Samyang has been a pioneer in manufacturing highly affordable lenses which brought exotics like ultra wide and high speed lenses within the reach of many. Interestingly, Samyang makes only prime lenses and has been expanding their range of lenses rapidly of late. Also, Samyang lenses are often re-branded and sold under the name Rokinon. Samyang manufactures lenses in all the … [Read more...]
Worth Every Penny – Xiaomi Redmi Note 4
It goes without saying that Redmi Note 3 was one of the best-selling phones for Xiaomi in 2016. The phone basically opened up the sub-15k Indian smartphone market and sold about 36 lakh units in one year alone, which is a testament to how popular the device was. Now the company is following up with the Redmi Note 4, which tries to overcome some of the shortcomings of the Redmi … [Read more...]
Moulting of a Camera! – Nikon D5600
Nikon has been quite strong in entry level D-SLRs even with strong competition. The D5600 is an upgrade to the D5500, with new features such as SnapBridge connectivity enabled by NFC and BlueTooth Low Energy, along with time-lapse video mode. Read on to see what the new camera has to offer. Design and Build Quality If you hide the model number from the cameras, both D5500 … [Read more...]
Chasing Lights
Born and brought up in New Delhi, Nakul Sharma is an avid traveller and a professional photographer. Exploring different corners of the world, Nakul believes in sharing different stories from around the world. His greatest inspirations, he says, are his fellow travellers and the varied people he meets during his journeys. According to him, the only difference between a common … [Read more...]
Image Editing – PART 4
Let’s first recap what we learned in the earlier issues about image editing: Part 1: How to set-up Photoshop for optimum performance (December 2016) Part 2: Setting the optimum screen resolution on your computer; What are you looking for from Photoshop?; Using ‘Levels’ the wrong way; using ‘Levels’ the right way; The Tool Box; Using the Ruler Tool to straighten tilted horizon … [Read more...]
