Camera Deals

Yes, Thirsty Thursday is here, and after all that holiday eating, we are certainly thirsty for some electrolytes!

We have another 4-pack of B&H Photo dailies good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Vello COOLTOOL Camera Plate Combo Tool
+ yes, it’s Tool Time!

+ Magnus Aluminum Travel Tripod with Monopod and Arca-Type Ball Head for $60
+ a day without tripods is no day at all!
+ — Anonymous

+ Raya EFS-16 Easy Fold Softbox Set (16 x 16″) for $40
+ 24×24″ variant for $43

+ VAXis ATOM 500 SDI Wireless Video Transmitter and Receiver Kit (SDI/HDMI) for $329
+ no relation to the VAX mini-computers of yester-year 😉

IF YOU ARE committed to life-long learning and FREE, there’s another set of free-streaming classes starting at 9am ET on Wednesday at Creative LIVE onAIR headlined by “Food Photography” with Andrew Scrivani (nearly 14 hours long, so one broadcast in full). There’s also the Premiere of “Born Creative” with James Victore (over 5 hours long). And if you had received a lot of wine bottles as gifts during the holidays or mayhaps you received a wine tasting subscription for the year, you may find the “Become a Great Wine Taster” by Richard Betts (8 hours) of interest.

Memo to self: be sure to double-check the spelling and it says “wine” and not “wife” – because then it becomes a totally different type of a class 😉

UPDATE: “Top Deals” mode continues to be the order of the day at the Adorama daily deals, while the Amazon Gold Box has added a ten-page sale of various nutritional and wellness supplements…

Yes, Wednesday is here dear readers, dazed and confused we are barreling down into the madness of 2024!

We begin with the most important news of the year so far, voting is open for the Trader Joe Customer Choice Awards. Voting ends 1/9/24 at 11:59pm Pacific. Five products are excluded because they are in the Hall of Fame (Mandarin orange chicken [of course!], soy chorizo, etc].

WE HAVE OUR first LENZE DAYE of the year at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4 for $479 in Fuji G medium format mirrorless system, making it a “50mm equivalent”

+ LuxLI Timpani² 1×1 RGB LED Light Panel for $799

+ NanUK 918 Case with Foam Insert for Set of Six Lenses (Black, Special 50th Anniversary Edition for $100
+ despite the UK in the name, this has a Canadian symbol on it 🙂

+ Oben BC-166 Ball Head for $90

ON the free-streaming front, starting at 12pm ET on WEdnesday at Creative LIVE ON-AIR we have a 5.5 hour class by Lindsay Adler, “Posing 101: Couples, Weddings and Families”. Posing for photography that is, not how to become an instagram pose(u)r 😉

Also running in celebratory mode is Chase Jarvis’s very own “30 Days of Genius” featuring various rich and/or famous and/or creative people.

UPDATE: “Top Deals Mode” continues at the Adorama dailies, while nutritional and wellness and fitness supplements and assorted things rule the day at the Amazon USA Gold Box…

Wedding Bells at Creative LIVE ON-AIR, starting on Tuesday at 12pm ET you can free-stream the “Wedding Photography” class (Joe Buissink, almost 13 hours, Lesson #3 (32 min) is the “Kindle sample”).

Speaking of Creative LIVE, for a limited time only, coupon code CREATE2024 gets you $20 off any order of $39+ over there.

IT’s a nutritional supplement invasion at the Amazon USA Gold Box – as expected at this time of the year as gyms break records in new sign-ups 🙂

“Top Deals mode” continues at the Adorama daily deals today as well, too many to list here individually…

And finally we have a fresh 4-pack of B&H Photo daily deals:

+ Manfrotto Pro Light Reloader Air-55 Carry-On Camera Roller Bag (Black) for $250 after in-cart coupon
+ yes, we are starting the new “Bag the Bags” year in-style!

+ Impact PowerSync Mini Transmitter and Receiver Kit for $50

+ ReVo ST-1000 Pro Video Stabilizer for $40

+ Wooden Camera Ultra Quick Release Articulating Monitor Mount (Baby Pin/C-Stand) for $159
+ no wood and no camera are included 😉

New Year, New You and the Adorama daily deals have returned to the “Top Deals” mode where a variety of on-going deals are featured – too many to list here individually…

MEANwhile at Amazon, it’s Tax Time already with Intuit Turbo TAX on sale from $45 to $114 depending on version (Deluxe to Business). New Year New You also means Health and Fitness which is why they have this Fitbit sale with prices ranging from $49 (Ace 3) to $200 (Sense 2)…

Happy New Year, yes, in 2024 we get a BONUS day, February 29 is all yours to keep!

We start with a 4-pack of B&H Photo daily deals good until 1/1/24 [we’d better practice writing 2024, 24, instead of 2023, 23] at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ PhotoVision 6″ Mini One Shot Digital Target for $13
+ because pixel-peeping needs its gear too!

+ Vello EZ-Flip Gel Set for $12
+ no, they are not edible!

+ OBEN ALF-6193 Skysill Series 3-Section Aluminum Tripod with BE-117 Dual-Action Ball Head for $130

+ iK mic type thing for $30

THE LEARNINGZ never stop at Creative LIVE ON-AIR, the free-streaming lineup starting at 12pm ET on Monday includes “Color Theory for Photographers” (Blake Rudis, 81 min) and “Greeting Cards in Photoshop” (Khara Plicanic, 2hrs). Given their runtimes, these will repeat multiple times during the free-streaming 24 hour window.

AND NOW we have a musical guest, singing exclusively for YOU (and the rest of the internet):

Four budget-friendly offerings make up the New Year’s Eve Adorama daily deals:

+ miggo Strap and Wrap for Digital Camera – Red / Black for $10

+ 3Pod Pistol Grip Ball Head with Arca-Type Quick Release and Thumb Lever Lock for $29

+ Pictar Smart Grip for Smartphones for $20

+ Turnstile mic for $49

AS THE NEW YEAR (aka “New Year, New You!”) gets closer, the more Fashion and Beauty and Fitness/Wellness items appear at the Amazon USA Gold Box. Yes, we’ll spend the next 11 months undoing the damage of December 😉

It’s Sunday but it’s not just any Sunday, it’s New Year’s Eve! And we say goodbye to 2023 with the last set of B&H Photo daily deals for the year, expiring at the drop of the ball in the NYC:

+ Tenba Axis V2 Top-Loading Camera Bag (Black, 4L) for $60
+ Tenba Axis V2 Top-Loading Camera Bag (Multicam Black, 4L) for $70
+ OF COURSE we are ending the year with BAG the BAGS offerings 🙂

+ Benro MAD49A Adventure Series 4 Aluminum Monopod for $44

+ MAgnus MHA-01 Monopod Handle Adapter for $7

+ SteadiCAM Steadimate-RS Aero 15 Arm and Aero Vest Kit for $845 after a $150 mail-in rebate (MIR)
+ yes, mail-in rebate for the BOLD and the PATIENT and the PERSISTENT

IF YOU HAVE exactly one hour to watch Creative LIVE ONAIR free-streaming, starting on Sunday at 12pm is a “Fast Class” (full-size class condensed to 60 minutes TLDR type thing) “Minimalist Photography” with Curtis Jones. The full-length class this is based on is 3 hours long, so it’s a reasonable 3:1 “compression” 🙂

Saturday, aka New Year’s Eve’s Eve, brings in a fresh 4-pack of Adorama daily deals as follows:

+ Slinger V2 BigBag Pro Video Handbag XL with Wheels for $99
+ BAG the Wheels On Fire BAGS!

+ BenQ GW2283 21.5″ 16:9 Full HD Stylish IPS Monitor with Eye-Care Technology, Built-In Speakers for $90

+ LENSGO Smoke Machine/Fog Machine with Remote Control for $139
+ how else can you pixel-peep your cameras and lenses? 😉

+ H&A mic for $39

“Mastering Long Exposure Photography” is a 3.5 hour class by Matt Kloskowski free-streaming on Saturday at 12pm ET at Creative LIVE ON-AIR and repeating about six times during the free-streaming 24 hour window… OR if you have 16 hours to spare, there’s a “Power of Habits” class with Dr Art Markman… OR if you want something fun and simple, there’s a 1.5 hour class on Drawing Fundamentals…

Friday is here, yes, the last Friday of 2023, and as usual the Friday B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET:

+ Vello flash brackets and grips, assortment, six options, $8 to $24

+ Sachtler Shell Camera Backpack (Black) for $138
+ ending the year with another BAG the BAGS 🙂

+ SkyWatcher Esprit ED APO 120mm f/7 Refractor Telescope for $2999
+ the Aliens are Coming!

+ ZiLR Lumin Streaming Hub for $50

+ also stands for displays, Polsen mic and another mic (flash deal) and speaker thing

MUSIC and LIGHTS starting at 12pm ET on Friday at the free-streaming Creative LIVE onAIR with a 4-hour class, “Getting Started in Music Photography with Red Bull Photographer Todd Owyoung”.

Thursday 12/28/23 is here and it is DAY #3 of the B&H MEGA DEAL ZONE, an “all-star game” featuring concurrently 1508 items that were previously featured in the daily deals. We seem to have lost one item since yesterday (most likely sold-out).

Today (Thursday) is most likely the last day of the Mega Deal Zone since B&H closes weekly from Friday PM to Saturday PM and then it’s New Year’s Eve and Day.

You can sort the 1500+ options by product type, brand name, price-range, best-selling status, and a whole lot more options over there. Obviously too many to list here individually.

This is the Best Sellers View headlined by:

+ 256GB Sandisk Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC going for $30 after an add-to-cart coupon,

+ 128GB Sandisk Extreme PRO CFexpress Type B going for $75 after an add-to-cart coupon
+ there’s no coupon code to enter, you’ll see the discount in your order total on the right side of the screen [desktop view].

+ various Samsung SSDs including T9
+ Vello Auto lens adapter
+ 16.2″ M1 MAX MacBook for $209
+ octagon softbox with grid as a freebie

Party ON Wayne! It’s DAY #2 of the B&H MEGA DEAL ZONE, an “all-star game” featuring concurrently 1509 items that were previously featured in the daily deals. We seem to have lost 16 items (most likely sold-out) since Day #1 yesterday!

You can sort the 1500+ options by product type, brand name, price-range, best-selling status, and a whole lot more options over there. Obviously too many to list here individually.

BUT for curiosity sake, this is the Best Sellers View headlined by the 256GB Sandisk Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC going for $30 after an add-to-cart coupon, and the 128GB Sandisk Extreme PRO CFexpress Type B going for $75 after an add-to-cart coupon. There’s no coupon code to enter, you’ll see the discount in your order total on the right side of the screen [desktop view].

Among the other top sellers you’ll see, among others, a Samsung T9 SSD, Vello Auto lens adapter, 16.2″ M1 MAX MacBook for $2099, octagon softbox with grid as a freebie, and a whole lot more!

ELSEWHERE on Wednesday
IF YOU HAVE 24 hours to spare starting on Wednesday at 12pm ET, the headliner at Creative LIVE ON-AIR is a 24.5 hour class “Fundamentals of Photography” with their resident gearhead John Greengo. Six of the first ten lessons are “Kindle samples” so you can watch them at any time to see if you like the teacher’s style and approach.

Feeling left out, Amazon is having a small WD and Sandisk sale with two external HDDs, one microSD and one internal gaming SSD.

It’s Celery time at the Adorama dailies, a 14″ touchscreen HP laptop with Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, Win 10 (with free Win 11 upgrade) goes for $240. Yes, a Windows competitor of sorts to the Chromebooks [hence the touchscreen]. It has 1366 x 768, Bluetooth 4.2, Wifi 5, UHD 6000, HDMI, SD card reader, two USB-A and one USB-C, etc.

Yes dear readers, if your e-wallets managed to survive the Christmas shopping sprees, now is the time to empty them for good because the B&H Photo MEGA DEAL ZONE is back! This is like an all-star game of their daily deals – in that most of the daily deals are back and they are running at the same time! As of the time of writing there are 1525 options! You could theoretically buy them all!

So if you missed out on any previous daily deals, here’s your chance to grab them!

MEANwhile at the Adorama daily deals for Tuesday they have:

+ SanDisk Extreme PRO 256GB CFexpress Type-B for $100

+ 4TB SanDisk Extreme Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C External SSD V2, Updated Firmware, for $75

It may be Monday but it is Christmas Day Monday! The time is right to open presents and start filming the unboxing videos 😉

We start with a fresh set of B&H Photo dailies good until 12/25/23 at 11:59pm ET:

+ ThePOD The Green Pod Camera Platform for $17
+ move over tripods!

+ 256GB LEXAR Professional 3500x CFast 2.0 for $150

+ Jupio BP-955 Lithium-Ion Battery Pack (7.4V, 4900mAh) for $25
+ as the name suggests, this is a 3rd party alternative to the Canon version

+ Explore Scientific FirstLight 80mm f/8 Refractor GoTo EQ Telescope for $450
+ the Aliens are coming, will you be among the first to take a photo?

+ BOSE Home Speaker 500 (Triple Black) for $249

+ also microphone and audio cable

+ FLASH DEAL: 256GB Kingston Canvas Select Plus UHS-I microSDXC w/SD adapter for $14
+ that’s almost 20GB per $1

UPDATE: it’s Apple time at the Adorama dailies, they be offerin’ a 4-pack of Apple AirTags for $99. OR if you need more, a 12pk goes for $280…

Energizer and Rayovac Single-Use Batteries of the AA, AAA, C, D and 9V kind are among the latest additions to the Amazonian Gold Box…

Apple is also the headliner at Woot with 2021 16″ MacBooks PRO (10-core M1 PRO) and 2020 iPads on sale. New condition.

Coupon time at Creative LIVE, coupon code JOY20 gets you $20 off any order of $40+. Unspecified expiration time…

Today is Sunday 12/24/23, yes, you guessed right, today is Boxing Day’s Eve’s Eve 🙂

We start with stork deliveries at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Lensbabies Burnside 35mm f2.8 for $270 in Canon EF, Fuji X, Leica L, M43, Nikon F and Z, Pentax K, Sony E
+ there’s no Canon mirrorless variant for some reason

+ RucPAC Photographer’s Winter Apparel Package for $50 in three size options
+ each kit has three extreme weather items: tech touchscreen gloves, neck warmer and beanie
+ can also be repurposed as studio props for your models!
+ because Winter is Coming!

+ Vello Photo Plushies for $13, two options, to pacify children of all ages

+ SLiK Pro CF-734 Tripod (Black) for $120

+ Samsung The Freestyle 550-Lumen Full HD Smart Projector for $398
+ yes, you can now have an all-Samsung home

+ also bike dash cams and Crown audio type thing

+ FLASH DEAL: Tenba BYOB/Packlite 13 Flatpack Bundle with Insert and Packlite Bag (Black and Gray) for 30
+ a bag the bags dream! LOL

Saturday arrives at the Adorama daily deals with the following offerings:

+ 2-pack of Prograde 128GB SDXC UHS-II U3 Class 10 V90 Cobalt for $200
+ 256GB instead for $370

+ Gunnar Optiks Mod Gaming Glasses, Onyx Frame, Amber Tint Lens for $20

+ MSI Pulse15 B13VFK-280US gaming laptop for $1199
+ 15.6″ Full HD 144Hz, Core i7-13700H 3.7GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB, Win 11H, etc

THE TIME is right to upgrade your home gear because the headliner at Amazon right now is an AmazonBasics Home products sale. A rather random collection I must add 🙂

It is indeed Friday 12/22/23 and we have three offerings at the Adorama dailies running in the pacific time zone:

+ Adobe Creative Cloud 1-Year Subscription, Download for $450
+ only in the 21st century we buy …clouds 😉

+ Slinger Electronic Dry Cabinet (600L) for $1000

+ ESET Internet Security 1-Year Software License, 1-Device, Download for $25

As usual, the Friday B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Watson Chroma Rechargeable AA NiMH Batteries (2500mAh, 1.2V, 8-Pack, Multicolored) for $18
+ include two interlocking clear cases (4 batteries per case)
+ yes, Battery Bags!

+ CaliBRITE ColorChecker Passport Video for $79

+ MEGAgear Leather Camera Messenger Bag (Brown) for $70
+ optionally buy together with matching MegaGear DSLR Leather Shoulder Neck Strap (Brown) for $82

+ one 128GB LEXAR Professional 1066x CompactFlash Memory Card (UDMA 7) for $55
+ 2pk of 64GB instead for $75

+ Axler Robin 05R V2 Stabilizer for $20
+ note: customer reviews not too happy

+ also Delty pocket mics and Polsen USB mic (no, not a Roomba)

+ FLASH DEAL: Smiorr Vigor VK-30 Special Edition Vlog Kit (White)
for $21

Today’s action at the Adorama daily deals invites us to fly our friendly skies:

+ DJI Mini 3 Pro Drone with RC Remote Controller for $799 with FREE Aries 3rd-party case

+ LaCie 4TB USB 3.0 Type-C Mobile Drive, for $99

+ Slinger Electronic Dry Cabinet (125L) for $249

+ Slinger 55L Electronic Dry Cabinet with Combination Lock for $159

MEANwhile at the Creative LIVE ONAIR free-streaming, it is “Pets and People Photography” with Vicki Taufer, 13.5 hour long!

Ring devices and Keurig coffee machines starting at $50 are what we find at the Amazonian Gauld Bawx for Thursday.

YES, you can get into the holiday spirit without consuming holiday spirits 😉 The answer to this riddle, the holiday spirit Kindle ebook sale with 178 options until 12/24/23.

Oh my, what a dreamy bag in the Thursday 12/21/23 B&H Photo daily deals:

+ Shimoda Explore 60 Backpack (Sea Pine) for $100

+ LitePanels Caliber LED Fresnel 3-Light Kit (3LK) with Soft Case for $499
+ yes, it comes with its own bag-the-bags 🙂

+ Oben ALF-6113L Skysill 3-Section Aluminum Tripod with BE-113 Ball Head for $100
+ you can’t have a bag without also having a tripod in the daily deals 😉

+ Revo vlog lights, three options, $6 to $14
+ you can always repurpose them and such

+ also Tascam podcast thing and Senal mic

+ 150GB Delkin BLACK CFexpress Type B Memory Card for $140

+ FLASH DEAL: Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Dock Core for $50
+ are Belkin and Delkin cousins? 🙂

It’s not any grade, it’s a PRO GRADE at the Adorama daily deals for Wednesday 12/20/23 in the Pacific time zone:

+ 2-pack of 128GB PROGRADE UHS-II SDXC V60 for $75.49
+ 2-pack of 256GB of above for $145

+ DCS Labs P2722H 27″ 16:9 Full HD IPS LED Monitor for $179

+ Atomos Shogun Studio II Dual Recorder/Dual Monitor in a Rack. Up to 4K60p/HD for $2495

Free-streaming starting at 12pm ET at Creative LIVE on-aIR is “The Outdoor Photography Experience” with Chris Burkard, 11 hours long… There’s also the “Creating Stylized, Artistic Portraits with Adobe Photoshop” with Khara Plicanic, 83 minute runtime.

Wednesday 12/20/23 is here and the cut-off times for fast delivery are fast approaching so get your fingers on the keyboards and the e-wallet passwords if you must needs have something delivered by the corporate Santa Clauses 😉 Check the cut-off times at B&H Photo and Adorama and KEH Camera and such. Check each website as the cut-off times may adjust depending on the various factors on the ground and in the air.

NOTE also that if you DON’T need something delivered this week, Amazon is offering some Prime members discount-y temptations to accept slower shipping instead of Prime delivery. You may even get it delivered relatively fast if the delivery stars align (depending on where the product is, where you are, what delivery services are available in the area, and how many delivery drivers/trucks are available, weather, etc, etc, etc).

This was mayhaps the longest intro in a daily deals post so off we go to the B&H Photo daily deals with another 7+1 formation:

+ Tenba DNA 16 Slim Camera Messenger Bag (Blue) for $100
+ it looks so dreamy ^_^

+ Vello Softboxes and Lightbouncers, seven options, $8 to $15
+ you can buy all seven of these for the price of the dreamy bag-the-bag 🙂

+ Zhiyun WEEBILL-3 S Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer Combo with Extendable Grip Set and Backpack for $339

+ Gitzo GIGT1545T Traveler Series 1 Carbon Fiber Tripod for $380 after in-cart coupon

+ DELL U2422H 23.8″ 16:9 IPS Monitor for $200
+ DisplayPort & HDMI Inputs
+ 1920 x 1080 Resolution
+ 1000:1 Static Contrast Ratio

+ also: CoreSWX batteries, BenQ projector and Roland DJ type thing (the flash deal)