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.
The Nikon Z6/Z7 II are here and come with more speed and dual card slots
Oct 14, 2020
John Aldred
Nikon has now officially announced their new Nikon Z6 II and Z7 II mirrorless cameras. Marking what is essentially the second generation of Nikon’s adventure…
The Zhiyun Smooth X is the ideal gimbal to be the centre of attention in your smartphone content
Oct 13, 2020
John Aldred
The first smartphone gimbal I ever purchased was a Zhiyun Smooth C back in 2016. Smartphone gimbals have come a long way since then, particularly…
The Canon EOS 5DS/5DS R DSLRs have just had an insane $2,400 price drop
Oct 13, 2020
John Aldred
The two high-resolution 50-megapixel Canon DSLRs, the EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R are still very respectable cameras, despite having been released way back in…
This Canon EF to RF tilt adapter only costs $3 to make
Oct 13, 2020
John Aldred
Well, this is pretty awesome. At least, it is if you happen to own a Canon RF mount camera, some EF mount lenses and a…
Photos and specs leak of Panasonic’s upcoming BGH1 MFT video production camera
Oct 13, 2020
John Aldred
Despite rumours, Panasonic has said they aren’t quite ready to abandon the Micro Four Thirds mount just yet, and it seems that promise is coming…
Amazon Prime Day 2020 is finally here and these are the best photo & video deals we’ve found
Oct 13, 2020
John Aldred
With everything that’s been happening this year, the fate of Prime Day 2020 was unknown until very recently when Amazon announced that Prime Day (which…
The Hohem iSteady X is a great smartphone gimbal for vertical video social media users
Oct 12, 2020
John Aldred
It’s been a while since I last had need of a smartphone gimbal. Ever since I switched to larger gimbals and DSLRs and mirrorless cameras,…
Can you tell the difference between 1080p and 8K?
Oct 12, 2020
John Aldred
For a few years now, we’ve been hearing “4K’s overkill. You can’t tell the difference over 1080p!”. Lately, we’ve been hearing the same about 8K…
Panasonic releases new software that actually turns your camera into a USB webcam this time
Oct 12, 2020
John Aldred
Panasonic recently released its new LUMIX Webcam Software for Mac and Windows to replace the hacky workaround they initially announced back in June where you…
Canon releases footage samples from upcoming 8K cinema camera
Oct 12, 2020
John Aldred
Long before people were complaining about the ridiculously high resolution, storage and editing demands of the RED 8K Helium sensor, Canon had already announced that…