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.
Aputure Storm 1200x uses a new “BLAIR” LED setup for more colours and accuracy
Sep 9, 2024
John Aldred
Aputure has announced a new Bowens-mount LED spot light. It’s the Aputure Storm 1200x, which you’d expect to be an RGB light due to the…
TTArtisan’s puts a Marksman Dot Sight on your camera
Sep 9, 2024
John Aldred
Red dot sights aren’t a new idea. They’ve been around since the days of film. Their goal is to help you more easily find wildlife…
Sigma has released its 10-18mm f/2.8 DC DN lens for Canon RF Mount
Sep 6, 2024
John Aldred
When Sigma announced that they were finally going to make some of their lenses available in Canon RF mount, many photographers rejoiced. The list at…
DJI DL 75mm f/1.8 lens is DJI’s longest and brightest DL lens so far
Sep 6, 2024
John Aldred
DJI has announced a new DL-mount lens for aerial filmmakers. It’s the DJI DL 75mm f/1.8 ($1,299), a wide-aperture, medium telephoto lens for picking out…
DJI launches its first flying selfie camera, the $199 DJI Neo
Sep 5, 2024
John Aldred
DJI has announced its newest drone, the DJI Neo ($199). It’s a very small drone and weighs only 135g. In fact, it’s the lightest drone…
Sigma announces full-frame 28-105mm f/2.8 Art lens for E and L mount
Sep 5, 2024
John Aldred
Sigma has announced the 28-105mm f/2.8 DG DN Art series lens ($1,499). Built for full-frame Sony E and Leica L mount cameras, the new lens…
3 Legged Thing releases low-budget Camera Desk Mount System
Sep 5, 2024
John Aldred
Many photographers will no doubt have heard of 3 Legged Thing (3LT) by now. The British company has been making very solid tripods and camera…
RED has permanently cut Komodo camera prices by up to $3,000
Sep 4, 2024
John Aldred
Red, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Nikon, has massively cut the prices of the Red Komodo 6K camera in various packages. The prices have…
GoPro Hero 13 Black boasts up to 3 hours of battery life (with a caveat)
Sep 4, 2024
John Aldred
Another year, another GoPro camera. Two, actually. GoPro has announced the new GoPro Hero 13 Black ($399) and Hero Compact ($199) cameras. The new Hero…
TTArtisan’s new 100mm f/2.8 2x FF Macro drops tilt-shift and also the price
Sep 3, 2024
John Aldred
Last year, TTArtisan released a pretty interesting-looking full-frame 100mm f/2.8 2x Macro lens. What made it interesting was that it was a tilt-shift macro lens…