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.
Backblaze report shows larger hard drives are more reliable than small ones
Oct 23, 2018
John Aldred
Hard drives are something that all of us have. Some of us just have the one our computer came with, while others will have a…
Specs released for the Pixii digital rangefinder with Leica M mount
Oct 22, 2018
John Aldred
With all the hype over the Leica/Sigma/Panasonic L mount alliance, it’s easy to forget about the Leica M mount. But not everybody’s forgotten about it….
Yashica Y35 DigiFilm camera review & teardown – “Don’t buy this sh*t”
Oct 22, 2018
John Aldred
Kickstarter projects often get a pretty negative response from the get-go, especially in the photography world. And while many people forget that it’s simply a…
Flashpoint releases vertical TTL flash trigger adapter for shooting high on a tripod
Oct 21, 2018
John Aldred
Adorama has a new Flashpoint Vertical TTL Hot Shoe adapter. It’s basically a pass-through adapter, so there are no extra batteries to deal with, that…
Use a drill to get cool slow motion rotating footage with your smartphone
Oct 19, 2018
John Aldred
The guys over at COOPH do come out with some pretty nutty ideas sometimes, but this one’s kinda out there. Although I’ll still probably give…
This is everything you wanted to know about dynamic range
Oct 19, 2018
John Aldred
Dynamic range is a topic that always comes up every time a new camera is released. But what is dynamic range? How do our cameras…
Contrast detection autofocus doesn’t suck as much as you think and here’s why
Oct 19, 2018
John Aldred
New cameras get a lot of hassle over their autofocus systems. Either it doesn’t have Eye AF, or it isn’t dual pixel or it’s not…
24 filmmaking tips, tricks and hacks to use on your next film
Oct 19, 2018
John Aldred
The guys over at The Film Look have posted a lot of great videos in their time, filled with some really good advice and tips….
Photographing a rock band on wet plate with 7500Ws of strobe power
Oct 18, 2018
John Aldred
Photographing a group of people on large format wet plate needs a lot of power. Even with a relatively wide f/5.6 aperture, with an ISO…
Magic Lantern begins testing on the Canon EOS R mirrorless
Oct 18, 2018
John Aldred
They sure don’t waste any time over at Magic Lantern HQ. A1ex at ML sent over a couple of firmware files over to Andrew Reid…