Indholdsfortegnelse for March 2018 i Smart Photography

WE ARE GLUED TO THE GLOBAL IMAGING INDUSTRY Our team is updated with all the benchmarks and road blocks that the field of photography and imaging across the globe experiences. This helps us record the changes in the global perspective, thus making us the first to predict which products will be a rage in the Indian markets. WE’RE IMPARTIAL Loyalty towards our readers is a given, and their best interests are always on our mind. Every verdict is honest and not influenced by advertisers or personal favorites. So when we say a product is a ‘BEST BUY’, then, it is just that! OUR TESTS ARE CONDUCTED BY EXPERTS All equipment go through a series of tests at the hands of our experts. Our reviewers are experts in the field of…

Canon posts increased profits and sales Canon Inc. announced its consolidated financial results for Fiscal 2017 that ended on 31st Dec 2017, reporting 44.8% year-on-year gain in operational profits from 331.5 billion yen to 4,080 billion yen on total sales i.e. 19.9% increase. Net profits rose from 60.6 to 241.9 billion yen. For the first time in four years there were increased profits on increased sales. The good results of the company were due to recovered sales in conventional segments of their digital cameras and office machines. The Imaging System division increased their sales by 5.3% to 703 billion yen and inkjet printers sales had an increase of 1.4% to 336 billion yen. The company sold 5.51 million units of interchangeable-lens cameras and 4.04 units of compact models. Canon also…

Sachin Chausali, based in Delhi is a journalism student and an astro and travel photography enthusiast. He has been practicing photography since 2013. With continuous practice and learning, his interest grew more towards astro and travel photography. Sachin is always on the move for capturing night skies and chasing the Milky Way. He also loves night landscapes and prefers travelling places with less light pollution. Camera: Nikon D5200 Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec ISO: 400 Camera: Nikon D5200 Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/30 sec ISO: 250 Camera: Nikon D5200 Lens: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 at 11mm Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter Speed: 1/30 sec ISO: 1600 EXIF data not available Camera: Nikon D5200 Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec ISO: 100 Camera: Nikon D750 Aperture: f/1.8 Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec ISO: 250…

Ajay Sood (Travelure) OSM (Outlook Social Media) Shutterbug of the Year 2016 Pro Travel Photographer. Photo Jurist. Photo Educator. · SPEAKER (Architectural & Travel Photography): · TBEX Europe 2016 (Stockholm) · TBEX Asia 2016 (Manila) · TBEX International 2017 (Jerusalem) · TBEX North America 2017 (Huntsville, AL) WINNER: · India’s Biggest Blogging Contest - Cox & Kings’ Grab Your Dream (Season 2) · National Geographic Traveller’s Get Out There Photo Essay Contest Time to introduce you to some Tuscaloosa slang. In fact, just two phrases would do. Bama is Alabama for short and you will find this word used variously here. Right from the Bama Theatre, a hub of community events and cultural activity in Tuscaloosa, to Bama Belle, a pedal wheel cruiser on the Black Warrior River, you’ll find…

Which model? I had two cameras, Nikon P900 and Nikon D5200. I have sold both of them. I am looking for a new one (D-SLR) which will cover the purpose of my previous cameras and also will be a little bit upgraded and cheaper too. So please suggest me. I am an amateur photographer. Amit Roy, Santiniketan, West Bengal. Since you were using a P900 (25-2000mm equivalent zoom lens), I assume that your priority is photographing distant subjects, like birds or wildlife. If that is so, why did you sell the P900? And what is it about the D5200 that made you sell it too? If I were you, I would have kept the D5200 (it has a much larger imaging sensor as compared to that on the P900) and…

Write to us at: Smart Photography, Next Gen Publishing Ltd, Mafatlal Chambers B, Ground Floor, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (E), Mumbai - 400 013 E-mail: sp@nextgenpublishing.net Kingfisher Calendar Dear Sir, It is fascinating that something or the other is always new in Smart Photography . “The Special feature-Kingfisher Calendar 2018” (February Issue) is eye catching! Those who wish and believe in good things in life always go for quality and do not compromise. The photographs, colours, printing and every aspect of Smart Photography are the best. I always read SP magazine and I congratulate the editorial team for a standard magazine of photography. Regards, Mahesh Kapasi, New Delhi Tuscaloosa - Terrific! Dear SP Team, I have been an avid reader of Smart Photography magazine for a while now.…

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, I have great pleasure in welcoming you to the 13th Technology, Innovation and Imaging Awards for 2018. Spearheading these awards are our two magazines, T3 India and SP. Let’s start with T3 India. 2017 technology trended towards 2 catchwords – Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Expect both to gain greater importance. Meanwhile Virtual Reality (VR) has failed to deliver commensurate consumer interest. Cryptocurriencies like Bitcoin are best left to the speculators. Smartphones continued to improve but also reached new peaks in pricing. In the audio world, turntables continued their miraculous comeback and overshadowed new technologies like Hi-Res music. The T3 Awards were decided by a jury which consisted of the following: Francis D’sa - Technology Editor, Deccan Chronicle Rajeev Rana - Editor, Gogi.in…

Smart Photography has been continually receiving requests to start a basic course for beginners. With this in mind, we have asked a very knowledgeable photographer from Chennai to take over writing these articles. We have also requested him to be as jargon-free as it is possible, so that newcomers to photography feel comfortable to pursue the hobby. The author, Ashok Kandimalla has been in the photographic field for over three decades and has extensive experience in both film and digital photography. Being an electronics engineer by profession and a photographer, he possesses a unique and deep insight into the technical aspects of digital photography and equipment. He has published several articles on photography and some of his writings have also been published in the well-known international magazine Popular Photography. An…

The M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4 IS PRO lens is designed for Micro Four Thirds System and is the first lens from Olympus to have an in-lens ‘5-axis Sync IS’ – the optical image stabilization system in the lens can be used in conjunction with the camera-based sensor shift IS in compatible Olympus camera bodies – thus giving a whopping 6-stop effective reduction in camera shake! Of course, there’s more to it than just this. Read India’s first ever review of this lens in Smart Photography. Design & Build Quality The M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4 IS PRO lens is designed for Micro Four Thirds System and is built tough like a battle-tank. It incorporates 17 different weather seals to keep dust and water sprays from damaging the lens. The…

Ranjan Pattanayak lives in Howrah,West Bengal. He is a bird photographer and most of his photographs are from West Bengal. Ranjan is a finance professional and travels a lot for his office work as well as for photography. He started photography in 2008 with a point-and-shoot camera. He purchased his first D-SLR in 2010 after his brother helped him understand the nuances of D-SLR cameras. Camera: Nikon D750 Aperture: f/7.1 Shutter Speed: 1/1600 sec ISO: 640 Camera: Nikon D750 Aperture: f/7.1 Shutter Speed: 1/2000 sec ISO: 400 Camera: Nikon D750 Aperture: f/7.1 Shutter Speed: 1/1600 sec ISO: 400 Camera: Nikon D750 Aperture: f/7.1 Shutter Speed: 1/2000 sec ISO: 640 Camera: Nikon D750 Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec ISO: 640 Camera: Nikon D750 Aperture: f/9 Shutter Speed: 1/1250 sec ISO:…

Shubham Keshari is a hobby photographer from Varanasi. He is a post-graduate in psychology from Banaras Hindu University. His bread and butter comes from managing his own business. He loves street and travel photography. He has travelled to Spiti Valley, Leh Ladakh, Delhi, Mathura and Allahabad to explore the different cultures there. Varanasi is one of the oldest living cities in the world. It presents a unique combination of physical, metaphysical and supernatural forces. Ghats in Varanasi are riverfront steps leading to the banks of the river Ganges. The city has 88 ghats. Most of the ghats are used for bathing and ceremonies, while two of them are used exclusively as cremation sites. It was a chilly December- January in Varansi when I start working on my series “Spiritual Varanasi…