Sony announced a new model in the A7 series—a full-frame mirrorless interchangeable lens system camera—the A7 II, which will be available in Japan from December 15. This camera features the world’s first 5-axis sensor-shift image stabilization system in a full-frame ILC, to compensate for yaw, pitch, roll and vertical and horizontal motion. Sony says it will have 4.5 stops … [Read more...]
The Story of Light Festival, Goa
The Story of Light (SOL) Festival, India’s first science-meets-art festival is being held in Panaji, Goa from January 14 – 18, 2015, in partnership with the Corporation of the City of Panjim. The festival has been conceptualized under the aegis of The International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, 2015 (IYL 2015), a project of the United Nations which aims to raise … [Read more...]
SNIPPETS-December 2014
Canon’s patent suggests that in the future, ‘Auto’ may be an option for choosing between JPEG and Raw on Canon D-SLR cameras. The company’s recent patent issued in August 2014 reveals that the company has come up with the idea of D-SLR cameras that could automatically choose which photo to save in Raw and which one to save in JPEG. Panasonic designers have developed a … [Read more...]
World Press Photo Multimedia Contest to be chaired by Marianne Lévy-Leblond
World Press Photo announced that Marianne Lévy-Leblond, Head of Web Productions and Transmedia Projects at Arte France, will chair the 2015 World Press Photo Multimedia Contest. The contest will open for entries on December 1, 2014. Lévy-Leblond returns to World Press Photo aft er having participated in the multimedia jury last year. From the contest entries, she says that she … [Read more...]
Canon posts declined profits on declined revenue for July-Sept
Canon Inc. posted a 20.7% year-on-year decline in operating profit to 71.8 billion Yen from 90.6 billion Yen from the past year, on a revenue of 872.2 billion Yen. This is a 4.5% fall for the third quarter of fiscal 2014, ending on September 30. The net profit dropped by 1% to 58.2 billion Yen. The company attributed the sluggish performance to the delayed recovery of the … [Read more...]
