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.
Meike has released an autofocus adapter to let you use Canon EF/EF-S lenses on Nikon Z bodies
Sep 27, 2022
John Aldred
No matter which team you shoot for, it seems that the Canon EF mount has sort of become the de facto universal standard for (almost)…
Google Photos is corrupting older images but here’s how to fix it
Sep 26, 2022
John Aldred
It appears that Google Photos is having a bit of a moment. It seems that it’s corrupting some older images stored on the service dating…
Canon issues service notice over lockups with Canon XF605, EOS C70 and EOS R5c cameras
Sep 23, 2022
John Aldred
Canon has issued a slightly odd service notice. Well, it’s not that odd for Canon XF605 owners, as it relates to a problem specifically targeting…
Capture One for iPad now supports both wired and wireless tethered shooting
Sep 23, 2022
John Aldred
When Capture One for iPad was released in June, there was no option to tether your camera to your iPad. They promised it would be…
Loawa has released another macro lens – the 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO for mirrorless cameras
Sep 23, 2022
John Aldred
When it comes to macro lenses, the name that springs to mind most these days is Laowa, produced by Venus Optics. Now, they’ve added another…
Stock photography sites shut down AI images as Getty and Unsplash implement outright bans
Sep 22, 2022
John Aldred
It looks like the photography world is starting to get a little sick of AI-generated imagery. Or at least, much of it is sick of…
These custom FPV drones let you film both in the air and under the water – sort of – and it looks amazing
Sep 22, 2022
John Aldred
Underwater drones or at least drones that can land and take off from water have become quite a thing over the last couple of years….
This is how polarized light works and how you can use polarizing filters to see crazy effects in-camera
Sep 21, 2022
John Aldred
polarizing filters are something that pretty much all of us own as photographers. It may not be something we really use all that often, but…
NiSi teases their second lens on Chinese social media – 9mm f/2.8 but for what camera mounts?
Sep 21, 2022
John Aldred
Popular filter manufacturer NiSi has teased a new lens through the Chinese social media platform Weibo. This would be the second lens NiSi has produced…
Nikon releases the “new” 17-28mm f/2.8 Z mount lens but it looks an awful lot like a rehoused Tamron
Sep 20, 2022
John Aldred
Nikon has announced the new Nikkor Z 17-28mm f/2.8 lens. We all knew it was coming, there have been several rumours that a “new” Nikon…