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.
Canon 1DX Mark III white papers explain (in great detail) its stills and video capabilities
Jan 14, 2020
John Aldred
A pair of white papers have been released by Canon exploring the new Canon 1DX Mark III DSLR. The two white papers cover its stills…
Paul C. Buff is back with the LINK battery-powered, TTL & HSS-capable strobe
Jan 14, 2020
John Aldred
It’s been a while since Paul C Buff has really released anything new. Sure, they announced the “DigiBee” back in 2016, but that was more…
Whatever happened to Fujifilm’s “Kaizen” updates?
Jan 14, 2020
John Aldred
Fujifilm seemed to really kick off the trend for pretty major firmware updates to their existing models, regularly breathing new life into old bodies ever…
The Laowa 12mm T2.9 ZD is the world’s widest angle T2.9 cinema lens
Jan 13, 2020
John Aldred
The long-awaited Laowa 12mm T2.8 Zero Distortion cinema lens we got to take a peek at during NAB 2019 is finally here. It’s essentially the…
Autel’s Evo II series drones offer up to 8K 10-Bit video with 40 minutes flight time
Jan 13, 2020
John Aldred
In early December last year, Autel filed an FCC application for the Evo 2 drone showing an impressive looking set of specs. A folding drone,…
Canon EOS R Mark II spec rumours are out, and it looks like it’ll have dual card slots
Jan 13, 2020
John Aldred
The Canon EOS R has proven to be somewhat popular. But so as to not put all their eggs in one basket, and to not…
Fujifilm X-T4 with IBIS registered – Announcement possible next month
Jan 13, 2020
John Aldred
It looks like we might be getting close to an announcement for the Fujifilm X-T4 according to a report on Fuji Rumors. They say they’ve…
Data recovery service shows what the inside of a dead Sony XQD memory card looks like
Jan 13, 2020
John Aldred
Many of us have experienced a memory card failure at some point, and although manufacturers have gotten much better at producing reliable cards, it still…
Manfrotto has entered the memory card market with new rugged SD, microSD and CompactFlash cards
Jan 11, 2020
John Aldred
Well, this is a surprise. Manfrotto has entered the world of memory cards. And they’ve done it with UHS-II V90 SD cards, V30 microSD cards,…
Now all phones can shoot 3D photos thanks to new LucidPix AI app
Jan 10, 2020
John Aldred
So, the whole 3D photos thing that’s been getting blasted all over Facebook the last year or so has typically been an iPhone thing…