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.
Does sensor size matter? Part 2 – What the heck is equivalency?
Aug 7, 2020
John Aldred
Equivalency is one of those topics that not only confuses a lot of people but also turns into some pretty heated arguments. It’s why people…
Digitalfoto’s new RGB LED tube lights are IP68 rated for use underwater
Aug 6, 2020
John Aldred
Digitalofoto has just announced their new P7RGBPRO and P120 RGB tube LED lights. These bicolour RGB lights offer 36,000 possible RGB colours, with a white…
Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 vs Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 DS – Is it worth the extra cost?
Aug 5, 2020
John Aldred
Canon’s announcement of two RF 85mm f/1.2L lenses for their mirrorless camera system was quite surprising. One of them has that “DS” moniker, or “Defocus Smoothing”…
The NiSi NM-180 Macro Focusing Rail makes shooting for focus stacking a breeze
Aug 5, 2020
John Aldred
While more commonly known for their filters and their upcoming cine lenses, NiSi recently announced their new NM-180 Macro Focusing Rail. Focusing rails are essential…
Olympus has now officially announced the 20-megapixel OM-D E-M10 Mark IV
Aug 4, 2020
John Aldred
Olympus has now officially announced the leaked-a-little-early-by-Amazon-Canada, Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV. It’s their fourth generation of Olympus’ entry-level OM-D E-M10 mirrorless camera and comes…
First leaked photo of the new Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art for mirrorless shows a pretty tiny lens
Aug 3, 2020
John Aldred
Last Thursday, rumours of a new Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art series lens designed specifically for Sony and L mount mirrorless cameras was leaked,…
You thought this 7-Eleven commercial was CG but it was really shot using a giant robot arm
Aug 3, 2020
John Aldred
I’m not entirely sure how recently the above commercial for 7-Eleven was released (I’m in the UK, not many hhere), but when I first…
How to shoot your photos for making stitched panoramas in post
Jul 30, 2020
John Aldred
Are your lenses not quite wide enough to get that landscape shot you want? Or perhaps your camera’s resolution isn’t quite high enough to print…
Canon has released the EOS R5/R6 PDF manuals for you to download (Updated)
Jul 29, 2020
John Aldred
Canon Europe has released the Advanced User Guide for the recently announced Canon EOS R5 mirrorless camera. Yup, that’s right, the whole thing as a…
Desview R5 – The new low-budget on-camera monitor king of 2020?
Jul 28, 2020
John Aldred
The Desview R5 on-camera monitor is one of the new models in the latest wave of low-budget field monitors that packs in a number of…