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.
OM Digital has registered a new camera body in China
Mar 29, 2021
John Aldred
OM Digital Solutions – the new owners of what used to be the Olympus camera division – has registered a new camera, codenamed “IM024” in…
Sony releases A7S III V2.00 firmware to add S-Cinetone picture profile
Mar 29, 2021
John Aldred
Sony has released the much-anticipated new V2.00 firmware to add the S-Cinetone picture profile preset to the Sony A7S III mirrorless camera. This now basically…
Sony sued in class-action over A7 III shutters bricking cameras, forcing an expensive repair
Mar 27, 2021
John Aldred
A consumer by the name of John Guerriero has filed a class-action suit against Sony Electronics Inc. in the Southern District of New York over…
Cactus has ceased trading – but apparently they didn’t tell anybody for three months
Mar 26, 2021
John Aldred
This only seems to be coming out now, which isn’t much of a surprise as the popularity of Cactus triggers and lights has taken a…
Xiaomi teases new Mi MIX – the world’s first smartphone with a liquid lens
Mar 26, 2021
John Aldred
Xiaomi has teased their upcoming Mi MIX smartphone with a camera that contains a world’s first. It’s going to have a liquid lens that adjusts…
Automating scanning film with the help of Lego, a Raspberry Pi and a little machine learning
Mar 25, 2021
John Aldred
There are a lot of options out there for scanning film these days, but there’s just something about building a device yourself. This one from…
VIVO launches its X60 smartphone series internationally with Zeiss cameras
Mar 25, 2021
John Aldred
Well, it looks like it’s Leica vs Hasselblad vs Zeiss now in the smartphone camera market. VIVO has just unleashed their new X60 series smartphones…
Sigma’s new fp L has a 61-megapixel BSI sensor with an AA filter and no IBIS
Mar 25, 2021
John Aldred
Well, Sigma has now officially announced their new Sigma fp L mirrorless camera and… Well, it’s a bit meh, really. Sure, it has a shiny…
This DIY thermal camera is built around a Raspberry Pi and a $60 camera module
Mar 25, 2021
John Aldred
The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful thing, and we’ve seen many cool photography and video projects based around it. But thanks to the MLX90640 thermal…
OnePlus 9 Pro officially announced with Hasselblad camera capable of 8K video and 4K 120fps
Mar 23, 2021
John Aldred
OnePlus has now officially announced their new OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro smartphones containing cameras co-engineered with Hasselblad. OnePlus says that the new OnePlus…