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OpTex, a British optical company, made this beautiful,versatile wide angle lens adapter kit designed for XL-1/XL1S 16x and 3x autofocus lenses. The kit cost over $1300 new. This is not some plastic toy, these are multicoated optical glass elements of very high quality, and they're in perfect condition.
It's like getting two wide-angle adapters in one: a .7 wideangle and a .5 fisheye for your XL-1/XL-2, (and I think this also fits the XL-H1 stock lenses).
From an online description:
"OpTex Wide Angle Optic set comprises two 0.7x optics and an 89.1mm clamp ring to fit onto the front of 3x and 16x Canon XL Lenses. One 0.7x element increases angle of view by 30%, two elements by 50%."
To be clear: It's a three-part system: a clamp-on adapter that mates with the XL1 lens, which then screws onto the rear .7x element, which in turn can be screwed into into another .7x front element (by way of a 93mm screw thread).
You can use just the rear element alone for a .7x wide angle factor, or use both together for the ultra-wide .5x total factor.
If you are resourceful you could probably find a step-down ring to mate this lens to another camera, but I don't know exactly what you would need.
Comes with front and rear caps. Glass is in flawless condition.
OpTex, a British optical company, made this beautiful,versatile wide angle lens adapter kit designed for XL-1/XL1S 16x and 3x autofocus lenses. The kit cost over $1300 new. This is not some plastic toy, these are multicoated optical glass elements of very high quality, and they're in perfect condition.
It's like getting two wide-angle adapters in one: a .7 wideangle and a .5 fisheye for your XL-1/XL-2, (and I think this also fits the XL-H1 stock lenses).
From an online description:
"OpTex Wide Angle Optic set comprises two 0.7x optics and an 89.1mm clamp ring to fit onto the front of 3x and 16x Canon XL Lenses. One 0.7x element increases angle of view by 30%, two elements by 50%."
To be clear: It's a three-part system: a clamp-on adapter that mates with the XL1 lens, which then screws onto the rear .7x element, which in turn can be screwed into into another .7x front element (by way of a 93mm screw thread).
You can use just the rear element alone for a .7x wide angle factor, or use both together for the ultra-wide .5x total factor.
If you are resourceful you could probably find a step-down ring to mate this lens to another camera, but I don't know exactly what you would need.
Comes with front and rear caps. Glass is in flawless condition.
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