Posts by Author: John Aldred

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.

    This guy created a working camera inside Blender that actually shoots photos
    Jun 23, 2023 John Aldred

    This has to be one of the most surreal and meta things I’ve ever seen in the world of photography. 3D has played a big…

    Two telephoto zoom lenses still on OM Digital’s Micro Four Thirds roadmap
    Jun 23, 2023 John Aldred

    Two lenses on the OM Digital Micro Four Thirds lens roadmap haven’t yet been announced. Both lenses appear to be zooms, and they both also…

    Build your own 489-megapixel DIY medium format camera for under $150
    Jun 22, 2023 John Aldred

    While uncommon, DIY medium-format digital cameras aren’t really a new thing. They’ve been around for years, with photographers hacking apart flatbed scanners for parts. Then…

    Is the Nikon Z8 really an upgrade over the Z7 for you? It depends
    Jun 22, 2023 John Aldred

    The recently announced Nikon Z8 (buy here) has proven extremely popular, with a great number of people pre-ordering it around the world. Sales of the…

    Three reasons you’re failing as a photographer – but you can fix it
    Jun 22, 2023 John Aldred

    Nobody likes to hear that we’re failing, especially in something as subjective as art. But most of us feel like we’re failing at photography at…

    Repainting an iconic 1980s film camera is a lot of work
    Jun 21, 2023 John Aldred

    Painting your camera is nothing new. We saw it back in 2010 when Kai Wong, then of DigitalRev TV, painted his Nikon D90 hot pink….

    Sharge is a tiny, fast and durable portable SSD for shooting on location
    Jun 21, 2023 John Aldred

    M.2 NVMe SSDs have been out for long enough now that they’re starting to be replaced. Smaller 512GB and 1TB SSDs are being replaced by…

    Nikon’s Z 70-180mm f/2.8 is a lower-budget alternative to the 70-200mm f/2.8 VR
    Jun 21, 2023 John Aldred

    Nikon has announced a new Nikkor Z 70-180mm f/2.8 lens (buy here) targeted towards those who can’t quite justify the expense of the Nikkor Z…

    Nikon’s Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR is an inexpensive monster of a lens
    Jun 21, 2023 John Aldred

    For a lens with a focal length of 180-600mm, one would expect to spend a lot money. Especially so with a lens that happens to…

    Mitakon releases Creator 28mm f/5.6 and 135mm f/2.5 lenses for Fuji GFX mount
    Jun 20, 2023 John Aldred

    Mitakon has announced two new lenses. Well, technically, they’ve announced two new G-mount versions of existing lenses. One is the Mitakon Creator 28mm f/5.6 (buy…