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.
Stop letting bad weather prevent you from making great photography
Nov 12, 2020
John Aldred
The weather here in the UK isn’t particularly great right now. To be fair, it’s rarely all that great here, but at this time of…
This DIY AI machine learning camera knows what it’s looking and tells you… audibly
Nov 12, 2020
John Aldred
The things people can do with Raspberry Pis, especially when it comes to photography and video related projects, always fascinates me. And Adafruit has recently…
Manfrotto’s new 1.7GB/sec CFexpress Type B cards are built for extreme shooting conditions
Nov 11, 2020
John Aldred
Manfrotto is breaking into the CFexpress market with two new CFexpress Type B memory cards. Initially being offered in two capacities of 128GB and 256GB,…
Profoto has launched a $300 light stand bracket for its $1,100 speedlight
Nov 11, 2020
John Aldred
When Profoto first announced the original $1,000 A1 speedlight, I thought they were just having a laugh. But it turns out that it wasn’t April…
Viltrox completes its fast autofocus prime lineup with the 56mm f/1.4 for Canon EF-M
Nov 11, 2020
John Aldred
Viltrox has now released the third lens in its fast prime autofocus lens series for the Canon EOS M APS-C mirrorless lineup. Adding to the…
Sigma to start producing Fuji X Mount Art series lenses in 2021?
Nov 10, 2020
John Aldred
Fuji shooters know that there are virtually no real third party alternatives to Fuji lenses for their cameras. Sure, there are a few manual focus…
The axiiio nano is a complete compact, modular and expandable motion control system
Nov 10, 2020
John Aldred
It looks like there’s a new player in the world of motion control. The axiiio nano has today launched on Kickstarter with a new modular…
Panasonic has just released a whole bunch of GH5 tutorial videos (huh?)
Nov 10, 2020
John Aldred
Panasonic has just unleashed a torrent of educational and tutorial videos on YouTube for the Panasonic GH5. Although such content is never unwelcome, the timing…
Blackmagic has announced DaVinci Resolve 17 with a bunch of new features and performance enhancements
Nov 10, 2020
John Aldred
Blackmagic Design has today announced the latest iteration of their video editing and colour grading software, DaVinci Resolve 17. The new version, which is a…
APS-C has helped Fuji perform “significantly better” than market average so they’re sticking with it
Nov 9, 2020
John Aldred
Fujifilm’s newly promoted President and Managing Director of Fujifilm in Europe, Toshi Iida, has spoken in an interview with Amateur Photographer. In it, they talk…