Posts by Author: John Aldred

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.

    Hollyland’s Streamix M1 video switcher has a huge touchscreen display and supports six video signals
    Jun 30, 2021 John Aldred

    Video switchers have become a big thing over the last couple of years. Initially just a cool new product for a relatively small customer base,…

    Is this the perfect camera rig for video shooters?
    Jun 30, 2021 John Aldred

    When it comes to shooting video, we all have our favourite rig setups that we like to use for different tasks. I have three Panasonics…

    Watch: Drones fall from the sky during 1,000-drone flying light show in Shanghai, China
    Jun 28, 2021 John Aldred

    Drone light shows have become all the rage over the last couple of years across the world, but probably no more so than in China,…

    It turns out that yes, you can edit HD video on the $99 Raspberry Pi 400
    Jun 28, 2021 John Aldred

    Every day I see questions in Raspberry Pi groups on Facebook asking if it can do this or that and can it really replace a…

    Canon has released firmware 1.3.3 for the EOS 5D Mark IV to fix what they screwed up in 1.3.2
    Jun 25, 2021 John Aldred

    After pulling their v1.3.2 firmware for the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV a couple of weeks ago over unspecified “issues”, Canon has today released a…

    Unplug your WD My Book Live right now or you might end up with an expensive brick
    Jun 25, 2021 John Aldred

    The Western Digital My Book Live NAS products are extremely popular amongst photographers. External storage devices that you can just whack on your network and…

    This massive 16TB external SSD offers speeds up to 2,800MB/sec and costs a whopping $3,300
    Jun 22, 2021 John Aldred

    Sometimes, you just need a whole lot of external storage and you need it to be really, really fast – especially if you’re shooting video….

    Kolari mod solves EOS R5 over heating – Costs $399 and probably voids your warranty
    Jun 22, 2021 John Aldred

    The folks at Kolari Vision have been working hard on trying to solve the Canon EOS R5 overheating issues for a while now. They were…

    Overhyped camera gear you absolutely shouldn’t buy – unless you know why you need it
    Jun 22, 2021 John Aldred

    When I first watched this video, I thought “well, I’ve got like five of those things on his list and I find them quite useful”….

    A rare 1943 “top secret” Russian FS-3 FotoSniper prototype has sold for $170,000
    Jun 19, 2021 John Aldred

    One declared a “top secret” project during the Second World War siege of Leningrad, a one-of-a-kind (as far as we know) Russian GOI FS-3 FotoSniper…