I would super recommend adding bookmarks to your videos, it really helps people know what to expect when they hover the video.

Welcome back,it’s been far too long.Hoping all is well with you and yours. So good to see you again.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! sorry to have been absent. It's been a very torrid year with injury and then trying to move house. Hope you are doing well Chips?

Sign "Genius at work"

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Haha! Like it :)

Always a real pleasure to see your films Will, great to see you posting again, best regards from the UK! Looks like a fascinating little lens ±!

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! yep it’s a Very good lens for the money!

Welcome back Will.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Hey Will! Fantastic to see you again! Sign idea: "Warrning This vehicle stops frequently" - with a camera icon of course Maybe do a magnetic sign so you stick it on Basil only when intentionally going out with the camera.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and the support! Yeah that could work although Basil is aluminium - although maybe the back door is steel, I’ll have to test with a fridge magnet :)

I thing that the Laowa 90mm 2.8 Macro is a very good Lens, I will like to see it with data transfer for EXIF data, I do not really need a 2x Macro Lens ! I use the excellent Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 65mm 2.0 Aspherical and the Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 110mm 2.5 Lenses which both have outstanding optical image quality, second to none !

@WillGoodlet

Күн бұрын

Yes that would be nice. Thanks for the info on the Voigtländer's!

Whoa! He's back!!!!

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, I hope so!

Will great too see you, have missed your uploads 👍

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm sorry to have been AWOL, hope to do better going forward. Thanks for coming back to watch!

Seriously missed you pal!

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

So sorry to have been AWOL, thanks so much for the support. Hope to be posting more now

A very good video on macro photography. I bought the Laowa 100mm f2.8 x2 and it is a great lens. I used Sigma 105mm f2.8 macro. However, LAOWA with manual settings is a return to the past young boy I was shooting Nikon F60 with Tamon 28-200mm. After 30 years I am shooting again with manual lens. Greetings from Cracow, Poland.

@WillGoodlet

4 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the new lens and so glad you enjoyed the video! I’m looking forward to using the lens much more myself once I finally move the family to our new town.

Welcome back, Will! I discovered you a few months ago and binge watched your videos. I love your storytelling and all your photography insights, not to mention where you live and work. As a child I remember watching “land of the giants”, and I studied invertebrates and microbes in college - so observing the very small has always captured my imagination. I’ve started to dip my toes into macro photography, so this is very timely. So glad you are back, I’m looking forward to seeing more of your content.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the welcome and thanks so much for watching the videos over the last few months. Sorry, I haven't been making more. It was never my intention to be away so long. I hope I can stabilise things and make more soon.

Great video like always!

Missed the notification on this video initially, so glad to see you're doing well. I've been considering the RF version of this lens for a while but I think you've finally sold me on it.

Laowa is a great company and they have come out with some incredible lenses at a reasonable price recently, including the Proteus

So good to see you again! I hope you are well. Thanks for the great content :)

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Doing much better! Thank YOU :)

Great to see you back! Hope all is well with you and your family and you can get out to the bush. Perhaps the sign should say "busy with an Ant Lion"

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

That would certainly puzzle them! Thanks for watching again, I do hope to be out more often this year if all falls into place :) Hope all’s good with you!

@Jonathan_and_Tammie

7 ай бұрын

@WillGoodlet we are now in the rainy & cold season but that means the migrating birds are coming thru. Had a great day yesterday at a local refuge with ducks, Swans, harriers, eagles, and Owls. Will be posting a Short today of the Owl. We went camping a few times this summer in the Puget Sound... a great combination of Ocean and Northern rainforest (think Staw Wars wookie forest). Have posted a few NW bird compilations on Shorts too! Still at least 1 year before we are able to get to SA! Agghh!

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

@@Jonathan_and_Tammie wookie forest sounds amazing!! I’ll find them and take a look

Welcome back Will. Happy New Year and looking forward to more great videos this year.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Dean and Happy New Year to you! I will do my best not to let our move ( if it ever takes place - been going on since May 2023 trying to sell up and move into the new house) derail my videos.

ur best video ever?? wonderful!!!!!!

Great to see you back!

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Welcome back,great job.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

Great to see you are back Will, that made my day!! Thoroughly enjoyed that and looking forward to seeing more. All the best John & young Ben

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks John & young Ben :) I will be trying my best to get some more out!

Somehow missed this upload for almost 2 weeks. So glad to see you are back!! Great video!

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Bram!

Welcome back. Great to see you again.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

So good to have you back and making videos again

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Ken! Appreciate the support (and patience) :)

Great to see you back, Will. Also great to see you trying some out macro in the field, Looking forward to seeing some of your fantastic videos once again. You were missed you know!

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! So sorry, I was away for so long. I do hope to make some more.

So good to see you back again Will it's been too long can't wait for your next video🎥📸📸

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Sorry to have been away so long and hope to get some more out soon. Thanks for the support here!

Welcome back, Kotter!! I love your photography and narration.. Tell them to bugger off :)

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Haha I will! Thank you again for watching and your patience :)

Welcome back.Really missed your videos.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Leon!

YAYY! Glad to see ya back buddy!! Ahhh welcome to the slippery slope of the addictive world of Macro lol 😂you have some great bugs out there probably tons in your garden! Great video as always my friend and the sign well maybe "FRO I'm Filming Macro!" could work or "Caution Antisocial Human Onboard"? i can think of others but you will probably get shouted at lol 😂 X JP

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Hi JP, thanks for watching and the ideas on the sign :) Looking forward to discovering some more bugs - Hope all's well with you?

@JPLamoureuxsTravels

7 ай бұрын

@@WillGoodlet I look forward to that! Theres a whole new world in Bugs life! All good here bud, cold but good lol 😂 x

Wonderful to see you back at work with an interesting lens! I've missed your posts, so I hope you can get settled and post more often. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Merry xmas to you :)

Hi Will - try adding the godox mf12 mini flashes onto the lens. Using it will allow smaller apertures and will remove the problem of movement in your subject. If you get a subject that's sitting nice and still just use burst for a quick focus stack

@WillGoodlet

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip, I am having a look at them :)

Great to see you back Will.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Seb!

It's good to have you back.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Will, welcome back, sir! So glad to see you again -- and what a great topic and review to come back with. The Laowa looks to be a very cool lens. I'll look forward to hearing more about it from you 'down the road,' with an eye toward purchasing it myself. Now don't overdo things with your back. It's been too long. Best regards to you.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael! It is a cool lens :) Never intended to return with a review - but at least the deadline got me going. I hope to find some time to make a few more soon. Cheers!

I'm glad you're back. I was worried about your health and I missed your videos.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

I am improving. Just have to sort out selling our house and then hopefully it's all in place to start making more vids for the channel.

"Stopped for Macro" is my suggestion. Hi Will, great to see you looking so healthy and out and about doing what you do so well. Your audience has missed you and your wonderful informative videos. Please dont leave it too long before the next one. How about all the R6 settings you use and why .

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Andrew! Thanks too for the sign idea and the video idea :)

Very glad you are back with your knowledge of photography!

@WillGoodlet

3 ай бұрын

Nice to hear from you Axel! How’s things?

@axelmertens7762

3 ай бұрын

@@WillGoodlet Very good thanks - visited my mum at 93 in Cape Town and brother and sister. It was like I never left! Took about 6100+ images with the Z8 and 180-600 lens . Planning my next trip! Keep well Will!

Great to see you back Will. Another great video, and some cracking shots there. Have you kept the lens or had to hand it back?

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks James, still have it!

Great shots!

@WillGoodlet

4 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

Hi will,we all hope you are enjoying a happy and peaceful life,we miss your intelligent posts,cheers Wayne from Sydney Australia.

@WillGoodlet

3 ай бұрын

Hi Wayne, thanks for the message and continued support. I’ve got to finish some work on the old house we bought and then hope to be back.

@Private19783

2 ай бұрын

@@WillGoodlet Thanks Goodness. I was wondering what happened that we did not see you for the last few months. I enjoy the format and content so much that I miss them. Please think about the private tours that I asked about in an email a few months ago!

90mm was updated for mirrorless camera.

Thank you for the very interesting video. Do you happen to have used an AF macro lens before? Would the "follow focus" or any other AF function be usable at all in macro? I'm thinking of the ant and the plant moving a bit in the wind.

Nice to see you back. If you don't want people to stop just paint a red cross on the car with the words - ebola quarantine. Just a thought 😁

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thank you and for the sign idea :)

വളരെ നാളുകൾക്ക് ശേഷം കണ്ടതിൽ സന്തോഷം..

Nice to see you again, I hope all is well at your end

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Hi Dimitris, thank you! We are still in limbo with our move, but I am much better physically which is good. Hope your recovered fully from your fall and now able to swing the 500!

@dimitristsagdis7340

7 ай бұрын

all the best in your move, You will not believe it but I've managed to break a rib on the other side of my broken arm 🙂 the 500 isn't seeing much action 🙂When do you think your move will be completed? @@WillGoodlet

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear that!!! What are you doing, did you take up Rugby over the World Cup!!? We are stuck until someone buys my dads house. We bought a cottage in Graaff-Reinet in July but haven’t been back since then. I hoped to be there before Christmas but have no idea when we will ever be able to move

@dimitristsagdis7340

7 ай бұрын

I hope it works out my friend. I still plan to be in Botswana May, Namibia in June, and around Cape down/garden route in early July. Maybe we can meet up. And you know what's the funny thing, in Dec 2024 I'll go to remove the titanium scaffolding from my left arm and that will take me another 3 months at least before its back to normal. @@WillGoodlet

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

@dimitristsagdis7340 please keep me in the loop on your trip, if you are anywhere remotely nearby (few hundred km) would definitely love to meet up. Sorry to hear that you have to go through another operation - that’s terrible, I have some idea about it. But just work hard at all the rehabilitation!

Nice video, thank you! I love my Laowa 65mm made for aps-c camera. I have one for my R7, and one for my X-T5. Very light and super sharp. Cheers! 😀✌

@WillGoodlet

28 күн бұрын

@@Chrispitchwildlife Thanks for watching! Yes so glad we now have these options

Wonderful video Will, I really like you add some humor in the mix in this review :-) It's almost too good a video, I kinda get the feeling it is sponsored by Laowa... Nah just joking I'm guessing it really is that good a lens! I only know the brand by reputation and seen other photographers work with Laowas lenses and they come highly recommended by professionals and amateurs alike from what I can gather. I've got one question that you might be able to help with. It specifically says it is designed for full frame cameras, do you know if that means it wouldn't work well on an APS-C like the R7? I have an RP and an R7 and I love them both (Yes I know what it is like slugging around two cameras also ;-), and it would be great if the lens would work well on both cameras. As for a sign for Basil maybe 'Official Tax Collector' would help keep other people to stay at a distance to you?

Your sign….”BUGGER OFF ‘’

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Haha, that would work :)

Hi Will, welcome back. "Dont STOP, Like and subscribe"

Good to see you again Will, Sign: ‘Unable to communicate I am DEAF’

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and the sign idea :)

This made my day. Great to see you again. This is interesting content. Please share more thoughts about the lens and what it can produce in a future video. How is it to use on bigger animals, maybe with some natural surroundings? Deep sky objects? And... Merry Christmas to you and yours.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Rino, great questions! I’ve used it on bigger animals and some landscapes. Very nice contrast but a bit short. Deep sky would be interesting, one of the reasons I’m moving is for more Astro, so I will try! Hope you are doing well and Merry Christmas :)

@rinohals

7 ай бұрын

@@WillGoodlet You are moving? I didn't know that. Take your time.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

@@rinohals yes 1000km to the Karoo, we bought a cottage in July but haven’t been able to sell the old house so we are still waiting to move.

Camera conspiracy sent his crew to check out your channel wow 👌 👏 new sub.😊

@WillGoodlet

3 ай бұрын

Wow thanks Mike! Welcome. Very kind of Kasey :)

More videos will hope all ok

@WillGoodlet

12 күн бұрын

@@martingibbons8021 will get there soonish!

Welcome back good sir! I thought you got captured by hyenas or something.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Kasey! Well that would have been a better excuse (I might steal it) I fell over and damaged some discs.

@cameraconspiracies

7 ай бұрын

@@WillGoodlet Damn sounds painful. Hope you heal up soon!

Wow so nice to see you back on youtube! I always love youre videos and your perfect video editing skills. Its always nice to watch they are like small movies. That lens looks realy nice l. The other day you mentioned that you were looking in to the om system 150-400 but I am wondering how your new lens compares to the new 90mm macro from om system. I see a lot of similarities. Hope to see more of you in the future still my favorite youtuber and a big example for my own channel 😊 welcome back Will! Grt guido

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Guido! I saw your post on FB about your 1:30am lecture! Dedicated man :) but you serious landscapers are always up at crazy times of day. Canon has got my attention with the 200-800. Olympus is a risk here because there’s no stock and no resale market. Whereas canon you can always sell. I did contact the wholesaler but they aren’t importing anything but a few lenses. I haven’t seen the new macro, I’ll check it out. Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment. It’s very kind of you!

@GuidoVanDeWater

7 ай бұрын

@WillGoodlet im used to getting up early but this was different could not sleep in front and not after so it was a short bight. But absolutely worth the effort. yeah south africa is probably a difficult marked for my brand. Who knows some day I can come over then I can bring it so you could try it haha. 200-800 sounds like a serious peace of equipment probably a heavy price tag on that one... you mentioned that you were moving. Can I ask were you are living now? Just interested. Grt guido

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

I’m moving to Graaff-Reinet in the Karoo, 900 km from Johannesburg where I live now. Lots of stars and mountain zebras. The canon is actually pretty inexpensive. Going to be good for video and shooting in a car

@GuidoVanDeWater

7 ай бұрын

@WillGoodlet ah that is a nice area! I've been there years ago. Also craddock and other good places not to far away like Beaufort West, addo, tsitsikamma, wilderness I love that area. It is a lot further from your beloved wildparks in the North but I'm sure there is enough to photograph for you in that area. About that sign for basil, how about : shooting b roll, or : just observing, or : let me know if you see something 😅 from when are you moving permanently? Grt guido

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

@GuidoVanDeWater oh I like ‘let me know if you see something’ :) that’s good. We should have moved already but cannot sell my dads house. Been 6 months. It’s closer to the Kgalagadi though..but yeah 16 hours to Kruger instead of 5. But I have 4 parks on my doorstep

Lekker to see a South African using this lens. I'm quite keen on it. Doing my homework now. May I ask where did you buy yours from, assuming it's not a loaner or a rental?

@WillGoodlet

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. It was loaned by Laowa. But you can buy the lens directly from the Laowa website or from LandscapeGear.Co.za Also from B&H in the US. There is no duty payable on lenses, just VAT and delivery charges. It can work out cheaper. Laowa offers a 3 year warranty if bought from their website. You’d have to check warranty on B&H

@donaldklopper

6 ай бұрын

@@WillGoodlet wonderful, thanks for the prompt reply! Happy snapping ;-)

Hello Will. I hope all is well with you and the family. I haven't seen you in a while and want to send you a short note to check on you. Hope 2024 is your best year and that I finally get to go to RSA to photograph wildlife.

@WillGoodlet

6 ай бұрын

Hi Felix thank you and my best wishes to you for 2024! I’m still trying to move house (since September 23) but hopefully once that happens I’ll be more visible here. Hope you do indeed manage to get out here sometime! All the best for the year ahead, Will

I've had the 100mm version for a year . Can't be faulted Excellent ...VFM

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Yep great lens :)

For the sign “ talk to me for religious advice” 😂

@WillGoodlet

12 күн бұрын

@@martingibbons8021 Haha but I fear they may actually do it!

Хороший обзор, спасибо !

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Спасибо за просмотр!

Lets have some more videos Will

idea for a sign -Botany shots not safari spots

@ShutterVisions_lens

7 ай бұрын

awesome how you are incorporating more comedy in your videos

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Haha thanks :) Reviews put me to sleep (actually fall asleep when making them) so if I didn't try to lighten them up I'd never get through them. Unfortunately, YT loves reviews. Thanks for watching this one!

Good morning Thanks for your feedback I discovered today that there is also the identical 100mm What is the interest for you between this 90 and the 100? I'm new to macro, and I can't evaluate Thanking you

@WillGoodlet

4 ай бұрын

The 100mm is an older version (I mention it in the video) it doesn’t have the same lens configuration in all mounts and it has no glass over the mechanism, instead you screw on a provided filter. Otherwise its similar

@clissonplage

4 ай бұрын

@@WillGoodlet thank you for your reply I use the subtitles to understand you but I was talking about this modell Venus Laowa Objectif 100 mm f-2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO - Canon RF Is this the model you are referring to? Thanking you again

@WillGoodlet

4 ай бұрын

@clissonplage yes that’s the one.

How was the experience with Manual focus on this lens ?

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

As mentioned in the video, I found the focus to have pleasant feel and good throw. But easier to move the body to bring the subject into focus particularly while holding the subject.

Large photo of Speed camera with a small ant, so if police stop you can saying you’re macro filming.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

We don’t want people slowing down :)

"Do not disturb", "Only Macro Photographer", " I got COVID", "Please, be quiet", "Video filming now", "No Leopard here !" "Not seen anything", "Please, drive by", Gun pointing at you !" there are many options 😊I know those kind of people, they can be very annoying... 🤔

@WillGoodlet

Күн бұрын

Haha thanks for all the suggestions. :)

Sign: “leopard? Nope! Creepy crawlies!” With some ant or spider graphics

Macro photography is not for the person who wants to sit down while shooting. Macro photography requires that you are fit enough to get down on the ground, and back up again.

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Of course, but you cannot do that in a South African national park. You get eaten (potentially).

So we shouldn’t stop and ask you if you’ve seen something then 😂

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

I never see anything, I’ve drove past 5 leopards right next to me (that I know about) my wife and my friends see them

@RichardUpstanding

7 ай бұрын

😂

How about : Live MACRO work in progress....please stay quiet ...Thanks

@WillGoodlet

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve :)

Cant stand the music

@WillGoodlet

6 ай бұрын

Ok. Thanks for sharing