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.
Irix cine lenses are now available for Z, RF and L mounts
Oct 5, 2020
John Aldred
Irix has finally announced that their 11mm T4.3, 15mm T2.6, 45mm T1.5 and 150mm T3.0 Cine lenses are now available for Canon RF, Nikon Z…
Pentax reported to be working on a second new APS-C video-focused DSLR
Oct 5, 2020
John Aldred
According to a brief post over on Pentax Rumors, Ricoh is rumoured to be working on a second Pentax APS-C DSPR in addition to the…
Panasonic doesn’t believe Olympus shooters will switch to their MFT products
Oct 5, 2020
John Aldred
Although Japan Industrial Partners has essentially come out and said that it’s business as usual for Olympus as a camera brand and that it has…
Impending EOS M50 Mark II is confirmed and latest specs leak shows no IBIS
Oct 5, 2020
John Aldred
Despite rumours that Canon is planning to kill off their APS-C EOS M mirrorless camera product line, the impending release of the Canon EOS M50…
PIXII Leica M Mount digital rangefinder review
Oct 2, 2020
John Aldred
French company PIXII SAS first announced their new PIXII camera almost two years ago (literally just a couple of weeks shy), and then it was…
Sigma sent the fp up into space to shoot 4K RAW video of the earth from 100,000ft
Oct 2, 2020
John Aldred
The world’s smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera (no caveats required) is now… space’s smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera? Sigma UK teamed up with…
The “Amplified Fence” makes birds landing on a wire sound like something from an alien sci-fi
Oct 1, 2020
John Aldred
For those of us who shoot video, we know what an important element audio is to the overall production. Often we’ll set up elaborate recording…
These creepy images were completely generated by AI from just photo captions
Oct 1, 2020
John Aldred
AI just gets weirder and weirder. And creepier. Researchers at the Allen Institute for AI have published new research which builds on OpenAI’s GPT-3 machine…
The future of Olympus looks positive as deal with JIP is officially concluded
Sep 30, 2020
John Aldred
It’s done, it’s final. Olympus has announced today that it has concluded a definitive agreement with Japan Industrial Partners Inc. (JIP) regarding the transfer of…
Sigma’s new 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro Art lens achieves “best ever optical performance”
Sep 30, 2020
John Aldred
Sigma has now officially announced the new Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro Art series lens. Designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras, the lens is available…