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.
Those images you lost on image.canon? Yeah, you ain’t getting them back Canon says
Aug 11, 2020
John Aldred
Canon has posted an update to the recent issues surrounding its image.canon service. According to TechRadar, the official word from Canon now is that they…
Breakthrough has released more than twenty (!) new drop-in filters for the Canon EF to RF adapter
Aug 11, 2020
John Aldred
Well, if you’d been thinking about picking up Canon’s EF to RF drop-in filter adapter, Breakthrough Photography might’ve just made your decision a little easier….
Canon EOS R5 teardown suggests overheating time limits hard-coded into firmware
Aug 11, 2020
John Aldred
After seeing numerous reports of the lengths to which people had tried and failed to cool down the Canon EOS R5 to get longer video…
This 3D printed doohicky lets you shoot split double exposures with the Instax Mini 90
Aug 10, 2020
John Aldred
Split double exposures can be a lot of fun. They essentially involve covering half of the frame and taking a shot and then covering the…
Are you guilty of making these 7 landscape photography mistakes? I know I am
Aug 10, 2020
John Aldred
Photography “mistakes” videos seem to be quite popular these days, but that’s for good reason. Many of us keep making them, and for most of…
Zenit releasing new 60mm f/2.8, 58 f/1.9 lenses and a 35mm f/2.0 for Sony E mount
Aug 10, 2020
John Aldred
Zenit is expected to announce some new lenses in September or October, according to various reports. Sony Alpha Rumours says that three lenses will be…
Unsplash has released over 2 million images in a new massive open source dataset
Aug 7, 2020
John Aldred
The “free” image website Unsplash – a site that remains as controversial as it is popular – has released what it describes as “the most…
The Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 for Sony E Mount can become an f/1.6 lens with just a simple firmware update
Aug 7, 2020
John Aldred
The Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 lens has started to become quite a popular lens choice for Sony E mount shooters due to its decent level of…
Does sensor size matter? Part 2 – What the heck is equivalency?
Aug 7, 2020
John Aldred
Equivalency is one of those topics that not only confuses a lot of people but also turns into some pretty heated arguments. It’s why people…
Sony delays A7S III shipments due to demand that “greatly exceeded our expectations”
Aug 7, 2020
John Aldred
Another day, another camera, another “There are delays because we underestimated the demand!” notification from that camera’s manufacturer. This time, it’s Sony. Sony Japan has…