Piramal Art Gallery, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, hosted a unique exhibition of photographs dating back to the 1920s. The exhibition, curated by Anoop Babani and Savia Viegas, and aptly named 'Our Saddles, Our Butts, Their World: Global Rides on Humble Bikes by Indians in 1920s', displayed 60 images of historic global expeditions undertaken by six Parsi cyclists from Mumbai, and later on joined by an Austrian cyclist, nearly acentury ago, across three separate journeys. The … Continue Reading
NEWS
Zeiss Adds Telephoto Lens to Otus Lineup
Zeiss is expanding its lens family for full-frame Canon and Nikon D-SLRs with the introduction of the Zeiss Otus 100 mm f/1.4 telephoto lens. Zeiss states that the lens design, … Continue Reading
Tamron Announces 35-150 mm f/2.8-4 Portrait Zoom Lens
Tamron has announced the launch of its 35-150 mm f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD compact zoom lens for full-frame D-SLR cameras. The zoom range incorporates the 85 mm focal length (often … Continue Reading
2019 Sony World Photography Award Overall Winners
World Photography Association has announced the overall winners of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards. The Photographer of the Year award was bagged by Italian artist Federico … Continue Reading
BenQ Announces PhotoVue 4K UHD Monitor
BenQ has launched PhotoVue SW271, a 4K UHD 27” professional photographer's monitor offering industry-standard HDR10 support and advanced colour performance. Covering 99 percent of A … Continue Reading
REVIEWS
Asus PA329Q
Graphic Artist An amateur photographer will consider capture as the most important stage in photography, while a professional will emphasise on colour reproduction. Colour critical applications require monitors that can reproduce accurate colours … Continue Reading
Asus ProArt PA27AC
Monitor for Pro Photographers Sujith Gopinath ProArt monitors from Asus offer professional features required for photographers and graphic artists. The PA27AC is a 27-inch type IPS panel providing WQHD resolution (2560 x 1440), 100% sRGB colour … Continue Reading
Asus Designo MX27UQ
An Allrounder There are top end photography monitors and then there are a second line of potentially good graphic and photography monitors. The second category is essentially made up of monitors which are excellent for multimedia playback, but has … Continue Reading
TUTORIALS
If I Were You – August 2017
Our Imaging Expert No one can take a picture that everyone likes. But, almost every picture can have scope of improvement. Often, we are not our best critics, while others can immediately point out the faults. In If I were you, our expert comments on … Continue Reading
Image Editing – Part 9: Sharpening
‘Sharpening’ is a part of the digital workflow that is often least understood or mis-understood. Most beginners (and some advanced workers too) tend to over-sharpen their images. But first, let us understand why we need to sharpen our images; after al … Continue Reading
Depth of Field & Hyperfocal Setting
Depth of Field (DoF) refers to the zone of acceptable sharpness in our picture. Let’s take that a bit further. When you focus your lens (any lens) at any given distance, technically speaking, only that point (and all points along that same plane – pl … Continue Reading
