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.
Loawa has released another macro lens – the 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO for mirrorless cameras
Sep 23, 2022
John Aldred
When it comes to macro lenses, the name that springs to mind most these days is Laowa, produced by Venus Optics. Now, they’ve added another…
The better you get at photography, the more difficult it becomes – but that’s not a bad thing
Sep 23, 2022
John Aldred
I’ll admit that this is something that I haven’t really thought of before, but after having watched this excellent video from aows, I think it…
The DJI Osmo Mobile 6 supports larger smartphones and has new ActiveTrack 5.0 and Quick Launch features
Sep 22, 2022
John Aldred
DJI has announced their newest handheld smartphone gimbal, the DJI Osmo Mobile 6. Over its predecessor, DJI says that it comes with a larger clamp…
Stock photography sites shut down AI images as Getty and Unsplash implement outright bans
Sep 22, 2022
John Aldred
It looks like the photography world is starting to get a little sick of AI-generated imagery. Or at least, much of it is sick of…
These custom FPV drones let you film both in the air and under the water – sort of – and it looks amazing
Sep 22, 2022
John Aldred
Underwater drones or at least drones that can land and take off from water have become quite a thing over the last couple of years….
This is how polarized light works and how you can use polarizing filters to see crazy effects in-camera
Sep 21, 2022
John Aldred
polarizing filters are something that pretty much all of us own as photographers. It may not be something we really use all that often, but…
That Nikon Z mirrorless body roadmap that’s been floating lately around is 100% fake
Sep 21, 2022
John Aldred
There’s been an image floating around for a few days now, first posted by Nikon Rumors and then picked up by just about every other…
NiSi teases their second lens on Chinese social media – 9mm f/2.8 but for what camera mounts?
Sep 21, 2022
John Aldred
Popular filter manufacturer NiSi has teased a new lens through the Chinese social media platform Weibo. This would be the second lens NiSi has produced…
The Panasonic GH6 will be able to record directly to a USB SSD one week from today
Sep 20, 2022
John Aldred
Well, this is one that’ll make a lot of Panasonic GH6 users very happy. Every day in the Panasonic groups over the last few months…
Nikon releases the “new” 17-28mm f/2.8 Z mount lens but it looks an awful lot like a rehoused Tamron
Sep 20, 2022
John Aldred
Nikon has announced the new Nikkor Z 17-28mm f/2.8 lens. We all knew it was coming, there have been several rumours that a “new” Nikon…