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.
Sony A7 III vs Canon EOS R vs Nikon Z6 – How do they compare with the latest 2020 firmware?
May 4, 2020
John Aldred
Since Nikon and Canon joined Sony on the mirrorless bandwagon, the competition has been hotting up quite nicely. All three manufacturers have a comparable basic…
Stunt people and Hollywood actors are making fight videos from home and they’re amazing
May 4, 2020
John Aldred
A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across a video on Facebook by the people at Campus Univers Cascades in France, an educational centre specialised…
Animatronic ape spycam captures wild gorillas singing and their uncontrollable flatulence
May 2, 2020
John Aldred
Nature is a mixture of equal parts of wonder and hilarity. If anything personifies this statement, it’s these gorillas, who were captured singing during dinner…
New Viltrox roadmap shows nine new lenses on the way including Micro Four Thirds cine lenses
May 2, 2020
John Aldred
Viltrox has posted their updated lens roadmap to Weibo and it shows nine new lenses coming between now and next year. Viltrox is traditionally known…
Atomos adds Apple ProRes RAW recording to the Shogun 7 with the Sony FX9 camera
May 1, 2020
John Aldred
Atomos has announced that an update is coming for the Atomos Shogun 7 monitor recorder that adds ProRes RAW recording support when used with the…
These are the best consumer 360° cameras you can buy right
May 1, 2020
John Aldred
360° cameras have come far in the last couple of years. I remember trying out the first version of the Ricoh Theta and thinking that…
It turns out that you can photograph the Milky Way with the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
May 1, 2020
John Aldred
It usually takes a lot of specialised equipment to shoot good astrophotography. But it is something that some users are able to achieve with their…
ProGrade Digital’s new UHS-II microSD cards come with faster speeds and a much lower price
Apr 30, 2020
John Aldred
There aren’t many companies out there making UHS-II microSD cards, as there are virtually no cameras out there that can fully support them yet (still)….
Raspberry Pi has announced a new “High Quality” 12.3-megapixel camera with interchangeable lenses
Apr 30, 2020
John Aldred
The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little device. It’s a single-board computer capable of running Linux with more speed than most desktops had a couple…
Sony has a new mirrorless camera coming – Could it finally be the A7S III, an A7 IV or something else?
Apr 30, 2020
John Aldred
Nokishita has posted a tweet of a registration of a new Sony camera in Asia. The camera is codenamed “WW271448” (which offers zero clues as…