N
ikon has announced the winners of the
Nikon Photo Contest 2018–2019. This
year, the Nikon Photo Contest celebrates
its 50th anniversary, and with it the 37th
edition of the Nikon Photo Contest. Entries
were accepted in three categories with
corresponding themes. A record 97,
entries across all three categories were
received from more than 33,000 people
from 170 countries and regions around
the world.The winners were selected by an
international panel of judges, with
world-renowned art director Neville
Brody serving as Lead Judge. Winners of
the Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards from
each category were selected based on
their relevance to the category’s theme,
message and creativity.The Grand Prize winner, who was selected
from among Gold Prize winners in each
category, is Spaniard Sara De Antonio
Feu. De Antonio Feu’s picture featured
Ayimpoka, a young girl from Ghana who
has albinism, a genetic disorder that often
causes colour-based discrimination in the
country.An exhibition of the Nikon Photo Contest
prizewinners will be held all over the
world, including three Indian cities. Anexhibition will be held from September 1
to 14, 2019, at Piramal Gallery, NCPA in
Mumbai, from September 20 to October
3, 2019, at Gallery 1 & 2 (Basement), All
India Fine Arts & Crafts Society in Delhi
and from October 10 to 23, 2019, at 4th
Floor Gallery, Birla Academy of Art of
Culture in Kolkata.Nikon Photo Contest
2018–2019 Winners
D
JI has announced the Osmo Mobile
3, a foldable mobile phone stabiliser.
DJI states that the stabiliser can quickly
unfold and has 15 hours of battery life.The Osmo Mobile 3 has buttons located
conveniently on the handle to allow one-
handed operation. Quick Roll rotates the
orientation from portrait to landscape
by pressing the Mode (M) button twice
without the need to remove the mobile
device. The redesigned form no longer
obstructs the charging and audio ports.A trigger helps manoeuvre the gimbal by
locking orientation, rotating the gimbal
for selfies and even re-centering when
tracking a subject. By using ActiveTrack,
users can tap the trigger once to begin
tracking while keeping the subject
centred within the frame. Users can zoom
in and out with the dedicated zoom slider
on the side of the stabiliser.Osmo Mobile 3 is available in two
packages starting at USD 119 for the
standard version which includes Osmo
Mobile 3, a wrist strap, storage pouch
and anti-slip pads and USD 139 for the
Osmo Mobile 3 combo which includes the
components of the standard version along
with the Osmo Grip Tripod and the Osmo
Carrying Case. It’s available in the US and
will be available worldwide soon.DJI Releases
Osmo Mobile 3
‘Ayimpoka’ by Sara De Antonio Feu (Spain),
winner of the Nikon Photo Contest 2018-
Grand Prize Award14 | Smart Photography | September 2019 http://www.smartphotography.in
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
S
amsung has revealed the 108 MP
ISOCELL Bright HMX, the first
mobile image sensor in the industry to
go beyond 100 million pixels. With the
latest addition, Samsung will expand its
0.8μm image sensor offerings from its
recently announced ultra-high 64 MP to
108 MP, a resolution equivalent to that
of a high-end D-SLR camera. Samsung
ISOCELL Bright HMX is the result of close
collaboration between Xiaomi Corp. and
Samsung.Being the first mobile image sensor to
adopt a large 1/1.33-inch size, the HMX
can absorb more light in low-lit settings
than smaller sensors and its pixel-merging Tetracell technology allows
the sensor to imitate big-pixel sensors,
producing brighter 27 MP images. In
bright environments, the Smart-ISO,a mechanism that intelligently selects
the level of amplifier gains according
to the illumination of the environment
for optimal light-to-electric signal
conversion, switches to a low ISO to
improve pixel saturation and produce
vivid photographs. The mechanism
uses a high ISO in darker settings that
helps reduce noise, resulting in clearer
pictures. For advanced filming, the HMX
supports video recording without losses
in field-of-view at resolutions up to 6K
(6016 x 3384) 30-frames-per-second
(fps).Mass production for Samsung ISOCELL
Bright HMX will begin by late August.Samsung 108 MP Image Sensor