Valhalla, NY—Fujifilm North America is releasing an M-mount adapter for the Fujifilm X-Pro1 interchangeable-lens digital camera system. The adapter is designed to expand the lens selection of the X-Pro1 system and give photographers a wider range of shooting capabilities.
“Since the introduction of the Fujifilm X100, Fujifilm has made a commitment to expanding the functionality of the X series, and today we are very pleased to offer customers a premium accessory that they can truly be excited about an M-mount adapter for the Fujifilm X-Pro1,” said Go Miyazaki, division president, Imaging and Electronic Imaging divisions, Fujifilm North America Corporation. “We listened very carefully to our customers about their desire for an M mount for the Fujifilm X-Pro1, and we are proud to announce that this accessory will be available soon for everyone.”
Miyazaki added that “the precision made M-mount adapter is engineered to deliver superb results for discerning photographers.” It is comprised of three parts: an aluminum mount for the body; a stainless steel mount for the lens; and an aluminum central tube. This construction is designed to enable an accurately maintained distance of 27.8mm from the lens mount to sensor, which is crucial for delivering high-quality, high-resolution images.
The camera side of the adapter features an array of electronic connections that automatically pass information to the X-Pro1 body based on preregistered lens profiles. With firmware version 1.10 or later, this information is transmitted by pressing the function button on the side of the adapter, which enables users to access the M-mount adapter settings menu on the rear LCD to create and fine-tune lens profiles. This menu allows X-Pro1 users to profile six lenses; there are four presets for 21mm, 24mm, 28mm and 35mm lenses, plus two optional settings for additional optics.
Additionally, with the M-mount adapter attached, profiles can be user defined based on distortion, peripheral illumination and color-shading corrections. Three levels of distortion correction are available to combat barrel distortion on wide-angle lenses, and pincushion distortion on telephoto lenses. Users can select from strong, medium or weak correction, or turn any correction off. Peripheral illumination controls the amount of darkening at the four corners of an image. Eleven levels of correction can be applied from +5 to -5 (including “0”) with users given the choice of darkening the corners of the image to emphasize a central subject or lightening edges for more even illumination across the frame.
Finally, color-shading correction allows each corner of the frame to be color corrected to combat any shift in color between the center and edges of the frame. Corrections can be made to red/cyan color shading and blue/yellow color shading from -9 to +9 relative to the green channel.
While attached, the adapter still allows users to utilize the X-Pro1’s hybrid multi viewfinder. The electronic viewfinder (EVF) and LCD monitor both offer a 100% field of view, and the optical viewfinder (OVF) displays a bright frame corresponding to the focal length in use. $199.99. fujifilmusa.com
