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.
The ASUS StudioBook S laptop has an Intel Xeon CPU, 64GB RAM, 4TB SSD and NVidia Quadro GPU
Apr 13, 2019
John Aldred
When it comes to editing on location, particularly video, the biggest challenge is finding laptops with enough grunt to really let you get the performance…
Adobe talks Content-aware Fill for Video, Freeform View in Premiere and GPU performance boosts
Apr 13, 2019
John Aldred
The latest Creative Cloud update from Adobe brought with it a lot of new features, changes and fixes for the whole suite. Three of the…
G-Technology’s Rugged storage line offers up to 4TB space and 2.8GB/sec superfast SSDs
Apr 13, 2019
John Aldred
G-Technology has been a trusted name in portable hard drives for a long time. I’ve been using their ev ATC drives myself as my location…
PolarPro’s Peter McKinnon Edition Variable ND filters eliminate the dreaded X issue
Apr 12, 2019
John Aldred
Last week, PolarPro announced their new Peter McKinnon Edition Variable ND filter. PolarPro has been at NAB 2019 this week and so has DIYP. So,…
First look at the Feiyu Ricca action camera, AK4500 gimbal and Qing remote pan & tilt head
Apr 11, 2019
John Aldred
One of the products I was keen to see at NAB 2019 was the new Ricca action camera from Feiyutech. A popular name when it…
Blackmagic talks about BRAW, Pocket Cinema Camera 4K updates and new battery grip
Apr 11, 2019
John Aldred
Recently added to the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K firmware to replace CinemaDNG, Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) is an impressive format, capable of producing some pretty…
First look at the Insta360 Evo 360 & 3D 180-degree VR camera
Apr 11, 2019
John Aldred
Announced last month, the Insta360 EVO is the latest camera from Insta360. Like many of their previous cameras the EVO is a 360-degree camera for…
Sigma is releasing 11 L mount lenses, but the MC-21 EF to L Mount adapter is coming first
Apr 10, 2019
John Aldred
The Sigma/Leica/Panasonic alliance has been big news since it was officially announced at Photokina 2018. We’ve already seen two new full frame L mount cameras…
The Godox AD200Pro offers 1.8sec recycle, 1/10th stop adjustments, better colour and uses the same heads as the AD200
Apr 10, 2019
John Aldred
The Godox AD200 has been out for a couple of years now. But ever since the release of the AD600Pro and AD400Pro, customers have been…
Lumiee is the first cinematic grade wearable light
Apr 10, 2019
John Aldred
Spiffy Gear has produced some pretty interesting products over the last few years, including the very popular Light Blaster, and Spekular LED lights. At NAB…