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.
Tilta’s flip-up LCD mod for the Blackmagic Pocket 4K & 6K is now available in the USA [Updated]
Apr 7, 2020
John Aldred
Remember that flip-up LCD modification somebody made to their Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K last year? Well, Tilta showed off a similar modification for the…
Tamron has officially announced the 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD for Sony E mount and it’s only $1,199
Apr 7, 2020
John Aldred
There have been rumours and leaks floating around about this lens for a while now, and the development announcement was way back in October, but…
Watch former White House photographer Pete Souza talk about what’s in his camera bag
Apr 6, 2020
John Aldred
These days, most people know the name, Pete Souza. He’s been the official White House photographer twice – for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama…
Blackmagic’s Atem Mini Pro offers split-screen preview, native live streaming and direct recording to SSD
Apr 3, 2020
John Aldred
Blackmagic Design has just announced the new Atem Mini Pro, a streaming-focused update to the popular live streaming switcher announced at IBC last year. To…
Canon patents a pop-up EVF to allow for larger rear LCDs
Apr 3, 2020
John Aldred
I’m genuinely amazed that this isn’t already a thing, but Canon has filed a patent for a pop-up electronic viewfinder. It really does make a…
Astrophotographers: The Moon, Venus and Jupiter will form a smiley face in the sky next month
Apr 2, 2020
John Aldred
UPDATE: there will be no smiley in the sky tonight. What we thought of as a smiley, will be a rare conjunction (close pairing) of…
Feiyu goes head-to-head against DJI with their new Pocket Handheld Gimbal camera
Apr 1, 2020
John Aldred
Feiyutech has announced a new camera that looks somewhat familiar. It’s the new Feiyu Pocket Handheld Gimbal – a tiny 4K 60fps 3-axis stabilised camera…
Samsung apparently bringing back their Android-powered mirrorless cameras with 108MP “NX Ultra”
Apr 1, 2020
John Aldred
So, I just read a post over on Digital Camera World stating that Samsung is reintroducing their NX mirrorless camera series. For those that hadn’t…
Apple has released a beta that adds ProRes RAW support to Adobe apps for Windows
Mar 31, 2020
John Aldred
ProRes RAW was lauded as a high-end raw video codec for high-end video shooters and editors. But it had one fatal flaw; You could only…
Godox has now officially announced the AD1200Pro – and it’ll cost you $1,599
Mar 31, 2020
John Aldred
The leaks have been floating around for a while, but now the complete specs for the Godox AD1200Pro have been released, including the price –…