Fuji a new focal length for my X100

[Luke]

I know a lot of you X100 shooters like shooting wide and bought the Fuji WCL. I tend to go the other way and as much I like the 35mm FOV, I also am a fan of 50mm. So I picked up a couple 1.4 tele conversion lenses on the cheap. They are cartoonishly soft at the edges when shot wide open.....almost like the world's most expensive LOMO......LOL. Still, the center is plenty sharp and it was a cheap purchase. Definitely fun for experimental type photography or likely a nice portrait option. Stopped down to around f5.6 it's still a bit soft, but much more useable in a normal sort of way. You'd never use it for landscape shots where you demand corner to corner sharpnesss, but again, the cost of admission was around $30 for each of them.

If there's any kind of geeky test shots you want to see, just ask. I shot a few quickies (with NO tripod unfortunately, so VERY unscientific.....and of course, some of the blur is my poor technique in a dark room).

First a shot WITHOUT the conversion lens and the camera @f5.6

DSCF1089 by Lukinosity, on Flickr

And here is from the same spot with the conversion lens (also f5.6).....

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it's a big chunk of glass.....

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easy to hide behind.....

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a side view from the hunchback.....

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crazy soft @ f2

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marginally better @ f2.8

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f4 was too blurry from motion shake, but here we are at f5.6.....quite useable if sharpness isn't more main goal

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f8 was roughly the same. Let me know if you want any specific shots and I'll see what I can do for you. Also, after a bit more testing, I'll have one for sale if anyone wants one. It'll be around $30 + shipping if you are interested.

 

[KillRamsey]

Iiiiinteresting.

 

[wt21]

Cool.

What I WANT is a 50mm X100, instead of 35mm. Still steamed no one's released such a beast yet

 

[Luke]

Cool.

What I WANT is a 50mm X100, instead of 35mm. Still steamed no one's released such a beast yet

It'll be out soon. It's called the X-E1 with Fuji 35mm (50mm equivalent). It retails for $1599

 

[Booka]

Interesting, I haven't seen anyone use this adapter on the x100 before. I'm about to trade in my nikon d90 for the fuji, so any add-ons to make it more versatile should be fun to play with.

Has anyone here on SC tried the nikon .68 Wide-angle adapter to make the it a 24mm EQ lens. Results seem decent at f5.6-8

a link to some tests with the adater- Finally a Fuji X100 wide angle solution that works - FM Forums

 

[wt21]

It'll be out soon. It's called the X-E1 with Fuji 35mm (50mm equivalent). It retails for $1599

Yes, but no silent shutter

 

[jhowell39]

Cool experiment! Nice collection of jazz on vinyl also.

 

[Luke]

Cool experiment! Nice collection of jazz on vinyl also.

Thanks, but it's not really mine. I guess technically they're mine, but I just buy them to resell. I had to quit collecting records a long time ago. It's not good for business when you own a record store to keep all the best ones. It keeps my shelving units looking classy though

I should keep track of what these particular albums sell for. Should be around equal to an X-E1 with a couple lenses.

 

[Armanius]

Luke, does putting the converter reduce the amount of light getting to the sensor in any significant amount?

 

[Luke]

I would assume so, but one shouldn't assume. I'll test that in some controlled lighting, but in my VERY unscientific shots above with my dog Lucy (where the natural light could have changed a bit from one shot to the next), the shutter speed without the adapter is 1/220 and adding the adapter resulted in 1/140. I'll get back to you on that.

 

[kyteflyer]

Very interested in this and the wide as well. The more I shoot with the x100 the more I appreciate it. But there are times I want longer, and then, I cart the XZ or the K-5 along. Would be good just to have the X and a couple of adapters.

 

[Penfan2010]

Nice! I risk ignoring the X-Pro1 if I find one of these myself.....

 

[stanleyk]

Awesome collection old Impulse records. I have most of those on CD now. I used to have the vinyl years ago when I had a turntable. The Sonny Rollins Alfie is one of my all time favorite recordings.

 

[Luke]

One of my faves is Roy Haynes "Out of the Afternoon".....cool photo on the cover too of the quartet just "hanging out" in the woods.

 

[stanleyk]

One of my faves is Roy Haynes "Out of the Afternoon".....cool photo on the cover too of the quartet just "hanging out" in the woods.

That's a great one with Roland Kirk!!!!

 

[Luke]

OK, I set the ISO at 3200 with auto ISO off, set the aperture to f5.6 and the shutter speed to 1/30 and shot in a room with blinds shut and just a dim overhead bulb on so the lighting should be the same. Here's the with and without converter. I'm not usually a tester guy and haven't thrown them into Lightroom, but just eyeballing it, it looks like light loss is pretty neglible.

By the way if my methodology is bad on this kind of test, someone please tell me how I should do it. I'm not one for the labs.

DSCF1104 by Lukinosity, on Flickr

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[northernsouluk]

I obtained a couple of olympus converter wide angle lens and must say one of them works well with the x100. got 2 of them for £10 each. IS/L converters