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.
Tamron’s new 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD lens for Sony E Mount to be announced this week
Apr 5, 2020
John Aldred
Photos of the upcoming Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 Di III VXD lens for Sony E Mount leaked a couple of weeks ago. With promotional product photos…
How to shoot dramatic food photography with cheap used camera gear
Apr 4, 2020
John Aldred
Photography has been in the digital age long enough now that even a used $200 or less DSLR can produce some pretty amazing photography –…
Blackmagic’s Atem Mini Pro offers split-screen preview, native live streaming and direct recording to SSD
Apr 3, 2020
John Aldred
Blackmagic Design has just announced the new Atem Mini Pro, a streaming-focused update to the popular live streaming switcher announced at IBC last year. To…
How to light and shoot portraits of yourself or your family in your home
Apr 3, 2020
John Aldred
There are lots of videos out there on lighting and shooting portraits, but they often show huge studios, with the kind of space that no…
Canon patents a pop-up EVF to allow for larger rear LCDs
Apr 3, 2020
John Aldred
I’m genuinely amazed that this isn’t already a thing, but Canon has filed a patent for a pop-up electronic viewfinder. It really does make a…
Astrophotographers: The Moon, Venus and Jupiter will form a smiley face in the sky next month
Apr 2, 2020
John Aldred
UPDATE: there will be no smiley in the sky tonight. What we thought of as a smiley, will be a rare conjunction (close pairing) of…
Canon finally lets the EOS M6 Mark II shoot 24p with new firmware update
Apr 2, 2020
John Aldred
Canon not letting all of their cameras shoot 24p video in all resolutions has been a big problem for a lot of people, and it’s…
Feiyu goes head-to-head against DJI with their new Pocket Handheld Gimbal camera
Apr 1, 2020
John Aldred
Feiyutech has announced a new camera that looks somewhat familiar. It’s the new Feiyu Pocket Handheld Gimbal – a tiny 4K 60fps 3-axis stabilised camera…
Samsung apparently bringing back their Android-powered mirrorless cameras with 108MP “NX Ultra”
Apr 1, 2020
John Aldred
So, I just read a post over on Digital Camera World stating that Samsung is reintroducing their NX mirrorless camera series. For those that hadn’t…
Canon hosting online virtual press conference on April 20th to announce new camera gear
Apr 1, 2020
John Aldred
Given that The Photography Show didn’t happen, NAB and Photokina aren’t happening, and many governments around the world are telling us that we could potentially…