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 is the world’s brightest DIY LED flashlight at over 1.4 million lumens
Dec 7, 2020
John Aldred
Last week, we showed you the most powerful commercially available LED flashlight that’s around today projecting the bat signal onto clouds. It’s the Imalent MS18,…
This app lets you control your Pocket 4K/6K camera from your Apple Watch
Dec 7, 2020
John Aldred
Remote control is always handy, especially when it comes to video. If you’ve got your camera locked off on a tripod, especially if it’s hidden…
Canon patents four RF mount cinema zoom lenses
Dec 5, 2020
John Aldred
A new patent discovered by the folks at Canon News seems to suggest that Canon’s been working on some RF mount cinema zoom lenses. What…
Hollyland’s first digital wireless microphone, the Lark 150, charges itself when not in use
Dec 3, 2020
John Aldred
Hollyland has become rather popular for its video transmission systems. We’ve reviewed some of them here on DIYP before and they’ve performed rather well, especially…
How to project the bat signal onto clouds with a 100,000 Lumen light and a DIY projector
Dec 3, 2020
John Aldred
We like bright continuous lights here at DIYP. We’ve featured a bunch of them over the years – including this 1,000W 90,00 Lumens DIY monster….
This is why anamorphic lenses have oval bokeh… It’s nothing to do with the aperture
Dec 2, 2020
John Aldred
After something of an at-home hiatus, John Hess at Filmmaker IQ is back and he’s dropped a doozy with his new video. Have you ever…
Canon preparing to announce 400mm f/8 RF mount lens?
Dec 2, 2020
John Aldred
In an interview with Mynavi News, Canon executive Kengo Iezuka says that their recently released 600mm f/11 and 800mm f/11 lenses would’ve been impossible to…
Sony’s new “Visual Story” app for iOS creates AI-curated galleries for wedding and event photographers
Dec 1, 2020
John Aldred
Sony has launched a new Visual Story app for iOS aimed squarely at wedding and event photographers. Or at least, ones that shoot Sony cameras. It…
Sigma launches I series compact full-frame mirrorless lenses for L & E mount
Dec 1, 2020
John Aldred
Photos were leaked a week ago and then the specs for one of them came out a couple of days later, but now they’re official….
Profoto brings AirX Smart-TTL flash functionality to Android
Dec 1, 2020
John Aldred
Profoto has announced that they’ve expanded their recently announced AirX Smart-TTL functionality to Android, allowing you to shoot photos using your Android smartphone with your…