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.
Nissin announces new powerful MG10 flash – How does it compare to the Godox AD200?
May 18, 2018
John Aldred
The Godox A200 seems to have become the new standard by which many new flash releases are judged. It appeared in a new class of…
How to create this projected hologram effect in Photoshop
May 18, 2018
John Aldred
Projected hologram effects have been popular since about 1977. But for most people, it’s only since the advent of applications like Photoshop and After Effects…
Magic Lantern lets the original Canon EOS M shoot 2.5K RAW video
May 17, 2018
John Aldred
The original Canon EOS M mirrorless camera from 2013, the camera summarily dismissed by pretty much everybody as a pretty terrible camera, can now shoot…
Fuji rolls back recent X-T2 firmware to address “malfunctions”
May 17, 2018
John Aldred
It was only just over a week ago that Fujifilm announced the version 4 firmware for the X-T2. Much anticipated by X-T2 owners it adds…
Pentax releases SDKs for Pentax DSLRs to let you make your own apps
May 17, 2018
John Aldred
This is something that I really wish more manufacturers would do. Pentax has released Software Development Kits (SDKs) for their range of DSLRs allowing programmers…
Canon announcing new 70-200mm f/2.8 and f/4 IS lenses next month
May 17, 2018
John Aldred
It seems that Canon is looking to refresh their 70-200mm lenses of both f/2.8 and f/4 flavours. Canon Rumors says they can “100% confirm” that…
How to photograph a NASA rocket launch with remote cameras
May 16, 2018
John Aldred
Under the pre-dawn skies of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5th, 2018, NASA launched InSight. Destined for Mars, InSight launched on the…
The SmallHD 702 Bright On-Camera Monitor is now on almost 50% off sale
May 16, 2018
John Aldred
Camera monitors seem to be popping up a lot for me lately. Perhaps it’s just that I’ve been thinking about getting a couple lately. Or…
Wire your subject like a pro with these top lav mic tips
May 16, 2018
John Aldred
Regardless of whether you call them lav, lavalier or lapel mics, they are wonderful things. Often used for interviews, spoken pieces to camera, and for…
Nikon reports 8x increase in annual profit thanks to restructuring and D850 sales
May 15, 2018
John Aldred
Well, this is quite the interesting turn of events. Nikon seems to have been struggling the last few years since Sony’s mirrorless domination began. Their latest…