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.
Techart’s 2nd Gen Leica M to Sony E autofocus adapter promises faster AF performance thanks to new motors
Aug 10, 2022
John Aldred
Techart announced its initial Leica M to Sony E mount adapter way back at the beginning of 2016. Now, almost seven years later, they’ve announced…
This is how you use a light meter properly – they’re really not that difficult or scary
Aug 9, 2022
John Aldred
While they were once a fixture in every studio and photographer’s gear bag, light meters seem to have fallen out of fashion ever since digital…
Panasonic reported to be dumping “low end models” to target professional photographers and filmmakers
Aug 8, 2022
John Aldred
It seems that Panasonic is dumping development of their lower-end camera systems in favour of higher-end kit for enthusiast and professional photographers and filmmakers, according…
Images leak of Sigma’s upcoming 20mm f/1.4 and 24mm f/1.4 lenses ahead of today’s announcement
Aug 8, 2022
John Aldred
Images of new Sigma lenses leaking ahead of an official announcement are as inevitable as Thanos. Sigma has a new products presentation live stream planned…
The Paparazzo is a DIY interchangeable lens digital camera based off the Raspberry Pi and PI HQ Camera module
Aug 5, 2022
John Aldred
I knew we’d eventually start to see some custom “portable” cameras being made based off the Raspberry Pi HQ camera after they announced it in…
Aputure has announced the MT Pro – Its first full-colour mini LED tube light
Aug 5, 2022
John Aldred
Aputure has announced its new Aputure MT Pro light – a compact 11.8″ RGBWW LED tube light designed for small-scale scenes and hiding in small…
How to modify the Plustek 8100 35mm film scanner to scan medium format roll film
Aug 4, 2022
John Aldred
Film’s resurgence in the last few years has left many analogue photographers with something of a problem, particularly if they want to shoot medium format…
These guys tested every video stabilizer so you don’t have to (but you probably still should)
Aug 4, 2022
John Aldred
If you shoot video, you know that you’re going to need some kind of stabilisation at some point in the process. Whether it’s a tripod,…
Insta360 drags webcams into the 21st century with the new Insta360 Link
Aug 2, 2022
John Aldred
Webcams aren’t exactly a new thing. They’ve been around since the days of the parallel port and other than switching to USB, they’ve largely remained…
Nikon adds Linear Focus ring capability to some Z lenses with new firmware updates
Aug 2, 2022
John Aldred
If there’s one thing that pretty much all mirrorless filmmakers agree on, it’s that focus by wire lenses absolutely suck when it comes to manually…