While amateur photographers aim for the longest reach in terms of zoom, professionals aim to extend the shorter end of the zoom range and accommodate a wide-angle lens. This is especially true for landscape or interior photographers who need that extra ‘width’ for maximum effect. But wide-angle lenses are very expensive, if you consider fast lenses, and you needn a bit of extra … [Read more...]
Hidden Dragon…-Gionee Elife S5.5
No other debutant in the Indian Smartphone market has, in my opinion, has turned so many heads with their bold and classy television commercial. The Gionee Elife S5.5 debuted by taking a dig at other players in the market, emphasising its position as the slimmest smartphone in the world, and revealing its high-end features including a metal body. Needless to say that we have … [Read more...]
The Price-keeper-Sony Xperia Z3
Barely two months after we reviewed the Xperia Z2, Sony released the Z3, an upgrade to the Z2. But we would consider this an attempt to arrest the price rather than a real upgrade. Hence we do not wish to go into the common features in detail. Design and Build Quality The Xperia Z3 looks significantly different from Z1 and Z2. The body features the same front-andback glass … [Read more...]
Now Fire at Will…!Transcend SD Card / HDD
Have you just bought a camera that claims to re the shutter at 20 frames per second and capable of 4K video recording? But do you notice that the camera goes slow a er a few high-speed frames or stops recording 4K videos abruptly? Before blaming your camera or the manufacturer (it is easier to do so), check the memory card you have paired with the camera. High-speed … [Read more...]
Small but Power-packed!-NIKON D750
The 24.3 megapixel Nikon D750 was introduced during Photokina 2014 (16th-21st September) as a go-between the expensive 36.3 megapixel D810 and the less expensive 24 megapixel D610. Incidentally, the D750 is the third full-frame D-SLR from Nikon in recent times. So why have yet another model, and that too, so soon aft er the other two? Well, some users felt that the D810 was … [Read more...]
