Posts by Author: John Aldred

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 patents a bunch of cinema lenses including 40-100mm f/1.5, 18-45mm f/1.5 and 70-210mm f/2.5
    Aug 16, 2022 John Aldred

    Well, this is interesting. Canon patents new lens designed all the time, but these days, it’s typically in relation to RF mount lenses targeted specifically…

    Colbor quietly releases low-budget CL60 bi-colour and daylight portable modular LED lights
    Aug 15, 2022 John Aldred

    The world of LED lights has certainly heated up over the last few years with lots of releases from companies like Godox, Aputure and Nanlite….

    This adapter lets you use your old 100-400 Polaroid Land cameras with modern instant film
    Aug 15, 2022 John Aldred

    With the discontinuation of Type 100 film by pretty much everybody, with the final nail in the coffin coming from Fuji in 2016, finding film…

    Which lens is right for your Milky Way photos? Watch this 20-28mm f/1.4 shootout to find out
    Aug 14, 2022 John Aldred

    Last week, Sigma announced two new 20mm f/1.4 DG DN and 24mm f/1.4 DG DN Art series lenses. While the latter was also targeted towards…

    Create NYC 2022 (AKA PhotoPlus Expo) cancelled – the next one is in 2023
    Aug 12, 2022 John Aldred

    Create NYC – the event formerly known as PhotoPlus Expo – has announced that the 2022 show is being postponed until 2023. The chance in…

    The View-Remaster is a digitising scanner for old View-Master reels to watch them on modern tech
    Aug 11, 2022 John Aldred

    I’ve spoken about the View-Master here on DIYP before. In fact, as recently as the Kandao QooCam EGO review I posted a few weeks ago….

    Apple users – Stop using AirPrint to print your photos
    Aug 11, 2022 John Aldred

    This is something that’s never even occurred to me, but then, not being a Mac user, it wouldn’t. For those that don’t know, Mac users…

    Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro goes head-to-head against its EF mount predecessor – Is it really worth upgrading?
    Aug 11, 2022 John Aldred

    Canon’s EF mount 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens has been one of the most respected macro lenses out there for years, for any camera…

    Jollylook is back with the Jollylook Pinhole – Their new DIY instant film pinhole camera kit
    Aug 10, 2022 John Aldred

    It always makes me smile to see a new camera from Jollylook. We’ve featured a couple of their other cameras in the past including the…

    Ricoh Europe is killing off and replacing its EU website – existing accounts will not be transferred
    Aug 10, 2022 John Aldred

    Ricoh has reportedly sent out an email to customers informing them that they’re shutting down their EU website at Ricoh-Imaging.eu on September 5th. It seems…