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.
Freefly launches Wave – A 4K slow mo camera that shoots up 9,259 frames per second
Oct 9, 2020
John Aldred
Freefly, yup, that Freefly, the one who makes drones and gimbals, has launched a camera. It’s called the Wave and it’s a small high-speed 4K…
Nikon D5, D850 and D500 will finally get CFexpress support by end of 2020
Oct 9, 2020
John Aldred
It’s been a LONG time since Nikon first announced that they would be creating firmware updates to add CFexpress support to the Nikon D5, D850…
Facebook bans photo of “sexy onions” from the platform
Oct 9, 2020
John Aldred
Yes, folks, you read that right. Facebook banned a photo of onions posted to the Facebook page of Canada-based seed company, Gaze Seed Company for…
Straw delivers power to your cameras from a Type-C USB power bank
Oct 8, 2020
John Aldred
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arseniy/straw-power-your-camera-from-usb-pd-power-bank A few months ago, some of you might remember I posted a video about some prototype USB cables I’d been testing. These cables take…
This DIY ATEM Mini case is a whole multicam streaming solution in a box
Oct 8, 2020
John Aldred
The Blackmagic Atem Mini (and Atem Mini Pro and Atem Mini Pro ISO) have quickly become very popular tools for multicam live streaming. They allow…
Stop letting fear hold back your creativity, ambitions and abilities
Oct 8, 2020
John Aldred
Filmmaker Daniel Sean Campbell is relatively new to YouTube, having only started posting regularly to the platform a couple of months ago. He wanted to…
This e-bike is the ultimate mobile multicam streaming machine – complete with Atem Mini Pro
Oct 7, 2020
John Aldred
Sometimes, you see a project that’s just so cool and so out there that you just have to find out more. That was me when…
Nvidia has developed neural network that could revolutionise video streaming
Oct 7, 2020
John Aldred
One of the big problems with video, especially when watching it online, is the amount of bandwidth it often takes up. This problem of bitrates…
Specs leak for Nikon Z9 flagship to be announced in 2021
Oct 7, 2020
John Aldred
It looks like Nikon might be preparing to announce a new flagship mirrorless camera sooner than expected. And, no, it’s not coming in next week’s…
Nikon finally gives up on film – discontinues the F6 SLR and other products
Oct 6, 2020
John Aldred
It seems that Nikon dealers in Europe (or at least Germany) have received notification that the Nikon F6 has now officially been laid to rest,…