Posts by Author: John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 25 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter – and occasional beta tester – of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.
ProGrade Digital announces their 3rd generation 320GB and 640GB CFast 2.0 Cobalt memory cards
Nov 12, 2022
John Aldred
I bet you all thought CFast 2.0 was a dead format, huh? Yeah, me too. But there are still plenty of devices out there on…
Is Panasonic finally going to give us phase detection autofocus in Lumix mirrorless cameras?
Nov 11, 2022
John Aldred
Is Panasonic finally going to give us phase detection autofocus (PDAF) in their full-frame and Micro Four Thirds Lumix mirrorless cameras? Well… Maybe. This is…
DaVinci Resolve 18.1 finally brings vertical and square video support for TikTok, Instagram and other social platforms
Nov 11, 2022
John Aldred
Blackmagic Design has announced the new DaVinci Resolve 18.1 update which finally brings native vertical video editing features to the software. It also adds the…
Pentax has officially announced the new Pentax KF DSLR but it’s basically a K-70 with a flippy out LCD
Nov 10, 2022
John Aldred
Pentax has now officially announced the new Pentax KF APS-C DSLR. I say “new”, but it’s not really that much different to the K-70. It’s…
Serif has released Affinity Photo 2 with a slew of non-destructive features for editing your photos
Nov 9, 2022
John Aldred
Serif has launched a new major version of Affinity Photo – its first since initially launching in 2016. Affinity Photo 2 introduces not only a…
The “Pieca” is a Raspberry Pi powered camera with a Leica M lens mount
Nov 9, 2022
John Aldred
It feels like we’re having a big rush of Raspberry Pi based cameras recently. Lately, we’ve had the Paparazzo interchangeable C/CS mount camera, the accessible-anywhere…
Nikon goes back to the classics with an all-black Nikon Z fc and new 40mm F2 SE lens to match
Nov 9, 2022
John Aldred
Adding to the standard look and the six existing “premium” colours, Nikon has added an all-black camera to the Nikon Z fc lineup that’s giving…
Sony faces class action lawsuit over lens serial number stickers falling off
Nov 8, 2022
John Aldred
It appears that a class action lawsuit has been filed in California against Sony. It alleges that the serial number stickers on Sony lenses are…
Godox adds the bright and tiny C5R mini RGBWW panel to its Knowled LED Light series
Nov 8, 2022
John Aldred
Godox’s Knowled line of LED lights as so far been a little higher-end and more powerful than their usual target market. With the release of…
Are your RED Komodo REDVOLT BP or other batteries not charging? Here’s how to fix it
Nov 7, 2022
John Aldred
With everything becoming battery-powered these days and as many of them being produced as they are now, it’s inevitable that some will show up dead…