Camera Deals

It’s pixel-peeing time of the lens kind at the Sunday 5/17/20 B&H daily deals, good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Vello LENS-2020 Lens Calibration Tool for $25

+ refurbished Nikon 8×42 ProStaff 5 Binoculars for $80

+ Pelican cases, five options, $100 to $240
+ actual Pelican birds NOT included 🙂

+ Polsen CS-88A DSLR-Video Shotgun Microphone for $30

+ 16 foot Pearstone USB Type A to Type B mini cable for $8
+ yes,that’s feet, not inches!

+ flash deal: MacKie FreePlay LIVE Personal PA with Bluetooth with automatic in-cart coupon discount

Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies they have 48-packs of single-use AA or AAA batteries for $12, making it four batteries per dollar (aka American Peso)…

Lettuce see some of the Saturday 5/16/20 deals du jour at various retailers du monde…

+ at NewEgg Egg Beaters Sunny Side Up you can get the DEERC [what a great name] DE25 foldable drone for $90, a 2TB WD RED NAS Pro HDD with promo code, a 27″ Viewsonic and such

+ at Best Buy you can be a low-light dashcamographer with the Yi Nightscape Dash Cam for $60 and if you want to showcase your Smartmedia-era photography and videography, there’s a 720p (!) 24-inch TV for $80

+ at Woot Landia they have Surface 4 PRO tablets and Surface Books from $650 to $885, a refurb 11.6″ HP Stream quad for $150, and if you are totally out of toilet paper, there’s a Bidet sale 😉

+ UPDATE: the new Adorama daily deal (changes Sunday 10am ET) is the new condition Godox LF308BI Variable Color LED Video Light with Flash Sync going for $79 with free US shipping…

Tethering time, the Adorama daily deal [CORRECTED!!!] ending on Saturday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out) is the new condition Tether Tools Case Air Wireless Tethering System going for $112 with free US shipping… No coupons, no mail-in rebates…

There’s some action of potential interest in the Best Buy daily deals where the headliner is a 1TB Samsung T5 external USB-C SSD in the rose-gold color scheme going for $150, while the 500GB in blue goes for $80. There’s also a Wacom Bamboo Ink smart stylus (Windows Ink) going for $35, and a 40% off sale on DigiPower Re-Fuel Li-Ion batteries and charges for various Canon and Nikon mostly cameras (there’s also a battery for Olympus and one for Sony)…

UPDATE: oops, I forgot to post this earlier on, the Adorama daily deal [CORRECTED!!!] (changes Friday 10am ET) is the new condition Sigma 16mm f1.4 DC DN Contemporary prime lens going for $319 with free US shipping in the Sony E mount.

UPDATE #2: physical goods continue to shyly return at the Amazon Gold Box with Anker Nebula projectors, Samsung SSDs, and Anker PowerCore 20,000 mAh chargers… Speaking of chargers, on the AA/AAA front, IKEA is debuting [rebranding?] a new 8-slot AA/AAA charger but I know not much else about it…

FriYAY is here (for those working the M-F work-week) and with it we have another 4-pack of B&H daily deals, which, as usual, last until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (but B&H does not accept orders between Friday PM and Saturday PM ~ check their website for exact times}:

+ CaseLogic DSLR Compact Backpack (Indigo) for $20
+ can’t argue with the price!

+ Revo Remotes for select Sony cameras, two options, $20 to $39

+ Kolibri Hellfire HD Camera Drone for $25
+ despite the name, it does not spew fire ~ unless it’s actually on fire due to overheating 😉

+ Samson headphones for $10 or $24 as a 3-pack

Thursday is here with a six-pack of B&H daily deals, good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ SLR Magic MicroPrime Cine 35mm T1.3 for $399 in Sony E mount or Fuji X mount

+ 2pk of 32GB Sony CFast 2.0 G Series Memory Card with Blackjet VX-1C Card Reader for $185

+ Adobe Premiere Elements 2020 for $60

+ EdelKrone SliderPLUS PRO Long (25″) for $589

+ Ruggard fabric rain shields, 3 options, $13 to $15

+ Senal communications headsets for $80 to $100

Hump Day, in the social distancing era, is here and with it we have a handful of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ G-Tech drives, 7 options, with additional automatic in-cart discount

+ Tiffen Variable Neutral Density Filters for $60 to $80 (options: 72mm, 77mm, 82mm)
+ because why have multiple filter per thread size, when one can cover them most

+ E-Image EG05A2 Two-Stage Aluminum Tripod with GH05 Head (75mm) for $189

+ Pelican 1770 Protector Long Case (Desert Tan) for $200

+ FilmCraft Pro Series Tall Director’s Chair (30″, Black Frame, Black Canvas) for $130
+ also useful as a studio prop

+ Zoom H6 6-Input / 6-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Mic Capsules for $250 with FREE Auray universal “cat fur” for microphones
+ because audio and video go hand in hand; unless you wanna narrate your videos later “honey badger don’t care” style 😉

+ Senal SHM-1000 studio headphones for $45
+ half the price of the classic Sony 7506/V6

Flash Deals
+ Sachtler Campack Plus Backpack (Black) for $146
+ next: Sachtler Air Flow Camera backpack
+ next next: Sachtler Lite Case (large)

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal (changes 10am ET) is the new condition CyberPower Intelligent LCD Computer Battery Backup (1350VA 810W UPS, 8 Outlets) for $95 with free US shipping…

Never fear, Tuesday is here! And with it we have a new 6-pack of B&H daily deals good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ Vello FlashBoss TTL transceivers four options, $40 to $70

+ Gitzo L-Bracket for Sony a7R III and a9 Cameras for $125 after automatic in-cart coupon

+ PGY Tech OneMo Backpack 25L & Shoulder Bag (Twilight Black) for $119
+ two bags, but the Twilight movies and books are (thankfully) NOT included 🙂

+ Sensei OC-CK Optics Care and Cleaning Kit for $8
+ because did you know that COVID-19 eats away at the camera’s sensor? #NotAScientificStatement

+ DraCast Boltray LED600 Plus Daylight LED Light for $139
+ because you can’t have photo-graphy without light!

+ unlocked Moto Z smarthpone (model XT-1650) for $100
+ this phone will roll off the …Edge of the latest Moto flagship 🙂

UPDATE: mayhaps a sign of progress on COVID-19 in Germany, it’s the first time in a while that the Amazon.de Gold Box deals of the day include non-digital items (Acer laptops, Philips TVs, etc)

A new round of six B&H daily deals is good until 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out) as follows:

+ Apple 13.3″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (Mid 2019, Space Gray) for $1399
+ 2.4 GHz i5 Quad, 8GB LPDDR3 RAM, 256GB SSD, 13.3″ 2560 x 1600 IPS Retina, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655, etc

+ WD RED PRO NAS drive, 8 options, discounted further with automatic in-cart coupon

+ Manfrotto Befree Live Carbon Fiber Video Tripod Kit with Twist Leg Locks for $200

+ BestView S5 5″ OCR Screen 4K HDMI On-Camera Monitor for $99

+ StudioEssentials 100W LED Monolight 2-Light Kit with Stands and Softboxes for $240

+ JBL true wireless in-ear for $55

UPDATE: among the Woot daily deals you can find iPhone 8* models, Surface 4 PRO, and Viewsonic projectors in various prices and conditions…

Sunday is here with a six-pack of B&H daily deals good until 11:59mp ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ BOLT VS-260F Compact On-Camera Flash for $30 in your choice of Canon, Nikon, Sony-Minolta, Sony and Pentax-Samsung

+ Manfrotto Street Camera and Laptop Backpack for DSLR/CSC (Green and Gray) for $60

+ LG G7 for $150

+ also JBL, NuForce and Pioneer in audio products

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal (changes 10am ET) is the Flashpoint FV150 Hybrid R2 Continuous LED Light and HSS Flash (Godox FV150) going for $199 with free US shipping…

It’s FriYAY and as usual the B&H daily deals run until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (but as usual B&H does not accept orders Fri PM to Sat PM):

+ ManFrotto Advanced Camera Backpack Compact 1 for CSC (Black) for $40

+ Elvid OptiView LCD ViewFinders, two options, $20 to $60

+ NanGuang TPad23-2 Bi-Color LED Panel with Front Controls for $60

+ Samson earset microphones for $80 (two options)

+ flash deal: BlackRapid Tripod Jacket for $17
+ personally, I dress all my tripods at Emporio Armani 😉

Meanwhile at the main Woot deal it’s a sale of refurbished 2019 Intel i7 and i9 MacBook PROs ranging from $1580 to $1850…

Good until Thursday at 11:59pm ET we have a new round of B&H daily deals as follows:

+ Vello Universal Softbox for Portable Flash (Large) for $10

+ GVM 50RS RGB LED Panel for $175

+ CoreSWX Fleet Q Four-Position Charger for $449 (V-Mount or Gold)

+ Revo hand grips for cameras (two options, $6 to $8)

+ also gaming headset, earphones, and Sennheiser mic (flash deal)

Meanwhile the Adorama daily deal (changes 10am ET) is the new condition Marantz Scope SB-C2 X/Y Stereo Condenser Microphone for DSLR Cameras for $25 with free US shipping…