All Smartphone manufacturers are currently in a tight race to unsettle their competition on the photography front. Having almost reached the zenith in terms of phone features such as RAM, NFC, GPS etc., they are now focussing all their resources on improving the cameras in their Smartphone models. While Samsung did the ultimate with a compromise in leanness by incorporating a … [Read more...]
Beware, Canon and Nikon! – Pentax K-3
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...]
A Star Performer – Sigma 18-35mm F/1.8 DC HSM
sigma, the independent lens manufacturer has, in the recent past, offered some of the best lenses available for 35mm full-frame and APS-C models. Their 70-200mm f/2.8, 180mm f/2.8 Macro, 35mm f/1.4 and the 120-300mm ‘Sport’ lenses have been greatly appreciated by amateurs and pros alike. Keeping up the tradition is the 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens (equivalent to approx. 29-56mm … [Read more...]
Canon EOS 70D – True Hybrid…
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...]
Fun with Filters!
It has now become a very common sight to walk into a restaurant or club or bar, and find people snapping photographs of their food/their drinks/ themselves, while it/they just sit there on the counter. Look into their phones, and you’ll see frantic swiping being done to “pick the right filter”, and as soon as they’ve found it, the exultation that accompanies the photograph … [Read more...]
