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.
Wide-angle lenses are not “landscape lenses” – All lenses are landscape lenses
May 12, 2022
John Aldred
Whenever we turn our hand towards photographing a landscape, I think most of us tend to go for the widest lens we own. Or at…
Fake tech support scammers are targeting Canon printer owners for hundreds or thousands of dollars
May 11, 2022
John Aldred
Gizmodo has uncovered almost two dozen complaints to the FTC over websites posing as Canon scamming them out of hundreds or thousands of dollars. New…
Fixing the Olympus OM-D E-M1 with 3D printing
May 10, 2022
John Aldred
3D printing has evolved a lot over the last decade or so. We’ve gone from super basic and pretty brutal looking printers that you had…
DJI has now officially announced the DJI Mini 3 <250g drone with 3-way obstacle avoidance
May 10, 2022
John Aldred
DJI has now officially announced the successor to their <250g DJI Mini 2. And in what will come as a surprise to absolutely nobody, it’s…
SanDisk Professional launches the PRO-BLADE modular and portable SSD ecosystem for creatives
May 9, 2022
John Aldred
Western Digital has today announced the new SanDisk Professional PRO-BLADE modular SSD ecosystem targeted toward creatives. It comprises the PRO-BLADE SSD Mag, available in 1-4TB…
Portrait shooters, stop being so afraid of midday sun – It’s easy to overcome with a little bit of flash
May 9, 2022
John Aldred
Shooting outdoors in the bright midday sun scares the pants off a lot of portrait photographers. And for good reason. The harsh midday light when…
TTArtisan’s new low-budget 50mm f/0.95 APS-C mirrorless lens isn’t a limited edition this time
May 9, 2022
John Aldred
TTArtisan has released their new 50mm f/0.95 lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras. Like most of TTArtisan’s lenses, this is a manual focus lens and when…
The beginning of the end? Canon reported to have discontinued the EOS M6 Mark II with no successor announced
May 5, 2022
John Aldred
It appears that Canon is set to discontinue the Canon EOS M6 Mark II. There’s been no official announcement, of course, although there never really…
Complete DJI Mini 3 Pro specs leak confirms 48-megapixel sensor and 4K HDR video
May 5, 2022
John Aldred
There’s supposed to be a teaser announced later today and the official announcement is expected on May 10th, but the complete specs for DJI’s upcoming…
It looks like Leica outed themselves on a future new mirrorless medium format camera
May 4, 2022
John Aldred
Camera companies get leaked and outed all the time. Usually, it’s about new releases, with specs and images coming a few days before an official…