My journey to transition from film to digital photography began in earnest in July of 2002. That is when I bought my first high-grade digital camera, which was an Olympus C-700 UZ. I found myself taking indoor shots in close quarters, but not being able to get everyone in the frame no matter how far back I stood from the subject. The answer was to have a wider-angle lens, but the lens on this camera was a built in zoom that was not interchangeable,so what other options did I have?
I did some research in mid 2003 and found Olympus offered the answer in the form of the WCON-0.7X wide-angle converter lens. Using a CLA-4 adapter tube I could add this lens to my camera and increase its area of coverage at the wide end of the built in zoom. To install it you screw the CLA-4 adapter tube into the filter threads on the lens of the camera, and then you screw the converter lens into the CLA-4 adapter tube just like were screwing on a lens filter and that is it, you are done. Next turn on the camera and set the zoom back as far as you can. This is what gives you the widest angle of coverage. You can still zoom in if you wish but then you get severe vignetting at the perimeter of the frame and the focus is soft at the edges too.
All in all the WCON-0.7X proved a great way to enhance the capability of my camera at a minimum of cost and give me the wider coverage I needed when shooting subjects in close quarters. One note of caution: the very large diameter of this lens will block the beam from built in flash of most cameras. The recipe to get around this problem is spelled out in my review of the Olympus FL-20 flash. Go read that review to learn what you need to do to overcome this problem. In the end the WCON-0.7X converter lens is still a great accessory to add to your camera. You will be pleased with the results.
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