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.
Godox launches tiny lithium-ion powered V350 speedlight
Jul 20, 2018
John Aldred
Godox’s range of lithium-ion powered speedlights have been incredibly popular since they were first introduced. The original V850 and V860 speedlights were an instant hit….
The Fujifilm XF10 is an ultra small compact with an APS-C sensor
Jul 20, 2018
John Aldred
Fujifilm’s new compact camera, the Fujifilm XF10, is a tiny little camera with a great big sensor. The ultralight compact boasts a relatively massive APS-C…
The new Vuze XR is a 2D 360° camera and 3D 180° camera in one
Jul 20, 2018
John Aldred
It looks like 360° cameras and content is starting to evolve. As companies have realised that 180° 3D content is far more useful to viewers…
Blackmagic’s new $699 eGPU may be useless for photographers (for now)
Jul 19, 2018
John Aldred
External GPUs have become a big thing for MacBook and other laptop users lately. With limited internal graphics, an external GPU can speed up your…
Leica and SoftBank invest $121 million in Light
Jul 19, 2018
John Aldred
Light made big news when they announced the L16 back in 2015. A crazy handheld camera that was actually 16 cameras in one. Not much…
SEC kills Kodak Bitcoin Mining “scam”
Jul 18, 2018
John Aldred
Back in January, during CES in Las Vegas, a strange object appeared on the Kodak stand. The Kodak KashMiner, the “Powerful Bitcoin Miner”. The idea…
Kandao Raw+ offers automated image stacking for raw files without ghosting
Jul 17, 2018
John Aldred
Stacking raw files isn’t anything new. We’ve been able to do it in Photoshop for years. But doing it in Photoshop requires some legwork. If…
Hot sale, crucial SSD drives are selling for up to $130 off
Jul 17, 2018
John Aldred
I’ve been keeping a little bit of an eye on the current Amazon Prime Day deals, but not much has really stood out. At least,…
Nikon website suggests they’re finally giving up on 360 and action cameras
Jul 17, 2018
John Aldred
Nikon’s KeyMission line of cameras arrived with a pretty huge fanfare. Their entire Photokina 2016 press conference was based around them. But they’ve been a bit…
This video explains what that mystery symbol on your camera is
Jul 17, 2018
John Aldred
There are many symbols on our cameras these days. Most of them are next to buttons that have a function. And we usually instinctively know…