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Hoshang S. Billimoria
TECHNICAL EDITOR
Rohinton Mehta
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Sujith Gopinath
PHOTOGRAPHY
Mahesh Reddy

HEAD-DESIGN & PRODUCTION s we enter the second month of 2018, initial
Ravi Parmar signs indicate that, in 2018, the industry will
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Nandkishor Sawant Aonce again be in rude health. Trying to predict
DESIGN over the next 12 months sounds foolhardy but there
Sanjay Awad seems to be some good news on the horizon. All
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR the Japanese manufacturers are increasing their
Dinesh Bhajnik sales forecast figures for 2018. The Japanese ‘Nikkei
PUBLISHER Asian Review’ reports that more and more users are
Girish Mallya choosing high value added compact digital cameras to
GENERAL MANAGER (NORTH & EAST) take pictures that cannot be taken with a smartphone.
Ellora Dasgupta The high-end of the camera market is in good shape and will see a
GENERAL MANAGER (SOUTH) lot of focus from camera manufacturers. The elephant in the room,
Girish Shet however, will be the smartphone and recent introductions like the
PRODUCT MANAGER Google Pixel XLII and Huawei Mate 10 Pro produce very good images.
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The lack of sharpness and the presence of artefacts are now rapidly
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