Refurbished GoPro HERO3+ Silver with Remote and Battery BacPac and 1yr warranty for $200

If you are holding out for a Go Pro Hero, chances are, by the time you finish reading this sentence, Bonnie Tyler’s song will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. You are welcome 🙂 Which brings us to the manufacturer-refurbished factory-sealed with a one-year warranty GoPro HERO3+ Silver bundled with a Remote Control and a Battery BacPac, all together offered for $200 with free shipping by the official GoPro Store on eBay. Limit five per buyer.

This is part of the Trending eBay Deals. If you are interested in this and also you are part of the eBay Rewards program, check to see if you qualify for the Bonus eBay Bucks promotion before buying it. It would earn 8% instead of 2% rewards ($16 eBay Bucks vs the usual $4).

Speaking of featured eBay Deals, eBay seller “ANTonline” (98.4%) is offering the new condition 240GB Kingston SSDNow V300 2.5″ Internal Solid State Drive, model SV300S37A/240G, for $62 with free shipping with a limit of three per customer. Their listing says they are an authorized Kingston dealer.

January 20, 2016 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras Tagged With: , , , , ,

YMMV eBay Bucks up to 4X (8%) in Rewards

This is a YMMV promotion, check your emails or eBay Messages to see if you are invited to participate in this promotion. You must manually opt-in by activating the offer before you start shopping. Running between 8am ET today and 2:59am ET on Friday, you earn eBay Bonus Bucks on purchases as follows:

+ 4% (2X) on every qualifying item of $50 or more
+ 6% (3X) on every qualifying item of $100 or more
+ 8% (4X) on every qualifying item of $150 or more

These are rewards to be used in future purchases, not discounts on the current purchase price. The promotion is triggered by the prices of individual items, not on your shopping cart total. Meaning if you buy one item for $51, you get 4% rewards. If you buy ten $29 items, you get no bonus rewards (you still get the standard 2% (1x) rewards).

You can earn multiple rewards during this promotion. The caps are $100 reward per item and $500 total during this promotional period. The usual exclusions apply (no eBay Gift Cards, no Classifieds, no Real Estate, etc). The promotional email/message has all the details.

A couple of good places to start looking for deals are the eBay Daily Deals page along with the eBay Trending Deals page.

If you do a lot of photo prints at your local CVS stores, one of the latest featured eBay Deals is a plastic $100 CVS Gift Card offered for $88 with free shipping by eBay seller SVM Gift Cards (99.6%). This is a mail delivery plastic physical gift card. Limit three per buyer.

January 20, 2016 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) 23.6″ Samsung LED-Lit 1920×1080 Monitor for $100

This daily deal expired… For more action, check the Amazon Lightning Deals…

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January 20, 2016 Filed Under: samsung, technology deals Tagged With:

Phottix Mitros+ TTL Flash and Odin Flash Trigger Combo for $400 (Canon)

The Canon version of the Phottix Mitros+ TTL Flash and Odin Flash Trigger Combo, model PH80375, is on sale for $400 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. The Nikon version is not on sale (goes for $550). This offer ends by 11:59pm ET on 1/20/16.

January 19, 2016 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With: ,

Ianiro Aladino 12V On-Camera LED Light for $298

It’s hard to have photo-graphy without the light, which brings us to the awkwardly named Ianiro Aladino 12V On-Camera LED Light on sale for $298 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. No coupons, no rebates (I only mention coupons or rebates if they are needed, in order to keep posts short and readable and skimmable and scannable – except when I try to explain why I don’t mention them, in which case I create never-ending meta-paragraphs like this one :))

January 19, 2016 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With:

Plustek OpticFilm 8200i SE Film Scanner for $300

The Plustek OpticFilm 8200i SE Film Scanner is currently on sale for $300 with free expedited shipping at B&H Photo. This supports 7200 dpi and 48-bit and also has a programmable 1-touch button.

January 19, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Epson Home XP-420 AiO Inkjet Printer drops to $50

Last week the Epson Expression Home XP-420 AiO Inkjet Printer was on sale for $60, but now it has dropped to $50 with free shipping at B&H Photo and at Amazon (limit 2) where it averages 3.8 out of 5 based on nearly 800 customer reviews.

January 19, 2016 Filed Under: printers and photo paper Tagged With: ,

Sandisk Compact Flash and SD* discounts (24 options)

Sandisk price drops are in progress at Adorama featuring a variety of Compact Flash Extreme and Extreme PRO cards, along with Ultra and Extreme Pro and Plus SD* memory cards. Storage capacities range from 8GB to 256GB and prices range from $7 to $400. The aforelinked page is an “ever-scrolling page”, so keep paging down to see more featured items. A total of 24 items are participating, 22 are memory cards and two are card readers. Some of the memory cards are eligible for small volume discounts if you buy 2 or 3+ of the same card. Look for the “Buy more and save” in small font below an eligible item’s price.

January 19, 2016 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Now shipping: new 3Pod Tripods and Ballheads

A number of new 3Pod brand ballheads and tripods are now available at the Adorama website featuring 11 ballheads, two tall tripods and seven table-top tripods. They come with free shipping with prices ranging from $13 to $140.

January 19, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) Redrock Micro microMatteBox Deluxe Bundle Kit with Universal Donut for $450

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January 19, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

Weekly Fry’s Promo Code offers: Lowepro, Vanguard, Monster, refurb Cybershot, Roku 4, etc

A new week is already under way. Where did all the time go? It’s already less than 49 weeks until Christmas 2016 🙂 The weekly promo code offers for email subscribers of Fry’s Electronics for the shopping week of Jan 17-23 in 2016 include:

+ Lowepro TAHOE BP 150AW for $50 (limit 1)
+ Lowepro DroneGuard Kit LP36910 Grab and Go for $60 (limit 1)
+ 61″ Vanguard ESPOD CX 203AGH for $50 (limit 1)
+ Monster Villain Action Camera for $100 (limit 1)
+ refurbished unspecified Sony Cybershot P&S (16mp, 5x optical) for $50 (in-store only; limit 1)
+ Roku 4 (latest model) for $110 (limit 1)
+ offers good Jan 17-23, in-store or online or both – each is specified in the item’s box in their ad pages
+ you need the unique promo code from their email subscriptions to get the discounted price (free to sign-up for their email subscriptions)

January 18, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

Contour ROAM3 Waterproof HD Video Camera for $109

Many and more players have entered the action camera scene since GoPro broke out, one of them is the Contour ROAM3 Waterproof HD Video Camera on sale for $109 with free shipping at Amazon by Amazon herself for $109 with free shipping. This takes microSD cards, as it is common with many of the smaller/compact-er devices.

January 18, 2016 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Mon Fry’s B&M Stores w/Promo Code: 20pk 4×6 Glossy Photo Paper for $0.25 (limit 5)

These daily offers expired, but the generic-brand photo papers are recurring at their promo-code deals…

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January 18, 2016 Filed Under: printers and photo paper Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Nikon D3200 w/18-55 VR II for $355 (ends Tue 1am ET)

This “substitute teacher’ daily deal expired…

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January 18, 2016 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock for $100

This daily deal expired… For more action, check their Featured Deals page…

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January 18, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With:

Jan 17-23: 20% off iTunes Gift Cards ($50 or $100 amounts)

If you want to get low-friction discounted iTunes Gift Cards, for the week of January 17-23 at Staples Brick and Mortar stores, you can get 20% off on the $50 and $100 iTunes Gift Cards. So you would be paying $40 and $80 respectively. There’s no coupon, no rebate, the gift cards will be discounted automatically by their system. This is not the lowest percentage (can find 25% or 30% if you can wait), but it’s fairly convenient if you happen to be nearby a Staples store.

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Of photography interest are the vast variety of camera and photography apps, along with camera and photography e-books and camera guides.

January 17, 2016 Filed Under: gifts and gadgets Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Rotolight NEO On-Camera LED Light for $260

This daily deal expired… For more action, check their Featured Deals page…

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January 17, 2016 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With:

(ENDED) Refurbished Panasonic ZS40 travel-zoom for $145

This daily deal sold out before its 24 hours expired…

The Woot Sellout Daily Deal good until 1am ET on Tuesday (or earlier if sold out) is the refurbished Panasonic ZS40S (silver color scheme) travel-zoom, offered for $140 plus $5 flat shipping, with a limit of three cameras per customer and a 90 day Woot warranty.

January 16, 2016 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, panasonic Tagged With: , ,

Pre-order new Fuji X-Pro2 Flagship for $1700

The Fuji X-System finally has a new flagship, the 24mp X-Trans III APS-C Fuji X-Pro2 now available for pre-order as a body only kit for $1700 at Amazon by Amazon itself and B&H Photo and Adorama. Most of the shipping estimates have it as coming out in late February 2016… This too has been added to the e Interesting Cameras and Lenses of 2016 Tracking page…

January 15, 2016 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

64GB Sandisk USB 3.0 Flash Drive with microUSB Connector for $18~

Not to be outdone by Samsung, Sandisk now has a lower price on their dual-connector 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive. One side is a full size USB 3.0 port, the other side is a micro-USB port for use with mobile devices that support USB On The Go (USB Host). The full USB 3.0 side can be used by any device (PCs, laptops, etc) that support USB drives. This currently goes for $18~ with a limit of five per customer at Amazon by Amazon itself. It “defeats” the other options in its line-up (16GB to 128GB) in terms of $/GB. It is model SDDD2-064G-G46. It can be quite handy, especially if your phone does not have a microSD slot. The usual free shipping terms apply (Prime or $35+ order).

January 15, 2016 Filed Under: memory cards and storage Tagged With: ,

Pre-order Fuji X-E2S body for $700 (or w/18-55 for $1000)

The camera upgrade cycle continues with Fuji revealing an “S” version of the Fuji X-E2, the new X-E2S. I am not sure why companies keep insisting on using a final “s” in model name because that’s confusing both in terms of plural and possessive. But camera manufacturers are not under the juristiction of the Grammar Police, so they can get away with it 🙂 The X-E2S is available for pre-order in two options (body only for $700 or with the 18-55mm f2.8-4 R LM OIS for $1000), in either black or silver-black color schemes. Accepting pre-orders for these four combinations right now are Adorama and B&H Photo and Amazon by Amazon itself… This too has been added to the e Interesting Cameras and Lenses of 2016 Tracking page…

January 15, 2016 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , ,

Pre-order new Fuji X70 Big Sensor Prime for $800

With sensor prices dropping, it was only a matter of time before the Fuji RAWsumer line-up below the X100 got “upgraded” to the APS-C sensor size. And it just happened, the new X70 has a 16mp APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor with a 18.5mm f2.8 lens (28~mm eq~) and a starting price of $800. It is available for pre-order as follows:

+ black: B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon by Amazon itself

+ silver-black: B&H Photo and Adorama and Amazon by Amazon itself

+ this too has been added to the Interesting Cameras and Lenses of 2016 Tracking page

January 15, 2016 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, fuji Tagged With: , , ,

Pre-order Fuji XF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 R OIS WR for $1900

It’s the year of 100-400mm lenses so far 🙂 Fuji too has one coming in about a month, the Fujifilm XF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 R OIS WR LM is now available for pre-order for $1900 at Amazon by Amazon itself and B&H Photo and Adorama… Why give your Valentine disposable roses and chocolate when you can instead get them a zoom lens that keeps on giving? 🙂

January 15, 2016 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

PSA: The OfficeDepot/OfficeMax Duracell Rewards are now in your accounts

If you participated in the Office Depot and Office Max Duracell AA/AAA Free-After-Rewards promotions that began on Black Friday, check your Office Depot Rewards account online. The Duracell Bonus Rewards Bucks have been loaded as of 1/13/16. I only purchased the ones on Black Friday, so I don’t know if the rest of the weeks are also there, or just the first week. The offer was good two per week from Black Friday until the last week of December. Click all the way through to “View My Reward Certificates” if you don’t see them in the summary page on the right-hand side.

January 15, 2016 Filed Under: shopping news Tagged With: ,

(ENDED) Lowepro Urban Reporter 150 Camera Messenger Bag for $20 (Free Pickup or $4 S&H)

This limited time offer ended…

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January 15, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) 1-Year of Amazon Prime for $73 for New Members (Ends Sun PM)

This Golden Globe weekend offer ended but there is a pattern that every few months Amazon will find some kind of an excuse to have a Prime subscription sale 🙂 But I have no clue when the next one will happen…

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January 15, 2016 Filed Under: gifts and gadgets

(ENDED) Friday Fry’s Promo Codes: Manfrotto Compact Advanced Tripod with Ball Head for $70

These daily offers ended but a lot of the Fry’s offers return every few days or weeks…

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January 15, 2016 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

(ENDED) Pay $95, Get $100 eBay eGift Card (limited time)

Just as expected, this sold out quickly, in contrast to the 195/200 that lasted for a few days before closing… For future deals, check the eBay Deals…

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January 15, 2016 Filed Under: gifts and gadgets Tagged With: ,

$20 off a $100+ order at Monoprice with coupon [also 6ft HDMI cable for $2 shipped]

Monoprice is slowly but steadily expanding into a bigger internet player. With shipping facilities in the middle of the country and the carrying products from other manufacturers. For a limited time, they have a coupon offer, Get $20 OFF an order of $100+ with Promo Code 1STDOWN entered over there. This is good for almost all the Monoprice-branded products. The few excluded Monoprice items, along with excluded 3rd-party manufacturer items can be found over there under the “excluding the following PIDs” link.

Strategically, this is good if you are planning to buy a variety of small accessories or a single item $100+. They have all kinds of camera and photo related items, either search for items of interest (camera bags, tripods, etc) or navigate the menus to the appropriate categories. Likewise for tech-related degrees-of-separation-from-photography accessories.

Speaking of Monoprice, their 6ft 30AWG High Speed HDMI Cable is on sale for $0.99, with a limit of five per customer. If you only buy these, shipping is a flat $0.99. So you pay $2, and you get one HDMI cable delivered to your front door. This offer ends 1/17/16.

While there, they also have a sale on select Computer Monitors, some of their own, and some form third-party manufacturers (LG, Dell, HP, Acer, etc), along with monitor mounts and cables and such. The sale prices are what you see there, no coupon is needed. This offer ends 1/17/16… In parallel they have a Computer Sale, no coupon needed, good until 1/19/16…

Also pay attention to the various messages and banners over there, pointing you to clearance sales and “monocles” and other assorted promotions.

January 14, 2016 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With:

Tokina 11-20mm f2.8 PRO for $430 (C/N) [USA warranty]

CORRECTION: this is Tokina, not Tamron. They always get me. Side-effects of having both companies with T-names with six characters each. All apologies for the confusion. I propagate confusion 🙂

To the eBay Deals we hurry where Robert’s Digital (aka Robert’s Imaging of Indianapolis, popular in the Midwest) is offering the new condition Tokina 11-20mm f2.8 PRO lens for $430 with free shipping in either Canon or Nikon, with a limit of five per customer. It comes with a 3-year USA warranty.

While there on eBay, the BuyDig eBay store is offering two 128GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Class 10 memory cards with full SD adapters for $90 with free shipping. Limit five 2-packs per customer.

For a slight discount on the above, you can first get this $200 eBay Gift Card (via email) from PayPal’s Digital Gifts for $195. It’s only a 2.5% discount, but if you were going to pay full price, 2.5% less is 2.5% less 🙂

January 14, 2016 Filed Under: dslr deals, tokina Tagged With: , , ,