For Online Subscription Digital Subscription One of the problems with photography is that people simply do not use their cameras enough. The initial excitement of buying a new gadget dies out soon enough, the camera is put into a cupboard and quite simply, forgotten. Modern cameras, however, carry a host of features and are complicated creatures. They are designed to … [Read more...]
APRIL 2016
For Online Subscription Digital Subscription In the eleven years that SP has been in existence, photography and imaging have evolved at the fastest pace in its history. Our first issue in 2005 heralded the launch of Nikon’s F6, its last professional film SLR. Since then the digital wave took over resulting in some game changing moves from the leading players. The … [Read more...]
March 2016
For Online Subscription Digital Subscription Remember the days when mirrorless cameras were first launched? With no need for a mirror or even a mechanical shutter, we would have thought that even the basic design of a camera would change. But that has not happened. Mirrorless cameras are increasingly looking either like D-SLRs or like rangefinders of an older era. Look at … [Read more...]
February 2016
For Online Subscription Digital Subscription With the dawn of the New Year, a new era of change is set to take over. Only a few years ago, Microsoft was the ‘Master’ of software. Today, Microsoft is struggling in the phone business and new winners like Apple with its own operating system and Google with Android have emerged. Software rules how hardware is designed and … [Read more...]
January 2016
For Online Subscription Digital Subscription 2015 may be remembered for many things but certainly not for innovation in the imaging industry. In fact, 2015 was a tepid year for the industry in general. Product launches were few and far between, the compact camera market continued to slide and new technologies in different areas of imaging were sparse. The mirrorless … [Read more...]