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.
Canon hails groundbreaking 1-megapixel SPAD image sensor as the “eye of the future”
May 31, 2021
John Aldred
Canon has developed what was everybody thought to be impossible. And while it might not be the highest resolution camera sensor out there, Canon’s new…
Keep your Godox flash trigger LCD safe with a cheap plastic business card box
May 31, 2021
John Aldred
Despite now having about half a dozen triggers available for the Godox flash system, the Godox XPro still seems to be the most popular. I…
Photos and specs leak for Panasonic Lumix S 50mm f/1.8 – Announcement expected this week
May 31, 2021
John Aldred
This one’s sure taking its time! Last September, a leaked Panasonic lens roadmap showed four new 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm f/1.8 primes being added…
SanDisk kicks off new Professional brand with 4-bay card reader dock and fast CFexpress cards
May 28, 2021
John Aldred
Western Digital, parent company of popular memory card manufacturer SanDisk, has announced a new SanDisk Professional line of “premium storage solutions for content creators and…
Lightroom vs Lightroom Classic and how to use both in your workflow
May 28, 2021
John Aldred
The multiple versions of Lightroom have been around for a while now, but the difference between Lightroom and Lightroom Classic and which offers the best…
The secret to those dreamy shallow depth of field shots in Army of the Dead was a 60-year-old Canon lens
May 27, 2021
John Aldred
Whether you love or hate Zack Snyder’s latest flick, Army of the Dead (which I have now watched since my last post about it), it…
Viewers “raging” over camera’s dead pixels in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead
May 27, 2021
John Aldred
For movie watchers, there’s nothing more upsetting than settling in to watch the latest overhyped movie only to turn on your fancy, way-too-big, expensive TV…
The new Atomos Shinobi 7 monitor has HDMI and SDI passthrough with cross-conversion and HDR
May 27, 2021
John Aldred
The popular Atomos Shinobi is essentially a Ninja V but without the built-in recorder, offering very similar features. Well, Atomos has now scaled up their…
These are the photo editing apps that are collecting and tracking your private data
May 26, 2021
John Aldred
When we think of online privacy, we typically think of social media, editing, browsing or shopping apps that open our private lives up to the…
Samsung lets us look behind the curtain at their “pro-grade” ISOCELL HM3 smartphone camera sensor tech
May 26, 2021
John Aldred
Announced in mid-January, Samsung’s ISOCELL HM3 108-megapixel sensor was both a “wow!” and a “wtf?” moment for smartphone cameras. It’s an insane resolution for a…