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What is most ironic about this is that there must be many of us here that would be interested in significant ads about the products we're discussing. I would be. I normally hate ads, but relevant ones here would actually be somewhat welcome. What are the recent new Fuji product announcements? Is anybody offering a sale? How about 3rd party products? I mean, I actually want to spend money, more or less.

Jerry I found out it's a Cherry Blossom but I can't figure out how to edit it.

I understand the site has a need to bring in revenue but the "Advertisement" and "Ad" replies to every forum post are useless and annoying - seeing a possible response to your post and instead being sent to Amazon is just irritating - perhaps the site could switch back to normal ads.

Caspian Tern, X-H2s, Fuji 150-600.

Pink Flowering Dogwood. X-H2s, Fuji 150-600.

Hi All, My name is Seppe and I'm in love with photography! Don't know how most of you guys take these beautiful shots, but I just love watching them. I'm thankful for the views of the world they give ma and the cultures I can explore. In times of trouble, these images can give people hope and show that there is still beauty on this blue marble. I've been trying for some time now to reproduce what I see from others and have come to the conclusion that that is impossible. I'll have to find my own style and for that, I wanted to join this Forum. I'm hoping that through the stories and topics on this forum, I can find the info needed to continue my photographic journey. Wishing you all a great day and weekend! Seppe

I tried a series of photos to show how vignetting works as the lens aperture is varied, for the Laowa fisheye. I took outdoor shots low to the ground on a tripod, as I adjusted the aperture ring through each labeled f/ stop detent. Shutter speed was automatic. I pasted a middle slice through the circular image for each aperture into a single slide, then labeled and marked that to post here. The aperture is indicated off the right end of each slice. A red line marks the horizontal center. The slices all contain the same pixel locations from the photos and were treated identically. The photos themselves were all done identically except for the manual aperture settings and the automatic shutter speeds compensating for them. You can see the ends of the slices are darkened for larger apertures but it improves as aperture is reduced. I kind of figure that at f/8 and narrower I'm unlikely to notice the vignetting in most pictures. Of course, fisheyes are easy to get enough light into, even handheld in dim conditions.

I'm personally not a fan of Fujinon lenses in general, zoom lenses in particular although there are a few good (expensive) ones out there and this image does not look sharp to me. .No offence intended - just my opinion. Any teleconverter will also degrade sharpness and your image is a good example of this. I use a Canon EF400 f5.6 (on my X-T4) with the K&F EF-FX adapter at a total combined cost of approximately £600 GBP and obtain results better than this..pse see attached.

Probably no worries, but don't use those adhesive things on a stick. In my opinion they are a flawed idea.