Nice review, Kevin. I bought me a TCL-X100 II back in february of this year, when i booked a photography workshop "Carnival in Venice, Italy" with my X100V. I figured I would like the extra focal length for portrait work, and I have not regretted that decision. Sharpness like you say is beautiful. Also I loved that little bit of extra bokeh. So I highly recommend it if shooting portraits is one of your things.
I think it's a good addition to someone that owns that X100 would I buy it if I own the X100? Probably if it was my only camera it's that age old debate do you go for an XT for an XT5 with different lenses but if you're a one lens person one camera this I think would be a great addition and I think you reviewed it really well and I think it comes down to image quality if the image quality is good, is there a negative really?
I bought it but rarely use it. Find out that the whole sutup is clumsy. So I let my X100v as it is. If I want 50mm field of view I use my small XT-30 + XF 35/2 lens. Much lighter and more compact combination.
Do you have the TCL-X100 II? What do you think? Tell me about it below.
Nice review, Kevin. I bought me a TCL-X100 II back in february of this year, when i booked a photography workshop "Carnival in Venice, Italy" with my X100V. I figured I would like the extra focal length for portrait work, and I have not regretted that decision. Sharpness like you say is beautiful. Also I loved that little bit of extra bokeh. So I highly recommend it if shooting portraits is one of your things.
Thanks!
It's a fun little teleconverter
Should I get an XT-50 with a 35mm 1.4 for portraits instead? or is there an advantage for the X100vi? :)
XT50 will take sharper images paired up with the 35 1.4.
Absolutely no reason to get the X100VI if your primary focus is portraits.
It also gives you a digital zoom to 70mm still having 20MP.
Or even 100mm but then you have 10MP left, might be usable in some cases.
20 is good.
Can we use zoom mode with TCL ?
Yes, you can use the zoom / crop feature with the TCL attached.
I think it's a good addition to someone that owns that X100 would I buy it if I own the X100? Probably if it was my only camera it's that age old debate do you go for an XT for an XT5 with different lenses but if you're a one lens person one camera this I think would be a great addition and I think you reviewed it really well and I think it comes down to image quality if the image quality is good, is there a negative really?
There were definitely things I didn’t like about it. But since I only considered it for the image quality, and the quality is good, I’m keeping it.
I bought it but rarely use it. Find out that the whole sutup is clumsy. So I let my X100v as it is. If I want 50mm field of view I use my small XT-30 + XF 35/2 lens. Much lighter and more compact combination.
I prefer the native 23mm most of the time. But I keep the teleconverter in the bag for those special moments when I need it.
Did you notice any distortion?
Not really. It's only a 15mm increase. If there was any, it was subtle.
Capture One also recognized it and appleid a digital correction