Editor’s Viewpoint The world of art has been no precedent for anything like photography. ere has never been an explosion of creative energy as big. K Madhavan Pillai puts things in perspective. Images account for a largest percentage of the massive volumes of digital information floating in cyberspace. There are currently over 150 billion images on Facebook. That is more … [Read more...]
Day 1 imaging indiaexpo 2013 – Q&A Epson Bullish about 2014
How has 2013 shaped up for Epson India? 2013 has been a phenomenal year for Epson India. We have been able to completely defy the current downward market trend and have grown close to 25 percent in terms of revenue in the first 8 months of this financial year. This actually outdoes our consistent growth of around 20 percent over the last 3–4 years. In the current, supposedly … [Read more...]
Day 1 imaging indiaexpo 2013 – A Basic Guide to Planning Your Own Photography Exhibition
Do you wish to organise your own photography exhibition, but do not know where to start? Raj Lalwani answers the basic questions that might come across your mind. The feeling of seeing one’s own photographs on a wall is extremely special and rewarding. In fact, an exhibition will help get your work noticed, and may open up future commercial prospects. However, while planning … [Read more...]
Fujifilm expects 2 million less Compact D-cam sales in fiscal 2013/14
Fujifilm Corp’s first-half (April-September 2013) business results show a rise of 10.6% to 1,174 billion Yen in their year-on-year revenue. The operating income rose by 35.7% to 57.4 billion Yen and the net income more than tripled to 31.5 billion Yen. The company attributed the favourable results to the growth in medical systems businesses, expansion in sales of highly … [Read more...]
Beware, Canon and Nikon! – Pentax K-3
Asemi-professional D-SLR from Pentax has been rumoured for quite some time. That rumour has been converted into reality with Pentax announcing the K-3 D-SLR camera. The K-3, Pentax’s flagship D-SLR, features a 24 megapixel CMOS image sensor with an anti-aliasing filter and is clearly aimed at the higher end of the D-SLR market. SP had the K-3 with us on our test bench; read on … [Read more...]