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.
Teardown reveals the $749 DJI Mavic Air 2 is made from around $135 worth of parts
Sep 3, 2020
John Aldred
This isn’t the first Mavic Air 2 teardown we’ve seen, that honour goes to the folks at iFixit, but a new teardown by Tokyo-based…
Panasonic GH6 has not been ruled out says Panasonic Director of Imaging
Sep 3, 2020
John Aldred
CineD just posted an interview they had with Panasonic’s Director of Imaging Business Unit, Yosuke Yamane. During the interview, they discuss a number of different…
Don’t buy a cheap camera from Wish – they can’t even compete with an 11-year-old camcorder
Sep 3, 2020
John Aldred
Some people seem to like to punish themselves. One such person is YouTuber Ashens, who seems to regularly buy the crappiest things he can find…
Sony has announced new “Cinema Line” with an FX6 camera coming by the end of the year
Sep 3, 2020
John Aldred
Sony has announced the launch of its new Cinema Line – a series of cameras for what Sony describes as “a wide range of content…
Camera Conspiracies isn’t happy as he explains “Why I’m leaving Pansonic FOREVER”
Sep 3, 2020
John Aldred
The whole “I’m switching from this brand to that brand” or “I’m done with whatever brand” videos have been done to death, but this one…
Maybe Canon is killing off EOS M – APS-C RF camera rumoured for 2021
Sep 2, 2020
John Aldred
This whole Canon APS-C mirrorless thing just gets weirder and weirder. After a random post on a website saying that Canon was killing off the…
The LomoGraflok Instant Back lets you use Instax Wide film with your 4×5 large format camera
Sep 2, 2020
John Aldred
Lomography has today announced a very requested item from the large format film community – the LomoGraflok 4×5 Instant Back. While many large format shooters…
Panasonic has now officially announced the new S5 mirrorless camera
Sep 2, 2020
John Aldred
There wasn’t really much left for Panasonic to announce about their new Panasonic S5 mirrorless camera, except to confirm the price. The specs were leaked…
Leaked Panasonic S series lens roadmap shows low-budget primes and a new zoom
Sep 2, 2020
John Aldred
It looks like Panasonic is expanding its lens roadmap to help introduce some lower budget lenses to its system. With the Panasonic S5 expected to…
Sigma subtly trolls Canon on Twitter over overheating issues
Sep 2, 2020
John Aldred
Canon’s taken quite a bit of flack around the overheating issues of the EOS R5 and EOS R6 mirrorless cameras. Canon has announced new firmware…