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2019 Fujifilm Printlife Photo Exhibition

On By Mark DoddIn General Blog Post, Harford County, MarylandLeave a comment

Fujifilm recently had the 2019 Fujifilm Printlife Photo Exhibition & Sweepstakes contest of which I entered one of my prints.

I was honored to receive the following email from them.

Hi Mark, 

On behalf of the entire Fujifilm Printlife team, we would like to thank you for submitting into the 2019 Fujifilm Printlife Photo Exhibition & Sweepstakes. 

We are pleased to announce that you have a submission that has been sent to be printed and put on display at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal!*

You will be a part of this year’s incredible exhibit, showcasing 13,640 photos!*

We hope that you will join us October 16th through the 20th in Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall to see all of the amazing photos on display this year. 

 Check out the dates and times here:

Event Details

We are looking forward to seeing and meeting you at the event!

Thank You,

The Fujifilm Printlife Team

So if you are in the New York area from October 16th through the 20th and have a chance to stop by the Grand Central Terminal. Keep a look out for my image being displayed as part of this exhibit.

Here is my image to keep an eye out for. Note: in the exhibit, this image was cropped to fit the square format, the below image is the full image as taken

Blue Barns
Blue Barns

Recent photo trip and a New Magazine

On By Mark DoddIn Cunningham Falls, General Blog Post, Photography Nation MagazineLeave a comment

Took a little photo trip recently out to Cunningham Falls in Thurmont Md with a friend of mine.

I don’t get out as much as I should, but my partner in crime for the Photography Nation Magazine, Sean Simmons, came out my way so I had no excuse not to go. I’m still working on the photos, but here is a quick preview with an iPhone panorama of the top of Cunningham Falls, near Thurmont Md.

Cunningham Falls
Cunningham Falls, Md. Click on the image to view full size

I’m still editing the rest of the images that I took that day and will post some more here along with on my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/markdoddphotography/ If you visit my page, don’t forget to like and share the page and the post. I’d appreciate it.

 

The Magazine

As I mentioned Sean Simmons of Clear Elite Photography and I have teamed up to create a new magazine. We had our first issue released this month.  Check it out.

 

The Moon and Venus

I’m still learning how to use my new camera and one night recently I while I was out walking the dogs I saw that the moon was setting and Venus was nearby. So after taking the dogs back inside, I thought I would see how well the new camera did in low light for astrophotography. I think this is the first time I’ve actually been able to capture the dark side of the moon clearly. Although a larger lens would be nicer next time to get a closer shot. This is the result of my trial. I used Macphun’s Luminar to edit the photo, but it didn’t need many adjustments as it was almost perfect right out of the camera.

 

The Moon Waxing with Venus in Tow

 

#fujifilm #astrophotography #Venus #Moon #Magazine #XT-2

 

My New Camera Arrived – FujiFilm X-T2

On By Mark DoddIn General Blog PostLeave a comment

My FujiFilm X-T2 arrived today from Amazon Warehouse.

 

Fujifilm X-T2

Check current new pricing: Amazon|Adoroma

 

My trusty Nikon 80 is starting to show its age. It has served me well and will continue to do so as my backup camera. But I have been looking for a new camera for some time now. I checking out upgrading to another cropped sensor Nikon and even the Full Frame Nikons. Then I started seeing more and more folks including my photography friends using mirrorless cameras so I started to check those out as well.  I finally narrowed down my choices to a Nikon D7200 as the full frame Nikons are just out of my budget right now. And even though I really wanted a full Frame Sony mirrorless camera, again it was out of the budget. So I decided to get the FujiFilm X-T1, but then they announced the X-T2 model but it was just on the edge of my budget range for a new camera.

I’m always looking for the best deals to get the best bang for my buck, so when I started looking for my final choice of a Fujifilm X-T2 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 18-55mm F2.8-4.0 R LM OIS Lens as my camera replacement I wasn’t finding anything below full retail. This was expected since the camera was just released a little over a month ago. I resigned myself to sit and wait awhile to see if the price came down

In my hunt for the best price on the recent printer purchase, I stumbled upon an Amazon price-watching site called camelcamelcamel.com. I did my amazon search for the X-T2 with lens and didn’t see anything at the time that was discounted, so I added a price watch on camelcamelcamel.com.  Initially, it was just giving me the same pricing that I found myself, but then one day it showed me on for $230 less so I clicked on the link immediately. I was sent to the Amazon Warehouse listing that showed this was for a “used” classification sale of the camera. I had never heard of Amazon Warehouse so I started checking out the terms etc and when I was about to buy the camera, the listing was gone all in less that 15 mins. I was upset with myself for procrastinating, but I did my due diligence and checked out the service and terms so I was ready if it ever came up again.

Well a few days later another listing popped up and I jump right on it.  That order is the camera that arrived today. It was listed as Used: no cosmetic issues with the camera and  tested and confirmed working but only a damaged box. After opening the Amazon box and finding the X-T2 box inside I took everything out and inspected everything.  The only thing I could find wrong was the LCD screen was a little smudged, which was easily cleaned with a lint free cloth. The box hardly had a mark on it other than fresh tape.

It is obvious to me this was an Amazon returned product and they sold it via Amazon Warehouse at a discount. Don’t know why anyone would want to return such a great camera. I’m not complaining one bit as I feel I’ve gotten a new camera for several hundred dollars less than the current going price and it looks brand new. Now I’ve got some money to go out and get an additional lens, of which I wouldn’t have been able to do if I purchased it brand new.

So if you don’t mind purchasing a returned unit, I would recommend setting up a price watch with camelcamelcamel.com or your favorite price watcher so you can get notified of the reduced prices from folks like Amazon Warehouse. And make sure your service notifies you as from my experience, the Fujifilm XT-2’s do not last long.

One last note: if the price is way lower than the regular price, definitely check it out first. I was notified of one listing for this product being $600, but after checking things out it was obviously a scam.

Now the only thing to do it take my new camera out for a spin this weekend to hopefully get some great fall colors pictures.

#AmazonWarehouse #Fujifilm #XT2 #Amazon #NewCamera