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.
NiSi releases its first macro focusing rail for precise focus control
Jun 17, 2020
John Aldred
Lens and filter manufacturer, NiSi is branching out into macro with their brand new NM-180 Macro Focusing Rail. And from looking at the video and…
The June Creative Cloud update brings massively improved AI selection features to Photoshop
Jun 17, 2020
John Aldred
Adobe has released their June update for the Creative Cloud, which they says is the biggest feature update since the Adobe MAX conference in November…
This guy pranked his camera-newbie friend into asking BestBuy to show him how to remove a lens cap
Jun 17, 2020
John Aldred
Now, we’re not making any claims or suggestions about the average intelligence of Canon users here, but this is pretty hilarious. A photographer who shall…
Ditch those batteries with the GravGrip hydraulic stabiliser for smartphones and action cameras
Jun 17, 2020
John Aldred
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gravgrip/gravgrip-battery-free-camera-stabilization With the massive range of gimbals and stabilisers out there and the number of different companies making them, you’d think we’d see something truly…
An in-depth review of Meike’s new $159 3.5mm f/2.8 Circular Fisheye lens
Jun 17, 2020
John Aldred
Recently Meike announced their new 3.5mm f/2.8 Circular Fisheye lens. It’s a super low budget extreme wide-angle lens costing a mere $159.99 designed for Micro…
This tiny cable will power your camera from a USB power bank
Jun 16, 2020
John Aldred
USB has been undergoing a pretty rapid development over the last few years since the Type-C connector came along. We’ve seen massive increases in speed,…
Volvo being sued by photographer and model over ad campaign copyright infringement
Jun 16, 2020
John Aldred
This is an interesting one. It’s not uncommon these days for companies to feel they can just take that which does not belong to them…
Sigma is developing small L Mount lenses to go with the Sigma fp
Jun 16, 2020
John Aldred
The L mount alliance is a funny thing. On one corner of the triangle, you’ve got Panasonic, traditionally known in the digital world for making…
Sony is recalling some of its SD cards due to damaged and lost data
Jun 16, 2020
John Aldred
Sony has announced that they’ve opened up a replacement programme for some of its SF-M series, SF-M TOUGH series and SF-G TOUGH series SD cards…
Light bows out of the smartphone camera industry
Jun 16, 2020
John Aldred
It’s been an interesting journey for Light, the company that brought us that crazy 16-lens camera five years ago. It garnered a lot of hype…