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.
Nextorage releases its fastest CFexpress A cards to date
Dec 21, 2023
John Aldred
A little over a year ago, Nextorage released what was at the time, the world’s fastest CFexpress Type B memory cards. Now, they’ve targeted Sony,…
Build your own modular DIY DMX-controlled 8ft tube lights for $50
Dec 19, 2023
John Aldred
A lot of DIY lighting projects are fairly basic. They’re often too small or too low-powered. Not all of them, of course. We’ve seen some…
Hipstamatic v10.0 brings analogue viewfinder and revamped UI
Dec 19, 2023
John Aldred
The app that started it all, Hipstamatic, has announced the release of Hispstamatic v10.0. It’s not just an iterative release, either. The company says the…
Adobe sued for selling personal customer data
Dec 18, 2023
John Aldred
2023 hasn’t been a great year for Adobe. Well, it has. They’ve had a lot of successes, including the release of the Firefly 2 engine….
The $159 TTArtisan 10mm f/2 boasts near-zero distortion
Dec 18, 2023
John Aldred
TTArtisan has released a new 10mm f/2 lens for APS-C cameras. It offers an ultra-wide 105º field of view, with a bright f/2 aperture. The…
Vintage meets modern with Tokina’s new Vista-P cine lens lineup
Dec 15, 2023
John Aldred
Tokina has announced its new Vista-P line of cinema lenses (buy here). The new lenses are based on the company’s existing Vista Prime cine lenses…
OWC Express 1M2 portable USB4 SSD gives superfast 3,151MB/sec transfers
Dec 14, 2023
John Aldred
OWC has announced their first SSD conforming to the new USB4 specification. USB4 is the next generation from USB 3.2 and expands its capabilities massively….
Aputure Electro Storm XT26 vs. Nanlux Evoke 2400B vs Godox MG2400Bi
Dec 13, 2023
John Aldred
There are several huge LED lights out on the market. They’re not cheap, either. Knowing which system to buy into can be an expensive mistake…
7Artisans Spectrum 14mm T2.9 is a $459 full-frame cinema lens
Dec 12, 2023
John Aldred
7Artisans has announced their new Spectrum 14mm T2.9 lens (buy here). Like pretty much all 7Artisans lenses, it’s a manual focus lens. But it’s not…
This camera uses four lenses to shoot in-camera gifs
Dec 11, 2023
John Aldred
Or at least, it would do that if it were real. When I first saw this, I thought it was. I have to admit, I…