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.
This insane timelapse shows the volatility of the Sun’s surface over a 10 hour period
Jun 2, 2021
John Aldred
Getting a decent photograph of the sun which shows the incredible level of normally invisible detail of its surface is extremely difficult. Shooting a whole…
Panasonic officially announces is full-frame L mount “nifty fifty” 50mm f/1.8
Jun 2, 2021
John Aldred
It looks like Nikon isn’t the only one dropping long-overdue new glass today. Photos and bits of info have been leaked over the last few…
The Canon EOS R3 shoots oversampled 4K, up to 8 stops of IS and vehicle AF tracking
Jun 2, 2021
John Aldred
Canon has teased some more information about the upcoming Canon EOS R3 mirrorless camera. While not expected to ultimately be the highest-end model in Canon’s…
Nikon finally releases 50mm f/2.8 and 105mm f/2.8 Z mount macro lenses
Jun 2, 2021
John Aldred
Nikon has now officially announced two new macro lenses for their Z mount mirrorless system. The “normal” length macro is the Nikon Nikkor Z MC…
Gudsen’s Mirfak WE10 Pro 2.4Ghz dual wireless lav kit records a backup straight to microSD
Jun 2, 2021
John Aldred
Gudsen, manufacturer of the popular Moza line of gimbals has been branching out into audio recently under the brand Mirfak. Their latest release, the Mirfak…
TTArtisan’s 17mm f/1.4 is a low-budget wide-angle lens for APS-C and MFT
Jun 1, 2021
John Aldred
TTArtisan has released their new 17mm f/1.4 wide-angle lens for APS-C in Sony E, Fuji X and Canon EOS M mounts offering a field of…
The $199 Godox V860III pops up at online retailers before official announcement
Jun 1, 2021
John Aldred
There’s still been no official announcement from Godox and there’s no mention of it publicly on the Godox website yet, but the Godox V860III speedlight…
NVIDIA launches new RTX 3070Ti and RTX 3080Ti graphics cards
Jun 1, 2021
John Aldred
Despite the great global graphics cards shortage, NVIDIA has announced not one, but two new graphics cards. The NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080…
More Panasonic Lumix S 50mm f/1.8 lens images leak – announcement this week
Jun 1, 2021
John Aldred
After yesterday’s image leak of the upcoming Panasonic Lumix S 50mm f/1.8, a couple more have been posted to Twitter by Nokishita. An announcement is…
Light painting a Porsche Panamera promotional campaign using drones
May 31, 2021
John Aldred
Painting the skies with drones has become a popular activity lately, and we’ve seen some very impressive stuff produced. But this marketing campaign for Porsche,…