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auxiliary lenses for xz-1

Started Jan 9, 2011 | Discussions thread
to_markus Regular Member • Posts: 174
Re: WCON / xz-1

For the C-5050 (it used the same TCON-17), the adapter tube CLA-5 is the same for TCON & WCON.

Recieved my XZ-1, so I could measure a view things:

Diameter of the camera base adapter thread is about 47mm, unfortunately (found this on Wrotniaks side) the 5060 had a 48.5mm thread and the 5050 a smaller 41mm thread.

Diameter of the front lens is about 28mm. I could only estimate the measurements of the 5050´s front lens from photos, and it´s about the same size, maybe a bit larger.

Length of the XZ-1 lens is 26mm set to 6mm and 34mm set to max zoom range (24mm). It uses internal focusing. Don´t have any measurements for that on C5050/5060/7070?

But, as said, maybe the WCON-07 is to "small" to be used on a 6mm lens or to cover the larger light circle of the XZ-1 sensor. The 5050s zoom range was 7.1-21.3mm and it used a 1/1.8" CCD - so sensor size factor is 1.1 From this point, it looks like the XZ-1 zuiko lens really is a new design (7.1:1.1=6.4). I don´t see any other issue for Olympus not to include it in the XZ-1 system. But maybe it´s out of production for a long time now, and they have sold the design...

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