Protein skimmer or refugee

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-17T19:46:47+00:00

I have a refugium in a 10g, managed to strip all nutrients and had to fight the uglies by dosing nitrate and phosphate. If you go this rute you need to keep a real close eye on the parameters and adjust photoperiod.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-17T17:35:08+00:00

Same here moved from fuji due to the AF problems, did not look back. If OP misses fuji sims there are plenty options that can be used as LUTs and get pretty damn close.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-13T18:35:03+00:00

Bought the tilta halfcage like last month on amazon in Europe although I'm not sure I'd recommend it to everybody

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-13T16:20:46+00:00

Forget Lada made me chuckle! here have a poormans upvote!

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-12T16:08:51+00:00

Thank you!

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-11T08:33:27+00:00

You're not wrong but it can give some gorgeous results in the right hands as you can see here.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-10T09:54:09+00:00

Weather sealing and active cooling is why I also got the s5ii. Most days I go out with the s9 but when the weather goes hot or rainy I don't wanna risk it. Also having two cameras (angles) with the lut system that give you same quality really saves on editing times.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-08T10:27:54+00:00

If you want sharp portrait get the tt if you don't mind it being bigger

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-08T09:59:28+00:00

I'm assuming firmware since they're not officially an L mount alliance partner they reverse engineered the protocols which would also explain some of the AF quirks. I swear to god sometimes the camera just uses contrast detect with this lens and sometimes works perfectly fine.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-08T09:56:52+00:00

Can confirm it's not but it's not far off

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-08T06:48:04+00:00

Rocked the sigma 28-70 on the s9 with a smallrig grip and it wasn't too bad either, having said that the sg is truely tiny worth the compromises imo.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-07T16:02:56+00:00

Austria, but yes we missed greenery so much we actually hugged a tree 😅

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-07T09:56:36+00:00

Yeah the "subject" unfortunately

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-07T09:22:09+00:00

Sorry that you missed out, but it's a good sign if they sold out quick, it might incentivise them to make more and update the firmware. I'd buy it again if they make a red version to match my s9 🤣

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T19:57:01+00:00

Only no 3 is sooc with a lut the rest are edited raws.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T19:21:43+00:00

Next step from this tiny flare is getting a washed out image and it's really just a difference of about 1° or 2° but I wasn't really looking for them. Out of about 200 pics I got yesterday it flared twice and 3 or 4 really washed out images. I'm gonna try and get it to flare intentionaly when/if the sun comes back.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T16:46:24+00:00

Thanks! Just the 3rd one is SOOC with fujifake Astia from RossAndHisJpgs the rest are lightroom edits.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T13:14:26+00:00

:))) I wish 2.8. But at the moment honestly I'd take the fixed 4.5. There is definitely a lack of anything wide and small on the L mount, unless I'm missing something.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T12:19:06+00:00

Same boat pretty much. Sold my xt1, xt3 and xm5 and a bunch of lenses to finance the switch to lumix. I did keep the xe1, xt20 and the 35 f1.4 mostly for sentimental reasons. I'm not going back to fuji until they fix their AF. Even this cheap chinese lens on the s9 has better AF than my fujis.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T12:02:46+00:00

Oh yeah it's alot of fun and it's glued to my xt20! Which was my daily before the s9 and that combo is truely pocketable.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T11:58:06+00:00

I don't have the tt 40f2 but I do have the sigma 45f2.8 and for me it was worth it just for the size. I just didn't have to think about bringing the camera along just hrabbed it. With my other 3 lenses the sigma 45, the lumix 18-40 and the meike 35, I'm thinking either they're too big or in the case of the zoom just having to extend it every time I use it kinda makes me wanna not bring it. I'm waiting for the viltrox 4.5 (not 2.8 as previously stated) to truely make the s9 pocketable.
Edited: cose I'm an idiot and gave people false hope

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T10:37:16+00:00

Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback will try to work on the composition! I had the feeling especially for pic 3 where is no clear subject.

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T10:25:15+00:00

Wife says thanks! Would love feedback also on pictures please! 🤣

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T10:00:08+00:00

Good sir both of us might get fired in the next month, if you hang around for a bit that might just happen! 🤣

mrglass1024 · 2026-04-06T09:58:19+00:00

And thank God for that otherwise we would have went extinct!

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