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.

    Spinn CW.01 camera wrap 2023 edition comes in a new XL size
    May 11, 2023 John Aldred

    The Spinn CW.01 isn’t an entirely new product. It was first launched on Kickstarter last year with all of the backers having had their items…

    Canon PowerShot V10 4K vlogging camera takes on a new form factor
    May 11, 2023 John Aldred

    Canon has announced its new PowerShot V10 Vlog camera. Designed for vloggers and content creators, the PowerShot V10 takes a big break from the traditional…

    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…

    First look at Laowa Ranger 28-75/75-180mm T2.9 full-frame cinema zoom lenses
    May 5, 2023 John Aldred

    One of the more exciting things to pop up at NAB 2023 was Laowa’s entry into the world of full-frame cinema zoom lenses. The company…

    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,…