The channel provides news, background information, test reports, practical tips and product data covering cameras, accessories, image processing and design for committed amateur and professional photographers alike.
Taking pictures has never been as easy as it is today. The digital revolution has made one of our most important communications media instantly available, easier to handle and less expensive. Digital film and photography technology is undergoing generational changes previously familiar only from computing. heise Foto aims to address this trend with detailed coverage of digital photography. Its content includes elaborate tests of cameras and lenses conducted to current ISO standards, workshops on image design and a news ticker carrying current reports.
Expanded forums invite discussion with other photography enthusiasts. Alongside a marketplace and events calendar, the service section offers book recommendations with new releases and reviews, as well as a continuously updated price comparison. An extensive software directory provides digital photographers with a cross-platform selection covering image processing, photography presentation and databases, including freeware, shareware, open-source projects and demo programs.
“Digital photography has long been an important subject at Heise,” says Christian Persson, Editor-in-Chief of c’t and heise Foto. Since 2002, computer magazine c’t has regularly published special issues on the subject. The combination of purchasing advice, service tips and bundled CD-ROMs has been popular at newsstands, and some issues have even required reprinting. “It was therefore an obvious step for us to cover the subject online as well.”
