Camera Deals

Thirsty-Thursday is here and as a health-priority blog, we highly recommend coconut water instead of the usual beverages 😉

We have a name-brand priority installment of the B&H Photo daily deals good until 8/10/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ GVM RGB20W RGB On-Camera LED Light (2-Light Kit) for $89
+ that’s a lot of (cannibalizable) stuff for $89 🙂

+ Manfrotto EzyFrame Vintage Background Kit 6.5 x 7.5′ (Tobacco) for $200
+ PRO TIP: don’t smoke this type of tobacco, it’s a fire hazard 😉

+ Case Logic Viso Camera Sling Bag (Medium, Black) for $30 with FREE Case Logic Saigon Neck Strap for DSLR Cameras (Indigo)
+ BAG the BAG with the FREEBIE!

+ SLIK Pro CF-634 Tripod (Black) for $150

+ LG 24BP450Y-I 23.8″ Monitor (TAA) for $109
+ 16:9 IPS, AMD FreeSync
+ DisplayPort | HDMI | VGA
+ 1920 x 1080

+ HP 16″ ZBook Studio G9 Mobile Workstation Wolf Pro Security Edition for $1549
+ Core i7 14-Core (12th Gen)
+ 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB M.2 PCIe SSD
+ 1920 x 1200 IPS
+ 100% DCI-P3, 16:10 Aspect Ratio
+ OR you can buy 25 scratch-and-dent prehistoric refurbished Chromebooks for the same price 😉

UPDATE: the Adorama dailies continue to run in “Top Deals mode”, while at Amazon there’s another Google Pixel sale that has the 7 and 7a (with 128GB storage, no microSD of course) hovering around $450 each, with the 256GB Pixel 7 going for $550. These are unlocked, USA warranty.

You can cosplay a …doctor in the Wednesday 8/9/23 edition of the B&H Photo daily deals:

+ Sachtler Dr. Bag #5 for $229~

+ Oben AC-1451 4-Section Aluminum Tripod with BA-113 Ball Head for $90

+ 160GB Delkin BLACK CFexpress Type A Memory Card for $220

+ BushNell 10×42 All-Purpose Binoculars (Green) for $45
+ Bush designed the left side, Nell designed the right side 😉

+ Xcellon Mighty Mini 365 3-Port 65W GaN USB Charger for $25

+ some audio thing

Tuesday is here, aka TunesDay (don’t forget to listen to some music) and ToonsDay (don’t forget to watch some cartoons, classic or new), and we have a fresh batch of B&H Photo daily deals good until 8/8/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Gator 15″ Speaker Tote Bag Kit (2-Pack) for $90
+ yes, why buy one bag, when you can BAG the TWO BAGS 🙂

+ FLiR 128 x 96 C3-X Compact Professional Thermal Camera (9 Hz, Wi-Fi) for $489 with FREE Klean Kanteen TKWide 20 oz Insulated Bottle with Cafe Cap (Matte Black Gold Base)
+ yes, this is the perfect kit for the modern UFO Hunter, thermal camera and 20oz of strong coffee!
+ now that UFOs are Congress-trendy, jump on this bandwagon!
+ PRO TIP: strong coffee on an empty stomach and you can see UFOs everywhere 😉

+ 4x IndiPRO Micro-Series 98Wh Li-Ion Batteries & Dual Charger Kit (V-Mount)

+ Gitzo GIGH4383QD Series 4 Center Ball Head with Arca-Type Screw Knob QR Receiver for $274 after coupon

+ Gitzo GH2750 Series 2 Off Center Magnesium Ballhead for $329 after coupon

+ ManFrotto 504X Fluid Video Head & MVTTWINGC Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ground Spreader for $800 after in-cart coupon

+ 13.3″ MacBook Pro M1 Chip with Retina Display (Late 2020, Space Gray) and AppleCare+ Protection Plan for $1399
+ M1 8-Core CPU
+ 16GB Unified RAM, 1TB SSD
+ 2560 x 1600 IPS Retina
+ 8-Core GPU, 16-Core Neural Engine
+ OR for the same price you can buy 25 refurbished scratch-n-dent prehistoric Chromebooks at Woot 😉

Monday is here and it’s a name-brand day at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 8/7/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Lowepro FreeLine Backpack 350 AW (Heather Gray) for $100

+ SpyderX Elite Colorimeter for $135

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

+ Benro FGP18A Go Plus 4-Section Aluminum Travel Tripod for $110

+ SmallRIG RC 120D Daylight LED Monolight for $140

+ flash deal: PRO-GRADE CFexpress 2.0 Type B Gold Memory Card sales, four options, single packs or two packs, $100 to $550, 256GB to 1TB

MEANwhile the Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode…

Sunday is here, and if it’s not sunny, you get your money back at the Sun Customer Service Center!

We start with a new sextet at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 8/6/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Gitzo Century Leather Hand Strap for Mirrorless and DSLR Cameras for $20

+ Portabrace Filter Pouch Set for up to 3 Circular Filters up to 4.5″ for $27~
+ you get three filter pouches, a different color each
+ you also get a carry pouch to put the pouches in
+ each pouch can hold up to three filters
+ actual lens filters are NOT included!!!

+ GVM Mini Waterproof RGB LED On-Camera Light for $60
+ shoe-mount
+ when they call it mini, they are not joking!

+ Magnus FT-P15 MiniFlex Flexible Tripod for Smartphones and Camera for $10
+ me personally, I’m using this for the Canon 1Ds with BIGMA 😉

+ Ruggard Herringbone Sleeve for 13″ Laptop / Tablet for $13

+ Alfatron 35′ HDMI 2.0 Cable (Black) for $15

MEANwhile Adorama continues to be in Top Deals mode…

IF YOU ARE fond of magazines delivered by snail mail to US addresses, there’s another Weekend sale at DiscountMAGs featuring the usual suspects.

AND IF you like e-book reading, there’s over 200 e-book selections in the Kindle daily deals including the highly influential “Dopamine Nation” by Anna Lembke for $3 with $0.30 “Great on Kindle” future purchase store credit.

Fri-YAY iz herez and az usualz [yes, we typez trendy like it’z 2014] the B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET, August 5 in 2023 in this particular case:

+ 64GB Kingston DataTraveler Exodia Flash Drive for $6
+ that’s just $3 per 64GB USB 3.2 G1 Type A flash stick!

+ Shimoda Action X70 Backpack Starter Kit with X-Large DV Core Unit for $300
+ BAG the BAG!

+ OWC 325GB Atlas Ultra CFexpress Type B Memory Card for $190
+ Atlas saw the price and …shrugged

+ Sirui K-20x Ball Head for $69 after a $10 mail-in rebate
+ yes, mail-in rebate!

+ Bright Tangerine ExoSkin Leather Armour Gloves for $19 per pair
+ size options range from “S” to “XXL”
+ hand-size, just so we are clear!
+ touchscreen fingertips
+ despite the name, they are neither bright nor tangerine colored 😉

+ SmallRIG SimoRR Vigor VT-08 Action Cam Grip and Mini-Tripod for $7
+ you know you can’t resist single-figure accessories 🙂

FRIDAY ONLY
The Adorama daily deals for Friday 8/4/23 continue to be in “Top Deals” mode!

UPDATE: Adorama continues to be in “Top Deals” mode on Saturday as well…

One of the Kindle daily deals for Friday has a photograph as its …star! A 19th century photograph is the key in this modern murder mystery type of a book, “The Luzern Photograph” by William Bayer (no relation to Bayer Sensors?) for $2.

Thirsty-Thursday is here and the Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode!

Then off to the B&H Photo daily deals we go where they run until 8/3/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Magnus VPH-20 Video Pan & Tilt Fluid Head for $28

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Triple Mount for $60

+ Nanuk 925 Cases with Foam or Dividers, ten options, further discounted with add-to-cart coupon

+ NiSi Macro Focusing Rail NM-200 with 360° Rotating Clamp (7.9″ Length) for $129
+ with push-button release for +$10

+ Optoma UHZ50 3000-Lumen XPR 4K UHD Home Theater DLP Projector for $1799 after add-to-cart coupon

+ Arcsoon video transmission type thing for $399

Trigger warning for Pour-Over and French Press fans 😉 On the Amazon Gold Box front, there’s a sale of Keurig K-Mini Plus Single Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker for $79 in various color options.

The Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode featuring a variety of offerings of products old and new…

Off to the B^H Photo dailies we go where we find a fresh six-pack running until 8/2/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ GVM NP-F750 4400mAh Batteries with Travel Chargers for $30
+ you get two batteries and two 1-slot chargers

+ Manfrotto EzyFrame Vintage Background Kit 6.5 x 7.5′ (Concrete) for $200
+ so vintage I can hear 80s Hot 100 top hits just by watching it 🙂

+ Benro CLT203 2-Series Induro Classic Carbon Fiber Tripod for $160

+ RING 1080p Video Doorbell (2020 Release) for $50

+ LexMark MB2236i Multifunction Monochrome Laser Printer for $190 after in-cart coupon
+ yes monochrome is making a comeback!

+ 14.2″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max Chip (Late 2021) for $2499
+ M1 Max 10-Core Chip
+ 64GB Unified RAM, 2TB SSD
+ 3024×1964 Liquid Retina XDR Screen
+ 32-Core GPU, 16-Core Neural Engine
+ with AppleCare+ for +$100

One of the Kindle daily deals for Wednesday is my nominee for the Dad Jokes Hall of Fame, the ebook name is … Up to No Gouda (Grilled Cheese Mysteries Book 1). Yes reading/looking at it makes me crave cheese. The book itself, I have no clue, but I just sent the sample to the Kindle 🙂

Longer Running Offers
Yes, it is the “OS Fairness Doctrine”. Since we mentioned an Apple laptop above, we had to balance it with Windows and Chrome OS options!

As part of the Woot Plus offerings, running until 8/18/23 or earlier if sold out, Woot is offering an ASUS Laptops sale with a mix of Windows and ChromeOS options and prices ranging from $130 (Flip 12″ MediaTek) to $2500 (17.3″ i9 RoG Windows gaming laptop).

Note that a number of them are factory reconditioned with a 90-day ASUS warranty. New condition get a 1-year ASUS warranty.

Stay tuned for an MS-DOS offer too. GRRM may be selling his older laptops 😉

The Adorama daily deals continue to be in “Top Deals” mode where they feature a variety of deals, instead of the usual “deal of the day”.

THEN at the B&H Photo daily deals we have a fresh six-pack of offerings but no lens today:

+ Wooden Director’s Monitor Cage v3 with Dual Carbon Fiber Handgrips for $179
+ I’m sure some would rather buy a Director’s Cage – there are some impossibly narcissistic ones out there 😉

+ Sunpak LED-330 Video Light with Barndoors for $22
+ you have to provide your own barn animals though
+ I promise, this is the last time I use this joke 🙂

+ Bushman Claremont Bushman Monopod for $82

+ PlatyPOD Platyball Ergo Ball Head for $189

+ SynCO Mic-D2 Hypercardioid Shotgun Mic for $139

+ CaseLogic 13.3″ Laptop and MacBook Sleeve (Galaxy) for $9
+ they either have a sense of humor or they didn’t realize it – naming an Apple accessory with the Samsung flagship brand name (Galaxy) LOL

THEN at Amazon we find some new potentially interesting offerings:

+ Laptops sale from ASUS, Acer, MSI, Dell, Samsung, Lenova, etc
+ there’s a mix of “regular” and gaming laptops

+ five pages of name-brand Office Supplies including a gift set type of Schools Supplies kit that includes Sharpie, EXPO, Elmers and Papermate products for $21~
+ it has 38 pieces
+ you can probably do a lot better buying them piecemeal as needed BUT this can make a fun gift for kids of all ages, eg if you are buying school supplies as gifts for children or adults that could use a little boost in excitement from a packaged gift type thing or are in tough situations or are under-priviledged, etc, etc, etc
+ yes, I’m getting soft and emotional in my old age 😉

+ Amazon Clip-On Coupons page from many brands, it’s not just Amazon-brand products anymore
+ I don’t think Amazon knows how many coupons are being offered 😉

Sunday is here! Don’t look at the calendar now but we almost ate up July of 2023. Time sure does fly, whether you are having fun or not 🙂

The B&H Photo daily deals are as follows:

+ PortaBRACE Tripod-Carrying Shoulder Strap for $50~
+ yes, the tripods deserve their very own accessories!
+ assuming the tripod is worth more than the accessory 😉

+ Slik Pro CF-834 Tripod (Black) for $190

+ 32GB Kingstson Canvas Select Plus UHS-I microSDHC with SD Adapter for $3.50
+ optionally buy together with Xcellon Portable USB 3.0 Card Reader for $11.50

+ Xcellon Mighty Mini 130 30W GaN USB Type-C Charger for $13, two color options

+ flash deal: Yamaha RDS200 Seascooter for $275
+ no, it cannot play music – you have to make your own kind of music in the sea 😉

THEN to the Adorama dailies we go where we find two computer monitors:

+ AOC 27E1H 27″ 16:9 Full HD WLED for $95

+ BenQ EW3280U 32″ 16:9 4K UHD Entertainment IPS Monitor with HDRi Technology, Built-In Speakers for $500

Friday is here and as usual the B&H Photo daily deals go until Saturday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Elinchrom Softbox To Go Kit for $130
+ you get two of each item, that’s what the “2 Pieces” means over there

+ 32GB Sandisk Ultra SDHC UHS-I C10 Memory Card (2-Pack) with one USB 3.0 Card Reader for $14
+ two memory cards, one card reader

+ Benro TablePod Pro Kit Carbon Fiber Tripod and Ball Head with ArcaSmart 70mm Smartphone Adapter Plate for $80
+ tripod-accessorapalloooza!

+ ACCsoon PowerCage for the iPad for $79

THEN to the Friday Adorama daily deals we go where we find a $10 webcam and a $73 acoustic guitar kit…

THIS WEEKEND brings us a trio of coupons for the Monoprice website as follows:

+ SUMMER5 is $5 off a $25+ order

+ SUMMER10 is $10 off a $50+ order

+ SAVE250 is $250 off a $1000+ order
+ yes, all of a sudden it got real 🙂

+ terms, restrictions, conditions, limitations, etc apply

Consumer-y lighting at the Thursday 7/27/23 Meh daily deal, a 12-pack of Merkury Multicolor + White Dimmable Smart LED Bulbs for $30 plus shipping. These work with the Geenie app or Alexa or Google Home. Per the specs they are 1050 lumens, E26 base, A21 shape, 2700K, 2.4GHz Wifi, 11W (75W in 35mm equivalent LOL), etc…

THEN at the Adorama dailies we find two headphones and the Sachtler aktiv10 Sideload Fluid Head System with flowtech100 Tripod & Ground Spreader for $4275. Or you can buy 427 Ritz/Wolf tripods for the same price 😉

IF YOU ARE a Prime member, for $20 you can get the Boost Infinite Unlocked Phone SIM Kit that gets you unlimited data, talk and text. You pay $20 but the kit includes a $25 bill credit. This is 5G. The monthly fee is $25 per month.

NEXT up we have four offerings at the B&H Photo dailies:

+ Jupio PowerVault External Battery Packs for select Canon,
Nikon and Sony batteries, $37 to $60

+ Sachtler Camporter Camera Bag (Small) for $118~

+ GVM Professional Brushless 2-Axis Carbon Fiber Motorized Camera Slider (32″) for $549

+ GlocalMe hotspots, four options, 4G to 5G, $56 to $200 (5G)

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