Thread: X-100 wide angle conversion lens...

Thanks for the link, Luke!

Originally Posted by Luke

$350 retail in the US according to here...... Fujifilm Adds X100 Wide Conversion - 2012-05-15 13:50:49 | TWICE

Hmmm....not an automatic "buy" for me. Think I'll wait until some of you publish your findings!

And it comes with a snap-on lens cap - that's surely worth the expense.

Seriously, it does look mighty good to me.

Here's a nice write up with some photos by Brandon Remier Thoughts From My Camera: Fujifilm X100 WCL-X100 Wide Angle Adapter Lens No doubt he'll be posting more.

Wow, this is so cool. $350, although pricey for a converter, is still cheaper than buying the XPro1 + the 18/2 lens. Now I might really hold off on "re-getting" the XPro1 for a little longer.

According to the description at the link Luke provided, it does sound like a fancy converter. It's not just a couple of pieces of glass thrown together.

I am curious as to how the frames line in the OVF will change with a 28mm angle of view now. The only blurb about the viewfinder doesn't say much at all:

With the optical viewfinder (OVF) selected, icons showing the edge of the frame are displayed instead of the frame rim (equivalent to 80 percent of the frame field of view), while selecting the electronic viewfinder gives a 100 percent field of view.

Looks like the new firmware will also apply in camera corrections, which is nice.

After selecting the Wide Conversion Lens option, the X100 automatically applies image processing to shots taken using the WCL-X100 to reduce image distortion, creating balanced illumination across the frame with reduced chromatic aberration that is common in wide conversion lenses, Fujifilm said.

Looking forward to the converter. And yes, a 1.4X teleconverter would be awesome too!

Armando, here's what the frame lines will look like.... Wide Conversion Lens WCL-X100 | Fujifilm Global

Somehow they have made the camera even better looking than it already was.

Originally Posted by Luke

Somehow they have made the camera even better looking than it already was.

I'm thinking my default configuration would be "lens on", at least for starters

Originally Posted by Luke

Armando, here's what the frame lines will look like.... Wide Conversion Lens WCL-X100 | Fujifilm Global

Thanks Luke. I'm still confused though ... so the yellow bracketed area is only 80% of what the captured area will be?

Why would you want that ?
The example shown of the boat has changed from a standard 'slightly wide angle lens' to a 'slightly more wide angle lens'. Neither are really wide.
My guess is if the photographer bothered to take one step back ( without falling in the river ) he would capture the back end of the boat on the left side without the wide attachment.
If the wide attachment increased the view from 35mm wide to 24 or 18mm it would make more sense.
If you bought that lens, my guess is that the next step would be to consider a telephoto attachment ---------
You might as well have bought an SLR with interchangeable lenses to start with ?
I obviously don't own an X100 but I thought the whole point of that camera was immediacy and a need to concentrate on taking images unhindered by extra lenses, attachments and other stuff.
If you wanna get closer - walk forward
If you wanna wider angle - step backwards.
No ?
Richard