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 teases their new IMX686 quad Bayer smartphone sensor with sample photos
Nov 8, 2019
John Aldred
Sony seems to have taken a bit of a back seat to Samsung lately when it comes to smartphone sensors. With many of them utilising…
Five common portrait mistakes and how you can fix them
Nov 8, 2019
John Aldred
Portrait photography has boomed over the last couple of decades since photography went digital. As the cost of creating a photo has reduced to practically…
Getty Images is dumping rights-managed “creative” image licenses to go exclusively royalty-free
Nov 8, 2019
John Aldred
Getty Images has announced that after poring over sales data and customer research, they’re ditching the rights-managed licensing options and going over to royalty-free for…
Video captures the moment a woman almost falls into the Grand Canyon while shooting a photo
Nov 8, 2019
John Aldred
Stupid selfie risks seem to be on the rise, leading to ever-increasing bans on places where you can shoot. But being stupid while shooting photos…
VueScan reverse engineered over 6,000 scanner drivers to bring compatibility to macOS Catalina
Nov 7, 2019
John Aldred
macOS Catalina killed support for 32-Bit applications. This includes many (still) popular applications like Aperture and iPhoto, but also a lot of hardware for which…
The Moza Slypod – Gimmick or a valuable tool for filmmakers?
Nov 7, 2019
John Aldred
The world was introduced to the Moza Slypod in grand fashion at NAB 2019 earlier this year. We went to the Gudsen stand to check…
The Sigma FP tops the sales board for Japanese retail giant Yodabashi Camera
Nov 7, 2019
John Aldred
Well, this is a bit of a surprise. Sigma appears to have finally made a camera that’s a sales hit. At least for Japanese retailer…
This is why some people think a lens is awesome and others say it sucks
Nov 7, 2019
John Aldred
No matter what the lens, when I see people asking for opinions on one online, I see a pretty wide mix of “It’s awesome, it…
Panasonic firmware update to add 10-bit 4:2:2 to the G9, CFexpress support to the S1R
Nov 7, 2019
John Aldred
Panasonic is set to launch some new firmware on November 19th for both the G series (GH5/GH5S/G9) cameras, as well as their full-frame S1 and…
Xiaomi launches the CC9 Pro, their first 108-megapixel camera smartphone
Nov 6, 2019
John Aldred
Xiaomi recently teased a new smartphone containing Samsung’s new 108-megapixel sensor, the Xiomi Mi Mix Alpha, although this phone won’t be going into mass production,…