Canon India hosted a photography workshop for photo journalists at the magnificent Shiv Vilas Palace in Jaipur. The two day workshop was an informative weekend getaway for the attendees, and was attended by 44 photojournalists largely from the Delhi and Mumbai media. Mathew Thottungal represented Smart Photography magazine at the workshop. The list of speakers for the Canon … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]