India’s first woman photo-journalist, Homai Vyarawalla (98), died at a private hospital recently, after being hospitalised after a fall. Born on December 9th, 1913 to a Parsi family, Vyarawalla grew up in Mumbai and moved to Delhi in 1942, where she chronicled historic events, including India’s Independence. Her Rolliflex camera, had the unique opportunity to document … [Read more...]
Fujifilm produces limited edition of the X100
To celebrate the outstanding success of the X100, Fujifilm Corporation is going to launch a limited edition black version of the camera. The company will produce 10,000 units of the limited edition to be sold worldwide. Included as part of the X100 Black Premium Edition package is, a genuine leather ‘ever-ready’ case, a lens hood, an adaptor ring and a protective filter. The … [Read more...]
TPG to invest in Japan’s Olympus
Private equity firm TPG Capital intends to invest about $1 billion in Olympus Corp. in a joint deal with Sony. TGP has informed the executives at Sony, Canon, Fujifilm and Panasonic of its interest to offer funds to help revive the company. TGP believes it could be effective by putting up capital, offering expertise and restructuring. Olympus has been seeking out for an … [Read more...]
Picture of the Month – February 2012
Winner:- Sanket Sanjay KhuntaleParticipate & WIN! : 7322CY Carbon Fiber Tripod with Ball Head Worth Rs. 20,000Sponsored by: Manfrotto We are sure that all of you have a few pictures that you think are prize worthy. It happens very often that you don’t know where to send the image that could put a feather in your cap. If you have such images (we’re sure you have … [Read more...]
SNIPPETS – February 2012
New Leica S2 firmware update, Datacolour launches Spyder4 range of colourimeters And Adobe releases Lightroom 3.6 and ACR 6.6 * New Leica S2 firmware updateLeica Camera AG, continues with the ongoing development of the Leica S medium format system. The latest development is a new firmware (FW 1.0.2.0) for the Leica S2, which can be downloaded from the website.* Datacolour … [Read more...]
