Posts by Author: John Aldred

John Aldred
John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 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.

The Godox V1 Pro is 2 flashes in one

Jan 22, 2024
John Aldred

Well, we didn’t have to wait long for that one, did we? It’s been two weeks since Godox’s filing with Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs…

ProGrade Digital CFexpress Gold Type A in 240GB and 480GB capacity announced

Jan 19, 2024
John Aldred

ProGrade Digital has announced two new CFexpress Type A memory cards (buy here). They’re part of ProGrade’s Gold series cards, which typically offer better value…

Nanlux FL-28 is a more compact and lighter-weight Fresnel lens for powerful LEDs

Jan 19, 2024
John Aldred

Nanlux has announced a new, lighter-weight Fresnel lens for its Evoke series LED spotlights. Built for use on the Evoke 900C (buy here), Evoke 1200…

AstrHori’s new 25mm f/2.8 full-frame lens offers 2-5x macro zoom

Jan 19, 2024
John Aldred

AstrHori has announced their new 25mm f/2.8 Macro 2-5x lens (buy here). It’s a full-frame lens designed for hardcore – but low-budget – macro lovers….

Edelkrone Tripod X is a fully motorised motion control tripod

Jan 18, 2024
John Aldred

Tripods haven’t seen much action when it comes to things like motion control. Sure, we’ve plenty of pan-tilt heads and other things that sit on…

Adobe Premiere Pro sees an overhauled audio workflow with AI-tagging

Jan 17, 2024
John Aldred

Adobe has announced new changes to the Adobe Premiere Pro beta. It sounds like they’re finally starting to get a little more serious about audio….

Rode Wireless ME is finally coming in a two-mic kit

Jan 17, 2024
John Aldred

Well, it looks like DJI isn’t the only one announcing new mics today. Rode is also making an announcement. It’s not technically a new mic,…

DJI Mic 2 adds 32-bit float, Bluetooth and comes in black or white

Jan 17, 2024
John Aldred

DJI has officially announced the new DJI Mic 2 (buy here). The successor to DJI’s popular initial offering adds 32-bit float internal recording. This ensures…

Sony adding new features to FX30, FX3 and FX6 in upcoming firmware

Jan 17, 2024
John Aldred

Sony has announced that new firmware updates are on the way for three of their compact cinema cameras. The first firmware to come is for…

Vwfndr Keirin is a very pretty panoramic camera that doesn’t exist… yet!

Jan 16, 2024
John Aldred

This is an interesting one that currently appears to be in the concept stage, although prototypes are apparently on the way. It’s a team-up between…