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.
Does Adobe’s Super Resolution eliminate the need for high resolution cameras?
Apr 7, 2021
John Aldred
Adobe’s new Super Resolution feature is certainly rather good. It allows you to breathe new life into those lower resolution images from older DSLRs as…
Sennheiser’s 2nd Gen MKE 400 comes with auto-power, headphone monitoring and Type-C digital output
Apr 7, 2021
John Aldred
Sennheiser has launched the second generation of its MKE 400 on-camera microphone, bringing with it some significant improvements over its predecessor and a stylish new…
Alleged DJI “Mavic Air 2S” promo leaks on Twitter
Apr 6, 2021
John Aldred
While OsitaLV seems to have a habit of posting reliable information to Twitter about upcoming DJI projects, they also post just as many “leaks” that…
Learn to understand the “rules” so you know when and how to break them
Apr 6, 2021
John Aldred
Photography is packed so full of “rules”. Well, they’re more like guidelines, really. But the “rules” seem to tear photographers up into two camps. The…
At least a dozen arrested in nude balcony photoshoot in Dubai (NSFW)
Apr 6, 2021
John Aldred
BBC News reports that 11 models from Ukraine – with some outlets reporting 40 models in total – have been arrested along with Russian photographer,…
OM Digital launches new official Micro Four Thirds website
Apr 6, 2021
John Aldred
OM Digital really seems to have taken the initiative since taking over from Olympus. Along with the recent joint live stream chat with Panasonic, they’ve…
Sony dominated the smartphone sensor market in 2020 but their market share is shrinking
Apr 5, 2021
John Aldred
It’s probably not that much of a surprise, but Sony absolutely destroyed pretty much all their competition in 2020 when it came to the smartphone…
Canon releases urgent fix for new bug in recent Canon EOS R6 firmware
Apr 5, 2021
John Aldred
Canon released a bunch of new firmware updates last week for the Canon EOS R5, EOS R6 and EOS 1DX Mark III cameras. The EOS…
Samyang teases two new full-frame and APS-C astrophotography lenses
Apr 5, 2021
John Aldred
Samyang has posted a teaser to its Facebook page suggesting that they have a couple of new astrophotography lenses on the way. One will be…
Fujifilm leaks themselves – photos and full specs of the upcoming Instax Mini 40
Apr 4, 2021
John Aldred
According to pttl.gr, Fujifilm has leaked themselves, posting all of the upcoming Instax Mini 40 on the Instax website site a little early. Expected to…