahead of its designated expiration time.

It has a light bulb, therefore it is lighting, therefore it is kinda on-topic, the Saturday 7/22/23 MEH daily deal is a Black & Decker Smart Home kit that consists of a smart light bulb, a smart outlet, and a smart thermostat, all together now for $30 plus shipping.

One item makes up the Saturday Adorama daily deals, the Belle Drape Collapsible Background – 60×72″ (Blue/Green Chroma) going for $30.

Keurig coffee brewers ($79 in different colors), replacement travel mugs ($8) and assorted other “system” accessories have been added to the list of featured Amazon Gold Box offerings. Yes, there’s another K-system, it’s the Keurig K-system 🙂 Still no Pentax branded coffee machines though 😉

If you are looking for new e-books to e-read, there’s over 110 new sales in the Kindle daily deals. On the other hand, if you are a voracious reader, and don’t want to e-own the e-books you e-read, it may be more affordable to subscribe to the Netflix-style Kindle Unlimited subscription.

Speaking of reading, if you are fond of romantic type of ebooks, there’s a Love is in the air sale with 200+ options. Me personally, I’m writing a romance novel about three film-only photographers who meet on a bird watching trip and a dramatic triangle ensues! Working title, “When Canon met Nikon” 😉

And to the FREEBIES, if you are participating in the Lucky’s or SaveMart rewards program, this weekend’s freebie is a 12oz Celsius (brand name) energy/vitamin type of zero sugar type of drink – in a tin.

And we close with a PSA, Trader Joe sent an email recall, a couple of their almond-related products have “Surprise” rocks (!!!) inside! Check their email or website or social media or B&M stores for specifics.

Friday as always has the set of B&H Photo daily deals running until Saturday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Raya Bi-Color Round LED Panel Light (9″) for $74 with FREE Impact Telescoping Tabletop Light Stand

+ Oben MVH-4490 Mini Video Head for $50

+ GVM 2 x NP-F970 6600mAh Batteries with Dual Charger and V-Mount Adapter (2-Pack) for $149

+ Philips TAS7505/00 Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $70

+ flash deal: 330GB AngelBIRD AV Pro XT MK2 CFexpress 2.0 Type B Memory Card for $330
+ yes, exactly $1 per GB, or one GB per $ 🙂

MEANwhile the Friday Adorama daily deals break the 2-day lens-day streak as they return to “lighting and audio” type of deals:

+ Flashpoint Studio Pro 400 III-V 400W R2 Professional Studio Flash with LED Modeling Lamp (400Ws, 2-Light Kit) for $499

+ Flashpoint Studio Pro 800 III-V 800W R2 Professional Studio Flash with LED Modeling Lamp (800Ws, 2-Light Kit) for $619

+ Bose headphones and Bose bluetooth speaker deals as well

IF you are hardcore into the Meh shopping lifestyle, today they have their variant of a mail-in rebate. If you buy the $50 “Instant Regret Kit” (IRK) at the Meh website, and then spend on the same day $50+ at SideDeal (their sister site), they will refund you the price of the Instant Regret Kit after a week or so. Shipping and taxes are NOT refunded. I have not done this type of a deal, so I have NO CLUE how it works!

Thirsty-Thursday arrives with a little bit of a storage theme at the B&H daily deals [CORRECTED, B&H, not Adorama] good until 7/20/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ 128GB LEXAR Professional 1066x CompactFlash Memory Card (UDMA 7) for $55
+ 3pk of above for $160, that’s $53.33 per card

+ SecureDATA SecureDrive KP 250GB Encrypted SSD with Keypad Authentication for $59
+ on the other hand, having a keypad on an SSD, it kinda makes it a thief magnet, because you wouldn’t have an encrypted thing if your data had little value? 🙂

+ Ruggard FotoTrek PKR-730BL Hiking Photo Backpack (Blue) for $60
+ Bag the Hiking BAG!

+ LitePANELS Caliber LED Light for $178~

+ SkyWATCHER EvoStar 100mm f/9 Doublet APO Refractor (OTA only) for $799 with FREE Klean Kanteen Insulated Classic Water Bottle
+ flying discs NOT included!

+ 16.2″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max Chip (Late 2021, Silver) for $2999
+ with AppleCARE+ for $3300
+ M1 Max 10-Core, 64GB Unified RAM, 4TB SSD
+ 16.2″ 3456×2234 Liquid Retina XDR
+ 32-Core GPU, 16-Core Neural Engine

Never fear, Tuesday is here to wash away the Monday blues! We start with a fresh six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals good until 7/18/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out. And please don’t forget to properly hydrate with proper beverages!

+ SYRP Genie Micro for $30

+ PlatyPod Platyball Elite Ball Head for $249
+ could also serve as a prop in scifi movies!

+ Manfrotto Blue Chroma Key FX Portable Background Kit (13.1 x 9.5′)
for $300

+ FeelWorld 10.1″ 4K HDMI Field Monitor for $219

+ Zhiyun FIVERAY F100 LED Light Stick for $145
+ with power adapter for $169

+ Oyen HDX Pro C USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 Hard Drive Enclosure (No HDD) for $90

MEANwhile the Meh daily deal is of interest to nature and extreme photographers but also studio photographers with rather wild and out of control subjects! A 2-Pack of Surviveware Survival IFAK Trauma & First Aid Kits. And the survival kits are inside red bags, so it’s another opportunity to BAG the BAGS 🙂

ONE ITEM and it’s audio-related at the Adorama daily deal(s), it is the Turnstile TAC1100 Multi-Pattern Condenser Mic going for $99…

Sunday is here and The Sun is making its presence felt all around the world!

We have a fresh six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals good until Sunday 7/16/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ 256GB Kingston DataTraveler Exodia Onyx Thumb Drive for $140
+ USB-A 3.2 G1
+ Moving Protective Cap Integrated Key Loop
+ stylish onyx-black looks!

+ FLiR Thermal monoculars, $1300 to $1700
+ yes, you too can see the secret UFOs flying above our friendly skies!

+ 128GB LEXAR Professional CFexpress Type B Card SILVER Series for $80

+ TriGYN NANO-Lite Pocket Bicolor LED Light Smartphone Kit for $58
+ because you can’t resist stocking up on all kinds of accessories? 🙂

+ PeerLess PJF2-UNV Universal Projector Mount for $70

+ TetherPro Micro-HDMI to HDMI Cable (10′) for $12

And just like that, the Prime party is over and FRIDAY is back again! And as usual, the B&H Photo dailies run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ SmallRIG DH-01 Fluid Head for $59

+ BushNell 10×42 Trophy XLT Binocular (Green) for $70

+ Raya 60W LED Daylight Studio Bulb for $24

+ PortaBRACE Padded Nylon Pouch for PTZ Camera for $29
+ buy the camera, just so you can BAG its custom BAG!

+ Kensington StudioDock iPad Docking Station for $100
+ more expensive than half the Android tablets 😉

+ IPEVO TOTEM 120 Conference Camera for $149
+ yes, conference call photography is all the rage now that everyone’s gotten tired of light painting 😉

+ flash deal: Xcellon CR-X10 XQD 2.0 Card Reader for $35

And just like that, the Prime Dayz of 2023 [CORRECTED, I still live in 2013 apparently] are over, and we are back to the daily grind with a fresh set of B&H Photo daily deals running until 7/13/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Ruggard FotoTrek PKR-723BL Hiking Photo Backpack (Blue) for $50
+ Bag the Blue Bag!

+ Studio Essentials Product Photography Kit with 2 Fluorescent Lights & 2 Magnetic Tables for $44

+ Inovativ Pro Monitor Mount for $169

+ also Roland video thing, Vertiv UPS thing and Hollyland intercom thing

MEANwhile light arrives at the MEH daily deal, a 4-pack of iHome Smart Dimmable Lighting can be had for $20 plus shipping. Five different type of light bulbs are participating in the sale. Note that these smartypants light bulbs only work with 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi net-works, and they use the Geeni app!

PS: the next Samsung Unpacked event has been scheduled for July 26 (2023), and other things equal we will be live-tweeting it, assuming Twitter is still around by then 🙂