After a rather quiet 2012, Canon has been on a launching spree in 2013. The latest announcement is the replacement of the EOS 60D with the EOS 70D. The EOS 60D is a past winner (2010) of the Smart Photography Camera of the Year Award. Obviously, the 70D had to be significantly better and Canon’s trump card with the 70D is ‘dual pixel CMOS autofocus technology’ which is a sensor … [Read more...]

In the July issue of Smart Photography, we mentioned that Smartphones do not pose any significant challenge to compact cameras ‘as of now’. But that was a ‘long’ four months ago, and since then, Smartphone cameras have become smarter and now the favourite taglines of high-end models are incomplete without the mention of terms like ‘megapixels’, ‘BSI CMOS’, ‘optical zoom’, and … [Read more...]

The name Asahi Pentax spelt magic for photographers right from the 50’s to the late 80’s. With the autofocus revolution, Pentax, along with several others, lost their way. The brand has, however, made a strong comeback under the ownership of Ricoh, and is now in India with its full range of high quality products. All of Pentax’s D-SLR models start with the initials “K” to … [Read more...]

Samsung announced the NX300 in the annual Samsung Forum held this year in Hyderabad. The camera uses an APS-C size sensor, and boasts advanced features such as NFC and Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, the camera was provided to us only for a short time, inadequate for an in-depth understanding of some features. Design and Build Quality The NX300 is beautifully crafted with a metal … [Read more...]

The deluge of Smartphones has severely crippled the prospects of ultra compact point-andshoot cameras, with the phone cameras receiving a boost with better sensors and large optical zoom lenses. To survive in this competitive environment, ultra compacts need to re-invent and evolve, and we saw the first spark of brilliance when Panasonic announced the LUMIX DMC-XS1, which has a … [Read more...]