Indholdsfortegnelse for April 2019 i Smart Photography

With this issue, Smart Photography enters its 15th year of publication. When we started in 2005, the imaging industry was in transition; 15 years later, the transition still continues, this time from D-SLR to Mirrorless. During this time, several household brands have bitten the dust, so have several international photo magazines. As we look to the future, the answer is to modify and adapt. Tomorrow’s world is likely to be harsher than yesterday’s and today’s. Tomorrow’s survivors will not only have the latest technology but will also be value for money and enable full connectivity. We at SP are grateful to all stakeholders who have been part of our 14-year journey. Be with us as we embark on our next journey.…

Sony has announced another addition to its G Master series of full-frame E-mount interchangeable lenses, the 135 mm f/1.8 large aperture, telephoto prime lens. The lens features high resolution and bokeh, signature attributes of Sony’s flagship G Master brand. It combines rapid autofocus acquisition with a lightweight, portable design. The optical design of the lens places XA (Extreme Aspherical) and Super ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass elements in the front group to help suppress common telephoto lens aberrations. Sony states that the lens’s Super ED element plus one ED glass element have been strategically positioned to compensate for axial chromatic aberration, minimise colour fringing and maximise overall resolution. The lens also features Sony’s Nano AR Coating to help reduce flare and ghosting that can occur when shooting backlit portraits. Others features…

Canon has announced its first online photo-community platform, RAISE, to help photographers streamline and improve their craft. The platform utilises artificial intelligence to help photographers organise and categorise their photos through auto-tagging. Through the use of Canon’s AI engine, photos uploaded to the platform can be auto-tagged through category and subject tags, as well as photo-centric tags, such as composition, style, emotion and colour. Users can upload high-resolution JPEG images to the platform and all photographers retain ownership of all images uploaded to RAISE. Photographers can receive insights from the RAISE community to learn and help improve their skills to step-up their photography. They can also draw inspiration from the platform with a feed personalised for them based on their own uploaded photos, tags and preferences. Photographers can create Collections…

Sony has announced the development of the CFexpress Type B memory card (CEB-G128), which has a fast read speed of up to 1700MB/s. Sony has also announced a CFexpress Card Reader, the MRW-G1, which is optimised for Sony CFexpress Type B memory card and takes full advantage of the card’s fast read speed. This reader is also compatible with Sony XQD card G series and M series. The CFexpress Type B memory card is designed based on a new specification which adopts the latest interface, PCIe®3 Gen3, standardised by the CompactFlash Association. It offers a 128GB capacity, with higher capacity models of 256 GB and 512 GB planned for the future. This memory card is roughly three times faster than Sony’s fastest CFast memory card (with 530MB/s read speed). It…

Swedish light company Profoto has accused Chinese photo equipment manufacturer Godox of patent infringement over the soon to be launched Godox V1 flash. Profoto is preparing to launch a patent infringement lawsuit to stop Godox from launching the V1 flash on the market. Profoto says that the released images of Godox V1 indicate that Godox has copied and imitated design elements and technology from the Profoto A1 speedlight, a small studio flash which was four years in the making. The company also states that its Round Head Magnetic Accessory System and Dual LED Modeling Light fall within the scope of their patent applications and that Godox did not receive any authorisation from Profoto for the use of the designs or technologies of its A1 speedlight.…

Pointing to a drop of 10 percent in sales in the past few years, Canon President Fujio Mitarai, in an interview to Japanese website Nikkei, projected that the digital camera market would halve in the next two years. Mitarai attributed the decline to consumers depending on smartphone cameras instead of D-SLRs, and stated that the company plans on switching their customer base from consumers to corporate, with a growing demand for cameras in the security and medical sector. However, Toshihisa Iida, General Manager, Optical Device and Electronic Imaging Products Division, Fujifilm Corp., disagreed with Mitarai’s forecast of the shrinking market. In an interview to Imaging Resource website, Iida was more optimistic about the market, adding that while some markets will see a drop in growth, markets with growing populations, like…

Fujifilm has announced its plans to revise worldwide pricing for photographic film and photographic paper due to rising cost of raw materials and logistics. The company states that it has taken this step after trying to absorb some of these costs by undertaking intensive structural reforms and communalisation of production facilities; however, it will go ahead with the price increase to continue meeting customer expectations and delivering high-quality products. The price of all photographic paper is set to increase by a double-digit percentage. In photographic film products, Color Negative Film, Color Reversal Film, Quick Snap and Control Strips will see a minimum increase of 30 percent in pricing. The price increase will be effective from 1 April 2019 onwards.…

The Piramal Art Gallery, NCPA, Nariman Point, Mumbai, held Magic Moments, a photo exhibition by well-known homeopath Dr. Mukesh Batra, from 1-10 March. The exhibition theme was ‘A Roman Holiday’, which displayed the beauty and grandeur of Italy. This was the 14th exhibition by Dr. Batra. The exhibition was inaugurated by professional fashion photographer and Bollywood film producer Atul Kasbekar. The proceeds from the exhibition will benefit The Victoria Memorial School for the Blind.…

Harsh Wardhan, M.S., M.Ch., Pediatric Surgeon, Max Hospital, Shallimar Bagh, Delhi Dr. Harsh Wardhan is a pediatric surgeon by profession, who is very passionate about photography. He loves travelling, and these days he is exploring India, photographing and documenting his travel experiences. For him, photography is a stress buster from his tough professional life where he has to operate on small kids for various problems. He finds that photography satisfies his creative urges. Seeing his publication in a photography magazine gives him as much thrill as he used to get on seeing publications of his scientific articles.…

Most photographs taken these days the world over land up on social media, and this requires connectivity that is simple to use, fast and wireless. While the cameras have not advanced to the extent of smartphones for a seamless operation, strides are being made by camera manufacturers to simplify the connectivity with smartphones. Once the images are on the smartphone, they are no different from the images captured using the camera and hence suitable for all downstream applications including posting. And remember that all this is at no extra cost. This article has given you an introduction to the wireless connectivity between camera and smartphone (or PC) and thus will help you greatly in simplifying the workflow to share your images. Try it out.…

Write to us at: Smart Photography, Next Gen Publishing Pvt. Ltd., Mafatlal Chambers B, Ground Floor, N. M. Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (E), Mumbai - 400 013 E-mail: sp@nextgenpublishing.net Birders’ Paradise Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading the Mastercraftsman special. It was great to read about Khushboo and Rahul Sharma’s journey as bird and nature photographers, especially with the lengths they have gone to set up a camp for birders and organise tours for nature lovers. I hope to be able to visit their place someday and learn some more about bird photography. Yours faithfully, Pankaj Saha, via email Kudos to the Winners Dear Editor, The SP Awards are something to look forward to every year. The winners in the very extensive category really help one in shortlisting the best camera…

Leica has announced the addition of a prime lens, the APO-Summicron-SL 35 mm f/2 ASPH lens, in its Leica SL-System. The lens uses the L-Mount standard, making it compatible with other cameras manufactured by partners of the L-Mount Alliance. Leica states that the majority of the thirteen lens element used in the construction of the lens – five of which have aspherical surfaces – are made from specially formulated high-quality glass types with anomalous partial dispersion to minimise chromatic aberration. The APO-Summicron-SL 35 mm f/2 ASPH lens will be on sale from April 2019.…

Hasselblad has announced the introduction of two accessories, the Release Cord X and Battery Charging Hub, expanding its photographic tool kit for its X System. The release of these two accessories along with the release of the XCD Lenses expand the capabilities of the mirrorless medium format X1D-50c camera. The Hasselblad Release Cord X allows for remote shutter actuation, eliminating shake. A durable cloth-wrapped 90 cm (36 inches) cable connects to the X1D-50c’s microphone input port, and the remote’s simple single button operation allows photographers to keep vibration to a minimum. When autofocus is enabled on the camera, a single action swiftly starts autofocus and then releases the shutter. Holding the button down when in Continuous Capture mode allows for multiple frames to be captured, whilst setting the camera in…

The Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2019, an adventure and action sports photography contest, is open for entries. Currently in its fifth edition, the contest has added two categories, ‘Best of Instagram by SanDisk and the ‘Moving Image’ category for video sequences between 5 and 30 seconds, which are open for submissions from 1 February to 14 June and 1 May to 31 July, respectively. Other categories are ‘Creative by Skylum’, ‘Emerging’, ‘Energy’, ‘Innovation by Sony’, ‘Lifestyle’, ‘Masterpiece’, ‘Moving Images’, ‘Playground’, ‘Raw’ and ‘Wings’. In all, there will be 11 category winners and one overall winner, who will be chosen from 55 finalists selected by a panel of 50 photo editors and digital experts. The contest is an ‘open submission’ with no entry fee and open to amateur and professional…

Sigma has announced a mount converter that enhances the extensibility of the L-Mount system. The Sigma Mount Converter MC-21 allows Sigma SA mount and Sigma’s Canon EF mount interchangeable lens owners to use their lens investment on L-Mount camera bodies. The MC-21 increases the number of interchangeable lenses manufactured by SIGMA that can be used with the L-Mount system by 29 lenses. Compatible with the autocrop function, mounting APS-C size image circle DC lenses to a camera body equipped with a 35 mm full size sensor still allows immediate use for shooting. High precision AF photography in AF-S mode is achieved. Whether the mounted lens is compatible or not is instantly visible from the colour and the on/off of the MC-21’s built-in LED. The LED also notifies the user when…

DJI is improving its geofencing technology with the launch of its Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) 2.0 system in two dozen countries and territories in Asia-Pacific. DJI’s GEO 2.0 system creates a detailed three-dimensional “bow tie” safety zone surrounding runway flight paths rather than just simple circles used in earlier geofencing versions. DJI’s GEO 2.0 system will cover 24 countries and territories in Asia-Pacific, including Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. DJI customers should update their DJI GO 4 flight control app and aircraft firmware to enable these improvements.…

Supporting the local photographic communities in 62 countries across the globe, the World Photography Organisation and Sony have announced the winners of the 2019 National Awards. Photographer Joydeep Mukherjee was recipient of the 2019 India National Award. Joydeep Mukherjee’s image was selected as the single best image taken by any photographer of Indian nationality and living in India, which was submitted in the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards. Kolkatabased Joydeep’s winning photograph captured an action shot of a young street performer. As the National Award winner, Mukherjee will receive the latest digital imaging equipment from Sony and will be flown to London to attend the Sony World Photography Awards ceremony on 17 April. The winning work will be shown at the Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition in…

Rakesh Kiran Pulapa is a computer science engineer from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. He began photography as a hobby and has now become a passionate landscape and aerial photographer. Every good picture he clicks instantly puts a smile on his face, which is the reason and motivation that drive him to take better pictures. Currently, Rakesh is on a mission to showcase the beauty of his hometown Rajahmundry, a beautiful place with picturesque sceneries, which he feels hasn’t got its due recognition. Rakesh has won numerous awards for his photography, including the theme winner of a Canon India 2017 competition, a Gold Medal in Eyewin Awards 2018 and was a travel finalist and theme winner in a National Geographic India 2018 competition.…

Ajay Sood (Travelure) OSM (Outlook Social Media) Shutterbug of the Year 2016 • 2016 OSM (Outlook Social Media) • Shutterbug of the Year • 2018 Photoblogger o f the Year (Gujarat Tourism & ICIT) 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 • GetOutThere Photo Essay Contest Web: http://travelu.re This edition of postcards stands out for the sheer visual diversity of this Middle Eastern destination. Little wonder as this sliver of land has seen civilisation for many millennia. From places of worship to fortresses,…

Digital cameras, smartphones and the ever-increasing connectivity have increased the popularity of photography, whether you consider it an art, craft, profession or hobby. While many avenues have opened up for self-learning, including YouTube channels and online tutorials, there is no alternative to a well-mentored practical session. This has led to many professionals taking up teaching photography as their full-time profession. At Smart Photography , we receive many queries about the photography institutes catering to one or more genres of the craft. We connected with leading photography institutes in the country, seeking the details of their courses. The following pages feature the photography schools who sent us the details within the specified time limit. There are many more schools in the country for photography, but time and other constraints limit the…

• LAN: This is an abbreviation for Local Area Network. It is called local because it is confined to a building or a campus. You cannot access any resource outside this area. In this case, your camera and your smartphone (or PC) will form a LAN for the purposes described in this article. This is done with the help of the Wi-Fi connection. • SSID: This means Service Set Identifier and can be thought of as the name of the LAN (in the simplest terms). If you switch on the Wi-Fi on your smartphone (or PC), then you will see several network names belonging to your neighbours. These are nothing but SSIDs. This is not a security feature but just an identifier. Your camera will be given an SSID by…

PLUS • Compact body • Excellent grip • Fully articulated LCD • Multi-functional controls • Excellent noise-control • Sharp images • Competitive price for the body MINUS • No in-body image stabilisation • Low continuous shooting speed • Bulky lenses • Only one card slot • Kit lens too expensive compared to body VERDICT With the EOS RP, Canon is probably aiming to eliminate the negativities around the EOS R regarding the bulk of its mirrorless system. The light yet extremely bulky kit lens that is paired with this light and compact body still remains a concern, adding to the absence of in-body image stabilisation and the disappointing continuous speed. However, the excellence in design, splendid image quality and the overall user-friendliness have to be lauded. The absence of in-body…

Sony has announced the launch of the RX0 II ultra-compact camera, which it claims is the smallest and lightest premium compact camera in the world. Building upon the waterproof/dustproof, shockproof, crushproof and ultra-compact qualities of the original RX0, the latest model offers internal 4K recording, an adjustable LCD screen that tilts upward 180 degrees and downward 90 degrees and that even works underwater, and new image stabilisation solutions for video recording. The camera features a 1.0-type stacked 15.3 MP Exmor RS CMOS image sensor and a BIONZ X image processing engine that offers enhanced colour reproduction. It has a Zeiss Tessar T 24 mm f/4.0 fixed wide-angle lens, with a shortened minimum focussing distance of 20 cm. It boasts an Anti-distortion Shutter of up to 1/32,000 seconds and can shoot…

Sigma has announced the launch of the Art line prime lenses for full-frame cameras in L-Mount. These L-Mount series lenses have high-speed AF and are fully compatible with AF-C mode, in-camera image stabilisation, and in-camera aberration correction. The lineup will consist of 11 prime lenses for full-frame cameras from Sigma’s Art line covering from 14 mm to 135 mm currently available in other mounts. The lineup consists of SIGMA 14mm F1.8 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 20mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 24mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 28mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 40mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 50mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art, SIGMA 70mm F2.8 DG MACRO | Art, SIGMA 85mm F1.4 DG HSM |…

COOPH, a photography apparel and accessories creator, has announced that its COOPH Leica Rope Strap, a camera accessory crafted from repurposed climbing rope with Italian, vegetable-tanned leather end pieces, has been named an IDA Awards Bronze Winner 2018. The Rope Strap accessory is a collaboration between COOPH and Leica. The IDA Bronze Award is the second honour bestowed on the COOPH Leica Rope Strap, following on from the European Product Design Award won last year.…

Sony has announced the RMT-P1BT Wireless Remote Commander, a Bluetooth wireless technology that allows photographers to precisely control their camera during landscape, architectural, still motion, astrophotography and group photography. Sony states that the wireless remote commander has a fast response time, within approximately 0.05 seconds release time-lag. The remote commander has an LED light that indicates the operating status to the camera by flashing or lighting continuously. It is also dust and moisture resistant, and can withstand hot and cold temperatures. The wireless remote commander features focus buttons for manual control over subtle focus changes and a remote C1 custom button that can be adjusted based on users preferences. It also includes Start/Stop movie recording and control over power-zoom or digital-zoom functionality. For photographers that prefer to shoot on “Bulb”…

Sony has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended 31 December 2018. Its Imaging Products & Solutions segment saw sales increase by 4 percent year-on-year or 6.9 billion yen to 188 billion yen. Sony states that although it saw a decrease in sales of digital cameras, segment sales were up due to an increase in high value-added products, primarily interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras and lenses. Operating income of the same segment also increased by 8.3 billion yen year-on-year to 34.2 billion yen, primarily due to an increase in sales of the above-mentioned high value-added products and reduction in operating costs. Sony has revised downward its FY 2018 sales forecast to 670 billion yen, primarily due to a downward revision in the unit sales forecast for compact digital cameras.…

Panasonic has announced that it has realised its first zero CO2 emission factories at Panasonic Eco Technology Center Co., Ltd. in Hyogo, Japan and Panasonic Energy Belgium N.V. in Tessenderlo, Belgium, in January 2019. As part of its “Panasonic Environment Vision 2050”, the company is working globally to create factories that do not emit CO2 during operation. Two factories at PETEC, a home appliance recycling company, and PECBE, which produces dry batteries, have become Panasonic’s first zero-CO2 emission factories by installing renewable energy power generation systems, procuring renewable electricity, and utilising carbon credits to offset CO2 emissions. The factories are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by a combined total of approximately 5,000 tonnes per year.…

Fujifilm has announced that 24 of its products in various business fields have won the “Red Dot Design Award: Product Design 2019”, a product design award programme organised by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen based in Essen, Germany. Cameras that won the award were instant cameras Instax Square SQ20 and Instax Square SQ6; medium-format mirrorless digital camera GFX 50R; mirrorless digital cameras X-H1, X-T3 and X-T100; premium compact digital camera XF10; interchangeable lens for medium-format mirrorless digital camera GFX series Fujinon GF 250 mm f/4 R LM OIS WR; and interchangeable lenses for digital camera X series Fujinon XF 8-16 mm f/2.8 R LM WR, Fujinon XF 200 mm f/2 R LM OIS WR and Fujinon XF 80 mm f/2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro.…

The Late Foy Nissen was a contemporary archivist and historian of Bombay (now called Mumbai), who conveyed his love for the city by documenting its architectural monuments, people and festivals through black and white photographs. His complete range of photographic works, including gelatin prints, negatives and slides was handed over to the non-profit Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation for safekeeping. This treasure trove of archival photographs are available for public viewing through an exhibition titled “Foy Nissen’s Bombay”, organised at the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, CSMVS, Mumbai from 15 March to 16 June 2019. Foy Nissen’s photographs are renowned for not just revealing the beauty of the city’s monuments but also for encapsulating moments in the day in the lives of its residents, which were often set against the backdrop of these…

Canon Asia has shared a notice on its website concerning the availability of a firmware update for Canon EOS R. The firmware version 1.2.0 will be available on Canon’s website from mid-April 2019. The enhancements provided in the firmware are both eye-detection AF and small AF frame size will support Servo AF when shooting still images and both will be available as an option when shooting movies regardless of the “Movie Servo AF” setting. The firmware will also address the following issues: the electronic level not being displayed properly in the electronic viewfinder (EVF) under certain conditions, information displayed in the EVF not being properly rotated under certain conditions and firmware update for the wireless file transmitter WFT-E7 not being possible under certain conditions.…

Debaditya is a scientist by training and is currently working in the pharmaceutical industry. He is based in Bangalore. Debaditya is an avid traveller and a passionate travel photographer. His preferred genres include nature, travel and wildlife photography. His works have been showcased and published in many national and international photographic salon and high-tier magazines. His other published works and blogs can be accessedat www.debadityadasphotography.com/…

The Smart Photography Camera of the Year Awards have become an important part of the imaging calendar. We list below the winners of this prestigious award from 2006 to 2019. Best Photography Monitor Best Camera in a Smartphone Best Prime Lens for D-SLRs Best Prime Lens for Mirrorless Cameras Standard Zoom Lens of the Year Best Wide-angle Zoom Lens for D-SLRs Super Telephoto Lens of the Year Full Frame Interchangeable Lens Camera of the Year APS-C Interchangeable Lens Camera of the Year Best Video and Still Camera Compact Camera of the Year Beginners’ D-SLR of the Year Action Camera of the Year Tripod of the Year Smartphone Gimbal of the Year Perseus Master, Product Head, Smart Photography & T3 India, presenting the award for the Smartphone Gimbal of the Year…

Shari Academy of Professional Photography and Digital Imaging is an institution devoted to inspire and inculcate photography culture in India. We offer professional photography diploma courses with in-depth learning of fundamentals and advanced photographic techniques to produce visually compelling images. The resources of these image makers are tapped by virtually all industries and very few people will be unaffected by photographic image capture in its varied usages and applications. The contemporary, formally trained image maker is not only a respected self employed professional but also a very well paid artist. So if you have the spark, an ankur, a seed, that the fire of imagination ignites... come to us with your own passion and vision, and the process begins... an idea begins to take shape, evolving and changing, it is…

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 more than a 100 articles on photography and some of his writings have also been published in the well-known international magazine Popular Photography. An avid collector of photographic books and vintage cameras, Ashok has a keen interest in the history of photography and a passion for sharing his knowledge on photography through teaching and writing. He is the only Indian photographer to be featured on the Nikon Centenary website. He is presently working as a Management and Engineering consutant. He…

Dhritiman Lahiri is a professional photographer. He specialises in architectural, travel, landscape and wedding photography. His love for photography began when his father gifted him a Kodak KB10 film camera while he was in junior college, back in 1998. Dhritiman worked in the corporate sector for 18 years before making the critical decision of turning his hobby into his profession. He founded iClickWeddings, which provides wedding photography services across India. His love for travelling made him start OneLifeFewClicks, where he actively conducts workshops and photography tours for aspiring photographers. To view more of his work, visit his websites: www.iclickweddings.com and www.OneLifeFewClicks.com . • What is a Vertorama? Truth is, there is no such word as ‘Vertorama’ in any dictionary yet. However, I shall consider a panorama captured vertically as a…

Type: Digital single-lens non-reflex AF/AE camera Effective pixels: 26.2 million Sensor format: Approx. 35.9 x 24.0 mm (Full Frame) CMOS sensor Processor type : DIGIC 8 Lens mount: Canon RF mount Recording media: SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards (UHS-I and II supported) Recording format: Raw, JPEG Max. still image dimensions: 6240 x 4160 pixels Viewfinder type: OLED colour EVF Autofocus type: Phase-difference detection system with image sensor (Dual Pixel CMOS AF) Max. AF points: 4,779 Focus modes: One-Shot AF, Servo AF, Manual (Manual focus) AF point selection: Face +Tracking, Spot, 1-point AF Exposure control: Real-time metering with image sensor Metering modes: Evaluative (AF point-linked), Partial (approx. 5.5% of the area at the centre of the screen), Spot (approx. 2.7% of the area at the centre of the screen), Centre-weighted average Exposure modes:…

Lens mount: E-mount Effective pixels: 24.2 million Sensor type: APS-C type (23.5 x 15.6 mm), Exmor CMOS Still image format: JPEG, Raw Max. dimensions (Still): 6000 x 4000 pixels JPEG quality: Extra fine, Fine, Standard Video formats: XAVC S, AVCHD Best frame size, rate: 4K: 3840 x 2160 (25p) Storage media: Memory Stick PRO, SD/SDHC/ SDXC (UHS-I compliant) White balance: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Incandescent, Fluorescent (Warm White/CoolWhite/Day White/Daylight), Flash, Underwater, Colour Temperature (2500 to 9900K), Colour filter, Custom AWB micro adjustment: Available (G7 to M7, 57-step)(A7 to B7, 29-step) Focus type: Fast Hybrid AF (phase-detection AF/contrast-detection AF) Focus points: 425 points (phase-detection AF)/425 points (contrast-detection AF) Focus mode: AF-A (Automatic AF), AF-S (Single-shot AF), AF-C (Continuous AF), DMF (Direct Manual Focus), Manual Focus Metering type: 1200-zone evaluative metering Metering…

Photographing landscapes in low light, shooting night skies or street photography in low light is not very easy. You need to increase the ISO, which in turn increases digital noise. Sigma’s 28 mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens, with its ‘fast’ f/1.4 aperture, comes to the rescue. Design & Build Quality The Sigma 28 mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens is designed for professional use and feels solid in the hands. The lens, made in Japan, uses metal and engineering plastic in the outer shell. Designed for full-frame cameras, the lens is heavy (865 g). It is weather sealed and the front element offers a protective coating that repels water droplets sticking to it. The lens mount is made of metal. The filter thread has a diameter of 77 mm.…