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.

    Nikon blocks 3rd party batteries on the Nikon Z8
    Jun 2, 2023 John Aldred

    Nikon’s recently released Nikon Z8 (buy here) has proven quite popular. With lots of pre-orders getting into people’s hands now, though, a dirty secret has…

    Panasonic PanaTrack is a big bendy motorised camera slider
    Jun 1, 2023 John Aldred

    Panasonic has announced PanaTrack, an interesting and somewhat unique motorised camera slider/dolly track system. It’s essentially a big bendy track along which you can run…

    Fujifilm announces shipping delays for the new Fuji X-S20
    Jun 1, 2023 John Aldred

    Announced a week ago, the Fujifilm X-S20 (buy here) is already seeing shortages and shipping delays. A few days ago, Nikkei reported that production for…

    Jollylook Pinhole SQUARE DIY pinhole camera kit shoots Instax square film
    May 31, 2023 John Aldred

    Jollylook’s journey has been quite interesting. From its initial cardboard origins in 2017, we’ve now arrived at its latest release. This time, it’s a square…

    The “Digitally Analog Polaroid” runs ChatGPT code on a Raspberry Pi
    May 31, 2023 John Aldred

    With all of the DIY digital cameras coming out these days, it’s starting to get difficult to produce something that’s a bit different and unique….

    Astera’s 1,000W output LeoFresnel light uses only 250W of power
    May 31, 2023 John Aldred

    Lighting manufacturer Astera has today announced their new series of Fresnel lights. They’re kicking off with the 300W PlutoFresnel and the larger 1,000W LeoFresnel. Astera…

    Cameraframe is a piece of wall art made from real camera parts
    May 31, 2023 John Aldred

    As much as we like to see cameras working and shooting images, they sometimes just die beyond repair. And when cameras become useless, what can…

    Here’s a bullet time video booth you can build yourself
    May 30, 2023 John Aldred

    Ok, so this is going to require something of a budget. This is because of the simple fact that shooting bullet time requires a whole…

    Ricoh has discontinued the HD PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2AL Limited silver lens
    May 30, 2023 John Aldred

    It seems that Ricoh Japan has discontinued production of the HD PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2AL Limited silver lens (buy here). The wide-angle HD PENTAX-DA 21mm F3.2AL Limited…

    Strobes vs Continuous LEDs – Which is right for you?
    May 30, 2023 John Aldred

    The strobes vs continuous debate has been going on since LED lights for video and photography became a thing. It’s a debate that’s probably not…