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Wednesday Lightning Deals: Action Cams, Studio/Lighting, NixPlay, FeelWorld, lots of Neewer, Etc

And now let’s take a look at some of what’s in the pipeline in the Camera et Photoeaux at the Amazon USA Lightning Deals…

+ Neewer octagon umbrella, Panel Lightning kit, Ring Light kit, waterproof camera case, umbrella studio kit, PRO i-TTL flash for Nikons, Film kit, 400W Strobe Monolight, studio kit carrying bag, etc

+ Action Cams from COOAU (or something like that) and CrossTour and Apeman and Akaso and DBPOWER

+ NixPlay Seed Ultra 2K 10-inch and non-Ultra digital picture frames

+ FEELWORLD 7″ IPS 4K HDMI camera field monitor

+ other brands: digiframe, ring lights, budget camcorder-type things, studio in a box, etc

August 7, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Saturday: refurb HP 2-in-1 Sprocket Bundle for $50, various digital magazines

One of the deals of the day for Saturday 8/3/19 at the Amazon USA Gold Box is a digital magazine sale that includes a 6-month subscription to National Geographic for $9, NG Travel for $5, NG History for $9, etc. There’s also a 6-month WIRED subscription for $1.50 total. Keep in mind their subscription are auto-renewing, you must needs manually cancel them if you don’t want them to auto-renew in the future…

In other Saturday daily deal action, Woot Electronics is offering the factory refurbished HP Sprocket 2-in-1 Portable Photo Printer & Instant Camera Bundle with 8GB MicroSD Card and ZINK Photo Paper for $50 with free shipping for Prime members or $6 flat shipping. They come with a 1-year HP warranty. Limit up to ten sets per customer at the sale price. Three color schemes are available for the unibody printer + camera hybrid critter…

August 3, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines, daily deals, fixed lens cameras Tagged With: , , , , ,

Thursday Lightning Deals: Flashes, Action Cams, Ring Light, LEDs, Etc

Thursday has a total of 49 Camera & Photo listings in the lightning deals of the Amazon Gold Box covering the next 24 hours or so. Of potential interest among them:

+ DBPOWER, Crosstour and other action cams

+ Neewer 2-pack video light kit, popup tent, BiColor LED, CN-160 power LED, NP-F550 charger for select Sony batteries, etc
+ Neewer flashes: TT560 and NW565EX

+ various ring lights, bags, backdrop kit, etc

August 1, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Wedn Lightning Deals: Moza Air 2, NixPlay, FeelWorld, Action Cams, Etc

A quick look at the Amazon Camera and Photo Lightning Deals for the next 24 hours shows, among others:

+ starts 4:15am ET: Moza AIR 2 with case bundle

+ various action cameras, and waterproof housings for GoPros

+ NixPlay Seed 10 digital picture frame

+ Neewer TT560 flash

+ Feelworld Master MA6f 5.5″ on-camera monitor

+ various ring lights and studio accessories

July 31, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Wedn: HP Omen Gaming Computers and Red Dragon kbd/mice

Wednesday action in the Amazon USA Gold Box, it’s another variant of the Computer Sale, this one featuring gaming HP desktops and laptops, along with Red Dragon keyboards and mice (I’m assuming that by now the internet decided that “mices” is the plural of “mice”, and “casted” is the past tense of “cast”) 🙂 A total of 14 computers and 8 keyboards/mice are participating in this sale…

July 31, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, technology deals Tagged With: , ,

Tuesday Lightning Deals: Moza Air 2, Action Cams, Neewer, Etc

Thunderbolt and lightning but no so very frightening for your wallet as Amazon has gotten way too big to be able to offer name-brand products are ridiculously low prices like it used to do back in the glory days of internet shopping. These days the lightning deals are more about modest discounts and not-famous manufacturers…

… which brings us to the Tuesday Camera and Photo Lightning Deals with the following potentially interesting items going live in the 24 hours (from the time of writing of this blog post):

+ all kinds of Neewer camera and photo accessories (studio, umbrella kits, C-shape system, C-stand, ring light, softbox, etc) ~ even an action camera

+ FeelWorld f5 5-inch on-camera field monitor

+ Moza AIR 2 with hard case

+ Victure wild life action camera

+ dBPOWER 4K and APEMAN and other action cameras

July 30, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Monday Lightning Deals: Action Cams, Tripods, Neewer, Gimbal Stabilizers, Etc

Sunday’s Neewer Fest is almost over (although there’s still a few of them scheduled for Monday) but there are other options in the Monday Camera & Photo Lightning Deals.

The items shown below are in the order they will appear but finding and writing the exact start-times is very painful with a small laptop keyboard, that’s why you don’t see them. If I post them using a mechanical keyboard, then you’ll definitely get the start times 🙂

+ APEMan action cam
+ Moza iFocus wireless follow focus
+ Hohem Action Cam Gimbal
+ Neewer NW-670 TTL flash kit
+ Veroyi kids camera
+ Zhiyun Smooth 4 3-axis handheld gimbal stabilizer
+ Crosstour and Cooau Action Cams
+ Tycka 55″ travel tripod
+ various ring lights through the day
+ Neewer GN36 2.4G flash
+ Geekoto 79-inch carbon fiber tripod
+ Neewer 750II TTL flash for Nikon
+ Neewer 600W 5500K umbrella kit
+ DBPOWER 4K action cam

The above cover the next 24 hours as of the time of writing ~ I’m posting as many as the Gold Box shows as “Upcoming”. I’m not cutting them off at the 11:59pm pacific time like I used to do…

July 29, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Monday: Anker Charging Sale

Since almost everything needs to get powered and charged these days (even toothbrushes), it is of general interest, inside the Amazon Gold USA Box for Monday 7/29/19, there is another sale on Anker charging products including 60W USB-C wall chargers, cables, hubs and such. The “theme” of this sale is the alienation of upper middle class creatives USB-C 🙂

July 29, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: ,

Sunday: LOTS of Neewer products (Flashes, Ring lights, Umbrellas, Etc) in the Gold Box Lightning Deals

IF you are a fan of Neewer camera accessories, the lightning deals of the Camera & Photo Gold Box for Sunday 7/28/19 includes a variety of their C&P accessories, including:

+ fluorescent ring light
+ TT560 Flash
+ mini tabletop tripod
+ C-stand
+ telescopic background support
+ umbrella set
+ NW-670 TTL flash kit
+ foldable LED panel
+ another ring light kit
+ NW-562 E-TTL flash
+ NW400 GW36 2.4G flash
+ another ring light
+ NW-565-EX E-TTL flash
+ Backpack

The above are all Neewer branded products and are running for the next 24 hours as of the time of writing of this post. They are listed in the order of appearance (order of going live in the Gold Box ~ other things equal)

July 28, 2019 Filed Under: lighting deals Tagged With: ,

Saturday: Kodak Internal SSD sale ($28 to $120, 120GB to 960GB)

Of the Saturday daily deals at Amazon, there is a Kodak SSD sale of the internal kind, with prices ranging from $28 to $120 and storage options ranging from 120GB to 960GB in the usual denominations in-between (240GB, 480GB)… They are sold by Woot and fulfilled by Amazon with the sale ending at 11:59pm pacific on Saturday (or earlier if sold out)…

July 27, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals, memory cards and storage Tagged With: , ,

Saturday: 1-Year of WIRED for $3 to $5, 1-Year of National Geographic for $8

The headliner of the Saturday Amazon USA Gold Box is a digital magazine sale that includes, among others, of potential photo-interest and/or six-degrees-of-separation:

+ 1-year annual subscription of WIRED for $3 in digital (Kindle edition) or $5 print magazine
+ the print edition of WIRED includes digital access as well

+ 1-year National Geographic for $8 in the Kindle edition
+ the print edition offer is for half-a-year, and it does not include digital access

Kindle editions can be read on Amazon’s Fire tablets, the good old Fire phone, and the Kindle apps for Android and iOS. The National Geographic is also available for the Kindle e-reader devices.

NOTE that these are AUTO-RENEWAL subscription and will automatically renew (unless you cancel them) at the future renewal rate. They won’t keep renewing at the introductory annual subscription rate of this offer…

July 20, 2019 Filed Under: books and magazines Tagged With: ,

Used Sony a7 II body for $704, a7 with 28-70 for $734 [Prime]

The 20% off Warehouse Deals promotion has two offers for Sony a7*.* fans as follows:

+ a7 with 28-70mm in “Used – Like New” condition for $734~, while the new condition goes for $998

+ Sony a7 II body only in “Used – Like New” for $704 while the new condition goes for $898

+ these are for Prime members only as part of the Prime Day 2019…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals, sony Tagged With: , , , ,

Rokinon 14mm f2.8 (Sony E) for $229 [Prime Deal]

I can’t post individually for every single one of the camera and photo lightning deals ~ you can find them over there in the typical Amazon format…ilter

… but when some of them are doing well percentage-claimed wise, I give in and post about them individually. Such is the case for the new condition Rokinon 14mm F2.8 manual focus lens, model FE14M-E, going for $229 with free shipping for PRIME members until 9:25pm ET or earlier if sold out. IT is 27% claimed as of 3:53pm ET.

And starting at 4:30pm ET, there will be lightning deals on some (or may be all) of the Kenko Nyumon filters. The listing has the full range from 37mm to 82mm, but it doesn’t say ahead of time which one(s) will be on sale…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , ,

Manfrotto Advanced Active Backpack II for $64 [Prime Deal]

Let’s have another round of “Bag the Bags”! Good until 8:45pm ET, Amazon’s Prime day party is offering the new condition Manfrotto Advanced Active Backpack II, model MB MA-BP-A2, for $64 with free shipping. It is 36% claimed as of 3:47pm ET.

Hidden in the same listing is the new condition Manfrotto Active Shoulder Bag 7, model MB MA-SB-A7, going for $49.

This too is one of the Prime Day Deals, so you have to be a member to buy it ~ or be willing to start a free 30-day trial…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , ,

Used Panasonic ZS200 superzoom for $469

The new condition Panasonic ZS200 goes for $699 in new condition at authorized dealers but if you are fond of the used cameras, and you are also a Prime member, you can get the black color scheme in “Used – Very Good” condition for $469 by Amazon Warehouse Deals or pay $20 more to get it in “Used – Like New” condition. This is a 15x optical zoom, closer to the travel zoom kind than let’s say those 125x optical zoom cameras 🙂

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, panasonic Tagged With: , , ,

Used Fuji X-A5 with 15-45mm XC for $337 [Prime Deals]

Another potentially interesting offer in the Warehouse 20% off promotion that is part of the ever-expanding Prime Day(s) deals…

We go back to X-Landia where the “Used – Like New” (original packaging; not even damaged packaging) Fuji X-A5 with 15-45mm XC goes for $337~ in the brown color scheme with multiple listings by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself ~ look for them as the seller ~ as explained in our earlier post which feels like it was written three days ago (but it was just 8 hours ago) 🙂

The other two Fuji X-A5 color schemes don’t appear to be participating in the promotion (but I didn’t try it in the shopping cart)…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

Used Sony RX100 Mark III for $393 [Prime only]

It’s up to you to sort out the various versions of the Sony RX100 and its competitors, but if you are interested in the RX100 Mark III and you are a Prime member, thanks to the 20% off Warehouse Deals in-cart discount you can get it for $393~ in “Used – Like New” (damaged original packaging) condition by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself. Look for them as the seller – that black-green “amazon warehouse” logo in the “Seller Information” column…

BUT if you are not a Prime member, hope is not totally lost ~ over there, KEH Camera is offering it for $429 in “Used – Good” condition and with a 180-day warranty…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, sony Tagged With: , , ,

Rokinon Prime Day Deals Have Began: 14/2.8 (N) for $236, 12/2 NCS CS (X) for $199, and more to come [Prime members only]

The first of the scheduled Rokinon prime lenses has gone live, it is the new condition Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC manual focus lens with a built-in AE chip for the Nikon system going for $236~ with free shipping. Prime members only. It is 20% claimed as of 10am eastern. It expires at 3:20pm ET or earlier if sold out.

Also gone live is the new condition Rokinon 12mm F2.0 NCS CS in the black color scheme for the Fuji X system going for $199. It is 17% claimed as of 10:09am ET. It expires 3:30pm ET or earlier if sold out.

You can find the rest of the Rokinon primes in the Camera & Photo Lightning Deals or you can see the list of times in our previously posted Coming Up post…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , , , ,

Used Fuji X-T20 with 18-55/2.8-4 R OIS for $629 [Prime Deal]

The Warehouse Deals 20% off promotion for Prime members has another Fuji temptation, this time of the X System kind. The Fuji X-T20 with the 18-55 f2.8-4 R OIS lens goes for $899 in new condition at authorized dealers, but PRime members, thanks to the 20% off in-cart discount, can get it for $629 in “Used – Like New” condition (damaged original packaging) by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself…

With the Fuji X-T30 being the “latest model”, going for $899 body only and $1299 with the 18-55 lens , it is not unreasonable to go used for the “previous generation” model.

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: fuji, mirrorless deals Tagged With: , , ,

A/V Prime Deal: Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H4 Wireless Headphones for $105

This A/V deal showed up while I was perusing the various Prime Day deals. For $105 or $115 you can get the new condition Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H4 Wireless Headphones depending on color. These are full size. The sale ends at 2:20pm eastern time (or earlier if sold out). They average 4/5 based on over 180 reviews. They are 6% and 4% claimed as of 9:10am eastern…

PS: fear not, the on-sale colors are black and gray. They are not lime green and electric orange with unicorns and spiders and rattlesnakes and Hello Kitty 😉

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: technology deals Tagged With:

EU: Nikon Coolpix P1000 superzoom for 777 euro [Prime Deal]

Why couldn’t they call them “euro dollars” to make it easier? 🙂

This time Amazon Germany “defeats” The Mothership as they are having a Prime deal on the new condition Nikon Coolpix P1000 superzoom for the James Bond approved price of 777 euro. This has “just” a 125x optical zoom lens. And there was a time when there was awe in the camera forums when we got a 12x optical zoom 🙂

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, nikon Tagged With: , ,

[DEAD?] Waiting List OPEN: Nikon D3400 with 18-55 DX VR for $315 [Prime only]

UPDATE 10:51am ET: it looks like this deal is dead…

UPDATE 9:15am ET: this switches like a Yo-Yo between Waiting List FULL or OPEN. It may continue like this for a while…

UPDATE 9am ET: the Waiting List is now OPEN, so you can join the wait. There’s still no guarantee you will get a shot at it, but if you are gonna be near the internet, you can give it a shot…

As of 8:11am eastern, this is “100% Claimed” and “Waiting List Full” but the offer runs until the end of the day, so if you want to try to play the waiting game, you may get a shot at it. People have 15 minutes to get it once it is in their shopping cart. If they don’t get it, it goes to the next person in the Waiting List. As the 15 minute blocks go by with un-purchased units, more spots open up in the Waiting List. But there’s no guarantee you will get it because they have a finite number of items available for each lightning deal…

With that out of the way, it’s the new condition Nikon D3400 with 18-55 DX VR going for $315. Prime members only as usual…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: dslr deals, nikon Tagged With: , ,

Used Fuji X100F (Black) for $802 [Prime Deal]

From the blast to the past we now move on to something more modern, also made possible by the Warehouse Deals 20% off promotion for Prime members. The new condition Fuji X100F Big Sensor Prime goes for $1300 at authorized Fuji dealers…

… but IF you are a Prime member and you are willing to go “The Way of the Used”, you can get the black Fuji X100F color scheme in “Used – Very Good” (damaged original packaging) for $802~ by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself. Look for them as the seller in the listings. The other two X100F colors go for less by AWD itself but they don’t show the 20% off discount [I haven’t tested them in the shopping cart to be 100% certain they are not eligible for the discount]…

If you are not a Prime member but are very tempted by this offer, all you have to do is start a 30-day Free Trial and you can buy it within seconds…

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, fuji Tagged With: , , , ,

Blast from the Past: Used Sony Cybershot P32 for $16 [Prime]

And now our obligatory flashback / blast-from-the-past type of deal, made possible by the previously mentioned 20% off Warehouse Deals in-cart discount for Prime members… We dial way back in the time machine for the “Used – Good” condition Sony Cybershot P32 digital camera dropping from $20~ to $16. This is the sold by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself listing.

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras, sony Tagged With: , ,

Anker Powerbanks: Powercore 13000 for $25 and more [Prime]

And now the time is right for something utilitarian in the Amazon Prime Deals. Everything needs to be recharged these days, even the watches. So here’s a quartet of Anker power banks on sale, three consumer-tier and one more professional:

+ Anker PowerCore 13000 Portable Charger for $25 (two ports, PowerIQ, VoltageBoost)
+ averages 4.6 out of 5 based on nearly 7000 customer reviews

+ Anker PowerCore 10000 PD for $26
+ USB-C, 18W, etc
+ 4.4 out of 5 on 131 customer reviews

+ Anker PowerCore 20100mAh for $31~
+ 4.8A output
+ 4.5 out of 5 on 15,671 customer reviews

+ Anker Powerhouse 200, 200Wh/57600mAh Portable Rechargeable Generator for $240
+ averages 5 out of 5 with 8 customer reviews and 39 answered questions

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories, daily deals Tagged With: , ,

Yeehao Wide-Angle Camera Type Thing for $101 {ends 12:15pm ET} [Prime Deal]

A second camera is currently live in the Prime Deals. In addition to the previously mentioned Canon SL2 deal, there’s also a lightning deal on a lesser known product, a curiosity of sorts, the new condition YeeHao Wide Angle Camera going for $102, also part of the PRIME deals. It is 70% claimed as of 7am ET and it expires at 12:15pm ET (or earlier if sold out).

IT is the first time I’ve seen this, so I know nothing (Jon Snow) about it. It averages 4.1 out of 5 based on 103 customer reviews with a 81% of them being 5-stars and 14% of them being 1-stars. Gallery picture #2 over there has a diagram of the camera to help you get started with it. The rotating LCD display and the add-on lenses create the illusion of a mirrorless camera to those looking at it for the first time (eg moi) 🙂

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: fixed lens cameras Tagged With: ,

[DEAD?] Canon SL2 Body for $314, with 18-55 STM for $384 [ends 5:30pm ET] {Prime Deal}

UPDATE 9am eastern: it looks like this deal is over. It either sold out or ended. It didn’t have a ticking clock or percentage-claimed like most lightning deals do. It was one of those semi-daily type of deals that usually appear during the holidays and on special events like Prime Day. I will monitor the situation and post an update if it returns…

ORIGINAL POST
A Salt Lake Rebel? That’s what the Canon SL-series stands for? Anyway good until 5:30pm ET on Tuesday (or earlier if sold out) you can get the new condition Canon SL2 body only for $314 in the black color scheme, and in either the black or the white color scheme you can get the new condition Canon SL2 with 18-55 EF-S STM lens for $384…

These was an unannounced deal, as it is often the case when the Gold Box has name-brand and high-value type of products. Otherwise everyone will be sitting on their PC waiting and it will all be gone within 60 seconds 🙂

These too are part of the Prime Day deals. If you are not a Prime member and you must have it, you can always start a free 30-day Prime Trial and leave a note/alert in your calendar to cancel before the expiration. Although what Amazon is counting on is that you are gonna get hooked on the free 2-day delivery and the music and video streaming services and the ebook reading services and the million (seemingly) other Prime Benefits…

NOTE that the SL2 is now the “previous generation” model. The Canon SL3 is the latest model which goes for $550 body only or $650 with the 18-55 lens. Almost twice the price.

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: canon, dslr deals Tagged With: , ,

Coming Up: Prime Day Lightning Deals including Rokinon wides, DataColor, Bags, Etc

And now time for a planning session! As of the time of writing (4:15am eastern) there are 70+ items scheduled to go live at some point on Tuesday July 16 in 2019 (aka Prime Day II) in the Camera and Photo Lightning Deals [LINK UPDATED to show both ACTIVE and UPCOMING deals]. Here are some of them in order of planned start-time (obviously I can’t post them all):

+ Mountdog umbrella kit
+ Datacolor SpyderLensCal SLC100
+ Yeehao mirrorless-looking but fixed-lens wide-angle camera thing
+ more Pelicans and Nanuks
+ Fotodiox Pro Auto Macro Extension Tube
+ Rokinon 14mm f2.8 IF ED UMC
+ Rokinon 12mm f2 NCS CS
+ various Celestron binos
+ Rokinon 24mm f1.4
+ Rokinon 14mm f2.8
+ Rokinon 12mm T2.2 Cine
+ Rokinon 85mm T1.5 deClicked
+ Kenko filters
+ Polaroid Zip mobile printer
+ camera bags from Manfrotto, Lowepro, Monoprice, etc
+ more tripods, 3rd-party batteries, assorted lighting gear, and the usual assortment of camera-n-photo accessories you’ve come to know (and love???) from the Amazon Gold Box

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: daily deals Tagged With:

Prime Deal: 20% off select items at Amazon Warehouse Deals

Day #2 of the Prime Day 2019 is upon us and now we have something for fans of USED products! It’s the return of the sale, the one you have all been waiting for!

Amazon Warehouse Deals is offering a 20% off in-cart discount of the current prices of many used items they carry, the ones sold by Amazon Warehouse Deals itself. You have to be a Prime member for this discount as well, so if you find any tempting deals, all you have to do is Start a 30-day free trial…

Lots of electronics are participating including 31 items in the Camera & Photo category. You have to go the used listings view of a product to see this. Use the filter there on the left-hand side for “Prime” only if there are too many other sellers.

Eligible items show this on their individual listing:

July 16, 2019 Filed Under: storewide deals Tagged With: , ,

Various Pelican and Nanuk cases in Prime Day Lightning Deals

We couldn’t possibly go through Prime Day without having a “Bag the Bags” type of a post… And as fate would have it, around this time, there’s a handful of Nanuk and Pelican camera cases making the rounds in the Lightning Deals. You can find them by perusing the 70-odd offerings that are currently available in the Camera and Photo category…

Or if you want to cast a wider net, there are over 600 offerings in the Electronics category, of which “Camera and Photo” is typically a subset. Typically because I can’t really test every single listing, so I can’t say with 100% certainty 🙂

And speaking of Prime Day deals, here’s a bundle of potential interest for Googloid fans, the 12.3″ Pixel Slate bundle consists of the Slate (12.3″, 2-in-1, Core m3, 8GB RAM, 64GB storage) bundled with the Pixel Slate keyboard, all together for $700 for Prime members…

July 15, 2019 Filed Under: camera accessories Tagged With: , , ,