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.
More photos and prices leak for Olympus PEN E-P7 – official announcement expected this week
Jun 7, 2021
John Aldred
More photos of the upcoming Olympus PEN E-P7 have leaked, along with prices. At least, the Japan prices, which start at ¥93,500 (~$855) for the…
Sigma will replace your fp dials and buttons to make it feel like an fp L – for a price
Jun 7, 2021
John Aldred
Sigma has announced a new service for owners of their Sigma fp mirrorless camera. The new service provides a “for-free customisation” of your camera, swapping…
Capcom sued by photographer for $12 million for using her photos in over 200 infringements
Jun 7, 2021
John Aldred
There’s a big myth out there that if you “alter” a portion of an image, the image is longer subject to copyright laws. Crop it…
Sony takes us on a tour of its CMOS sensor design facility in Osaka
Jun 3, 2021
John Aldred
Tours of factories and facilities are always quite popular to see. We’ve seen quite a few over the years, too covering things like lens and…
Panasonic director Yamane goes on record to explain the differences between GH5II and GH6
Jun 3, 2021
John Aldred
Panasonic director, Yosuke Yamane, in a video posted to the Panasonic Lumix Video YouTube channel has amongst other things, explained the differences between the goals…
This insane timelapse shows the volatility of the Sun’s surface over a 10 hour period
Jun 2, 2021
John Aldred
Getting a decent photograph of the sun which shows the incredible level of normally invisible detail of its surface is extremely difficult. Shooting a whole…
Panasonic officially announces is full-frame L mount “nifty fifty” 50mm f/1.8
Jun 2, 2021
John Aldred
It looks like Nikon isn’t the only one dropping long-overdue new glass today. Photos and bits of info have been leaked over the last few…
Nikon finally releases 50mm f/2.8 and 105mm f/2.8 Z mount macro lenses
Jun 2, 2021
John Aldred
Nikon has now officially announced two new macro lenses for their Z mount mirrorless system. The “normal” length macro is the Nikon Nikkor Z MC…
TTArtisan’s 17mm f/1.4 is a low-budget wide-angle lens for APS-C and MFT
Jun 1, 2021
John Aldred
TTArtisan has released their new 17mm f/1.4 wide-angle lens for APS-C in Sony E, Fuji X and Canon EOS M mounts offering a field of…
Light painting a Porsche Panamera promotional campaign using drones
May 31, 2021
John Aldred
Painting the skies with drones has become a popular activity lately, and we’ve seen some very impressive stuff produced. But this marketing campaign for Porsche,…