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The fisheye makes the horizon smile. Or, frown I suppose. The lens looks badass on that 50R! Good fun 👍

"...don't try to correct it" interesting comment about taking shots with a fisheye that got me thinking why not? Not sure what your reason for not correcting it is Greg, but I realised that to correct the fish eye effect means sitting in front of a screen with software and doing something entirely different to photography - so I agree!

I love a fisheye but I'd never do the whole shoot with one ... 🦘

I miss my old fish eye I had for my Nikon, fun to put on the camera and just play around and have fun 😁

That's an interesting stick. A monopod that doesn't fall when you put it aside. 😉 Could be useful as a lightstand indeed, if it's stable enough when extended, but I might be more inclined to trust lightstands that have wider legs!

Is it a weird little tripod or is it a light stand ? ... 🦘

I have a shorter version, the MT-71, pretty much the same design, it’s a great piece of kit. Bought it to use with a GoPro for vlogs, also use it on a desk with my phone and as a light stand for macro photography.

Great shots! I remember seeing the aurora when I was a kid or early teens. I had gotten myself up on the roof of our house in Sydney suburb, Fairfield (as you do), and could see a very faint green glow in the south. I remember my father and possibly my brother being up there, but don't know if one of the others saw it first, or whether I went onto the roof and called the others up. We had a skillion roof which made a great viewing platform, though we were only about 3 metres above ground.

I didn't know you had auroras down under. A real bonus.

Hello. Thank you for the review. It is interesting. I have a question. I am a very beginner. I juste bought a Sony nex F3. There is a 50mm lens with it. It is ok for me, I can play with it and use it for many kind a photography. But it is a little big to put the camera in my pocket. So I look for a small one to make my camera tiny, and keep my 50 mm in my backpack. Is 7Artisans 18mm a good choice in my case? Or can you advise me another one with the same price? Thank you! Raphaëlp

Nice video. Love the Aurora shots. XE4 i a great little camera. i will never sell mine.

Cracking images Greg, aurora shots are always best with some foreground interest and those old trains are great. Don't know if the Aurora Watch App covers the southern hemisphere, but it works a treat up here in the north. Now is a good time to be doing aurora photography because they come and go on an 11 year cycle and we're at peak activity this year.

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Fantastic shots Greg

Do you call them Southern lights in Australia? We had some pretty decent auroras here on Finland too just recently.

Great video - I seem to keep missing the Aurora Australia ..🦘

The laws for e-bikes in Australia are quite simple. To be ridden on public roads, e-bikes must: Have a motor that is 250 watts or less. If it has a throttle (that powers the bike without pedaling), have a motor that is 200 watts or less. Be speed limited to 25km/h

Hi Greg, great tip about looking behind you. Was taught that back in the early 80's, always look behind you and you'll see things from a different angle. Still do that today.

A three parter.... 1) A bit complex this one... the Fujifilm sensor is a X .80, so the 85mm would be about 68mm equiv. however, slide projector lenses don't gather light from the front, they gather it from the rear (to project light), so who knows what the 85mm or 100mm actually refers to... 2) My son in law does the CAD and printing of my adaptors. 3) I haven't noticed any, but then I haven't bothered trying much video with them.

Nice photos again! Is that a full frame sensor -- i e., are these 85mm equivalent as well? Do you make your own 3D adaptors, or does someone do then for you? Do you get colour aberrations if you film in colour?

When I got an X-T2 I found myself using front button focus. Works really well. I have an H1 on the way and I might just keep on with front button focus. I also use autofocus similarly and rarely see the need for AF or CAF. While it’s nice to have a snappy focusing lens like the XF35 f2 it’s great using fully manual lenses and many times I prefer that experience.

Many Fujis are becoming collectors items - no wonder Matt ‘Mr Leica’ posted last week that he couldn’t understand why Fuji owners were willing to pay good money when they could own a Leica - even my XT 1 has gone way up in value !!

Those are all really nice shots!

Lovely shots and great work mate.

Adding "cake" would elevate it to Perfection Status 😉

I do love some Coffee Cars (and Cameras) ... 🦘

Crisp and nice! 👍

Thanks for the great idea, great images, and great video.

Would be fun to see in colors

Fascinating. You made me get my Kodak 1A Junior to double check the lens. It's an f6.7 127mm. Ah, the smell of old leather and nostalgia...

I have a vest pocket camera lens, a different version. I have used on my Canon M-50 cropped mirrorless camera. I have not tried restricting it like the original camera, will do so now. Working on trying to adapt it to my Canon FTB and Canon EOS 10S 35mm film cameras. Do like the photo I have taken with it so far.

Blimey Greg. You got some remarkable results with that little lens. Top marks for ingenuity.

Awesome !

Mechanical device to assist perception, imagination and sense of aesthetics. I love the film advance lever and the reopening mechanism.

Surprisingly good images ...🦘

I used to know 35mm cameras as "SF," small format. I didn't know "full frame" until it became necessary to distinguish from "crop sensor."

That is as vintage effect photography today as it was 100 years ago. Good exercise with a great outcome.

Beautiful pictures Greg

Proper vintage look to all of those photos, genuinely looks like the sort of old pictures from family albums or museums. Nice work :)

the 18 has worst fuji focusing and vastly OVERPRICED...Truly needs a REDO add LN focus and WR

A part of the video was shot with the camera in view being off (no change on the top panel window) w t heck

I can make good photos with my phone, but none that I actually want to. It doesn't do raw, and I don't have much control. I can make good photos with my EOS 30D, but live view on my 60D is a useful improvement. Arguably my 80D doesn't do much that my 60D doesn't but I like the flippy screen, and the focus tracking is useful and the AF is outstanding. With my eyes, that matters. I misunderstood the "benefits" of fullframe cameras when I bought a 6D, by the time I lost it I had a collection of TS-E lenses, and for me those are important enough I needed a replacement. At the time, the cheapest replacement was a 5Ds. I sold the 5Ds after I got a cheap Lumix S1R with which can make every photo I could with the 5Ds, and a few more besides. And it has some nice convenience features. Mostly though, I use 20 Mpx Lumix G and Olympus cameras which can make photos I could not make with the 5Ds which is what I was using in 2019. I might buy an OM 5, I'm not as strong as I used to be, and hope it will fit into a pocket, maybe with a lens attached. If not the OM 5, then its immediate predecessor.

Some really nice photos here Greg! Quite arty too, especially those last ones mate✌️🇦🇺

Ten second video clips might be interesting to a museum or NLA, someone who records history.

My favorite of the photos is the thumbnail/splash pic of the tree. And thank you for your post. :) Be safe, sir.

Capture the moment ? 🦘

Nice video, you still rocking with that X70? :)

You're very sweet, really liked your video and helped me in taking the decision to buy this lens or not! Thank you

Wonderful idea to use good old Glas :) Do you have IG or email to contact you?

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