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 officially announces 3rd generation 1TB CFexpress cards

Jan 20, 2023 John Aldred

It looks like last October’s post was a little premature. Despite appearing on the B&H website, it looks like ProGrade’s 3rd-generation 1TB CFexpress Type B…

OM System firmware update leaks impending 90mm f/3.5 Macro lens announcement

Jan 20, 2023 John Aldred

The expectation that OM System will release a long focal length (long for Micro Four Thirds, at least) macro lens has been around for a…

The XLR V3 drone sets a new drone speed record of 224mph in the Arizona desert

Jan 19, 2023 John Aldred

For most of us, if our drones can break 50mph, we’re pretty impressed. Even the popular DJI Mavic 3 only manages up to about 47mph…

Tokina’s SZ Pro 300mm, 600mm and 900mm reflex lenses finally coming to stores in February

Jan 19, 2023 John Aldred

In November, Tokina announced three new reflex lenses in the SZ Pro lineup. They had focal lengths and apertures of 300mm f/7.1, 600mm f/8 and…

Capture One explains its confusing new “Loyalty Program” and it’s not amazing but it’s not terrible, either

Jan 19, 2023 John Aldred

In December, Capture One announced that they were ditching their annual release cycle, changing its perpetual license model and switching primarily to a subscription model…

Nikon’s Super Telephoto Z lenses get a firmware update for linear focus ring rotation

Jan 18, 2023 John Aldred

Nikon’s Nikkor Z super telephoto lenses are fantastic pieces of kit, there’s no question. For what they cost, you’d expect them to be pretty spectacular,…

Voigtlander announces the ultra-bright Nokton 50mm f/1.0 and Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 lenses for Nikon Z

Jan 18, 2023 John Aldred

Cosina has announced two new lenses for the Nikon Z mount mirrorless system. One is an extremely impressive-sounding Voigtlander NOKTON 50mm f/1.0 Aspherical full-frame lens….