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Hi Alan, its good to stay over it gives more time to plan the filming, yes I imagine the video has a good retention rate because you tell a story that leads us along. I watched it twice first on my phone while waiting in a big Tesco carpark in the middle of Manchester and then on TV a day later at home. I liked the look of your smart looking hotel room, would you recommend and tell us where you stayed. Next project then, Alans photo travel, the Movie! Cheers 🍻

What a great discovery! Thanks for the video.

I wish it was 24c. That sounds awesome, but humidity is horrible no matter where you're at. It's hard to breathe that air and horrible on the body. Hydrate/relax in that awesome hotel/ keep your health and keep making these awesome videos.

Enjoyable watch Alan. And I really like the new hat! 💜😎💜

Smartphone computational algorithms are very good, but the sensor is so small, and the sharpening is soO destructive, the color calibration is so disharmonious that all images look over processed,, as of now the only pleasant pictures I have ever seen come from the Nubia Z60 Ultra, which remind me of a Kodak CCD output or Leica M Series camera, yes for complex settings the phone can do what the camera can"t at a fraction of the price (it is a pocket desktop computer, with very smart operating system, advanced software and even has AI now, some smartphones have OIS and real lenses) , the dichotomy is intentional by the manufacturers that aren't ready to revolutionize the industry (cannibalize it's entire line, consumer, prosumer, professional, industry standard camera's) the idea of merging both industries / platforms, technologies has been try tested, launched a few times, but failed, and no one has developed the right business model yet ... as of yet, for each job the proper tool, and each industry safeguards it's own monopoly ...

My guess as to why the lens didn't work is because the IR focus plane is not the same as visible light, which is why old film lenses used to have the red R marked in them, in order to compensate. So maybe this lens shifts IR beyond infinity and you cant reach there with the focus range?

There's a monkey forest next to Trentham Gardens. It's only about 10 miles from where I live.

the longer form factor really suits your style Alan 🙂 most enjoyable even if the weather was not playing ball!! some lovely IR shots though - soft or otherwise! I've only ever been to Stoke once and certainly didn't see anything along those beautiful lines you showed us. I went to Port Vale's football ground in 1981 to see Motorhead and Ozzy Osbourne!

Wow, this one is really up my alley, what an enjoyable and interesting video, not to mention beautiful images. I said it before and I’ll say it again Alan, you're “getting” good at this photography “thing”🤣. Be well and stay safe.

Thank you for the video. I learned a lot about the history of Stoke-on-Trent from watching this video. When I went to uni here back in late 80's, these historical places were far from my minds.

Great creativity, stay connected! New supporter friend here. like 28 done

Another great video Alan, loving your channel

Hello again Alan, lovely to visit Ness gardens again, I last went 40 years ago, it was described in my 70s AA guidebook as having a microclimate, yes that new entrance was the first thing I noticed, your video has garnered me into action, I need to visit it again. This is the type of place one could regularly visit with a variety of equipment and always find something different. Is it Landscape I would say yes, and to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, it is natural with a little assistance. Thanks for the tour Cheers Alan.

what a fantastic place, and bravo to the benefactor who gifted it to the people of the area. you got some lovely shots there Alan and should consider emailing a few to the gardens to see if they'd have any use for them maybe???

Enjoyable watch Alan, although your audio seemed to be very low comparted to how it's been in previous videos. Stunning images! And of course, interesting history lesson too. I can name several plants in this video: 7:03 in - the "tall purple thing" is a foxglove, poisonous to animals, great for a garden because nothing eats it. 8:12 in - many varieties of ornamental trees and shrubs! 9:40 in, I was hoping you'd shoot from where you're standing, looking to the right, using that lovely stone wall that lines the path as a leading line into the left curve of the path. 13:06 in, the shrub on the right hand side, closest to the camera is lovely Lady's Mantle. 14:14 in - flowers and plants are most definitley part of a landscape, so I'd say, yes, photos of flowers and plants could be called landscape photos. (Be wary of the Photo Naming Police, they might object!). 15:12 in - Seep monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata). 15:32 in - Scarlet tiger moth. 18:34 in - yes Alan, red hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria). 22:11 in - Anemone blanda.

Very enjoyable video Alan, great images in this beautiful and peaceful location, I’m just disappointed that you didn’t photograph any iguanas sunning by the pond. Be well and stay safe.

Another interesting place I’d never heard of!

Lovely images as always, thank you for sharing them.

Wonderful insight into the city center of Chester and great overview on the Pen F. I also have been eyeballing this camera while owning a E-PL8 which I will sell for an E M1 II.

Always interesting and educational!

TTartisan 7.5 f2 (including ND1000), Pana 20 1.7, Oly 75 1.8, 75-300, 12-200.

Hello again, I'm a believer Alan, even if you don't care, ha ha, yes I only own a couple of K&F concept items and the quality is superb, yes it can be tempting to buy a cheaper adapter but the buyer should be aware that sometimes some of those cheap adapters can be such a tight fit that they could end up stuck and ruin a lens or camera mount, its worth that extra tenner for the K&F which seem to slide on silky smooth, I do have a Kiwi adapter and I put it middle of the road between the cheapies and the K&F. Thanks for the other youtube recommendations but I'll let you into a secret I have previously checked out your other youtube subscriptions and ended up following some of the stuff you watch, If Alan watches, it will be 👍. Cheers Alan, always a pleasure.

Fantastic video and awesome workspace you have!. in my house of 9 (7 kids), its hard to get a corner to work off of lol.

Thank you very much, Alan for introducing the Liverpool area and the great stories, photography related and other wise. Appricated. Welcome to "the bug". Please include a close up of the lenses. The Fujinon can produce soap bubbles bokeh. Not very known.

Long-focus lenses often have less distortion than tele-focus lenses. And they are often quite light-weight compared to the shorter ones (more glass needed for those ;-)). They are just, well, long …

I can vouch for the quality of K&F adapters having bought and used a couple of them 🙂 fascinating selection of lenses. the fujinon is my pick I can't hear the placename Ulm without thinking immediately of the Johann Gambolpotty sketch from Monty Python!!!

I wish I could say all this interests me. But I can't (photos excluded) as I'm no lens afficianado as you are. Your studo setup is, on the other hand, quite intersting and attractive. 💜👍🏼💜

This is a different kind of history, but history nonetheless (very interesting video), great to see you as always Alan. Be well.

Thanks for another interesting video......No surprise about the Fujinon lens, I remember when the original Fujica 701 and 801 cameras came out and the range of lenses was acclaimed. Unfortunately the prices being asked for second hand Fujinon lenses here in Australia has them being more expensive than many new lens offerings!

Very enjoyable video , I found the schacht ulm lens intriguing, also enjoyed learning the difference between long focus lens and a telephoto, looking forward to you next video

Excellent video. Many thanks. The images from the Schacht Ulm are gorgeous. I have a theory about long focus lenses, back in the day lenses were mounted on shutters, on bellows, well in front of the film plane. I think when rangefinders and slr's became fashionable, manufacturers plonked the lens group, and an aperture mechanism on a tube with a helicoid and a suitable mount, and voila! What is your opinion on my flight of fancy?

Well, I've used my Sony A7 Mk. 1 for quite some time, but never got enthusiastic about it. Marvelous image quality for "mere" 24 MP, good color rendition and all - but the camera body itself (and the lenses back then) never felt right for me. Abysmal battery life and a clunky and loud shutter didn't help either, so it sits in a cardboard box most of the time and is only used to test LTM lenses (or rather to test if filter adapters, filters and lens hoods vignette or not, as is often the case with those old lenses). But maybe I'll revive it at some point to use the few vintage M42 lenses I still have (including a nice Meyer Optik Görlitz Trioplan 2.8/105 mm). Oh, and the lack of IBIS is also a downside for me (came with Mk. II models). If I were serious about using FF bodies, I would go for a used Sony A7R III for the high resolution sensor …

Super history video, Alan, this felt more like an episode of out of town with Jack Hargreaves, anyone new to your channel might have wondered when the photography bit was going to start, 😃 I am a little bit familiar with this coastline mainly the tourist bit and this was all new to me. On1? I always thought you were a strictly Affinity . An enjoyable watch and nice to be out in the fresh air. Cheers Alan.

I think Merseyside is predominantly red sandstone Alan. I did geology at A' Level and it is my one regret in life that I didn't study it further. Fantastic, really informative video as always, but not an easy place to photograph, especially in that light!! Some lovely shots of the delicate flowers against the industrial workings though 🙂 and great to see a proper pub that hasn't been gentrified or turned into a ghastly gastro-pub. lovely that they have so much history on show there

To say that this was a very interesting video would be a huge understatement, I can only imagine what you could accomplish if you had a dog or a blue parakeet. Great to see you as always Alan. Be well and stay safe.

I just thought of a new moniker for you Alan - “Historeographer.” I asked ChatGPT what a “colliery” was as I wasn’t at all familiar with that term. 😎 Very interesting vlog, enjoyed being with you! 💜😎💜

Great video Alan, very enjoyable and informative. Looking forward to your appraisal of all of those lovely legacy lenses.

Excellent content as always. That Tokina does a very good job. I had to smile when you said you had 15 lenses. Did I spy a CZJ Triotar? I have the slim type in Exakta mount, a lovely piece of photographic art. many thanks.

Very enjoyable video, loved learning about the history of the mines , looking forward to your next video

Nice job chap. Thanks for sharing

Great relaxed, realistic & practical review. Thank-you!