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.

    First look at the Aputure Amaran 150C and 300C RGBWW LED lights
    Apr 21, 2023 John Aldred

    At NAB 2023, Aputure announced two new LED lights in their Amaran lineup. They’re the Amaran 150C (buy here) and Amaran 300C (buy here), both…

    Hands on with Sennheiser’s 5th Gen EW-DP wireless microphone system
    Apr 21, 2023 John Aldred

    Sennheiser recently announced the 5th generation of its Evolition Wireless microphone ecosystem, the Sennheiser EW-DP (buy here). Given Sennheiser’s previous generation wireless microphones and their…

    Is Meike’s 84mm f/1.4 RF lens the first 3rd party AF lens to be Canon-approved?
    Apr 20, 2023 John Aldred

    Meike has announced a new 85mm f/1.4 lens at NAB 2023 this week. This in itself is not really big news. Neither is the fact…

    Hands on with YC Onion’s “Pineta” carbon fibre monopod
    Apr 19, 2023 John Aldred

    I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with monopods. To be fair, mostly hate. This is due to the very reasons that YC Onion’s new carbon…

    First look at the DJI Inspire 3 cinematic drone
    Apr 19, 2023 John Aldred

    DJI recently announced the new DJI Inspire 3 drone (buy here). While we are at NAB 2023, we couldn’t pass the chance to see it…

    First look at the new SmallRig F60 modular follow-focus unit
    Apr 19, 2023 John Aldred

    Follow-focus units have been around for a long time. Over the last few years, we’ve seen many of them pop up from quite a few…

    First look at Zhiyun Molus G60 and X100 LED lights
    Apr 18, 2023 John Aldred

    Zhiyun started expanding out into LED lights a little while ago now, but their range is still quite small. Last month, Zhiyun announced that they…

    DxO releases 1,192 new Optics Modules including Canon EOS R8, R50
    Apr 14, 2023 John Aldred

    DxO has announced another big addition to its collection of Optics Modules. These are used in DxO’s raw processing software, including DxO PhotoLab, PureRaw, FilmPack…

    Sennheiser 5th generation wireless microphone system has remote smartphone control
    Apr 14, 2023 John Aldred

    Sennheiser announced the fifth generation of its wireless microphone system. The company says it’s purpose-built for content creators, filmmakers and broadcasters, offering a wide range…

    DJI announces Inspire 3 with 8K 75fps ProRes RAW and CinemaDNG
    Apr 13, 2023 John Aldred

    DJI has now officially announced the new DJI Inspire 3 drone (reserve here). Offering several advantages over the DJI Inspire 2 (buy here), such as…