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.
DJI quietly released a new drone and a cinematography service at CineGear
Jun 10, 2019
John Aldred
It’s not like DJI to do anything quietly, really. Whenever they introduce a new product, they always seem to make a big fuss over everything…
You could be fined $5,000 for flying a drone anywhere in Canada
Jun 8, 2019
John Aldred
Transport Canada recently introduced new rules for recreational drone users that could land you with fines up to $5,000. One of YouTube’s most popular Canadians,…
The Zhiyun Crane 3 goes up against the DJI Ronin-S in this side-by-side real world comparison
Jun 8, 2019
John Aldred
The Zhiyun Crane 3 LAB comes with some pretty noticeable physical differences as well as tech upgrades over the Crane 2, and I recently posted…
Patent shows Canon’s EOS R stabilisation will be an in-body and in-lens hybrid system
Jun 7, 2019
John Aldred
One notable absence from Canon’s EOS R and EOS RP cameras is any form of in-body image stabilisation. Canon has said they wanted to bring…
Medium format Kodak Ektachrome 120 rolls to start trials next month
Jun 7, 2019
John Aldred
Introduced last year, Kodak Ektachrome 35mm is based on the old Kodak Ektachrome E100G E6 slide film that was made up until 2012. A lot…
This 4K HDR video was shot on a phone with the flagship Snapdragon 855 processor
Jun 6, 2019
John Aldred
Every time a new generation of phones comes out, it always surprises me with how far they seem to leap forward with each generation. Much…
Millions of private photographs leaked in Ricoh Theta360 data breach
Jun 6, 2019
John Aldred
vpnMentor reports that its research team discovered that Theta360’s photo-sharing platform has suffered something of a pretty major data breach. The leak, they say, has…
There is now a pocket-sized controller for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
Jun 6, 2019
John Aldred
The original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera was named such because it could relatively easily fit in your pocket. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K (we’ll…
Vazen just announced the “world’s first” anamorphic lenses for Micro Four Thirds
Jun 6, 2019
John Aldred
Chinese lens manufacturer Vazen has brought some rather interesting new lenses to the Cine Gear Expo. Spotted by Newsshooter, there appear to be three lenses…
Oppo and Xiaomi show off their first under-LCD front smartphone cameras
Jun 5, 2019
John Aldred
The notch seemed like a great idea at the time. It allowed phone manufacturers to get back a little bit more screen space while still…