For Online Subscription Digital Subscription Most imaging publications tend to ignore fixed lens compact cameras since the market for such cameras is declining worldwide. To prove all the doomsayers wrong, Fujifilm has launched the new X 100 VI to rave reviews throughout the world. The X 100 VI faces a backlog of orders that is unprecedented and which Fujifilm is … [Read more...] about May 2024
April 2024
For Online Subscription Digital Subscription A good photograph is one that creates a lasting impression and not a fleeting one. If a little extra time is spent on studying the subject, composing the picture and exposing it correctly, the end result would be much better in most cases. With this issue, Smart Photography enters its TWENTIETH YEAR of publication. The last … [Read more...] about April 2024
March 2024
For Online Subscription Digital Subscription Just like vinyl, is film poised to make a comeback? The likelihood of Pentax making a film camera has triggered a lot of speculation that film cameras are poised to make a comeback. After all, the second hand market is flush with mint film cameras and second hand prices are very attractive to those on a budget. Further, Fujifilm, … [Read more...] about March 2024
February 2024
For Online Subscription Digital SubscriptionNews of camera sales in 2023 indicate that the camera market has definitely plateaued. From this point, it can only expand. Video is driving the market and it is likely that future launches will put more emphasis on video rather than stills. Camera and lens manufacturers are increasingly developing revolutionary lens designs and at … [Read more...] about February 2024
March 2023
For Online SubscriptionDigital SubscriptionThe advent of social media has given rise to a new breed of what are commonly called ‘influencers’. These influencers very often have little knowledge of the subjects they speak on but put on the garb of being experts. Very often, they are celebrities out to encash their goodwill. They praise or run down a product depending on who pays … [Read more...] about March 2023
