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.
Moza’s new Mini-MX is a folding smartphone gimbal that works with your native camera app
Jul 6, 2020
John Aldred
Gudsen has announced the new Moza Mini-MX gimbal. Designed for smartphones, it’ll let you shoot horizontally for something a little more cinematic but also vertically…
Canon’s CE-SAT-IB imaging satellite “destroyed” during rocket launch
Jul 6, 2020
John Aldred
It seems that Canon’s CE-SAT-1B camera satellite was not meant to be. The BBC reports that Electron, the rocket launched by American company Rocket Lab,…
Sharp tries to steal Canon’s thunder – Adds its 8K camera to their website
Jul 3, 2020
John Aldred
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard anything new about Sharp’s interchangeable lens 8K Micro Four Thirds camera, but it looks like they’re trying to…
This speedlight diffuser is either brilliantly stupid or stupidly brilliant
Jul 3, 2020
John Aldred
I haven’t quite made my mind up about this one yet, and I think I’d actually have to try it – or at least see…
Canon preparing for global EOS R5 & R6 event on July 9th as teasers appear around the world
Jul 3, 2020
John Aldred
Well, a July 9th announcement for the Canon EOS R5 and EOS R6 mirrorless bodies looks to be pretty much confirmed now as Canon websites…
Sony’s A7S II successor will have a crazy high resolution 9.44 million pixel EVF
Jul 3, 2020
John Aldred
According to Sony Alpha Rumors, who say they “got a proof”, the Sony A7S III (or whatever the A7S II successor will be called) is…
The new Zoom H8 records up to 12 audio tracks and once and kind of looks like a spider
Jul 3, 2020
John Aldred
Zoom has announced the new Zoom H8 Handy Recorder, their newest field recorder which can record up to 12 tracks simultaneously using 8…
Getty is now licensing “photos” from video game worlds. For real
Jul 2, 2020
John Aldred
This is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever read in my life, but Getty Images is apparently going to be the “dedicated in-game sports photographers”…
You can now use your Olympus OM-D as a USB webcam – if you use Windows
Jul 2, 2020
John Aldred
Hot on the heels of… well, everybody, Olympus has announced their new OM-D Webcam Beta software, which allows you to use select Olympus OM-D cameras…
Nikon will announce three new Z lenses this month along with the Z5 mirrorless camera
Jul 2, 2020
John Aldred
July is turning out to be a potentially exciting month in the full-frame mirrorless world. Sony is finally expected to announce the A7S III, Canon…