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.
These guys bought the cheapest 800mm zoom lens on Wish just to see if it was any good
Sep 1, 2020
John Aldred
I’m a big fan of cheap lenses. I don’t care even care if they mostly suck. Sometimes, a really cheap terrible lens can offer you…
Sennheiser’s new MKE 200 is a tiny on-camera microphone with built-in shock mount
Sep 1, 2020
John Aldred
Sennheiser has today announced its new MKE 200 on-camera microphone. Designed primarily for vloggers or anybody who sits there talking to a camera (like most…
This 5x macro is possibly the strangest lens you’ve ever seen
Sep 1, 2020
John Aldred
There are a lot of oddball lenses out there these days. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Look at Laowa’s crazy lookin’…
The Panasonic S5 product images leak ahead of this week’s official announcement
Aug 31, 2020
John Aldred
Well, it wasn’t much of a surprise, really, was it? Images always seem to leak a couple of days ahead of official announcements these days….
Laowa new super compact ultra-wide 11mm f/4.5 full-frame lens actually has a front filter thread
Aug 28, 2020
John Aldred
Laowa has today announced their new 11mm f/4.5 FF RL lens. It’s a tiny lens for its short focal length and wide field of view…
Pergear released a new 35mm f/1.2 lens for MFT and APS-C mirrorless – and it’s only $109
Aug 27, 2020
John Aldred
Pergear has been going a bit nuts lately on the low-budget lenses. It was only in March that they released their 35mm f/1.6 and 50mm…
The free “Infinite Jokes” panel is the Photoshop distraction you didn’t know you needed
Aug 27, 2020
John Aldred
This whole coronavirus situation is sending some of us a little bit mad. And it definitely seems to be getting to the developers of Infinite…
Rode doubles down with new Wireless GO accessories to record 2-person interviews
Aug 27, 2020
John Aldred
The Rode Wireless GO has proven to be pretty extremely popular since its initial release back in April last year (review here). It’s not really…
Canon releases V1.1 EOS R5 firmware to improve video recording times
Aug 27, 2020
John Aldred
Canon has received a lot of criticism over the Canon EOS R5‘s overheating issues, especially since it started to look as if the limitations were…
Canon has developed a new sensor with 20-stops dynamic range that’s good down to 0.08 Lux
Aug 27, 2020
John Aldred
Canon has developed a new CMOS camera sensor that offers a high dynamic range of up to 20 stops, with super high low light sensitivity….