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.
Samsung is creating the world’s first Petabyte SSD
May 15, 2024
John Aldred
While most of us are still struggling to find SSDs with greater capacities than 4TB, Samsung is working on creating the world’s first petabyte SSD….
Five reasons you might still want to buy a DSLR in 2024
May 14, 2024
John Aldred
Given that pretty much every company besides Pentax has ditched DSLRs in favour of mirrorless, you might be wondering if it’s still worth getting one….
Konvision A7S is a 7″ touchscreen monitor/recorder that records 4K60fps ProRes
May 14, 2024
John Aldred
Konvision has announced the new Konvision A7S. And no, it has nothing to do with Sony. It’s a 7″ 1920×1200 touchscreen monitor/recorder supporting up to…
Envato is being bought out by Shutterstock
May 14, 2024
John Aldred
The popular digital asset company Envato (We Envato here) is being bought by Shutterstock, the company has revealed today. Founded in 2006, Envato has become…
7 hidden features in the Fuji X100VI to make your life easier
May 13, 2024
John Aldred
The Fujifilm X100VI (buy here) is undoubtedly the most-hyped camera so far this year. Pre-orders were backed up for weeks before shipping even started, and…
Atomos adds SRT streaming and Fuji F-LOG2 support with AtomOS 11.06.00
May 13, 2024
John Aldred
Atomos has announced AtomOS version 11.06.00. It brings several new features to the Atomos Ninja and Shogun monitor/recorders. These include Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) streaming…
Xencelabs new portable Pen Display 16 sports a 4K OLED display
May 12, 2024
John Aldred
Xencelabs has announced the new Pen Display 16. The new 16″ tablet is ultra-thin, lightweight and sports a 4K OLED display. It offers 1.07 billion…
Peregrine 2 drone sets new speed record at an insane 298mph
May 10, 2024
John Aldred
Last year, Ryan Lademann broke the world record for the fastest drone with a top speed of 257.25mph and an average speed of 224mph. We’ve also…
Nikon paid $85,000,000 for RED to make Z mount cine cameras
May 10, 2024
John Aldred
Two months ago, Japanese camera manufacturer Nikon bought US cinema camera manufacturer RED. No specifics of the acquisition, such as how much they paid, were…
SanDisk Desk Drive is a 4TB, 8TB and (soon) 16TB external SSD for your desktop
May 9, 2024
John Aldred
Portable SSDs have become commonplace, but many of us are still using mechanical hard drives for external storage on the desktop. SanDisk’s hoping to change…