In recent times, photography has acquired a very popular spot, aided by the blitzkrieg of social media and Smartphones in our lives. This has led to many innovations in the field of imaging, forcing camera manufacturers to frantically look to add value to their existing portfolios. To make their cameras capture a share of the big social media pie, they are trying to bring … [Read more...]

 Asemi-professional D-SLR from Pentax has been rumoured for quite some time. That rumour has been converted into reality with Pentax announcing the K-3 D-SLR camera. The K-3, Pentax’s flagship D-SLR, features a 24 megapixel CMOS image sensor with an anti-aliasing filter and is clearly aimed at the higher end of the D-SLR market. SP had the K-3 with us on our test bench; read on … [Read more...]

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...]