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.
Latest Olympus lens roadmap shows new 20mm f/1.4 Pro prime and 40-150mm f/4 Pro zoom lenses
Sep 9, 2021
John Aldred
OM Digital Services has announced a new lens roadmap for Olympus M.Zuiko lenses apparently scheduled to be released. There aren’t a lot of changes, but…
Profoto takes aim at video with 30% more LED light output in the new B10X and B10X Plus
Sep 9, 2021
John Aldred
Profoto has announced their new Profoto B10X and B10X Plus lights. Like the B10, they’re strobes, but it seems that Profoto is also targeting hybrid…
MTF charts – What are they? How do you read them? And why should we care?
Sep 9, 2021
John Aldred
Whenever a new lens is released, we almost always see those infamous MTF charts posted along with the product images. But what exactly are MTF charts?…
Sony pulls out of NAB 2021 in Las Vegas over COVID-19 Delta variant
Sep 9, 2021
John Aldred
One of the biggest companies appearing at NAB in Las Vegas each year (well, each non-pandemic year when the event actually goes ahead) is Sony….
New York’s PhotoPlus 2021 expo has been cancelled over COVID-19 concerns
Sep 8, 2021
John Aldred
Perhaps not surprisingly, PhotoPlus 2021 has been cancelled. Originally scheduled for September 30th until October 2nd in the usual Javits Convention Centre in New York,…
DJI’s new OM 5 smartphone gimbal features a built-in selfie stick
Sep 8, 2021
John Aldred
DJI has announced their new OM 5 smartphone gimbal today. It’s the fifth iteration of DJI gimbals formerly known as the Osmo Mobile and it…
We tried recreating landscape photos with AI using NVIDIA Canvas
Sep 8, 2021
John Aldred
The whole concept of AI has always been quite fascinating to me. Not so much the whole end of the world Terminator stuff, but how…
Irix expands its cinema lens lineup with a new 30mm T1.5
Sep 7, 2021
John Aldred
Irix has today officially announced their new 30mm T1.5 cine lens for Canon EF, Sony E, Arri PL, Micro Four Thirds, Canon RF, Leica L…
The tide may be turning for Nikon as Z fc labelled “a hit” in Japan
Sep 6, 2021
John Aldred
Well, it looks like Nikon might have finally done something right. According to a Nikkei XTREND article, the Nikon Z fc released in July “has…
How to make a DIY camera lens using a magnifying glass and cheap macro bellows
Sep 6, 2021
John Aldred
If you ever want to experiment with optics, making your own lenses (or adapting old ones to fit on current cameras) is definitely a good…