X100 Adapters ?

Sony started it by making wide and Fisheye adapters for the NEX 16mm lens (they fit the kit zoom too) by bayonetting on - Olympus have followed suit with ones for their lenses ..........

Has anyone heard of rumours of Fuji doing likewise for the X100 (it needs them more than a mirrorless Oly or Sony) , preferably to Bayonet into the Hood adapter rather than screw onto the front - they'd be a very worthwhile addition if done well - Yeah, I know we can use the massive Olympus WCON08B with step rings to get 28mm but its goodbye OVF (and probably the only wide good enough unless the 49mm Minolta A1 works well) but none of the TCs I know of would work without Vignetting, well they didn't on the cams they were designed for when set to the widest 35mm FOV

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A tele conversion lens could have the advantage of being able to have a f/w update that displays a smaller set of framelines when it is selected, just like using the smaller framelines on a rangefinder.

Granted I could see some complaining they are wasting much of the OVF that way, but again, its exactly how a RF works, and one could certainly switch to the EVF as well.

Additionally, I would guess that most photographers would prefer a longer rather than a wider lens overall.

When I owned a RF, I certainly never carried a 35 and 24 as a two lens combo, rather I'd carry something like a 28 and 50, or a 35 and 75. Most useful overall IMHO

If there was a way to do something like a 1.7x or 2x conversion lens giving 50-70mm equiv framing, I think it would prove a pretty popular accessory (though a wide could be nice as well of course)

Being able to throw it on and have a nice short portrait length lens would be pretty handy, and even with some vingetting or corner softness not that big of deal, at least in terms of portrait style shooting.

Almost adds to the look in fact. Take Voigtlanders 75 1.8 lens for example, tons of field curvature and vingetting but they sell it as a portrait lens.

I would no doubt also buy a wide adapter, however, I think I'd be picker about optical performance of something like a 24mm equiv adapter.

I'd want really good corner performance because I'd probably use it on landscape shots etc. Just a tough order to design a wide that would deliver.

You almost hate to have such a premium product like the X100, with its very good lenses, and then have poor wide conversion shots make it look far less stellar than it is.

Thats why again I think they could market a tele adapter as a dedicated portrait lens and turn some of those optical defects into "features"

Lots of the older classic 50's like the Sonnar's etc weren't realy great optically either, however, they did have a classic look, and I think people would still take to that these days

I know I'd buy one
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I doubt with the X100. My guess would be with whatever replaces it we'll see more options. Could totally be wrong though.

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millsart said:

A tele conversion lens could have the advantage of being able to have a f/w update that displays a smaller set of framelines when it is selected, just like using the smaller framelines on a rangefinder.

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True but a wide would be an EVF/LCD only device anyway as it'll cover the OVF to a large degree (the hood does even to some extent) , the OVF probably covers 28mm as it is without lines . Wides have always been easily doable from a 35mm start point, I've never seen a TC - probably because you need heavy amounts of magnification to get a worthwhile increase in focal length . I'll have to try my Crappy Oly C210 (1.9X) on the X100 but it vignettes heavily on the C2100UZ at 35mm (2Mp megazoom from 2000)

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Teski said:

I doubt with the X100. My guess would be with whatever replaces it we'll see more options. Could totally be wrong though.

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At least there's the big Oly 08B converter to use if desperate (28mm) my guess is that Fuji will do what they did with the Medium format ones and make a wide version

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It seems like the camera isn't really doing it for you if you are already asking for adapters.

Why not use a camera designed for interchangeable lenses, and acquire three primes? A simple one, mirrorless of course, and get an OVF for the hot shoe with appropriate frame lines for the three lenses. Or, if necessary, an extra OVF. No more difficult or clumsy than carrying around adapters, and certainly fewer optical compromises. And more options, too.

mmm, I am sure I read something about WA and tele converters for the X100 , but it was long before the actual launch of the camera... maybe that part got cancelled...;
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Don't know if this is of any interest to you. I have a LWA-52 I was going to sell but I might try this first. http://www.x100forum.com/index.php?/topic/1260-wide-angle-converter-dmw-l46-on-x100/