Innehållsförteckning för January 2023 från Smart Photography

2022 started on a very tentative note with the effects of the pandemic still taking a toll on every economy in the world. As if this was not enough, the Ukraine war broke out in February sending energy and food prices on an upward spiral. As we end the year, most of the world is either in recession or close to it. Energy prices continue to be high and inflation continues to reign. In such an environment, one can hardly expect the imaging industry to prosper. The camera manufacturers have continued to launch new products rather bravely. In 2022, the majority of launches were in the APS-C segment just as 2021 was a year for full frame products. Towards the end of the year, the festival season witnessed some revival…

Tamron has announced the Lens Utility Mobile, a dedicated application for smartphones and tablets running Android OS that provides convenient use in the field and expands the possibilities of video and still photography. The application is the mobile version of the Tamron Lens Utility software for Windows and Mac release in October 2021. The utility enables customisation of various functions of select Tamron lenses to match the video and still photography style of the user even while on the field. The lens to be configured can be connected to the lens using the Tamron connection cable. The new utility also includes a function that enables lens operations to be controlled from a smartphone. This includes an A-B Focus function that smoothly shifts the focus from one preselected subject to another…

Nikon India has announced the Ver. 1.1.0 of NX MobileAir, a smartphone application that uploads images taken with Nikon digital cameras to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server without using a computer. As part of this update, functions, such as filtering images which uses image analysis technologies, have been added and improved to increase speed and efficiency in a user’s workflow. For quick access to preferred images, the new update adds a filtering function in which imported images are analysed with an algorithm that uses deep learning. This allows users to filter images with specific criteria, such as subject types and dates.…

Realme has launched the 10 Pro series of smartphones with 5G support and premium cameras. The latest phones include the Realme 10 Pro 5G and Realme 10 Pro + 5G. The Realme 10 Pro + 5G features a 120Hz display and is powered by a Dimensity 1080 5G chipset. It houses a 5000 mAh battery and a 108MP ProLight camera. The phone comes in Hyperspace Gold, Dark Matter, and Nebula Blue colours and will come in two variants —6GB+128GB priced at INR 24,999 and 8GB+128GB priced at INR 25,999. The realme 10 Pro 5G features a Snapdragon 695 5G processor and will be available in two variants — 6GB+128GB priced at INR 18,999 and 8GB+128GB priced at INR 19,999.…

@aks.e.anhad Question: Please share your overall experience with the first photo book of your poems and your advice to others who are equally passionate about writing. Kirti Jethwa: We live in a digital world where screens are overflowing with images. By stepping back and creating a photo book, we can reconnect with our images as well as with those moments in time. As a poet, I always wanted to have a book of my poems along with relevant photographs. Thanks to Vimal Parmar for the suggestion to order one. Nothing comes close to a personalised photo book. Not only is it a creative way to preserve your memorable work, but you also get to tell your story your way. When I received my first photo book with a collection of…

Aniruddha Das Aniruddha Das is a Kolkata based photographer. He underwent a basic plus advanced training course conducted by ‘The Frame’, under the able guidance of renowned Kolkata based photographer Arghya Chatterjee from 2000-2003. He also studied fashion photography with his mentor Arghya Chatterjee. Aniruddha has participated in various national and international photo contests and has received more than 500 awards. In 2019, Aniruddha achieved the distinction of AFIP from The Federation of Indian Photography, followed by EFIP in 2020 and AFIAP in the year 2021. This continued and he was awarded the distinction of EFIAP and later, EFIAP/B from France in 2022. Aniruddha is a Sony A7 IV user. ■ You have mastery over portraiture. What points do you keep in mind before starting on a project? To answer…

1 Which company’s lenses are sold under the Art, Contemporary and Sport categories? a) Tamronb) Sigma c) Samyangd) Zeiss 2 The brands Summicron, Summilux and Vario Elmar are used for lenses belonging to which camera manufacturer? a) Schneider b) Meyer Optik c) Leica d) Zeiss 3 Tessar and Planar are lens brands belonging to which German manufacturer? a) Zeissb) Retina c) Voigtlander d) Regula 4 The Skopar brand was used by which camera manufacturer for its lenses? a) Rollei b) Voigtlander c) Kodak d) Schneider 5 The names Domiplan and Pentacon were used by which camera manufacturer for their lenses? a) Rollei b) Prakticac) Carl Braun d) Regula 6 Sekor was the lens brand of which manufacturer? a) Chinonb) Mirandac) Mamiya d) Minolta 7…

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Western Digital has unveiled new innovations from its SanDisk Professional brand for content creators and professionals in India. The seven newly introduced products in India include SanDisk Professional PRO-G40TM SSD, G-RAIDTM Shuttle SSD, G-DRIVE Enterprise -Class Desktop Hard Drive, and PRO-DOCK 4, a four-bay reader docking station. SanDisk Professional’s portfolio is centred on delivering high-performance, scalable, and reliable solutions that enable today’s creators to actualise their aspirations. It plays a critical role at every step of production – from capturing and transferring to editing and archiving – to help manage production assets effectively and reliably. Inspired by the way people create and share data today, Sandisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD is the company’s most rugged offering to date with a high-level IP68 rating, allowing professionals to immerse themselves in the action…

@nishlikefinish Nischal Chawda: My overall experience in ordering my first photobook far exceeded my expectations. While I always wished to make a photo book and a photo calendar, I thought that it was a very cumbersome process and an expensive affair and so never pursued it until I was suggested to try www.zoomin.com The app is very easy to use and hassle-free. The delivery of the product was prompt and I was updated at each stage of the progress. My family and I were stunned by the picture quality. I never thought that pics taken on my mobile could turn out so good in a photobook and on the calendar. The page quality is very nice and the binding is sturdy. We enjoyed going through the pages and it was…

Write to us at: Smart Photography, Next Gen Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 608, Trade World, 6th floor, C wing, Kamala Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (W), Mumbai - 400 013 E-mail: sp@nextgenpublishing.net Dear Editor,I am an amateur photographer. Besides photographing everything and anything that interests me, I would love to learn photo editing. Everyone says that Photoshop is the best but I am still a beginner and cannot afford the annual fees for Photoshop. Can you recommend any cheaper alternative? Regards, Bhushan Lal, Nagpur Dear Bhushan, Several software are available for image editing, some free, some paid. Here are a few of them: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Lightroom, Affinity Photo, Skylum Luminar, ACDSee, DXO PhotoLab 4, ON1 Photo Raw, GIMP and Capture One. Some of…

The 2023 World Press Photo Contest is now open for submissions until 10 January 2023. Entering the Contest is free and open to all professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography. The annual contest recognises and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year. For the second year, the 2023 Contest will follow a regional model that includes six regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia and Oceania. Entries on a wide range of themes may be submitted to the appropriate format-based category: Singles, Stories, Long-Term Projects and Open Format. The judging process takes place in several rounds, over a six-week period, in January and February 2023. It involves regional juries and a global jury and…

DCP Expeditions conducted their Grand Annual Awards Night 2022 on 26th November 2022 at Rang Sharda Auditorium, Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai. The evening witnessed 200 plus talented photographers associated with DCP Expeditions along with some of the industry stalwarts. The grand jury for the event comprised of eminent photographers like Padmashree Raghu Rai, Rohinton Mehta, Technical Editor of Smart Photography, Mukesh Parpiani, Curator at NCPA, Mumbai, Ravi Dhingra, eminent lifestyle photographer and renowned wildlife photographers like Rathika Ramasamy, Shivang Mehta and Sachin Rai. DCP also felicitated some of the eminent personalities from the industry like Suresh Iyer, the man behind Kodak India and Padmashree Sudharak Olwe for their outstanding work and contribution to the society. Several awards were given in Wildlife, Travel and Food categories to the members and also to…

Hello readers, nice connecting with you again. This is the third edition of Printing & Beyond. Thanks for all your feedback which shows that you are enjoying reading on the topic of printing your photographs. We aim to share how prints can take your images further; how prints can help preserve your legacy and family history; how prints can be a conversation starter and much more including how it could be made into a family activity. This time we will talk about consumer photo books which are different from wedding albums. While more than 1.4 crore wedding albums are printed in India –thanks to the thoughtful couples who insist on printed albums and professional wedding photographers coupled with dedicated printers who are ever willing to create exquisitely designed albums –…

@pawtraits.in Bhavesh Karia: As a pet photographer, I usually offer my clients canvas and prints on archival papers. While a photo book has always been there on my mind, I never gave it a serious thought till I met Vimal recently. He suggested I do one book on my pet boxer Bella, and then decide. I sourced my book from www.printo.in They have several types of photo products and photo books and their ordering process is convenient and simple. My photo book arrived faster than expected. Difficult to describe my feelings when I held the book in my hands. Every photograph on the pages inside took me back to when I photographed my pet, Bella. The print quality is exceptionally good. I am glad I ordered this. For sure, henceforth,…

Ashok Kandimalla 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…