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.
How to optimise your camera settings for street photography to get the best exposure
Oct 30, 2019
John Aldred
Street photography is one of the more chaotic yet fun genres of photography that many people choose to pursue. Even if it’s not something that…
This is what Canon’s “Defocus Smoothing” coating does to bokeh
Oct 25, 2019
John Aldred
Canon recently announced the new RF 85mm f/1.2L USM DS lens for the EOS R mirrorless system. But what exactly does DS mean? Sure, it means…
Samyang’s 14mm f/2.8 autofocus lens is now available for the Canon RF mount
Oct 25, 2019
John Aldred
Samyang has today announced the new Samyang 14mm f/2.8 RF Autofocus lens. Designed specifically for mirrorless cameras, it’s technically the same Samyang 14mm f/2.8 autofocus…
How to set up a complete YouTube studio on a single desk
Oct 23, 2019
John Aldred
Recently, Caleb Pike showed us his studio on a stand. Now, he’s back with a new video, showing us how we can set up something…
Tamron has now officially launched their new 20mm, 24mm and 35mm f/2.8 lenses for Sony E
Oct 23, 2019
John Aldred
Everything leaked early yesterday, but Tamron has now officially launched their new 20mm f/2.8 Di III OSD M 1:2, 24mm f/2.8 Di III OSD M 1:2 and 35mm…
The final version of Blackmagic’s free DaVinci Resolve 16.1 is now available to download
Oct 22, 2019
John Aldred
DaVinci Resolve has come a very long way over the last few years. From its humble existing as the colour grading tool of choice, it’s…
Full specs and sample photos of Tamron’s new Sony FE mount lenses leaks ahead of official announcement
Oct 22, 2019
John Aldred
Tamron first teased a collection of four new lenses back in August. There wasn’t really any information about them back then, but they were expected to…
iPhones get free original quality unlimited storage on Google Photos, but Google’s Pixel 4 doesn’t
Oct 21, 2019
John Aldred
Here’s an interesting twist of fate. Google Photos used to offer free unlimited original quality photo backup for the Pixel phones as a perk of…
Fujifilm registers designs for the modular GFX-X Omega medium format mirrorless camera
Oct 21, 2019
John Aldred
Fujifilm showed off a concept prototype for what appears to be called the “GFX-X Omega” back in February during Gulf Photo Plus 2019. Now, it…
Review of the Haida M10 Filter System and 6 & 10-stop neutral density filters
Oct 20, 2019
John Aldred
Although many lens filters were pretty much eradicated by the advent of digital photography, there are two which still hold a lot of value that…