Thursday: Magnus, Vanguard, Pelican, Revo, iDX, Nanguang, Etc

The current Adorama daily deals round which ends on Thursday at 10am ET includes two offerings:

+ Vanguard VEO 2 265AB Aluminum Tripod with VEO 2 BH-50 Ball Head for $85

+ AKASO EK7000 12MP 4K Ultra HD Waterproof Action Camera with Wi-Fi for $60

Meanwhile the options at the B&H Photo daily deals which end at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Magnus VT-400 Aluminum Tripod System with 2-Way Fluid Pan Head for $80

+ Pelican 1615AirNF Wheeled Check-In Case without Foam (Yellow) for $184

+ Revo remotes for select Sony cameras, $20 to $38

+ iDX battery kits, $157 to $460

+ flash deal: NanGuang Mixpad 106 LED Panel Light for $113

+ next flash deal: Nanlite MixKit 3 MixPad 27 RGB Panel 3-Light Kit

A little bit of a coffee theme at the Amazon Gold Box, there’s a sale on Zojirushi mugs and jars and AmazonBasics Coffee and Machines

And among the NewEgg daily deals there’s a 512GB Team Group microSDXC card going for $52… And a refurb AKASO action cam for $20, and such…

Wedn: Feiyu, Fotodiox, Bushnell, Wandrd, Etc

And just like that we have the first Hump Day of 2021, and with it we get a new round of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ FeiYu SPG2 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer for Smartphones for $60

+ FotoDioX Pro FlapJack LED Wand C-308AS Bi-Color Edge Light Kit for $140

+ WandRd inflatable camera cubes, four options, $59 to $88

+ Bushnell Legend Ultra HD 10×25 Binoculars (Black) for $119

Meanwhile at the Adorama daily deal ending by Wednesday at 10am ET they have the Manfrotto Virtual Reality Aluminum Mini Tripod with Dual-Section Column Extension going for $60 with free US shipping…

UPDATE: at the latest Adorama daily deal ending by Thursday at 10am ET is the Alter 52mm Rapid Filter System, Includes Lens Mounting Ring offered for $13…

Tuesday: Hand Grip Strap, CamBee Kit, Huddly, Etc

Tuesday is Toons-DAY and also the first Tuesday (of many) in 2021! And with it we have a 4-pack of new B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Vello Hand Grip Strap with Arca-Style Quick Release Plate for $20

+ CamBee Professional Bi-Color 600 Panel 2-Light Kit for $250
+ because [all together now] we can’t have photography without light

+ Huddly GO Work from Home Camera Kit for $279

+ Anton Bauer Gold mount batteries, two options, $300 or $400

Monday: Godox, Peak D, BlackMagic, SteadiCam, Etc

UPDATE #2: the latest Adorama daily deals good until Tuesday at 10am ET:

+ Joby GorillaPod 3K PRO Kit, Includes Stand & BallHead with QR Plate for $90

+ Joby GripTight GorillaPod Stand PRO for Smartphones for $30

The clock is ticking on the current Adorama daily deals this lot is good until Monday at 10am ET:

+ Godox SL Series SL150W 150W White LED Video Light, 5600K for $199

+ Godox 37″ Octagon Softbox with Bowens Mounting for $28
+ despite the Octagon, Godox is not an MMA fighter 😉

Budget fitness smartwatch is the theme of the day at the Meh website it is the Empower Fit Pro Smartwatch, model 3MP0W3R-YR53LF. Thankfully this is not a smartwatch blog, so you don’t have to memorize the model number. It won’t be included in the semester exams 😉

We got spoiled with LENS DAYS last week at the daily deals, but now it’s back to the C&P accessories at this round of B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Steadicam AIR 25 Monopod for $199
+ they call it AIR because with this, you can jump as high as #23

+ SirUI Video Survival Kit 2 Tabletop Dolly with Slider Track for $55

+ BlackMagic Design Mini converters, five options, $156 each

+ Peak Design Everyday Tote Bag (Ash) for $65

And just like that, we are in CES season! A COVID-y CES. Given the current uncertainty of COVIDalia and the speed and availability and options in terms of vaccinations, I will wait for a few more weeks for the situation to clear more before I update again the Trade Show Calendar

UPDATE: among the Best Buy dailies they have the JOBY HandyPod Mobile Lock for Mobile Phones going for $25…

Coffee and Logitech are among the Woot daily deal themes for Monday 1/4/21, a mix of six coffee makers (filter, pod, etc) and grinders including Ninja and Cuisinart… And under “Computers” there’s five Logitech headsets and a refurbished 27″ LG 5K iPS computer monitor for $970 with a 90-day Woot warranty…

Sunday: 128GB Lexar Pro 2000x UHS-II SDXC, Miggo, Rain Slicker, Manfrotto, Zebra Card, Etc

Sunday is here as we are quickly barreling towards 2022! Just 362 days left until 2022 is here!

And with that we have a new set of B&H daily deals good until Sunday 1/3/21 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ 128GB Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC Memory Card for $110
+ up to 300MB/s, V90, U3, C10, it has all the certification bling 😉

+ miggo Stormproof cases, two options, $40 to $50

+ PortaBrace DSLR Rain Slicker for $49~

+ H&R Block 2020 Deluxe + State Tax Software (Digital) for $22.50
+ even COVID can’t do away with taxes!

+ flash deal: NovoFlex Extra Large Zebra Card (Gray/White, 8 x 12″) for $14

+ next flash deal (starts 12pm ET): Manfrotto Lumimuse 8 On-Camera LED Light with Built-In Bluetooth (Black)
+ price before sale $105~

PS: there will be the usual “adjustment period” by the time I learn to type “2021” instead of “2020” as the year 🙂 So if you see some xx/xx/20 expiration times in posts written in 2021, this is probably a muscle-memory typo 🙂

Venus Laowa 12mm f2.8 Zero-D w/freebies for $849 [C/N/K/Z/RF/FE] {ends Sun 10am ET}

Lens days continue at the Adorama daily deals, but this time it is not Sigma but a …celestial body! This round is good until Sunday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Venus Laowa 12mm f2.8 Zero-D ultra wide for $849 with FREE accessories and Corel software
+ Mirrorless version in Sony FE, Canon RF and Nikon Z
+ DSLR version in Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K (no freebies)

+ also masks as daily deals

Saturday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

Happy New Year with a new round of Amazon Camera and Photo Lightning Deals, 100 of them as of the time of writing, including:

+ studio, background and lightning gear galore!

+ actjon cams and kids digicams

+ on-camera monitors

+ ring lights

+ stabilizer-y things including tripods and sliders and Feiyu-Tech and GVM

+ digiframes

+ on-camera flash kit

+ Neewer still reigns supreme

Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC HSM ART for $579 [C/N/K/Si] {ends Sat 10am ET}

Bright zoom time at the Adorama daily deals where the Sigma lens deals continue for another day! Hooray! This runs until 10am ET on Saturday or earlier if sold out:

+ Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 DC HSM ART in the Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K and Sigma SA systems for $579 each

+ Godox SL Series SLB60W 60W Battery-Operated White LED Video Light, 5600K for $299

+ Glow EZ Lock Octa Quick XXL Softbox With Bowens Mount (60″) for $89

+ Glow EZ Lock 12×56″ Quick Strip Softbox With Bowens Mount for $69

Friday: Interfit, Porta Brace, 512GB Wise CFExpress, Etc

Happy New Year, 2020 is gone, here comes 2021, the year where everything will be magical and great and unicorns will sing, and mermaids will dance, and cats will behave as humans expect them 🙂

The B&H Mega Deal zone ended as expected, now it’s back to the B&H daily deals and this being Friday, this set ends on Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold-out):

+ Interfit Fluorescent Ring Light (19″) for $75

+ Porta Brace HB-40SS Super Strap for $49

+ Ruggard Ultra-Thin Neoprene Sleeve with Handles for 15-16″ Laptops (Black/Yellow) for $10

+ NoGa MG9038CA CineArm MG (Large) for $115

+ flash deal: 512GB Wise Advanced CFX-B Series CFexpress Memory Card for $399

Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 DG OS HSM Sports with FREE Sigma Dock for $1099 [C/N/Si] {ends Fri 10am ET}

It’s Sigma time for the third day in a row at the Adorama daily deals, this round good until Friday 1/1/21 at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out). In other words this daily deal will last a year 🙂

+ Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 DG OS HSM Sports with FREE Sigma Dock for $1099 in your choice of Canon EF, Nikon F or Sigma SA

+ Slinger Simple 1 DSLR Shoulder Bag for $13
+ nothing wrong with a simple budget bag if you like to “bag the bags”!

+ Godox LEDM150 LED Smartphone Light for $32

Thursday: B&H Mega Deal Zone Continues for Day #4

It’s New Year’s Eve, but don’t count out 2020 yet. There’s a lot of damage it can still do in whatever’s left of 2020! And then 2021 will be roses and puppies and fireworks and cheesecakes 😉

If you missed out the last three days and now you have extra time to go through them all, good news, the B&H Mega Deal Zone continues for Day #4, so it is guaranteed to run until 11:59pm ET on Thursday 12/31/20!

Wedn: Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG OS HSM ART w/FREE Sigma Dock for $879 [C/N/Si] {ends Thur 10am ET}

It’s back to back Sigma lenses at the Adorama daily deals, this round ends on Thursday at 10am ET or earlier if sold out…

+ Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG OS HSM ART IF with a FREE Sigma Dock for $879 in Canon EF or Nikon F or Sigma SA

+ Slinger Electronic Dry Cabinet (85L) for $149
+ 30L for $499

+ Flashpoint XPLOR 400PRO TTL Battery-Powered Monolight + Flashpoint 10′ C (Century) Light Stand on Turtle Base Kit w/40″ Grip Arm & 2 Gobo Heads and Baby Pin – Chrome + Glow EZ Lock Deep Parabolic Quick Softbox (48″) for $599

Wednesday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

And now lettuce take a lQQk at the Wednesday rolling Camera and Photo Lightning Deals at the Amazon mothership, 91 in their number as of the time of writing, including:

+ GVM motorized sliders, $260 to $315

+ background and studio and lightning kits as usual

+ stabilizer-y things like tripods and MOZA AirCross 2

+ monolights galore today

+ ring lights, light panels, on-camera flashes

+ on-camera monitors, camera backpack

+ action cams and binos

Outdoor Photographer print for $4.50/yr

DiscountMAGS is having a Year-End Sale that includes the usual three photo-video magazines. The good offer of the three is a 1-year Outdoor Photographer (print magazine to US addresses, no auto-renewal) going for $4.50 per year… The other two (Digital Photo PRO, VideoMaker) are closer to their “default sale prices”…

B&H Mega Deal Zone Continues for Day #3

No Spud Webb dunking, but the B&H Mega Deal Zone All-Star Game continues for Day #3! The day ends at 11:59pm ET unless it gets extended for another day! I have yet to dig into them and point out some potentially interesting deals like I promised. It is 2020 after all, you can’t expect anything to go right 🙂

Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG HSM ART with FREE USB Dock for $639 [C/N/A/K] {ends Wedn 10am ET}

Hooray, hooray, it’s a LENS DAY at the Adorama daily deals good until Wednesday at 10am eastern time or earlier for anything that may sell out before then…

+ Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG HSM ART for $639 with a FREE Sigma USB Dock in Nikon F, Canon EF, Pentax K and Sigma SA

+ Slik PRO CF-634 Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head for $200

+ Joby GripTight PRO 2 Mount for Smartphones, Mics and Lights for $30

+ H&A Versa Professional Field and Studio Monitor Headphones for $50

Nikon 18-200mm f3.5-5.6G ED DX VR II w/Extras for $587

Zoom-zoom! If you are looking for a stabilized APS-C Nikon superzoom lens, the new condition Nikon 18-200mm f3.5-5.6G ED DX VR II is currently on sale for $587 with free US shipping AND your choice from three sets of freebies at Adorama… The freebie packages include filter kits, NewLeaf extra warranty, cleaning stuff and of course the obligatory Corel software. Check the listings to see the three options of freebies…

Fuji X-E3 body for $499, w/23mm f2R for $749, w/18-55 for $799

Fuji’s X-system camera arsenal is now loaded with options. If of all the options it is the X-E3 the one you want, it is currently on sale at Amazon by Amazon itself as follows:

+ X-E3 body only for $499
+ X-E3 with 23mm f2R WR for $749
+ X-E3 with 18-55mm f2.8-4 OIS for $799

The camera is decidedly on its way out. It is marked discontinued and un-orderable at B&H Photo and at Adorama

It is available in USED condition at Adorama but out of stock as used at KEH Camera

Tuesday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals [and Acer Nitro 5 for $669]

It is Tuesday 12/29/20 at the Amazon USA Gold Box and their headliner deal du jour is the new condition Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop going for $669 with free US shipping, sold and shipped by Amazon herself with up to two per customer at the sale price.

This is powered by the Core i5-10300H (which, as of the time of writing, ranks at #472 at the cpubenchmark.net). It has 8GB DDR4, 256GB NVMe SSD, NVidia GeForce GTX 1650 Ti (4GB dedicated GDDR6), 15.6″ IPS 144Hz 1080p display, backlit keyboard, DTS X Ultra, slots for easy upgrades, Wifi 6, various USB-A and USB-C type of ports, HDMI 2.0, Ethernet port, around 5 lbs, etc, etc…

MEANwhile at the Camera and Photeaux Lightning Deals, as of the time of writing, they have 75 options running, including:

+ starts 7:20pm ET: Neewer 35mm f1.7 APS-C Manual Focus in the Sony E system once again
+ price before sale $63 once again

+ studio lighting kits

+ LED panels and ring lights including GVM

+ binos, generic camcorders and digicams, action cams

+ monolights and on-camera flashes

+ digiframes

+ stabilizer-y things

B&H Mega Deal Zone Continues for Day #2

We have Day #2 of the B&H All Star Game, aka the Mega Deal Zone, aka almost all of the daily deals of the last few months happening all together at the same time and you can buy as many of the offers as you want! But if you are Bill Gates or Elon Musk, please don’t buy everything, leave some for us 😉

UPDATE: the headliner of the Best Buy daily deals for Tuesday 12/29/20 is an 8TB WD EasyStore external USB 3.0 HDD going for $130, that’s $16.25 per gigabyte!

Monday: Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

Among the Monday 12/28/20 Amazon Gold Box deals of the day there is a return of the Office promotion variant. You get a $40 plastic Amazon gift card with the purchase of a 1-Year prepaid Microsoft 365 Family subscription for up to six separate users (up to six different Microsoft accounts, 1TB OneDrive per account)… This goes for $100… This is an auto-renewing subscription. The $40 gift card is only for this initial purchase, not every year…

NEXT up we dive into the Camera and Photo Lightning Deals where as of the time of writing there are 110 options including:

+ starts 6:50pm ET: Neewer 35mm f1.7 MF APS-C lens
+ only again Gold Box teaser points to the Sony E version, price before sale $70

+ binos

+ backgrounds, studio and lightning kits galore

+ kids cameras and generic P&S digicams

+ stabilizer-y things including FeiYu and Moza

+ light panels, ring light kits

+ monolights and on-camera flashes

+ action cams and generic camcorders

+ digiframes

+ Neewer is the new Cal Ripken

Conferences On Sale for $39 each (Photoshop, Photo, Night Pho)

If you prefer digitally-owning classes (instead of Netflix-style “renting”), Creative LIVE is having a Conferences Sale for $39 or less! This sale includes:

+ Photoshop Week 2019 or 2018 for $39 each
+ Photo Week of 2018 for $39
+ Night Photography Week for $39
+ etc

PS: if you prefer Netflix-style watching of classes (instead of digital ownership) the 1-Year Prepaid Annual Pass sale continues for $129 for the year (12 months aka 365 days)…

PS2: in case the title accidentally brings in foodies, “Pho” in “Night Pho” is short for Photography, in order for the headline to fit in a single line. This is not a class teaching you how to make Pho at Night 🙂

UPDATE: the Adorama daily deals, good until Tuesday at 10am ET include two items:

+ 3Pod Small Portable Table Top Tripod with Ballhead for DSLR & GoPro Cameras (2-Section) for $19

+ Berrcom Non-Contact Infrared Digital Thermometer for $14

Hide Your Wallets, The B&H Photo MEGA DEAL ZONE is BACK!

This is like an All-Star Game of Daily Deals! The B&H Photo Mega Deal Zone is back! This features almost all of their previous daily deals, there are hundreds of them. You can filter them by price-range OR by product category (eg the Photography sub-tab) or by Brand name. For example, there are ten Mitakon Zhongyi (it is going to be on the Photographer’s Spelling Bee contest!) prime lenses for various systems.

All the filtering happens in the widget, there are no separately links for sub-categories. Later on, on a time permitting basis I’ll try to highlight some.

OR you can look for them by painstakingly browsing through our previous daily deals posts which include B&H (but also other retailers). Mayhaps I need to create a B&H daily deals tag for future use 🙂

Monoprice WeatherProof Hard Cases Sale

The Monoprice website is having a end of year sale, a big trend this time of the year 😉 Monoprice stopped carrying lenses and such a few years ago, but they still have some camera-related items and their Weatherproof Hard Cases are part of the sales that including free standard US shipping.

Free standard US shipping is not to be taken for granted at the Monoprice website, because unlike Amazon and Walmart they can’t have ultra-favorable shipping contracts with UPS/FedEx/USPS nor create their own delivery service or delivery airplanes 🙂

Amazon Warehouse Deals Limited Time Clearance

Amazon Warehouse Deals, Amazon USA’s used resale persona is having a big Clearance sale for a limited time only. The sale includes over 2000 selections in the Camera and Photo categories… You can further filter them over there by sub-category, price-range, etc… Too many to list here individually obviously…

Sunday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals

UPDATE: at the Adorama daily deals which run until Monday 10am ET you can get:

+ 3Pod Orbit Tripod for DSLR Photo & Video Cameras, 4 Section Extension Legs, Bubble Level, with Bag. 69″, Carbon Fiber for $150

+ PanaCast 2 Panoramic-4K USB Plug-and-Play Video Camera with Wall Mount for $249

One of the Sunday deals of the day at Amazon Germany is the new condition Datacolor Spyder5PRO Monitor Calibration offered for 99 euro with free shipping in Germany-Austria. Price includes reduced VAT for Germany…

Then to Amazon USA we fly where we take a look at the Camera and Photo Lightning Deals where 119 options exist as of the time of writing, including:

+ action cams, generic camcorders, binos

+ studio, backgrounds and lightning kits

+ stabilizer-y things including tripodalia galore and FeiYu and MoZa

+ generic digicams

+ monolites and flashes

+ Neewer wins the day once again

Sunday: Sigma 17-50/2.8 f2.8 EX DC OS HSM (N) for $279, Etc

Bag the bags at the Meh daily deal, you can buy two FUL backpacks (from a choice of four) for $18 total. So that’s $9 per bag. Free shipping for Mehmebers. These are general use bags, not camera bags.

And now we have a Nikon LENS DAY at the B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 EX DC OS HSM in the Nikon F system only for $279
+ the other SLR system options are not on sale

+ 3 Legged Zayla L-bracket for $46, four options

+ GVM GP-80FW Carbon Fiber Camera Slider with Flywheel (33″) for $99

+ CoreSWX Nano for $149 in your choice of V-mount or Gold mount

+ Sachtler Lite Case (Medium) for $120

+ 4id UVC smartphone sanitizers, three options, for $25 each

+ Cleer Flow headphones for $60

+ flash deals: Smith-Victor LED Ring Light (13.5″) for $80

+ next flash deal starts 3pm ET: Bescor LED RGBW Studio Light Panel

UPDATE: good until Sunday at 10am ET we have a couple of Adorama daily deals as follows:

+ CLAR FlexLite 16x20in / 40x51cm 100W Rollable Wireless Bicolor SMD LED Panel for $259

+ Joby GripTight ONE Mount for Smartphones for $13

Up to 40% off at the Best Buy Outlet

If you are a fan of the Best Buy way, they are currently having an “up to 40% off” sale on the Best Buy Outlet store, a mix of clearance and open-box items, and refurbished items, some of which come with their 6-month Geek-Nerd whatever-they-call-their-service warranty ~ check the listing details of individual products to determine that…

UPDATE: good until Saturday 10am ET, the Adorama dailies feature two items:

+ Manfrotto PIXI Evo 2 Section mini Tripod for $35

+ Gitup Git2 1080p Full HD Gyro Video Wi-Fi Action Camera, 60 fps, 170 Degree View Angle, 98′ Housing Waterproof, Pro Packaging for $65

80% off site-wide at CreativeLIVE

For a limited time, CreativeLIVE is offering a 80% off site-wide discount at their website. The price you see on the individual class page is the price you pay. No coupon.

Separately they have a Best of 2019 classes sale for $29 or less. These are classes that came out in 2019, and they include John Greengo’s extensive (24.5 hours) Fundamentals of Photography class, Lightroom Classic CC Complete Guide, Photoshop CC, fine art, posing, portraiture, wildlife, fine art, birds, videography, etc…

Speaking of CL, the previously mentioned sale for $129 of the first-year of their Netflix-style Creator Pass annual subscription continues…

Because learning is better than watching the Kardashians. But you can take some breaks from learning to watch some Cardassians 🙂

Friday: refurbished Sony H300 superzoom for $89 w/FS

A Christmas Day miracle at the NewEgg dailies, they have an actual digital camera of name-brand recognition in their daily deals, good until 11:59pm pacific time (or earlier if sold out). It is the refurbished Sony Cybershot H300 superzoom (35x optical) going for $89 with free US shipping. This is sold and shipped by marketplace seller “VIP Outlet”…