R Srinivasan India is a land of festivals that are a vital part of our culture and traditions. But of late, due to lack of time and interest along with financial constraints, people, especially in the cities do not celebrate them and if they do, it is more of a token gesture. During festival holidays, most people rest or watch TV programmes. Mithai (sweets) and eatables with … [Read more...]
Wide-eyed Baby! – Olympus M.Zuiko DIGITAL ED 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye PRO
Announced in the first half of May 2015, the Olympus 8mm f/1.8 fisheye lens is designed for the Micro Four Thirds System. It is dust-proof, splash-proof and freezeproof and offers a diagonal angle of view of 180 degrees. Design & Build Quality The M.Zuiko DIGITAL ED 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye PRO lens is very well built. The outer body is made from metal and polycarbonate. The … [Read more...]
Bigma’s L’il Sister – Sigma 150- 600mm F/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C
Wildlife photography is regarded as a very expensive job or hobby, considering the prices of those long telephoto lenses. But now lens manufacturers are trying to introduce budget alternatives that provide reasonably good image quality, better AF speeds, and good value for money. The Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C (C stands for Contemporary) lens was announced … [Read more...]
Style with Substance – HTC One ME
HTC had, once been a premium brand, with robust build quality and stylish designs, but not quite handy with the common folk. But that was the Windows Mobile era, and Android has completely changed the landscape and opened up the smartphone space to many more players What started as a single device in the One range, HTC now has lots of choices to o ffer to consumers in its … [Read more...]
Canon introduces 250 million pixels prototype D-SLR camera sensor
Canon Inc. has announced that it has created an APS-H size CMOS sensor featuring nearly 250 million pixels ( 19,580x12,600 pixels)—the world’s highest number of pixels for a CMOS sensor smaller than the size of a 35mm full-frame sensor. When installed in a camera, this sensor has the ability to read the lettering on a plane flying at a distance of nearly 18km from the shooting … [Read more...]
