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.
PSA: Leap SSD is the world’s fastest wireless SSD but I wouldn’t buy it
May 10, 2023
John Aldred
There appears to be a new name in SSD storage. It’s called Leap, and I’d probably take this one with a big pinch of salt….
Nikon Japan is hiking the prices of more than 50 products
May 10, 2023
John Aldred
It’s not all good news from Nikon today. Sure, they may have announced the new Nikon Z8 (buy here), but Nikon Japan has also announced…
Nikon Z8 shoots 8K RAW video at up to 60fps
May 10, 2023
John Aldred
After a lot of rumour and speculation, Nikon has now officially announced the new Nikon Z8 mirrorless camera (buy here). While having some specs in…
Panasonic announces ProRes RAW and Blackmagic RAW support for the S5 IIX
May 9, 2023
John Aldred
Panasonic has officially announced its raw video features for the Panasonic S5 IIX (buy here). As expected, there’s no raw recording internally, with both ProRes…
Toshiba Canvio Slim – Is it still worth getting a USB hard drive in 2023?
May 9, 2023
John Aldred
If there’s one constant as a photographer or filmmaker, you can never have enough storage space. No matter how much storage we already have, we…
Vive Mars CamTrack is a full virtual production suite for only $5,000
May 6, 2023
John Aldred
Virtual production is the latest thing in video at the moment, and it’s developing at a pretty rapid pace. While we’ve had motion tracking and…
Axibo’s motion control robot arm jib costs less than $10,000
May 5, 2023
John Aldred
As well as showing off the Axibo PT4 motion control pan-tilt head and slider, the company was also exhibiting their upcoming E-Jib Mini. Well, technically,…
Open SDK enables live camera switching and lighting for virtual production from your iPhone
May 5, 2023
John Aldred
It’s not often that a company opens up their products for the world to develop for and communicate with. There have been a few companies…
First Look at the Zacuto Micro Boom & Micro Mixer
May 4, 2023
John Aldred
When you’re a solo shooter, booming a shotgun microphone close to your subject can be difficult. I’ve done it myself in the past, shooting interviews…
Blackmagic Pocket 4K/6K cameras now natively shoot vertical video
May 3, 2023
John Aldred
Blackmagic recently announced the Blackmagic Camera 8.1 update. The major addition contained within the new update is native support for vertical video. Yes, sure, you…