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.
Fotodiox release new auto extension tubes for shooting macro with L mount cameras
Jun 23, 2022
John Aldred
Extension tubes are one of the best ways to get started in macro. They’re easy to use with your existing lenses to be able to…
Blackmagic quietly releases the Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 and it’s basically a 6K Pro without built-in ND
Jun 23, 2022
John Aldred
To absolutely none of the usual Blackmagic fanfare, the company has today released the new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2. It’s a fairly big…
Spice up your bathroom with this 3D printed Polaroid toilet roll holder
Jun 22, 2022
John Aldred
The Polaroid camera remains a popular favourite since analogue photography started making its big comeback a few years ago. And what better way to pay…
Moment has launched an adapter that turns just about any lens into a 1.33x Anamorphic lens
Jun 22, 2022
John Aldred
Moment, more commonly known for its smartphone lenses, has expanded into DSLR and mirrorless cameras with its new Moment Anamorphic Adapter which screws onto the…
Shooting macro with a $20 microscope lens and a DIY 3D printed adapter
Jun 22, 2022
John Aldred
Shooting macro is one of the most interesting photography topics one can attempt. Aside from seeing a whole new tiny perspective on the world, there…
The Sony ECM-B10 is a new “three-in-one” microphone that slots into your Sony camera’s multi-interface shoe
Jun 21, 2022
John Aldred
Sony has announced its newest compact digital shotgun microphone. It’s the Sony ECM-B10 and unlike most on-camera microphones, it offers three different pickup patterns. And…
Take a ride on a model train set through a tiny Raspberry Pi FPV camera
Jun 21, 2022
John Aldred
Developments in camera tech over the last decade have meant that we can put them in places that many of us previously thought impossible. One…
This DIY 3D printed adapter lets you use your speedlight softboxes on Bowens mount strobes and LEDs
Jun 21, 2022
John Aldred
For a lot of photographers, when we started dabbling with flash, we used speedlights. And even if we didn’t, we might have bought a small…
This DIY USB camera features interchangeable lenses and sensors, and is completely open source
Jun 20, 2022
John Aldred
There aren’t too many cameras out there in the Open Source world. At least, not digital ones and certainly not digital ones with interchangeable lenses…
Godox adds Leica compatibility to the X flash system with the announcement of the new XProII trigger
Jun 20, 2022
John Aldred
The Godox XPro has been a favourite amongst Godox shooters since it was first released way back in 2017. When they added Pentax support the…