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.
The Nikon Z6 II and Z7 II will get support for both Blackmagic and ProRes RAW
Oct 22, 2020
John Aldred
As mentioned during the initial announcement of Nikon’s two mirrorless cameras, the Nikon Z6 II and Z7 II, both will be eligible for a firmware…
DJI’s LiDAR module gives you autofocus even with f/0.95 manual focus lenses
Oct 22, 2020
John Aldred
One of the biggest problems I hear people talking about when it comes to gimbals it the lack of autofocus. In an ideal world, we’d…
DxO PhotoLab 4 comes with AI-powered high ISO noise reduction
Oct 21, 2020
John Aldred
DxO’s PhotoLab has seen a lot of improvements over the years. Their latest iteration, PhotoLab 4 comes with some pretty impressive high ISO noise reduction…
Sidus Link Bridge adds Aputure’s new smartphone control features to their old legacy LED lights
Oct 21, 2020
John Aldred
Aputure’s Sidus Link app for iOS and Android is a way to remote control just about all of Aputure’s newest LED lights. It adds a…
Here’s how Fuji engineers shrunk down the IBIS system for the new X-S10
Oct 21, 2020
John Aldred
One of the most useful features to be added to digital cameras in the last few years is in-body image stabilisation, or “IBIS”. Some companies…
Vivo’s X51 5G smartphone with built-in gimbal camera is coming to Europe in 9 days
Oct 20, 2020
John Aldred
The world of smartphones moves thick and fast these days, and a lot of them all start to look the same after a while, but…
Canon has just finally released their insane 250-megapixel sensor – but it’s not for us
Oct 19, 2020
John Aldred
Canon Japan has just announced their crazy new 250-megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor. Canon’s APS-H sized sensors sit in between its full-frame and APS-C sensors, measuring…
Nikon releases weird flash triggers that hang off the side of your camera and they’re “only” $200
Oct 19, 2020
John Aldred
Nikon’s been long criticised for not having any decent kind of wireless control system since they switched from the optical CLS/AWL to the new radio…
This DIY doggy selfie booth is the most adorable photography thing you will see this year
Oct 16, 2020
John Aldred
Simone Giertz is one of the most amazing people on YouTube if you’re into building and making. You might remember Simone from her Shitty Robots…
The Vaxis Atom 500 lets you transmit video up to 500ft from either HDMI or SDI
Oct 16, 2020
John Aldred
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Hollyland Mars 400S Pro announcement, Vaxis has now announced their new Atom 500 SDI wireless video transmission system (which…