I'm not so sure it is a 'stupid Sony' situation Mike. The Fuji lens on the Z7 is of a whole lot different construction to the Minolta (sorry - Sony G) lens on the Z5 and the Zeiss lens on the Z1, such that although they have the same filter thread diameters, the depths of the threads have been used to determine what fits on what.

Just out of curiosity, would it screw into a lens filter mounted on the camera?

Thanks Mike, please let me know if you have one.

Well, I bought the Sony VCL-HG0872K wide conversion lens yesterday and it fits the Z7 perfectly. It comes with some kind of mattebox and it has a bayonet fitting. Th optical quality seems very good, from the first tests I ran yesterday. If I get a chance, I'll check if it also fits the Z5.

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i have one on my z7 and it works perfect.

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fred

Fits on both camera's indeed and results are very good; the lens is quite heavy though

It is indeed heavy and worst of all so bulky - with its petal hood it's not something that you'd keep in your pocket. Nicely coated, doesn't add too much barrel distortion (ouch) and is sharp all the way through. But for what? A pretty feeble 0.8x increase, turning a 35 mm into a 28 mm. Ho-hum.

I read Adam Wilt's review of this lens recently: http://provideocoalition.com/index.p...r_for_hvr_z5u/

He indicates that it was designed specifically for the Z5 actually. I thought this was fascinating, and wonder if it would also apply to the Z7?

Thanks for pointing me at such an interesting test of a wide-angle converter, Boyd. But although Sony's G lens pincushion distorts I don't find that an excuse for the converter to add some barrel distortion as correction. It is after all a wide-angle lens, and most people will be adding it for the increased fov coverage while at the same time (as Adam correctly points out) it is not without its side-effects.

So we've added a $1000, ½ kg lens that mildly widens the fov while adding to the barrel distortion and the flare. I hugely respect Adam's knowledge, experience and writing skills, but I did feel this review was written to make Sony smile.

Of course he's correct in that the lens is really designed to be attached at the start of the day and taken off at the end; a design for those that still want a 20x zoom but would rather have their focal lengths more balanced around the 'normal lens' position.

tom.