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My Friends :-)
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Daniela Pipitone is a
young and very talented photographer. She is
able to capture even the delicate beauty of the
smallest things - her macro photos are a joy for
the eyes. Daniela is also my best friend :-) I
have done two trips with her and we have spent
countless morning photographing in the Italian
countryside, and I am always amazed by her eye
for compositions and colors.
www.fotografainerba.com |
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Maddy photos shows
some of the most beautiful places of Valtellina.
My dear friend Maddy has begun taking landscapes
and flowers photos in 2007; nowadays she has
specialized in persons and portrait: whatever
subject she photograph, she is able to capture
its beauty thanks to her great sensitivity!
www.pbase.com/maddep |
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Marianna Santoni is a
super expert about Photoshop and Lightroom
(Adobe Guru), specialized in fashion,
portraiture and advertising photography. She is
a creative, dynamic, friendly girl...Marianna is
a great photographer, a great workshop teacher
and, more than everything else, a great friend!
www.mariannasantoni.biz |
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I've met Fenice (Giulia
De Sena) in late December 2006 and in few
months, she has become one of my best friends!
Her enthusiasm for nature appears clearly into
each of her images: in these years, she has kept
improving both her photography techniques and
her knowledge of nature, in particular birds.
www.pbase.com/fenice |
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Valentina is not only a
talented artist: she is a marvelous person who
is able to look at the deeper meaning of things!
She is a nature lover and his paintings portray
animals, flowers, and also abstract scenes.
Visit her website to admire some of her
paintings, drawings and other works!
www.valentinadiserio.it |
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Nicola Vernizzi is a
professional tattooer, a very good photographer,
an adventurous traveler and and a great friend!
www.plasmatic.net |
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Where and how to buy
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B&H Photo Video (www.bhphotovideo.com)
is one of the largest stores of new and used
photo and video equipment: if you are searching
something, it is likely that you will find it
there.
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Adorama (www.adorama.com)
is another large photography dealer. The prices
usually are the same of B&H, but it is always
worth checking. Other than selling new
equipment, Adorama offers the possibility of
buying and selling used equipment, and it has
even a rental service.
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NewEgg (www.newegg.com)
sells both photo equipment and a lot more:
computer hardware, software, mobile phones and
more.
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Amazon (www.amazon.com)
is well known and serious, but it is not one of
my favorite dealers. The problem of Amazon is
that sometimes they don't sell directly, they
publicize other (dubious) dealers. You can find
good prices on Amazon, but I recommend to buy
there only when it is clearly specified "Ships
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Rebates, offers and warranty
Sometimes, the dealers have special offers on
some specific items - always check the price on
all the dealers listed in this page, so you can
be sure to find the best offer. Other than that,
sometimes the manufacturers offers "rebates" or
"cashback".
To get the rebate, you have
to send a coupon (included with the item you
bought) to the store/manufacturer, and they with
send you the amount of money specified by the
promotion. Wouldn't it be simpler to lower the
price? Yes, of course, but many manufacturers
prefer to use rebates because they want to
promote a product only in a particular area; for
example, the rebate may be available only for
U.S. residents. SanDisk and Canon are two good
examples of manufacturers that often offer
rebates on their products.
There are two
main types of warranty; the "manufacturer"
warranty (e.g. Canon USA Warranty, Nikon USA
Warranty) or the "Store" warranty (e.g. B&H
warranty). What are the differences? The items
with manufacturer warranty are imported in the
U.S. by the official manufacturer; if you have a
problem you have to send the product to the
manufacturer. The items with store warranty
(also known as "grey market" or "direct import"
items) are imported in the US by the store
itself; if you have a problem you have to send
the product to the store. The prices usually are
lower than the prices of products with
manufacturer warranty. Which one to choose? You
have to consider the difference of price (pay
attention to possible rebates); if there is a
substantial difference, I'd suggest to buy the
imported (cheaper) item.
Pay
attention to scams!
If you buy from one
of the websites that I have listed in the first
paragraph, as I recommend, you will never take
the risk of being scammed. If you try other
stores, instead, you have to pay attention.
There is plenty of fraudulent websites that
advertise every kind of stuff (camera, lenses,
etc.) at fantastic prices. If you order
something from them, in the best case you'll
lose the money that your paid; in the worst you
will lose a lot more money and you will have a
lot of troubles. I don't want to scare anyone
from buying online, but please pay attention to
the place where you buy from, otherwise you will
be ripped off by these felons.
Remember
that is a price looks too good, it is a scam. An
example: nowadays, the Nikon D300 costs $ 1600
at B&H. If you find it at $ 1500 on another
site, it may be legit. If you find it at $ 800,
it is a scam for sure! There is no way that a
honest dealer sells something at half the
regular price!
If you don't know a
dealer, check it on ResellerRatings (www.resellerratings.com).
RR has a database of thousand of stores with the
opinions of those who bought from there; if a
store is a scammer, you will see a lot of
negative feedback. Of course, there is the
possibility that a reseller hadn't been rated
yet, and some comments might be misleading, but
overall ResellerRatings is an excellent resource
to discover if a store is honest or not. Don't
forget to add your buying experience, positive
of negative, to ResellerRatings! |
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