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.
Rip-Tie has a super strong alternative to gaffer tape with no sticky residue
Sep 24, 2019
John Aldred
Wrapping cables is probably the biggest pain in the backside of any kind of shoot that requires them. For photographers, that often means strobe power…
The Zhiyun Smooth Q2 and Crane M2 are small but mighty little gimbals
Sep 23, 2019
John Aldred
Zhiyun has given us no shortage of new gimbal releases over the last year or so. The Crane 3 LAB and Weebill lab have both…
The LitraStudio is a powerful, rugged RGBWW LED light you can take underwater
Sep 23, 2019
John Aldred
I’ve become a big fan of Litra’s super tough LED lights. We even use the LitraPro LED as an on-camera light when we cover shows….
Manfrotto’s new “Fast” series tripods are optimised for setup speed
Sep 23, 2019
John Aldred
At IBC 2019, we stopped by the Manfrotto stand to check out their new “Fast” series video tripods. There are two products in the new…
The ultralight Moza AirCross 2 lets you mount the Pocket 4K without a cage – even vertically
Sep 23, 2019
John Aldred
The recently announced Moza AirCross 2 is the latest 3-axis motorised gimbal from Gudsen. It was originally teased at NAB 2019, but now it’s been…
Nikon wants to “increase development speed of new products and shorten the lead time” for camera releases
Sep 23, 2019
John Aldred
It seems that Nikon has finally realised that they can’t just keep releasing new bodies with small incremental updates every few years. Japanese website Newswitch…
Pentax is not dead, as Ricoh announced development of new flagship APS-C DSLR
Sep 21, 2019
John Aldred
So, we don’t know what it’s called, but it will be a Pentax K mount DSLR, it will have an APS-C sized sensor and it…
Halloween is coming – Use these lighting tips to plan your spooky photo shoot
Sep 20, 2019
John Aldred
Ok, so, we’re in the latter half of September. I think that means it’s ok to start talking about Halloween now. Christmas is still definitely…
Canon may be bringing back eye-controlled focus to future cameras
Sep 20, 2019
John Aldred
Way back when, before DSLRs, Canon had the EOS 5 (that’s the A2E to those in the USA). It was a pretty decent camera. My…
The Godox R1 and RF1 look a lot like the Profoto C1/C1+ except Godox announced them first
Sep 20, 2019
John Aldred
I missed this while I was away at IBC 2019, and they didn’t have any on the Godox stand, but Godox has announced a couple…