The Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rachid International Photography Contest was (HIPA) conducted from March 16 to March 19, 2015 in Dubai, UAE. The grand prize of $120,000 was won by Mr. Anurag Kumar from India in the ‘Life in Colour’ category. The first prize of Rs.15, 000 in the general category was won by Mr. Harish Chavda from UK. In the ‘Face’ category, Rudori Vladimirovich from … [Read more...]

ZEISS has introduced the Batis 2/25 (25mm f/2) and Batis 1.8/85 (85mm f/1.8), their first full-frame autofocus lenses for Sony’s E-mount cameras. This new family of lenses is particularly suited for the use with Sony’s alpha range of mirrorless full-frame system cameras. “The Batis family of lenses is the first time we have launched autofocus lenses for Sony’s full-frame … [Read more...]

Adobe has announced new standalone and Creative Cloud versions of Lightroom, its image processing and Raw conversion software. The latest versions gain simple HDR and Panorama merging tools that create DNG files from the merged results (16-bit floating point DNGs in the case of the HDR mode). The update also includes the ability to paint-out regions of gradient filters, to … [Read more...]

Canon Inc. stated on April 8 that a headway is being made in the progress of XF-AVC- a new video format that has been targetted at efficient video recording, particularly for formats like 4K, 2K and HD. The new format will define each and every recording method for the visual and audio data components that comprise the individual video files. The XF-AVC uses the MPEG-4AVC/ … [Read more...]

Canon U.S.A. has introduced the XC10, a digital camcorder designed to capture 4K and Full HD video as well as 12-Megapixel still images. The device also has a built-in function to extract eight megapixel still images from a recorded 4K video. The XC10 camcorder features a 1-inch Type 12-megapixel CMOS sensor, a 24-241mm equivalent lens and Optical Image Stabilization. “With … [Read more...]