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Nikon D80 Camera Review

Nikon D80 Camera Review


Arriving just eight months after the announcement of the upmarket D200, Nikon's new D80 builds on the success of 2004's D70, offering a slew of enhancements, a larger LCD and an inevitable upping of the pixel count. 

so we reviewing ''best camera in 2017'' The D80 increases the pixel count by 67% on its predecessor up to a healthy 10.2 megapixels, while managing to shrink the package down to more or less the size of the entry-level D50 ''low price dSLR'' 

Although the reduction in size is welcome, it's still quite a hefty beast compared to some of the more lightweight models from Olympus and Pentax, although there's not a great deal of difference in bulk between its main rival cameras from Sony and Canon (the Alpha and the 400D, respectively). 

The D80 manages to borrow some of the high end features of the some of the company's high-end cameras, inheriting the processing engine of the Nikon D2X, and the Nikon D200's Multi CAM 1000 AF system, CCD, LCD and viewfinder.

Clearly this mix'n'match approach makes sense for cost-aware Nikon, with interchangeable components helping to keep the prices down in a hugely competitive market - although the differences in build quality between the D80 and its big brother are clearly marked. 



SD card
Users upgrading from the D70 may be mightily unchuffed to discover that Nikon has switched from Compact Flash to SD memory cards.

Capable of supporting the new Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) cards, this opens up potential capacities of up to 32GB and may help tempt users of compact cameras already using SD cards.

At the back of the camera we could see useful improvements to the button layout, and the 2.5" LCD screen seemed positively enormous compared to the squinty 2" screen on the D70.

Interface upgrades
The on-screen user interface had also been considerably spruced up, using the same high resolution and anti-aliased fonts from the D200. 

The new image review zoom in/out controls improve massively on the fiddlier controls of the D70.

The bigger, brighter 0.94X magnification viewfinder was equally well received; we loved the addition of the light switch to the on/off control and quickly felt right at home with the tweaked top plate layout. 

ISO range has been improved to cover 100ISO right up to ISO3200 (with boost) with 0.3EV steps, backed by the same three custom NR (Noise Reduction) settings from the Nikon D200.

New editing menus offer built-in D-Lighting, Retouch Menu and Redeye removal capabilities, with a Pictmotion feature letting users playback images as slideshows. 

There's also a host of new customisation options (a total of 32 custom functions) letting photographers set up the D80 to their needs.

Flash
The electronic-release pop-up flash raises automatically in appropriate Auto modes or can be triggered manually by pressing the flash button.

The flash offers a guide number of 13 (m at ISO 100) and can also act as a commander in a wireless flash setup.

It provided good coverage in our tests although some advanced users may rue the reduction in the flash sync speed down to 1/200.



Speed
We found the D80 to be a very, very fast performer, with a near-instantaneous start-up and a barely measurable shutter lag ensuring we didn't miss a shot.

With an eye to pleasing point'n'shoot purchasers, new Black & White modes offering additional Sepia and Cyanotype options have been included, along with the usual Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority, Manual, Auto and six programmed modes (including a new Night Landscape mode).

Matrix metering inconsistencies
The D80 comes with Nikon's smartypants 3D Colour Matrix Metering II automatic exposure control which consults a database of more than 30,000 actual photographic scenes to help evaluate brightness, colour, contrast, selected focus area and camera-to-subject distance. 

Although it generally worked excellently in our tests, a couple of times it threw up some clearly over-exposed scenes, which suggests that it's not quite as user-friendly as Nikon suggest (in fact, this issue has been a hot topic on the dpreview forums with photographer Ken Rockwell declaring his D80 meter to be "the worst of any Nikon I've used in 20 years.")

Although a deft bit of dialling down with the exposure compensation button can fix this easily enough, it does seem markedly different to how the D70 metered and that's something users will have to get used to.

Conclusion
Overall, we were very impressed with the D80. It feels like a significant step up from the D70, punching above its weight in features, usability and performance.

The camera is easy to use, feels great to hold with all the main controls falling easily to hand, and looks like it could take the occasional knock.

The improved viewfinder provides a big, bright view with the larger LCD screen and updated interface adding to the feeling that this is a real 'photographers camera.'

Minor metering issues aside, images were crisp, clean and vibrant, with an improved high ISO performance making the camera a versatile performer in all conditions.

Although it's priced ahead of its main rivals, the Canon EOS 400D and Sony Alpha, we feel that the D80 is well worth the extra outlay and offers the best all-rounder 10 megapixel DSLR of the bunch to date. Highly recommended.

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Anish Kumar

Nokia 8 Review

HMD Global announced the re-entry of the Nokia brand in the mobile market late last year, and the Nokia 6 became the first phone to be unveiled under the new arrangement. This was followed by the launch of the Nokia 5 and the Nokia 3, with the focus very much on the entry-level segment. That changed in August when the Nokia 8 was unveiled at a special event in London. This device is the realization of a long-held dream of many enthusiasts - a Nokia-branded Android smartphone with flagship-class specifications.

The Nokia 8 packs the Snapdragon 835 SoC - a chip that nearly all current-generation Android flagships are built around - and comes with near-stock Android. That means there’s little room for differentiation in terms of specifications or software. Instead, like many other OEMs, HMD is pinning its hopes on the camera to act as the big selling proposition for its most expensive smartphone till date.

To that end, HMD has revived Nokia’s iconic partnership with Carl Zeiss AG - the brand that lent its name to many famous Nokia camera phones back in the day - for the front and rear cameras of the Nokia 8. The phone also packs some new tricks like the ability to capture ‘bothies’ and record spatial 360^O audio thanks to technology borrowed from Nokia’s Ozo camera. Is that enough to make the Nokia 8 stand out in a crowded market? 

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Joby Gorillapod Review

        Joby Gorillapod

A tripod is an essential accessory for anyone who cares about their photography. It’s the only thing that can totally eliminate camera shake, even on very long exposures, and as I’ve noted before the action of setting up a camera and tripod has the effect of forcing you to think about your shot more, which usually results in better pictures. 

Unfortunately good quality tripods also tend to be heavy, and even expensive lightweight carbon fibre tripods are somewhat unwieldy to carry about, especially if you’re travelling light.

One excellent alternative to a full-size tripod is the ingenious Joby Gorillapod, a strange-looking but amazingly effective flexible tripod which can support your camera in virtually any position by clinging to available objects such as furniture, tree branches, car wing mirrors and so on. It can also stand on its own legs like a conventional tripod.

Gorillapods are available in four sizes. The smallest is the pocket-sized Original (the smaller one shown above) which is designed to support compact cameras up to a weight of 325g, is available in a wide range of colours and costs rs.18000/-

Slightly larger is the Gorillapod SLR, which costs around £39.95. As the name suggests it is designed to support a DSLR weighing up to 800g, which includes all current APS or Four Thirds cameras with a normal-sized zoom lens. 

For heavier cameras there is the Gorillapod SLR-ZOOM, which can support up to 3kg and costs £49.95, while for full-frame professional DLSRs and pro video cameras there is the Gorillapod Focus, also shown here, which can support up to 5kg.

Although it looks very similar and works in exactly the same way, the Gorillapod Focus is somewhat different from the smaller models. 

It is far more robustly made, and the sockets of its leg joints are made from machined aluminium rather than plastic. It is also considerably heavier, weighing approximately 320g. Used as a stand-alone tripod it is exceptionally rigid and stable, far more so than one might expect from the look of the thing, while wrapping its legs around a convenient piece of scaffolding tube provides a secure platform for even the largest still camera.

Consider that a Canon EOS 1Ds Mk3 with a 100-400mm lens weighs about 2.6kg, which is well within the Focus’s weight limit.

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Anish Kumar

Apple iPhone X review

Apple iPhone X review live blog: FaceID is fascinating, effective in india today 03.10.2017

The iPhone X will be available in India from 3 November. Apple says that the 64GB version of the iPhone X will be priced at Rs89,000, while the 256GB variant will cost Rs102,000.

The dust has finally settled on the much-awaited annual refresh of the Apple iPhone line-up. Considering the fact that this year marked the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, there was great expectation that Apple will make significant changes to at least one of the phones in the line-up, and the company has delivered on that front. The iPhone X is that “and one more thing”, and it its truly set apart from the other two iPhones launched this year, the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus.

The iPhone X has a new A11 Bionic processor, that is up to 75% faster than the predecessor depending on the number of cores an app or game uses. The new A11 Bionic neural engine features a dual-core design and performs up to 600 billion operations per second for real-time processing. It’s designed for specific machine learning and Artificial Intelligence algorithms—hence, the facial recognition FaceID feature and the fun Animojis.

The iPhone X also features wireless charging on the glass back. At present, you will need to buy a separate wireless charging accessory from brands such as Belkin to use that feature.

Here’s a look at the Apple iPhone X specifications that make it stand out:

OLED screen

The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display has finally debuted on an iPhone. Apple says they didn’t use OLED screens thus far because of certain shortcomings, which included colour accuracy. This, however, has changed with the latest generation. Apple says the OLED screen on the iPhone X is the first that it found worthy enough of being used on its devices.

The 5.8-inch edge-to-edge screen is called the Retina Display2 and is HDR capable; in fact, it will support both Dolby Vision and HDR10 standards for 4K Ultra HD content from services such as Netflix and Amazon Video. Also, it looks gorgeous.

Face ID

It remains a conjecture as to why Apple couldn’t integrate the fingerprint sensor called TouchID in the iPhone X. Maybe, they could have incorporated it in the power button on the side, or perhaps included it as one of the sensors at the top of the bezel-less screen. The former perhaps didn’t appeal because of the aesthetics, and the latter probably still needed refinement.

Enter, then, FaceID. It’s a facial recognition technology that uses the TrueDepth Camera system—which sits just above the display—to map your face with 30,000 invisible dots and unlocks the phone. The technology can be used to authenticate mobile payments as well via Apple Pay.

Design

The iPhone X has a design that immediately stands apart from the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus. At the front is the edge-to-edge design, which gives the illusion that the display doesn’t have a frame on its sides. The rounded corners, as well as the notch at the top are other visual elements. Flip over the phone , and the glass back is hard to miss. Despite the large display size, the phone is only slightly larger than the smaller of the other two iPhones, the iPhone 8.

Camera

The iPhone X has dual 12 MP rear camera system, with dual optical image stabilization. This means that low light photography as well as videos will be significantly more detailed and better exposed. The ƒ/1.8 aperture on the wide-angle lens and the ƒ/2.4 aperture on the telephoto lens simply augment the photographic capabilities of the device.

The other new iPhones too get new under-the-hood camera goodness, such as better colour filters, deeper pixels and an improved image signal processor, wider colour capture, faster auto-focus in low-light and richer HDR photos.

These cameras are also optimized for augmented reality (AR), which will provide app and game developers with significantly powerful hardware on which to run the AR experience in their apps.

Price

The iPhone X will be available in India from 3 November. Apple says that the 64GB version of the iPhone X will be priced at Rs89,000, while the 256GB variant will cost Rs102,000.

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Anish Kumar

DJI Phantom 4 Pro in india Review

DJI Phantom 4 Pro 

The Chinese drone maker DJI already has a commanding position in the market for both consumer and commercial drones, but the company isn’t slowing down. In fact, it seems to be pushing out new product faster than ever, putting its foot on the throat of competitors already struggling to keep up.

Today DJI released the Phantom 4 Pro, an update to the Phantom 4 unit which came out just eight months ago, in March of this year. The Pro boasts a better camera, more advanced obstacle avoidance, greater battery life, and additional intelligent flight modes. It puts some space between the top of the Phantom line and the new Mavic Pro — a cheaper, smaller drone DJI released in October which, at least on paper, was just as powerful as its larger cousin.

Let’s start with the camera. It has a 1-inch CMOS sensor that shoots 20 megapixel stills and can capture up to 11.6 stops of dynamic range. Greater dynamic range means the camera’s sensors will be better able to balance and resolve differences between light and dark. This is a common problem in aerial footage, when you often have a brightly lit sky against dark terrain below.

Many drone cameras also struggle with the “rolling shutter” effect, which can give a Jell-O-like shake to footage, especially when filming quick pans or chasing fast-moving subjects. DJI says a new mechanical shutter on the Phantom 4 Pro will help to alleviate that. And it has added the ability to adjust the lens aperture, giving filmmakers greater control over depth of field in their images. The camera can now shoot 14 photos per second in burst mode and capture slow motion video at 60 frames per second.

The sensor package on the Phantom 4 Pro has also gotten a big upgrade. Prior to this, the DJI Phantom 4 and Mavic Pro had obstacle avoidance, but it only worked when you were flying forward. The Phantom 4 Pro has sensors on all four sides, meaning the drone can see and avoid obstacles while moving in any direction. This allows you to follow a subject autonomously while flying backwards or sideways. Thanks to the new sensors, top speed while in obstacle avoidance mode has been bumped from 22 miles per hour to 31 mph.

Another big change with the Phantom 4 Pro is that you can buy a remote with a built-in display. This was something competitors like 3D Robotics, Yuneec, and GoPro had all done, but DJI had always paired its drones with remotes that needed a mobile device for a screen. The new remote is much brighter than your average smartphone, and offers the perk of allowing you to fly without burning the battery on your primary communications device.

DJI says battery life on the Phantom 4 Pro has increased a touch, from 25 minutes to 30. And it built in a bunch of new bells and whistles to its intelligent flight modes. The new drone will fly autonomously through much tighter spaces and more complex environments. And you can have it navigate to waypoints simply by drawing a line on your map with a finger.

The Phantom 4 Pro costs Rs.170000, or $1,799 if you opt for the controller with the built-in screen. It’s available for preorder now on DJI’s website or at its flagship stores in Asia. The company says units will begin shipping next week. DJI is clearly hoping this unit has enough new features to entice serious hobbyists and professional photographers and filmmakers away from the cheaper, more portable Mavic Pro. But it’s also clear DJI isn’t too worried about cannibalizing some of its own sales by introducing multiple units with overlapping appeal. The company also released the Inspire 2 drone today, the fourth new unit it’s announced in the last two months. The company is in pure overkill mode right now, and no competitor seems to have an answer.

In next blog i'll be review Gorrila Pod for day to day vlogger and you tuber.

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Go Pro Hero 5

GoPro HERO 5 black – Hands on Review

GoPro HERO 5 black was officially announced September 19th along with HERO 5 Session and HERO Session, accompanied by GoPro’s new Drone / Stabilizer Ecosystem Karma.This time HERO black (the only remaining) edition has an integrated 2″ touch screen to frame your shot, change settings, play back and trim your footage. In comparison HERO4 black didn’t have a LCD screen included, a LCD backpack is sold separately. Hero4 silver came with an integrated LCD screen, but the camera was not capable of 4K video resolution in 30fps.GoPro Hero 5 offers electronic image stabilization, which is possible for resolution 1080p up to 60fps. It is not available in 4K as some extract sensor space is required to stabilize the image. That’s similar to most other action cameras, only Sony’s FDR-X3000 offers video stabilization in 4K, but it is optically stabilized not electronically.Most users expected 4K in 60fps or a even higher resolution like 8K, but GoPro HERO 5 sticks with the same resolution as HERO 4 black. These rumors were coming up all the time, but I’m don’t think consumers would take advantage of these resolutions and can even process them. Currently I don’t know which sensor or processor is used. Due to the fact photo resolution is 12 MP a respective sensor seems to be used, but I guess a more advanced one compared to HERO 4 black’s 12 MP sensor.A new “linear” FOV mode removes the fisheye effect automatically.Let’s summarize: The new GoPro HERO 5 offers max. 4K resolution at 30fps. That’s the same as GoPro HERO 4 black. However it is waterproof without a case up to 10m and has an integrated 2″ touch screen. That’s new to a black edition as only GoPro HERO4 silver was equipped with an integrated display, but was not capable of 4K video recording in 30fps.
Many users were waiting for 4K recording at 60fps or even 8K recording. They may be disappointed with the offered resolutions, but I think GoPro did a great job to improve other features for better control, imaging & audio to make it the best camera they ever built.

In Next Blog I'll be review Phantom Drone's.

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Anish Kumar