burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Combine items and the shipping should be proportionally less costly. Shipping is usually based on weight and package size... with a certain minimum charge to cover handling.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Providing one has something to combine.....

Spend more and the shipping cost per item is less.
Interesting logic.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

It could be the same ten bucks for several lightweight items shipped in the same container... or just a few dollars more.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

You're absolutely right! It could be, just don't order heavy stuff?
Oh, wait, I only need the one thing.

Like I said, just spend more to get the shipping per item down.

BebuLamar

Sure if I buy a Nikon Z8 from B&H I would have to pay no shipping nor even sales tax. But I only need a discontinued lens hood. About heavy stuff. I bought 2 umbrellas, 2 light stands and 2 mounts for the light stands and it cost me $69.95 and no shipping fee from B&H. They are shipped in 3 boxes. All free.

capmike Loc: New Bern, NC

Trust me, it is not “Free”. It is included. Just not a separate line item. It cost money to ship.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

Maybe s friend has prime who will order it?

starlifter Loc: Towson, MD

Amazon if your already a prime member. If not no free shipping.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Providing Amazon has it available.........

BebuLamar

May be I will go to the local camera store. They have a lot of used stuff. They may have one there.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Check TEMU. I just bought a couple of rubber collapsible hoods from them and they are nice. Heavy rubber with metal screw threads. They also show a line of all-metal hoods. These are 3 to 5 dollars and the shipping is free.

I like having some rubber hoods because, unlike the tulip variety, they can be used to shoot through glass without light leakage and the rubber also acts like a shock absorber. When I go to places like zoos, aquariums, or museums there are often glass display cases to shoot through.

Also, you will find some unique items among their photo offerings. I just purchased a small item that looks like a suction cup attached to a heavy metal cylinder with a standard 1/20 screw hole in the bottom. It is used for setting one of those glass globes on to facilitate shooting. I hadn't even seen anyone else offering something like this. I have two sizes of these large glass marbles and it was always a problem with how to rest them in a way to shoot through them without picking up unwanted items in the photos. This holder can be screwed on a light stand or tripod and is small enough to be carried anywhere -- in the camera bag or a pocket The size is 1 1/4" x 3/4". It is inscribed with Lensball which is one of the makers of these glass globes.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

BebuLamar

No thanks. I want the same one that came with the lens. Not a generic one. It's the Nikon HS-10.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I use collapsible rubber Lens Hoods / Shades the same way. One pretty much needs that at an aquarium.

I have been on the fence about getting one of those Glass Globes and Supports. The effect looks interesting, but how often would I use it? Can I get the same effect with Photoshop?

Right now I have, as some on the UHH know I have been creating Kaleidoscope-like images with Corel PaintShop Pro Ultimate. I hope to soon have a real Kaleidoscope to shoot though. Probably with a SmartPhone because the pupil it too small for a DSLR / MILC lens.

Happy new year!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

National retailers often build shipping costs into the price of an item, because they buy in wholesale volumes that local dealers cannot. The “free shipping” makes the retail price more attractive than getting in the car and driving to the local store for the same item price.

Used dealers seldom use that sales model. But if you buy over a threshold amount, some will cover shipping in the price. Think: Amazon Prime.