For Online Subscription Digital Subscription No year could carry such horrible memories as 2020. Last year, when I penned the ‘Welcome’ section for January, there was not even the faintest inkling of how our lives would change so quickly. Stress has become an inevitable factor in our lives and we are lucky, that with our interest in photography, we can reflect and reconnect wit … [Read more...]
December 2020
For Online Subscription Digital Subscription At last, things are looking up for the imaging industry. Market reports indicate that the festival season saw a definite reversal of the slump and both enquiries and footfalls have increased. The retail sector in the West has adapted to the ‘new normal’ by encouraging video calls for enquiries, holding virtual demonstrations and exe … [Read more...]
November 2020
For Online Subscription Digital Subscription The festive season is now in full swing and the pandemic is showing signs of a decline. This is the best news of the last six months. On the imaging side, the new introductions in the market are mouth watering. Canon’s EOS R5 and R6, Fujifilm’s X-T 4, Nikon’s Z5, Z50, Z6II and Z7II, Panasonic’s S5 and Sony’s A7SIII have taken t … [Read more...]
October 2020
For Online SubscriptionDigital SubscriptionAs we enter the festival season, the shadow of the Covid virus still hangs over the Indian subcontinent. The virus has now entered rural areas. One comforting factor, however, is the low mortality rate compared to other countries. The Indian economy contracted by 24% in the first quarter and inevitably, several industry sectors took a … [Read more...]
September 2020
For Online SubscriptionDigital SubscriptionThe event of the month clearly was the simultaneous worldwide announcement of the EISA Awards on August 15. The Covid pandemic made physical meetings impossible, but, the juries rose to the occasion and met virtually, a number of times. Our heartiest congratulations to Fujifilm, for winning the Camera of the Year Award with the … [Read more...]