Photography Workshop - Discount For Facebook Fans

ProPix Photography Workshop is happy to announce a discount to ProPix Facebook fans. A new 2D bar code on our "Discount" section on the ProPix Facebook page carries an embedded code. All you need to do is send it to us via SMS or by email, and avail a huge 25% saving!

This discount on the Making Pictures photography workshop is time limited and has an expiry date.

Making Pictures - Photography Workshop By ProPix, Bangalore

The Making Pictures series of photography workshops, by ProPix Bangalore has been re-activated due to a volume of demand that was, un-anticipated, to say the least.

The basic promise of this photography workshop is to help people move away from just "taking pictures" to start "Making Pictures"... Over the past several years, these workshops by ProPix have grown to become two solid days of hands on training sessions, balanced with class room learning, covering everything you will need to know about photography. The workshop addresses everything, like mastering the fundamentals of exposure, composition, aesthetics, photography gear, handling lighting situations outdoors and in the field, basic studio and location lighting, and also constructive peer review.

ProPix photography workshops have a reputation for bringing your own creativity to the fore, while you challenge yourself with new found knowledge and skills. ProPix brings to the table a wide variety of photography gear, allowing you to touch, feel, experience and learn as you go along.

It really does not matter, if you have a few days, months, or years of experience, because, we always have something that you can learn. It doesn't matter whether your interest is wildlife photography, nature, portrait, street, still life, or commercial, you will find that the Making Pictures Photography Workshops will fit your needs, perfectly.

We have had a lot of people who have attended photography workshops by ProPix, and then gone on to participate in contests, and even winning awards. This is more so because we allow you to exercise an option to join a recognized/accredited organisation, which in turn opens a whole host of doors in the photographic community, globally.

All workshops are scheduled for weekends, allowing for the relaxed environments that lead to a fun filled learning experience. Of course it helps that a good lunch is included.

Some Frequently Asked Questions

This is a long overdue update with some frequently asked questions that we have been answering:

Ques: Where is your store?
Ans: ProPix is a camera store in Bangalore. Being based in Bangalore also allows us to have a pan India delivery footprint. We are servicing orders from all four corners of India. Our customers are from almost every state in India.

Ques: What products do you carry?
Ans: ProPix carries almost every product related to photography. These include cameras, tripods, lenses, camera bags, memories, filters, tripod heads, clamps, studio lights, camouflage for wildlife and nature photographers, and so much more.

Ques: If you are a Bangalore camera shop, how come I have not heard about you?
Ans: Yes, ProPix is a Bangalore camera shop, but you have not heard about us, probably because of the type of market we cater to. Our largest group of customers are serious enthusiasts and professional photographers. Our marketing and reach is almost exclusively by word-of-mouth, and through our web presence.

Ques: Why is it that you promote DSLR cameras more than you promote compact cameras?
Ans: The products that we sell have nothing to do with a specific type, or brand for that matter. We stock and sell products we are confident will perform to a level of reliability and ruggedness that we are sure will not embarass us. e.g., we would not recommend you buy an entry level camera, if you like occassionally take the camera out to just take photographs of things that interest you, or something that you fancy. We would at that point recommend something a little better than the entry level point and shoot camera. Prices for compact cameras, range between Rs.6,500 to Rs.19,500, and we usually recommend something between Rs.10,000 to Rs.17,000 depending on the features that a customer needs. We will sell you a DSLR only if need a DSLR. Not because we want to sell you a DSLR camera.

Ques: Are Carl Zeiss lenses compatible with all Nikon cameras?
Ans: The correct answer to that question is, "It all depends". Carl Zeiss ZF lenses for the Nikon F mount is fully compatible with all the pro-bodies like D100, D200, D300, D700, D3, D3x, F6, etc. With all the other bodies, you will be able to mount the lens, but it will work only in fully manual mode, i.e., it will not give you any metering information.

Ques: Are Carl Zeiss lenses compatible with all Canon cameras?
Ans: The correct answer to that question is, "Yes, and No". Carl Zeiss ZE lenses for the Canon EOS mount is available in the 50mm and 85mm focal lengths and is fully compatible. However, you can still use other Carl Zeiss lenses (or even Nikon/Nikkor lenses) with your Canon camera with the correct lens adaptors.

Ques: What camera lenses do you stock?
Ans: ProPix stocks an entire range of camera lenses in Bangalore. Our camera shop in Bangalore has an in-store stocking of most common lenses, and stocking is usually seamless. Our ordering process is mature and rugged, as is our delivery and payment systems. We pride ourselves in the fact that in all our years of business, we have not had even a single customer who has come back to us with the feedback that we had recommended a wrong lens.

Ques: Why do you always recommend a UNI-LOC tripod?
Ans: A large chunk of our customer base consists of outdoor and wildlife photographers. In our experience, we found that the UNI-LOC system tripods are perhaps best suited for outdoors, wildlife and nature photography than any other tripod, including the likes or Manfrotto, Gitzo or Giotto. The bottom part of all UNI-LOC tripods are waterproof and submersible in water or mud, without incurring any damage to your tripod. In the same breath, the UNI-LOC tripod performs just as well in the confines of a studion or indoors. The UNI-LOC System Tripod allows you to convert your tripod into a monopod in moments! So you get a tripod AND a monopod, for the price of a tripod!

Ques: Why should I buy my Canon or Nikon camera from ProPix?
Ans: We have a different approach to your camera buying needs. We will find out from you what you want to shoot, or how you intend to use your camera, and then give you a set of options best suited for your needs. We will bring our entire experience in the industry to bear, and help you decide on a particular model. Unlike some of our competition, we do not sell refrigirators, microwave ovens or mobile phones. We specialise in cameras and photography. We believe we are best equipped to help you decide on a photography related matter, than that person who also sells microwave ovens and refrigerators.

UNI-LOC Tripod a.k.a., Uniloc Tripod

ProPix introduces UNI-LOC Tripods to the Indian photographic industry. These tripods are made in England, and are respected the world over by professional photographers, enthusiasts, amatuers alike.

Acclaimed the world over as the professional's tripod, Uniloc Tripods are known for their reliability, ruggedness and the lasting value it brings to your equipment list. At ProPix, we have a loyal list of UNI-LOC customers who have been using the Uniloc tripods long enough to understand and appreciate the true value of having a tripod system that keep growing and evolving with you, just the way your own needs and skills grow and evolve.
Some of the really wonderful features about the UNI-LOC Tropods include:

• Abilitiy to be be deployed into positions that are virtually impossible by other tripods.
• Extremely rigid platform that even allows you to position the camera at ground level.
  
• Water proof lower legs, gives you the freedom to safely deploy the tripod in water, mud and slushy surfaces.

Bangalore based ProPix.in, joins hands with Envoy Uniloc to bring you sales and also service and support for UNI-LOC tripods.

Another New Carl Zeiss Lens 21mm f/2,8

The team at Carl Zeiss seem to to have dedicated this week just for announcements. Along with the Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 and the Planar T* 85mm f/1.4, Carl Zeiss has announced another new lens to be added to the SLR line-up, the legendary Distagon T* 21mm f/2.8. Ideal for all wide angle requirements, including architecture, landscapes, journalism and anywhere else a lens like this can contribute. Being introduced for SLR cameras with EF (Carl Zeiss for Canon), F (Nikon Mount) and K (Pentax mount) bayonets, these lenses are expected to hit the shelves by the the year ending 2008.
ProPix has always been suggesting the Zeiss lens because of its' ability to render colors, and images just the way a photographer imagines it to be. Freedom to create images, rather than just taking pictures, is how we look at it.
Carl Zeiss 18mm f3.5 was a surprise even for us, but the 21mm f/2.8 nicely rounds off a gap that has existed for some time. I personally can't wait to get my hands on one. Bangalore offers so many photographic opportunities, both for the professional photographers, and also for serious enthusiasts. a Carl Zeiss wide-angle as a walk around lens which can also perform well in low light is an excellent tool to add to the camera bag.

Carl Zeiss For Canon EOS ... ?

The Zeiss website is running a teaser campaign on http://www.zeiss.com/photo for some time now. We have had some travelers coming down from around Europe enquiring about the possibility that this is a Canon launch, or is it going to be another one of Sony or Hasselblad lenses. Veterans here however feel that it could more probably be Canon than, anything else.

One professional photographer, an old timer actually, did not rule out the possibility of a camera launch either. Industry watchers are speculating that Carl Zeiss could most probably announce the Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f1.4 and/or the Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f1.4, at Photokina 2008. They feel that the Distagon series may be a little way off, as yet. This assumption is based on the fact that the teaser campaign on the Zeiss website is timed too close to Photokina for it to be a coincidence. If this is the case, then we would also expect the lens(es) to be to reach the shelves towards the end of 2008 or maybe in the first quarter on 2009.
Carl Zeiss might very soon start gathering Canon EOS photographers into their fold with the launch of a Z? mount EF bayonet lenses. Considered the finest optics in the world, Carl Zeiss lenses have been impressing Nikon camera owners, across the world. If we are to go with the feedback and reviews from Carl Zeiss customers (including both professional photographers, and also serious enthusiasts), we can very well expect the same and more from the Canon community.
The Canon community has been rather typical, and have been showing excitement, and enthusiasm.
For those who want to know about the specs, visit www.ProPix.in and check out the Nikon ZF Mount Planar T* 50mm, and the Nikon ZF Mount Planar T* 85mm. Knowing the Zeiss philosophy of perfection, we know that the Canon lenses are not going to be hugely different from the Nikon mounts.
To speculate on electronics, these lenses may have the electronics to convey metering, distance and everything in between. After all, that is already available for the Nikon, Sony and Pentax mounts, so why not the Canon mount? If the lenses have electronics, then we can expect the lenses to provide exif data, carrying all the info.

But the most active speculation we see though has been on whether these lenses will be manual or auto focus.
Now to wait and watch. We know that almost everyone has something or the other that they are launching

Carl Zeiss Lenses For The Nikon F Mount From ProPix.in

The Photo Today 2008 exhibition at Kanteerva Indoor Stadium, Bangalore, saw the official launch of Carl Zeiss lenses for Digital and Film SLR cameras, by ProPix. Available for the Nikon F mount and the Pentax K mount, these lenses bring with them the promise of performance levels that far exceed anything available in the market.
The entire range of F Mount lenses for the Nikon Digital and Film SLR lenses including the Distagon T* f3.5 18mm, Distagon T* f2.8 25mm, Distagon T* f2 28mm, Distagon T* f2 35mm, Planar T* f1.4 50mm, Planar T* f1.4 85mm, Makro-Planar T* f2 50mm, Makro-Planar T* f2 100mm are available.

ProPix, the authorised stockist for Karnataka, said that Zeiss was very forthcoming in setting prices specially for the Indian market, such that it is cheaper to buy theses lenses in India, than to import them from overseas. The landed cost of the Carl Zeiss lenses are well below what an individual would pay if they were to import them and pay the usual duties and taxes.