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.
Canon’s last remaining EOS M camera – the EOS M50 Mark II – is discontinued in Japan
Oct 31, 2022
John Aldred
It looks like the Canon EOS M system’s death knell is ringing loud and clear. After discontinuing the Canon EOS M200 only last week, the…
Lots of photos and specs leak ahead of DJI Mavic 3 Classic announcement
Oct 31, 2022
John Aldred
It’s getting close to an official announcement now, just a couple of days left to go. As expected, though, pretty much all of the important…
Kenko Tokina has announced three weird looking 300mm, 600mm and 900mm super telephoto lenses are on the way
Oct 28, 2022
John Aldred
Kenko Tokina Japan has announced three new manual focus lenses for APS-C mirrorless cameras. The three lenses are all super telephoto, being extremely long in…
TTartisan’s new 27mm f/2.8 is a $159 autofocus pancake lens for Fuji X cameras
Oct 28, 2022
John Aldred
TTartisan has announced their newest lens. This time, it’s an autofocus one and it’s for the Fujifilm X mount camera system. The TTartisan 27mm f/2.8…
Hollyland’s new Lark C1 wireless mic for smartphones lets you keep charging your phone while it’s in use
Oct 28, 2022
John Aldred
We got to see a sneak peek of it at IBC 2022 in Amsterdam last month but now Hollyland has officially announced their new tiny…
Sony’s new A7R V comes with a completely new AF system and 8 stops of 5-axis stabilisation
Oct 26, 2022
John Aldred
As expected, Sony has today announced their new high-resolution mirrorless camera, the Sony A7R V. If you were hoping for another big resolution jump, though,…
The OM System OM-5 is just an Olympus OM-D E-M5 III with a built-in ND filter
Oct 26, 2022
John Aldred
Well, we knew it was coming and much of the information was leaked yesterday, but now we officially have the rest of it, along with…
Venus Optics officially announces the new Laowa 18mm f/0.95 MFT and 25mm f/0.95 APS-C Argus lenses
Oct 25, 2022
John Aldred
Not entirely unexpectedly, Venus Optics has announced their new Laowa Argus 18mm f/0.95 MFT APO and Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95 APS-C APO lenses. The addition…
This is the worst digital camera in the world with a resolution of only 48 pixels and no lens
Oct 24, 2022
John Aldred
Digital camera sensors have come a very long way in the last few decades. Even just in the last 20 years, we’ve gone from the…
This is what happens when you dig a watering hole in the middle of nowhere in Kenya
Oct 24, 2022
John Aldred
It probably doesn’t come as a surprise to most of you that Kenya’s Southern Rift Valley is hot. Really hot. A seemingly inhospitable place that…