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.
This is how Canon’s Dual Gain Output works on the new EOS C70 4K camera
Sep 27, 2020
John Aldred
There’s been a bit of misunderstanding over exactly what Canon’s Dual Gain Output (DGO) is on the newly announced Canon EOS C70 4K Super 35mm…
This in-depth tutorial covers every feature of the new GoPro Hero 9 Black
Sep 25, 2020
John Aldred
The GoPro Hero 9 Black was just officially announced only 9 days ago. But as usually happens, one gets into the hands of a lucky…
Canon has released a 0.71x EF to RF speed booster adapter
Sep 24, 2020
John Aldred
Canon has announced a new EF to RF 0.71x speed booster adapter. Like the speed boosters from Metabones and similar items from Viltrox and others,…
How to recreate the original title card from “The Thing” completely in-camera
Sep 24, 2020
John Aldred
The Thing is arguably one of sci-fi’s finest masterpieces, of that there is no doubt. Released in 1982, its creators didn’t have access to even…
The Canon EOS C70 is Canon’s first RF mount cinema camera – 4K 120fps (without overheating?)
Sep 24, 2020
John Aldred
We knew it wouldn’t be long before Canon finally started switching their cinema cameras over to the RF mount and they’ve finally done it. Today,…
Creating experimental bullet-time footage with 15 Raspberry Pi cameras
Sep 24, 2020
John Aldred
While the name Eric Paré might be very familiar on here for those who do light painting, many readers of this site might not know…
The FLEX teleprompter works both with your camera and for speeches with a live audience
Sep 23, 2020
John Aldred
Teleprompters are valuable tools for anybody who creates video-based content. They allow you to easily script that content and read it while talking directly to…
“Alice” is an odd Micro Four Thirds camera that (literally) hooks up to your phone
Sep 23, 2020
John Aldred
Hooking a sensor up to your phone isn’t an entirely new concept. Sony tried something similar a while ago and then gave up. Chinese manufacturer…
Profoto’s new A10 speedlight is basically just an A1X with Bluetooth
Sep 23, 2020
John Aldred
Profoto has now officially updated its “World’s Smallest Studio Light” (speedlight) from the A1X to the new Profoto A10. It’s essentially the same speedlight as…
Quick tip: Use tent pegs to stop your light stands falling over on location
Sep 22, 2020
John Aldred
One of the most common questions I see on social media, especially just after somebody’s posted an image shot on location with flash, is “How…