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 weird new Canon RF 5.2mm f/2.8 L dual fisheye lens lets you shoot 3D 180° VR video
Oct 6, 2021
John Aldred
So Canon has announced a weird but fascinating new RF 5.2mm f/2.8 fisheye lens for the Canon EOS R mirrorless system. It’s weird (but fascinating)…
Fast Stacker 2.0 is an automated focusing rail for macro photos you can build yourself for $180
Oct 6, 2021
John Aldred
Macro is a whole lot of fun, especially if you have a macro rail that lets you rack the camera to shoot a bunch of…
Nikon releases first Nikon Z9 teaser – announcement imminent?
Oct 5, 2021
John Aldred
Nikon has released a new teaser video for the upcoming Nikon Z9 mirrorless camera with the title “Z 9 is Coming”, suggesting an announcement may…
The Manfrotto Move ecosystem wants to make your entire support system modular
Oct 5, 2021
John Aldred
Manfrotto has introduced their new Move Ecosystem. Centred around the new Move quick-release, it allows you to quickly transition from one piece of kit to…
Manfrotto launches new Pro Light camera bags for professional photographers and filmmakers
Oct 5, 2021
John Aldred
Manfrotto has also today announced their new line of Pro Light camera bags for professional photographers and filmmakers. In this instance, “professional” literally means that…
Manfrotto’s new 300XM Gimbal features a modular design for maximum versatility
Oct 5, 2021
John Aldred
With as many companies as there are making gimbals these days, and with a whole wave of new ones coming out each year, it’s become…
Lowepro’s new giant PhotoSport Pro backpacks are aimed at hardcore adventure photographers
Oct 5, 2021
John Aldred
Lowepro has completed their PhotoSport III backpack lineup with the announcement of a new range of PhotoSport Pro backpacks. Aimed squarely at adventure and travel…
These incredible images of Earth were shot from 575km away aboard Inspiration4
Oct 1, 2021
John Aldred
The world’s first entirely civilian space mission was launched. Naturally, it’s operated by SpaceX. Dubbed Inspiration4, the four crew members have shared a bunch of…
Patent suggests Olympus wants to become astrophotography king with new “astrotracer” feature
Oct 1, 2021
John Aldred
Well, this is interesting. It seems that Olympus (AKA OM Digital) might be looking towards the stars. A new Japanese patent describes a new Micro…
TTArtisan announces its first autofocus lens for five full-frame and APS-C cameras
Sep 30, 2021
John Aldred
TTArtisan, famous for its inexpensive manual focus lenses has decided to go autofocus, and they’ve done it in quite a big way coming to five…