Smart Gadgets are fast making inroads into our lives ever since the launch of iOS and Android based devices. Recently we reviewed an Android-based camera from Nikon. This time, we are reviewing a similar camera from Samsung, the leader of Android devices. The Samsung Galaxy ‘Smart’ camera has been much awaited in the market, and here is why. Design and Build Quality The … [Read more...]

Fashions change, trends change! The new trend seems to be going in the direction of full-frame sensors. Canon announced the EOS 6D during Photokina 2012 at Germany, and now, about four months later, we have our hands on Canon’s newest, lightweight D-SLR that offers built-in GPS and Wi-Fi. We expect other manufacturers to follow suit. (A variant model - 6D N - is available … [Read more...]

Every industry has some well-established norms, and changing them require quite an effort. It is not long ago, that the terms ‘professional’ and ‘compact’ could not be mentioned together. Now compact cameras have evolved so much that even professionals have started taking serious interest in certain compact cameras, and manufacturers are trying to lure them with advanced … [Read more...]

Afew years ago, the professional D-SLR camera market  witnessed a full-fledged  megapixel war, with m nufacturers trying to pack more ‘megapixels’ into their devices. Just when we thought that megapixels are getting stagnated, some of the manufacturers have revived the megapixel madness, albeit in another category — entry-level  D-SLRs. The  latest in the offing is the Nikon … [Read more...]

The Peregrine is the fastest bird in the world; the EOS-1D X is the fastest D-SLR! Period. It can capture images up to 14 frames per second in full resolution (with Autofocus Tracking and exposure metering turned ‘off ’ and the reflex mirror raised); 12 fps using AF Tracking and metering ‘on’, using a UDMA  CF card. That’s blistering fast! It is built like a battle tank and … [Read more...]