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...]
The Best of Indian Wildlife
India’s wildlife is one of its most commonly forgotten treasures. Preserved and maintained across 89 National Parks, 18 Bio-reserves, and 400+ Wildlife Sanctuaries, India has some of the most bio-diverse wildlife in the entire world. According to one study, India, along with other 17 other mega-diverse countries, is home to about 60-70% of the world’s biodiversity. Hence, it is … [Read more...]
Clear View! – Hoodman H-LPP3 Loupe
It’s a perfect day for photography – nice and bright sunlight. You take some shots and try to view the results on the LCD screen. You cover the LCD with your hand, squint your eyes, adjust the camera angle, but you still can’t view the images properly. Frustrating, isn’t it? Enter the Hoodman H-LPP3 Loupe. It is designed for use on all 3-inch LCDs. If your camera’s LCD is … [Read more...]
Here comes the ‘Phomera’ – Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
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...]
