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.
How to smoothly edit 8K RAW timelapse in DaVinci Resolve without converting to jpg
Sep 8, 2020
John Aldred
Even though many cameras offer built-in timelapse features that automatically process your images and spit out a single mp4 file at the end of it,…
PresetPanda lets you convert your Lightroom Presets over to Adobe Camera RAW (and back!)
Sep 8, 2020
John Aldred
For more than a couple of years now, I’ve been thinking “Wouldn’t it be great if there were a website or an app that’d let…
Canon EOS “R5s” rumoured to be in the hands of testers (again)
Sep 8, 2020
John Aldred
It’s been a while since we heard anything about the “ultra high resolution” Canon RF mount mirrorless camera. It’s set to be the followup to…
Sony published a new teaser – A7c coming on September 15th?
Sep 8, 2020
John Aldred
Sony has launched a teaser image for a “new concept” camera that’s being announced on September 15th – just one week from today. It’s been…
This photographer took on a CoD-inspired miniatures scene and absolutely nailed it
Sep 7, 2020
John Aldred
Anybody who’s followed the work of Felix Hernandez at Dreamphography knows that he loves photographing miniatures. In fact, it’s the vast majority of what he…
Canon patent suggests they’re working on scaling down IBIS to use less space inside cameras
Sep 7, 2020
John Aldred
A Canon patent spotted by Canon News at the Japan Patent Office, suggests that Canon is looking to downsize their in-body image stabilisation system to…
The EOS R5 overheating issue is solved and it’s a super simple (only slightly hacky) workaround
Sep 7, 2020
John Aldred
I never even suspected that the solution might be this simple. I don’t have an EOS R5, but I figured if it was this easy…
Sony’s new image stabilisation might actually replace your gimbal – but there’s a catch
Sep 6, 2020
John Aldred
Filmmaker, gimbal ninja and YouTuber Brandon Li has been playing around with Sony’s new software for the A7S III mirrorless camera and the ZV-1 vlogging…
High Speed Sync vs Neutral Density – Does it really matter which you use?
Sep 4, 2020
John Aldred
It’s the age-old question. If I’m shooting outdoors in bright conditions and I want a shallow depth of field with flash, should I go high…
Zhiyun shrinks their smartphone gimbal even further with the new Smooth XS
Sep 4, 2020
John Aldred
Zhiyun has announced their new Smooth XS gimbal. Like the Smooth X launched earlier in the year, it’s a 2-axis gimbal designed for smartphones, although…