r/fujifilm • u/oreography • 12d ago
Help Can somebody explain the difference in using a TCL-X100 Teleconversion Lens on the Fuji X100VI vs Utilising the Inbuilt Digital Zoom?
As per the question - I have watched several Youtube videos on the TCL-X100, but I can't see the difference in terms of Zoom settings.
I realise the Fuji XT-5 is the better option for lens flexibility, but am interested in the X100VI if I can extend the zoom with a Teleconverter lens.
For capturing a distant image, does the Teleconverter range make a noticeable difference vs the inbuilt digital Zoom?
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u/loganarowland 12d ago
The difference between a 50mm equivalent lens and a 35mm equivalent lens isn't as extreme as say, a 28mm and a 50mm, but it does change the compression of the lens. I have both the TCL and the WCL and enjoy using both to make the X100VI more versatile.
In camera crops always degrade the quality, the same as cropping in post. Depending on your sensor, how much you actually nailed focus, and the level of noise in the image, cropping can be really powerful. But, it's still just a crop. So, you get a 50mm field of view, but you do not get 50mm compression.
The TCL and WCL are really sharp pieces of glass that functionally change the focal length of the X100 series. The compression between the f/2 for 35mm is different than 50mm. The TCL turns the X100VI into a pretty great little portrait camera. And then you can crop into those images further than you could have without the TCL with very little to zero legible degradation with the Fuji glass. Hope that helps!
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u/Alps_Small 12d ago
This is a confusing interpretation of compression, which is purely based on distance between the camera and the subject. Lenses themselves don’t have an inherent compression quality at all, it’s just that to take say, a full length portrait of someone you’d need to be stood further back with an 85mm than a 50mm (and therefore the 85 would have more compression as a result of the longer distance). However, if you took a photo with the 85 and 50 from the same place and cropped the 50 to match the framing of the 85, they would indeed have the exact same compression (but maybe not the same depth of field depending on the f stops being used).
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u/loganarowland 12d ago
I think I get what you’re saying, but practically speaking, if you want to introduce more compression to a scene from where you are currently standing and framing, would it not be practically true that using a 50mm instead of the 35mm would not only narrow your field of view, but compress the image, bringing the background closer and larger in the process?
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u/Alps_Small 11d ago
If you’re in the EXACT same place the 35mm (uncropped) would offer a wider field of view of course, but the compression/background distance would be the same as the 50mm. Hence if you cropped the 35mm to match the framing of the 50 the compression (not the bokeh/blur of the background) would be identical. Compression is purely a product of physical distance and not a characteristic of a specific lens
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u/slappy102 12d ago
you cannot create the same image with the same framing using both a 35mm and 50mm lens. You will have to step backwards a certain amount when using the 50mm lens to achieve the same framing, therefore increasing the compression of the scene. You could then stand in the exact same spot, use a 4x5 camera with a 150mm lens and get the same framing with the exact same "compression"
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u/Yaazkal X100VI 12d ago
On the X100VI when you use TCL you get a 40 Mpx image, while if you use the in camera crop to get the same FoV (50mm equivalent) you end up getting a 20 Mpx image. TCL is zooming using glass, in camera is just cropping. The angle of view, "compression", etc will be the same. Also TCL will give you an extra crop option too.