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Tecno Camon i Camera Review – A Best in the Class Camera Performance

Lakshmi Rajan — Sat, 17 Feb 2018 15:22:03 +0000

Tecno is stressing upon the camera performance in their Camon series. While we have seen many companies promising better camera but in reality under Rs 10,000 most camera remain an under performer. In our Tecno Camon i camera review, let’s find out if this camera optics lives up to the promise. In case you have not come across Camon i yet, it’s an android Smartphone comes with a 5.65-inch HD+ IPS display with a full view vision and 18:9 aspect ration. It is powered by Mediatek MT 6735 chipset, 3GB of RAM and has a 32GB of storage with an provision for dedicated microSD card slot. It runs on Android Nougat with their own HiOS UI topping it. I have already done the review of the Camon i, you can check it HERE.

Tecno Camon i Camera Specifications

13MP Rear Camera with ƒ/2.0 ,5P lens and Quad LED flash
13MP Front Camera with ƒ/2.0 ,5P lens,Front LED flash and Screen flash.
Videos up to 720p

Let’s begin with the camera app. The camera app has video, photo, beauty and panaroma mode. You can also access various filters. There is also the HDR mode, square picture option and selfie toggle. Tucked in the settings page is a gesture action to trigger the shutter. Camera app is fairly easy to use. I didn’t notice lag while taking pictures, the app is responsive. Day light pictures come good. I liked the soft blur in the background, even though there is no specific portrait mode. This image was taken in a moving car and I had no issue with focusing. The color reproduction is natural. The camera doesn’t unnecessarily boost the saturation levels, which is a good sign. The images are fairly sharp (even though the images here have been compressed for web) and you can notice the nice softness in the background. Glasses are always tricky subject and in day light, Camon i managed to capture it well too and with the right colors. I tested the camera under various artificial light scenarios with various levels of brightness and the result was impressive for the segment. It does loose a bit of sharpness when the ambient light is not so optimal. The lush green and the color gradient under light clearly demonstrates the camera capabilities of the Camon 1 and the software processing. Again a not so optimal indoor light but still the colors are vivid and captured really what I saw. The dynamic range is satisfactory. The surprise package of the Tecno Camon 1 is when we take low-light shots. I have come across a very few Smartphone in this segment that can take decent low light / night shots, you can count Camon 1 in that list. A bit of noise is there but the low light images are decent with better color reproduction. I can clearly say Tecno Camon 1 really excels in the low light performance than most other Smartphone in this price segment. Camon i features a quad-LED flash at the rear. The flash is not so harsh like in many Smartphones. Selfies are good as well (though am not a selfie guy!) In good light, the selfie is sharp. There is also a LED flash for low-light selfies and also screen flash. Videos are decent , there is no image stabilization which is not expected in this price range in any case but a bit of disappointment is the fact the video capture is limited to 720p. A fullHD would have made it a sweeter deal.

Verdict:

Tecno Camon i lives up to the promise by the company to deliver a camera-centric Smartphone. It is one of the best in the segment and surprisingly excels well in the low-light photography too.]]>

Sony unveils G Master professional camera lenses; price starts at Rs 1,29,990

Lakshmi Rajan — Wed, 11 May 2016 18:36:48 +0000

Sony India has announced the launch of new G Master brand of interchangeable lens and showcased three E-mount fullf rame lenses. The lens announced are a 24-70mm constant F2.8 standard zoom lens, an 85mm F1.4 prime lens and a 70-200mm constant F2.8 telephoto zoom lens. The first lens in the new E-mount full-frame series is the FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM standard zoom lens (model SEL2470GM) which is ideal for portrait, travel and event photography. It is dust and moisture resistant and includes two new matching filters. It uses three aspherical elements including a newly developed XA (extreme aspherical) element that reduces aberration. An ED (Extra-low-Dispersion) glass element and Super ED glass help to keep chromatic aberration to a minimum, while maximising resolution and bokeh, without any unnatural coloration. It has a direct drive SSM (Super Sonic Motor) focusing system and a quiet motor. It’s priced at Rs 1,54,990.

The new FE 85mm F1.4GM prime lens is targeted for portrait clicks and offers brilliant bokeh. It has a circular aperture with 11 blade and also uses SSM motor system for auto-focusing. The prime lens will retail for Rs 1,29,990. The third one is FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS telephoto zoom lens aimed at the wildlife, sports and event photographers. It is also dust and moisture resistance with an additional fluorine coating on the front.A focus hold button and focal range limiter finds mention in this lens. It makes use of floating focusing system with a minimum focusing distance of just 0.96m. Again, this motor also uses SSM and includes dual linear motors. The pricing and availability is not revealed but is expected to be soon. In addition to the lenses, Sony also announced two new compact 1.4x and 2x teleconverters – SEL14TC and SEL20TC.]]>

Samsung Galaxy Camera launched in India for Rs 29,900

Lakshmi Rajan — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:58:47 +0000

Samsung has bundled number of tailored apps to meet the needs of photographers and thanks to Google Play store, one can also download popular apps like instagram and other photo editing apps like Pixlr. So what is the other big deal with this smart camera? Well, sharing your pictures becomes easier now that you can even edit and share it across platforms like instagrams, facebook, twitter directly from your camera without having to download them to your laptop.

Check the video below for what is in store on Samsung Galaxy Camera and its features [Hands-on Video]

So are you ready for tap and share from your camera?]]>