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praktinafan
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Might be interesting for FOW-hunters
I wanted more field of view for panoramic photography than the original 19mm Ricoh Adapter. There were some posts elsewhere that the Nikon WC-E68 would go fine with the Ricoh but there would be some vignetting or dark corners.
I got the WC-E68 for an affordable price second hand. Next I needed an Step-Down-Ring for the Adapter because the Ricoh tube has 43 mm, the Nikon WC-E 68 has 46 mm.
The Hama was the right one because it is quite thin.
Connecting all the three things with the camera showed annoying dark corners :shocked: but the FOW was great. :toocool:
So: What I had to do is shorten the distance between the WC-E68 and the GX100.
- First removed the burr on the backside of the WC-E68. That was about 1-2 mm and now the WC-E68 and the Hama were thight.
- Second I shortened the original tube HA-2 on the front around 2 mm. It was exactly the ring that holds the rubber lens shade.
I connected again and - voila: no more dark corners.
You can compare FOW with two pictures
Here are DNG links
16 mm: http://idisk.mac.com/willibauer/Public/R0011883.DNG
24 mm: http://idisk.mac.com/willibauer/Public/R0011884.DNG
I wanted more field of view for panoramic photography than the original 19mm Ricoh Adapter. There were some posts elsewhere that the Nikon WC-E68 would go fine with the Ricoh but there would be some vignetting or dark corners.
I got the WC-E68 for an affordable price second hand. Next I needed an Step-Down-Ring for the Adapter because the Ricoh tube has 43 mm, the Nikon WC-E 68 has 46 mm.
The Hama was the right one because it is quite thin.
Connecting all the three things with the camera showed annoying dark corners :shocked: but the FOW was great. :toocool:
So: What I had to do is shorten the distance between the WC-E68 and the GX100.
- First removed the burr on the backside of the WC-E68. That was about 1-2 mm and now the WC-E68 and the Hama were thight.
- Second I shortened the original tube HA-2 on the front around 2 mm. It was exactly the ring that holds the rubber lens shade.
I connected again and - voila: no more dark corners.
You can compare FOW with two pictures
Here are DNG links
16 mm: http://idisk.mac.com/willibauer/Public/R0011883.DNG
24 mm: http://idisk.mac.com/willibauer/Public/R0011884.DNG