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.
Meyer Optik announces three new lenses including Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 II coming this month
Nov 19, 2019
John Aldred
Since coming under new ownership, Meyer Optik Görlitz has had something of a reform. The new owners, OPC Optics have also been taking ownership of the company’s…
How to create a mechanical shutter release for your digital point & shoot camera
Nov 19, 2019
John Aldred
Most cameras these days offer some kind of built-in WiFI or Bluetooth control that allows you to fire your camera from an app on your…
How to build the YouTube dream studio of the future
Nov 18, 2019
John Aldred
I always enjoy seeing other peoples recording setups and studios for shooting videos. I don’t want to copy somebody else’s studio, but they often can…
The Nikon D750 replacement specs rumours have been updated
Nov 18, 2019
John Aldred
Last week, we started here some rumours about the Nikon D750 finally seeing a refresh. As the oldest DSLR in Nikon’s current lineup (except for…
Leaked photos and specs of the Ricoh Theta SC2 – Official announcement imminent
Nov 18, 2019
John Aldred
I guess the Japanese don’t see 13 as an unlucky number, seeing how the latest rumour on the Ricoh Theta SC2 is that that Friday,…
What are parfocal lenses? Are they important? And why do filmmakers want them?
Nov 18, 2019
John Aldred
The term “parfocal lens” has only really come into common usage amongst the general population over the last decade or so as our DSLRs and…
Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100II to be launched in Japan later this month
Nov 18, 2019
John Aldred
Fujifilm Acros 100 was pronounced pretty much dead in March of last year, during what appears to have been a mass cull of their film over…
B&H shares rebates with customers, gets a lawsuit in return
Nov 17, 2019
John Aldred
The Verge reports that the New York Attorney General believes retailer B&H has dodged over $7,000,000 in taxes in a lawsuit filed recently. It’s all…
Get that 4×5 large format look by photographing the ground glass of a large format camera
Nov 15, 2019
John Aldred
Large format film is something that many photographers would like to experiment with if it wasn’t such an expensive way of shooting. There are a…
Sony releases service advisory for the Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM lens
Nov 15, 2019
John Aldred
Sony Japan has issued a service advisory for their 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master series lens. From what I can make out of the Google-translated advisory,…