Imported Nikon D7200 w/18-140 DX VR w/1yr seller warranty for $900

The Nikon D7200 is no longer the “latest model” in the D7X0 line, the D7500 was announced a few days and it is currently available for pre-order for $1250 as body only – check Stock Status Tracker.

In new condition, it currently goes for $1000 as body only or $1300 with the 18-104mm lens at various authorized dealers, such as Adorama or Amazon or B&H Photo.

However, one school of thought is that once a “newer model” is revealed, it may be a good idea to buy the previous models as refurbished or used or grey-market, to save money on the purchase of a non-latest-model, since you are not riding the Early Adopter Wave.

If you like this approach, one path is refurbished, the D7200 body only is available manufacturer-refurbished with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty at Adorama or $789 with a 90-da7 B&H warranty at B&H Photo.

Another path that will get you more bang for the buck (if you need/want the 18-140mm DX VR lens) is at the eBay Deals du jour where eBay seller 6ave (99.1%, New Jersey) is offering the imported grey-market D7200 with the 18-140mm DX VR lens and a 1-year seller warranty (from 6ave, not Nikon USA) for $900 with free shipping. Limit five per customer.

For the speed-readers, the “1555” in the eBay listing title maybe easily misread as 1855 as in the 18-55 lens. This 1515 is the MPN of this kit, it comes with the 18-140mm lens ๐Ÿ™‚ But for whatever reason, the eBay bots or humans picked a YouTube video for the D700 in the middle of the eBay listing instead of the D7200 ๐Ÿ™‚

PS: I am not sure how a one-paragraph post turned into this ๐Ÿ™‚

Ends Tonight: eBay Coupon: 20% off select $25+ items (max discount $50)

eBay is getting more and more fond of coupons these days. Coupon code PSHOPTECH417 gets you 20% off select technology/electronics items priced $25 or higher, from select sellers. The maximum discount with the coupon is $50, which means items over $250 will get a flat $50 off discount.

There are 36 camera and photo items participating from a pot-pouri of sellers and in various conditions, so scrutinize each listing, do not make assumptions about the condition or the seller. It is eBay after all ๐Ÿ™‚

Coupon expires 4/19/17. One time use per customer.

Pre-orders on Friday: Sony a9 for $4500

Canon and Nikon are no longer the only ones with used-car-priced full frame flagship cameras. Sony is joining the fray with the new Sony a9 full frame E-mount flagship, with a flagship price of $4500. Pre-orders will begin on Friday 4/21/17, so considerate of Sony to let people enjoy the holidays the days before and after. Preorders will begin at 10am ET on Friday at B&H Photo.

For more on the camera, B&H has a 1-hour video of the announcement, along with a live blog.

Also coming along with the PRO camera is a new Master series lens, the FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS E-Mount with a price of $2500, and pre-orders opening on Friday.

This new camera now gives mirrorless cameras the lead in 2017, they are “winning” over DSLRs in a penalty shoot-out at 6-5. You can see them all at the New Cameras of 2017 page.

Instant Savings on select Canon, Rokinon, Sigma and Tamron lenses (92 options)

Lens fun now at B&H Photo, where a number of new instant savings (discounts, no rebate/coupon) promotions are running on select lenses from the following four manufacturers:

+ Sigma Lenses (32 options)

+ Tamron Lenses (24 options)

+ Rokinon Lenses (6 options)

+ Canon Lenses (30 options)

DJI Inspire 1 v2.0 RAW Quadcopter with Zenmuse X5R 4K and Two Extra 512GB SSDs for $4300

A DJI M43rds power bundle is now offered for $4299 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. It is the DJI Inspire 1 v2.0 RAW Quadcopter with Zenmuse X5R 4K and Two Extra 512GB DJI-branded SSDs made for the Zenmuse X5R camera, which is a M43rds camera. Needless to say, this has to fly, so only select M43rds lenses are cleared for fit and for flight (Panasonic 15mm f1.7 included; also works with Olympus 12/2).

For more B&H action, you can check their featured sales pages

Elinchrom Quadra Living Light Kit with Lead Battery, S Head and Transmitter for $699

On the lighting front, the Elinchrom Quadra Living Light Kit with Lead Battery, S Head and Transmitter is on sale for a limited time for $699 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. B&H is back from the holiday and orders are being processed as we speak.

On a semi-related product category (economy of blog-posts), the Vello Extendรก Wi-Fi DSLR Remote Control for Canon and Nikon is on sale for $100 with free shipping,. Check product details to see which cameras it is compatible with. It has apps for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. Sadly, no Firefox OS apps ๐Ÿ™‚

Vanguard Quovio 44 Convertible Backpack/Sling for $120

There are convertible cars and laptops, but there are also convertible camera bags. In this case, this Vanguard Quovio 44 Convertible Backpack/Sling converts between a backpack and a sling bag, a rather “widescreen” sling. See gallery pictures for more on this, which is on sale for $120 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo.

Sunpak 423PX2 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Compact Pistol Grip Head for $80

B&H Photo is back and accepting orders again (and previously placed orders are getting processed), and new rounds of offers are getting ushered out, including the Sunpak 423PX2 3-Section Carbon Fiber Tripod with Compact Pistol Grip Head for $80 with free expedited shipping. More posts as I digest them, but in the meantime, you can check their featured sales pages

(ENDED) Thursday Lightning Deals: Etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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(ENDED) Thursday: Palette Cube for $80, Two Datacolor Spyders, $30 Oben tripod, Etc

These daily deals expired for more action, check their Featured Sales

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YMMV automatic 20% off discount on some Warehouse Deals items

Over 24,000 used items offered at Amazon’s Used websites (aka, “Amazon Warehouse Deals”) are participating in an Earth Day promotion that automatically gets you 20% off their current prices. Only select items are eligible, and only those that Amazon itself (in this case, Warehouse Deals itself) is the seller. Things offered by 3rd-party sellers are not eligible. No coupon code needed, eligible items are discounted automatically and they show a 20% off marker when you look at the individual listings. Since this is an Earth Day promotion, it should end after Earth Day or so.

REI: $100 Gift Card with REI Co-Op Mastercard

If you don’t have (or had) an REI Mastercard, they are running a promotion that gets you a $100 REI Gift Card if you open an REI Co-Op Mastercard and make at least one purchase with it (any purchase, any amount) within 60 days of account opening. The usual thing with credit cards, “on approved credit”, etc, etc, etc. With this card you earn 5% back on REI purchases and 1% on all other retailers/places. This is stackable with the annual REI Membership Dividend because co-op hippies like to give money back ๐Ÿ™‚ On top of that, until 12/31/17, REI will donate 10c to the National Forest Foundation (up to $1 million) for every transaction made with the card.

20% off rentals at BL with coupon

To celebrate Earth Day, Borrow Lenses has a new coupon, 20% off rentals of camera gear with the following deadlines as shown in the screenshot below that explains it better and faster than I could with words ~ because one I go past a single sentence, then posts get longer and longer and longer as I add more and more text as disambiguations or parallels or other tidbits or attempts at joking or other meta commentary ๐Ÿ™‚

(ENDED) 1TB SanDisk Ultra II SATA III SSD for $270 (ends by 11:44pm ET tonight)

These Wednesday lightning deal sold-out before it expired…

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(ENDED) Wednesday Lightning Deals: 1TB Sandisk SSD, Accessories, Etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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(ENDED) Woot-OFF In Progress (started Tue 1am ET)

This Woot-OFF ended after 24 hours on Wednesday at 1am ET…

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(ENDED) Wednesday: 12-month Creative Cloud Photography Plan for $90, Etc

These daily deals expired but for more action, check their Featured Sales…….

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Refurbished GoPro HERO4 Black w/1yr warranty for $203 after coupon

Four GoPROs are participating in the previously mentioned eBay coupon PSHOPTECH417 (20% off select items priced $25+, discount capped at $50), including the manufacturer refurbished GoPro HERO4 Black Edition Camera offered for $253, minus $50 off coupon, becoming $203 with free shipping and a 1-year guarantee from the offiical GoPRO eBay store. Limit one per customer with the coupon discount which expires 4/19/17.

There are also a few DJI items (from the official DJI store). Expand the “Cameras and Drones” category on the top left side of the Promotional Page to find them all quickly.

MegaGear “Ever Ready” Leather Case for Sony a6* for $25

The dark brown and light brown color-schemes of the MegaGear “Ever Ready” Leather Case for select Sony a6* mirrorless cameras is currently on sale for $25 with a limit of up to ten per color per customer at Amazon by Amazon itself. The usual free shipping terms apply (Prime or $35+).

Refurbished Nikon D3400 w/18-55 and 70-300mm DX non-VR for $440

There are many ways to get into the Nikon DSLR system these days, especially if you consider refurbished kits, which brings us to the manufacturer refurbished Nikon D3400 bundled with the 18-55 DX VR and the 70-300mm f4.5-6.3G ED DX non-VR lenses, with a 90-day Nikon USA warranty, all together going for $440 with free shipping at Adorama.

This bundle goes for $600 in new condition with some free accessories included by Amazon and Adorama.

Corel AfterShot Pro 3 for $30

The Corel AfterShot Pro 3 software, delivered by mail (not a digital download) is on sale for $30 at Amazon by Amazon itself again. Free shipping for Prime members or with a $35+ order. This is not a lightning deal but a recurring sale.

48pk of Maxell AA single-use batteries for $10 [etc]

If you want single-use batteries but don’t want to deal with Office Depot Rewards, there are a couple of Maxell sales at Amazon, but these too have their gotchas ~ they are either PrimePantry or Add-ON!

+ 48pk of Maxell AA for $10 (4.8 batteries per dollar)
+ PRIME PANTRY (must make a PrimePantry purchase)
+ you can get free PrimePantry shipping if you buy five or more units from select qualifying products ~ any combination works, five of the same item, or five different items, or three of this and two of that
+ otherwise Prime Pantry has a $6 flat shipping for every PrimePantry box you fill-up
+ you may have a $5 PrimePantry credit in your account ~ these are a result of selecting No Rush Shipping instead of 2-day Prime shippingon Prime-eligible purchases. You can check your available credits and expiration dates anytime by going to amazon.com/norushcredits
+ easy way to remember is “no rush credits” and then append these words (without the spaces) to amazon.com/

+ 36pk of Maxell AAA for $7.21 (almost 5 batteries per dollar)
+ ADD-ON ITEM (must place a $25+ order regardless)
+ everyone can buy this, not restricted to Prime members

+ 36pk of Maxell AAA for $7.61
+ PRIME PANTRY (only Prime members can make Prime Pantry purchases)

PS: check the Comprehensive Guide to Prime Benefits if you want to detangle the different Amazon shopping options these days.

In-Stock Now: Canon D-Rebel T7i (all three kits at normal prices)

All three official kits of the new Canon Digital Rebel T7i DSLR are now in-stock at a combination of Amazon (two of the three) and B&H Photo (all three) and Adorama (two of the three).

The three official kits are body only for $750, with 18-55 for $900, and with 18-135 for $1300. Additionally, B&H Photo has created two kits of its own that add the 55-250 lens to the 18-55 and 18-135 kits for +$150 more on each.

NOTE: B&H and Adorama orders will begin shipping on Wednesday April 19 regardless of shipping method selected.

64GB PNY Elite Performance C10 UHS-I U3 SDXC for $27

The 64GB PNY Elite Performance C10 UHS-I U3 SDXC, model P-SDX64U395-GE (with the (up to) “95MB/sec” written on the card), is on sale for $27 each at Quill.com. Free shipping with an order of $45 or more (eg two of these cards).

LG 360 CAM Spherical Camera for $130

On the 360-degree spherical camera front, the new condition LG 360 CAM Spherical Camera, model LGR105ATMOTS, is on sale for a limited time for $130 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo… For more action, check the B&H Photo Featured Sales… Orders will ship April 19+ regardless of shipping method…

100% Duracell Battery Rewards at Office Depot/Max now offers 20pk of Quantum (instead of 16pk Coppertop)

If you are a fan of the Office Depot and Office MAX Duracell battery rewards, there is another round and this time they are “upgrading” to the 20pk of Quantum batteries instead of the 16pk of Copppertops. This new offer runs between April 16-22 (2017). You can find it at the Office Depot Rewards page (fifth row).

The graphic above says “online only” while the terms at the bottom of the page (appended at the bottom of the post below) say good online or by phone/fax. To be on the safe side, do online-only unless you are certain phone/fax orders will qualify as well.

The link there points to these two eligible Quantum 20-pack options (AA or AAA). Per the terms, you have a limit of (up to) three for this shopping week. You can get any combination, eg [two AA and one AAA] or [three AAA] or [three AA] or [one AA] or [two AAA] or [one AA and one AAA] or any other combo that totals up to three.

You pay the full price ($14.99 per 20-pack) plus sales tax (if applicable). Shipping is free with a $35+ order. A few weeks later, your Office Depot Rewards account will have a $14.99 reward for every 20-pack you buy.

Because these are “Bonus Rewards”, they will be issued separately from the monthly Depot rewards (so they are not subject to the multiples of $10 evil restriction). They don’t always send emails when rewards are loaded, so you have to check manually. Sales tax is NOT included in the Rewards, that’s out of your pocket regardless.

Office Depot rewards do NOT roll. If you pay for this order with Rewards, you will NOT earn rewards. You must needs use “fresh money” (credit, debit, gift card, cash, etc).

“Bonus Rewards: 100% Back in Rewards on select Duracellยฎ Quantum Alkaline Batteries: Valid online, by phone or fax from 4/16/17 โ€“ 4/22/17 11:59 PM ET or while supplies last, whichever occurs first. Limit 3 offers per member. This offer cannot be combined with other Bonus Reward offers on the same or similar products and services.”

$50 off select 27 and 28 inch Monoprice monitors with coupon

For a limited time, coupon code MONITOR50 gets you $50 off the purchase of the following computer monitors (coupon expiration date unspecified):

+ 27-inch Monoprice LED Backlit WQHD (2560×1440) Monitor (DisplayPort HDMI DVI-DL VGA) for $320 ($270 after coupon)
+ 28-inch Monoprice UHD Premium Series Matte 4K 60Hz 5ms Monitor (DisplayPort HDMI, DVI, VGA, Pixel Perfect Display)for $350 ($300 after coupon)
+ 28-inch Monoprice CrystalPro LED 4K 60Hz Monitor (DisplayPort HDMI/MHL DVI-DL) for $350 ($300 after coupon); limit one per customer
+ free standard US shipping for these monitors

ELSEWHERE AT MONOPRICE
+ NOTE: shipping is too expensive for the small things if you buy them on their own, but if you buy an item that qualifies for free standard US shipping (eg the monitors above), then the small items (like the HDMI cable below) will likely get free shipping as well.
+ Unfortunately Monoprice does not have simple free shipping rules like Amazon or Best Buy or Walmart, so figuring out shipping fees is an extra step for Monoprice orders unless you are buying only items that come with free shipping

+ 6ft 30AWG High Speed HDMI Cable for $0.99 + shipping

+ 77mm Center Pinch Lens Cap for $0.93 plus shipping

+ Monoprice Small Neoprene Lens Cap for $0.98 + shipping

+ Monoprice Medium Neoprene Lens Cap for $1.06 + shipping

+ Monoprice Large Neoprene Lens Cap for $1.17 + shipping

+ Monoprice Compact Camera Extender for $2.21 + shipping

+ 63-inch Lightweight Aluminum Portable Monopod (model (aka PID) 10264) for $5.48 + shipping

+ Camera Skate Dolly 11″ Arm for $8.20 plus shipping

+ LED Video Camcorder Light with 140 Pieces LED and 1000 Lumens Brightness With Adjustable Color Temperature for $18~ plus shipping

+ Aluminum Tripod Expert Series – Small for $24~ plus shipping

+ Photo Studio

+ Hubsan X4 H107D: FPV Mini Quadcopter Drone with Live Video Feed Controller for $52.55 + shipping

+ NOTE: except for the HDMI cable above, the camera-n-photo items above are all clearance items

+ open-box and refurbished products

(ENDED) More Storage Sales: WD External, Drobo, Seagate

As of 4/19/17 recheck, most of these offers expired… You can find the “survivors” in the “Elsewhere at Amazon” sections of the almost-daily Lightning Deal round-ups

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(ENDED) Monday Lightning Deals: Rokinon 12mm f2, Accessories, Etc

These lighting deals expired… For future ones in the future, check the Amazon Gold Box and Camera & Photo page

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(ENDED) Monday: 20% off a $300+ Monoprice order

Monday is over and so are its coupons… It’s a repeat of the Friday discount, coupon code MONDAY20 gets you 20% off orders of $300+ at the Monoprice website for Monday 4/17/17. Some brands and some sale items and some newly released items are excluded. You can test coupon and get S&H fee estimates without logging-in or creating an account. These should not work with the $50 off Computer Monitor coupon.