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 CamFi ZF is a remote controlled zoom and focus unit for timelapse and macro focus stacking
Jul 8, 2020
John Aldred
CamFi is a popular name when it comes to remotely controlling your camera. But two of the things you typically can’t control via a simple…
Hubble just sent back this incredible image of the NGC 2775 galaxy, 67 million light years away
Jul 7, 2020
John Aldred
The Hubble Space Telescope is an incredible thing. Launched 30 years ago, it flies around the earth travelling at around 17,000 miles per hour snapping…
This DIY charging station runs from a single USB charger and only costs $35 to make
Jul 6, 2020
John Aldred
Charging stations are nature’s way of telling us we have way too many different types of batteries for our gear. For some, our “charging station” is…
Moza’s new Mini-MX is a folding smartphone gimbal that works with your native camera app
Jul 6, 2020
John Aldred
Gudsen has announced the new Moza Mini-MX gimbal. Designed for smartphones, it’ll let you shoot horizontally for something a little more cinematic but also vertically…
This speedlight diffuser is either brilliantly stupid or stupidly brilliant
Jul 3, 2020
John Aldred
I haven’t quite made my mind up about this one yet, and I think I’d actually have to try it – or at least see…
The new Zoom H8 records up to 12 audio tracks and once and kind of looks like a spider
Jul 3, 2020
John Aldred
Zoom has announced the new Zoom H8 Handy Recorder, their newest field recorder which can record up to 12 tracks simultaneously using 8…
This photographer converted an old toy camera to digital using the new Raspberry Pi camera module
Jul 2, 2020
John Aldred
The newest camera module for the Raspberry Pi has caused quite the stir. It’s fairly respectable 12.3-megapixels, it offers access to interchangeable C Mount lenses…
Learn how to use sound design to add massive impact to your videos
Jul 1, 2020
John Aldred
Sound design is an often-ignored part of video production for many people outside of the world of big movie studios. But it’s an important part…
72-year-old woman gored by bison at Yellowstone after getting too close while shooting photos
Jun 30, 2020
John Aldred
According to a press release from the National Park Service, a 72-year-old unnamed woman from California has been gored by a bison at Yellowstone National…
This Nikon SP review is about 60 years too late, but what a beautiful camera
Jun 30, 2020
John Aldred
I always find it fascinating when we see reviews on cameras that haven’t been made for years, often decades. The folks over at Japan Camera…