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Competition: This post was originally published on January 26, 2021 and has been lightly edited and resurrected here. Todays announcement from Sony of their new flagship, the Alpha 1, on paper, raises the bar by some measure for mirrorless full frame camera (price being no bar of course). 50MP sensor, 15-stops …

Allure of the M: This post was originally published January 2, 2023 on and has been lightly edited before reposting. On a vacation to Charleston I took with me a Leica Q2 Monochrom (which has a fixed 28mm f/1.7 lens) and a Nikon Z9 with a Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S. Together they allowed me take the kind of photographs I …

A Rocky Mountain Vacation: This post was originally published on Jul 31, 2019 and has been lightly edited and resurrected here We've had the Rocky Mountain National Park on our bucket list for a few summers. This year, we decided to plan our annual vacation around the park... with our 6 month old in tow. Having him with us …

The iPad goes Rogue: This post was originally published May 27, 2020 on and has been lightly edited before reposting BC Ever since the introduction of the iPad, it has supported external keyboards. Aimed towards the power user, it served its purpose...to an extent. iOS for the iPad, and then iPadOS, was never designed …

Bahubali - A Review: This post was originally published July 9, 2015 on and has been lightly edited before reposting.  Bahubali released to theatres a week ago, on 10th July. The films marketers claimed this to be the biggest Indian movie to date - in terms of cost, in terms of distribution and in terms of scale. Movie …

Immortals of Meluha: This post was originally published September 26, 2014 on and has been lightly edited before reposting. (Editors note: At the time of reposting, I revisited the book to read a few chapters and came back to this review; I stand by every word) Amish Tripathi's 'The Immortals of Meluha' was released in …

Journeying across (mobile) borders: This post was originally published January 19, 2015 on and has been lightly edited before reposting  My first mobile phone was the humble Nokia 3530, running the company's proprietary OS. It served me well through a couple years of under-grad school…endlessly texting and playing Nibbles. After its …

Lightroom to Capture One Pro: This post was originally published on Dec 22, 2017 and has been lightly edited and resurrected here  It seems only a short while ago when I was undecided on a RAW image processing software that would replace Lightroom. I shortlisted several potential alternatives - Capture One Pro, RawTherapee, DxO …