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.
Canon closes 2023 selling $5.8 billion worth of camera gear
Feb 1, 2024
John Aldred
Canon has released its annual report for 2023, showing some very promising sales figures. While we’ll never get back to pre-smartphone days, Canon showed ¥861.6…
Viltrox’s low-budget full-frame AF 20mm f/2.8 lens comes to Nikon Z
Jan 31, 2024
John Aldred
Viltrox has announced a new AF 20mm f/2.8 Z lens (buy here). It’s essentially the same as the Viltrox AF 28mm f/2.8 E lens for…
PiBZ is a customisable Raspberry Pi camera you can 3D print at home
Jan 29, 2024
John Aldred
There are quite a few Raspberry Pi-based cameras out there now. Many of them, according to Boaz the Ostrich, require you to shoot photos with…
Biophotonic Human – Capturing a dream on camera
Jan 29, 2024
John Aldred
If there’s one genre out there that still holds a lot of visual secrets yet to be uncovered, for me, it has to be light…
Raubay’s popup background stand turns any room into a green screen studio
Jan 26, 2024
John Aldred
There’s something about backdrops and backdrop systems. No matter which one we get, there are always things we love and things that annoy us. With…
Diveroid Universal Lite turns your smartphone into a dive camera
Jan 26, 2024
John Aldred
We’ve been seeing more and more of these lately. Joby just released their underwater smartphone housing, and now we have Diveroid with their latest update….
Ricoh’s Pentax WG-90 is a WG-80 with a new name
Jan 25, 2024
John Aldred
Ricoh has announced the new Pentax WG-90. And true to form, it’s pretty much identical to its predecessor. In fact, I can’t see a single…
Mofage POCO PL adapter can now stack multiple filters
Jan 25, 2024
John Aldred
Mofage, the company that brought us the POCO (buy here), has announced its new range of Pro Duo series accessories. These fit the POCO drop-in…
Shure expands its SLX-D wireless microphone ecosystem with XLR Tx and on-camera Rx
Jan 24, 2024
John Aldred
Shure has announced some new additions to the Shure SLX-D wireless microphone system (buy here). Operating on UHF, the SLX-D avoids the interference often found…
Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C combo doubles image size to 100-megapixels
Jan 24, 2024
John Aldred
Hasselblad has announced its 907X and CFV 100C digital back combo (buy here). Replacing the 907X and CFV II 50C combo, it doubles the resolution…