For Online Subscription Digital SubscriptionIs Artificial Intelligence a threat to photography? The answer simply depends on how it is used. On the one hand, AI has already been used successfully to improve autofocus and to improve subject recognition. Also, if AI is used merely to edit or improve images, it is unlikely to be harmful. However, if AI is used to alter … [Read more...]
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...]
February 2023
For Online SubscriptionDigital SubscriptionA review of the cameras and lenses that SP has tested in the last two years has revealed that hardly anyone makes a bad camera anymore. Irrespective of brands, quality levels of cameras and lenses have improved significantly. In fact our reviewers are finding it difficult not to give a ‘Best Buy’ label to almost all products reviewed … [Read more...]
January 2023
For Online SubscriptionDigital Subscription2022 started on a very tentative note with the effects of the pandemic still taking a toll on every economy in the world. As if this was not enough, the Ukraine war broke out in February sending energy and food prices on an upward spiral. As we end the year, most of the world is either in recession or close to it. Energy prices … [Read more...]
December 2022
For Online SubscriptionDigital SubscriptionAs we enter the last month of the year, let us look at what is selling well in the land of the rising sun. Japanese retail camera sales reflect a trend towards APS -C and the figures released by Map Camera for October sales make interesting reading. Top of the list in sales was Fujifilm’s X-H2. The X-H2 is followed in second position … [Read more...]
