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.
Aputure finally releases the MC 12-light production kit
Sep 1, 2020
John Aldred
Oh yes, you’ve all been waiting a long time for this one. Aputure has now officially announced the launch of the Aputure MC 12-Light Production…
These guys bought the cheapest 800mm zoom lens on Wish just to see if it was any good
Sep 1, 2020
John Aldred
I’m a big fan of cheap lenses. I don’t care even care if they mostly suck. Sometimes, a really cheap terrible lens can offer you…
Canon planning to kill off the EOS M lineup in favour of APS-C EOS R?
Sep 1, 2020
John Aldred
So, this is an unusual one. The word is spreading, seemingly as a result of Vitaliy Kiselev over at Personal View, that Canon is planning…
Sennheiser’s new MKE 200 is a tiny on-camera microphone with built-in shock mount
Sep 1, 2020
John Aldred
Sennheiser has today announced its new MKE 200 on-camera microphone. Designed primarily for vloggers or anybody who sits there talking to a camera (like most…
This 5x macro is possibly the strangest lens you’ve ever seen
Sep 1, 2020
John Aldred
There are a lot of oddball lenses out there these days. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Look at Laowa’s crazy lookin’…
The $10,000 teardown – Fuji GFX 100 vs saltwater
Aug 31, 2020
John Aldred
Setting the whole DSLR vs mirrorless argument aside for a minute, there’s one thing that’s remained constant amongst all of them. Don’t let it get…
Sony’s new tiny full-frame E mount camera will be the A7C, priced around $2,000
Aug 31, 2020
John Aldred
It turns out that both of the A5 and A6 naming options for Sony’s upcoming small form factor full-frame mirrorless camera were wrong. Sony Alpha…
The Panasonic S5 product images leak ahead of this week’s official announcement
Aug 31, 2020
John Aldred
Well, it wasn’t much of a surprise, really, was it? Images always seem to leak a couple of days ahead of official announcements these days….
Are you guilty of “scene stuffing”? How to avoid this landscape mistake with long lenses
Aug 28, 2020
John Aldred
While most landscapes seem to be photographed with pretty wide lenses and is often the key selling point of wide and ultrawide lenses, they don’t…
Laowa new super compact ultra-wide 11mm f/4.5 full-frame lens actually has a front filter thread
Aug 28, 2020
John Aldred
Laowa has today announced their new 11mm f/4.5 FF RL lens. It’s a tiny lens for its short focal length and wide field of view…