The
Fujica X-mount was a
lens mount created by
Fujifilm
, trading as Fujifilm, or simply Fuji, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operating in the realms of photography, optics, office and medical electronics, biotechnology, and chemicals.
The offerings from the ...
in the late 1970s and early 1980s for the new Fujica
SLR lineup: AX-1, AX-3, AX-5, AX Multi, STX-1, STX-1N, STX-2, MPF105X, MPF105XN. It replaced the
M42 screw mount used on their earlier SLRs.
The mount is a
bayonet type, with a 65° clockwise lock, and a
flange focal distance of 43.5 mm.
[AX-1 owner's manual]
With the advent of
autofocus
An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system ...
, the Fujica series of
35 mm SLR cameras was discontinued in 1985, rendering this mount obsolete.
Fuji would return to the SLR market in 2000 with a series of
digital SLR
A digital single-lens reflex camera (digital SLR or DSLR) is a digital camera that combines the optics and the mechanisms of a single-lens reflex camera with a digital imaging sensor.
The reflex design scheme is the primary difference between ...
cameras starting with the
FinePix S1 Pro, but these were based on
Nikon
(, ; ), also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products. The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group.
Nikon's products include cameras, camera ...
designs and used the autofocus version of the
Nikon F-mount
The Nikon F-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its 35mm format single-lens reflex cameras. The F-mount was first introduced on the Nikon F camera in 1959, and features a three-lug bayonet mount with a 44mm thro ...
.
Fujifilm introduced a line of twenty X-
Fujinon
Fujinon is a brand of optical lenses made by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd, now known as Fujifilm. Fujifilm's Fujinon lenses have been used by professional photographers and broadcast stations as well as cinematography. Fujifilm started manufacture ...
lenses with this mount (as well as some Fujinar lenses):
Fujifilm X-Fujinon lenses
The following lists Fujifilm X-Fujinon lenses with this mount (not including Fujinar lenses with this mount).
Not on that list are the following lenses
EBC X-Fujinon 55mm 1:1.6 DMX-Fujinon 55mm 1:1.6 DMEBC X-Fujinon Z 70-140mm 1:4-4.5 DM
and th
EBC X-Fujinon Z 35-70mm 1:2.8-3.7 DM
The Fujinar lenses are
X-Fujinar W 28mm 1:2.8 DMX-Fujinar T 135mm 1:2.8 DM
and th
X-Fujinar Z 80-200mm 1:3.8 DM
The "no-DM" lens cannot be used for program and shutter priority exposure modes of the AX-5 SLR; aperture priority and manual mode will work.
Accessories
There were some accessories that complied with Fujica X-mount:
* The "mount adapter X-S and X-D" for M42 lenses.
* Two extension tubes : X25 (25 mm) and X50 (50 mm).
* The "auto bellows X" used with a 50 mm lens can provide 1 to 3× magnification. It can also be used with the "focusing rail X". The Fujica "slide copier X" mounted on the "focusing rail X" simplifies the copying of 135 film pictures.
* The "macro cine copy X" is a macro lens with specific windows to take copies from 8 mm and 16 mm films.
* The "microscope adapter X" to adapt the camera body to a microscope.
* A "reverse adapter X", that can be mounted with an extension tube.
* A classic "teleconverter 2X".
* Fuji Photo Recorder back. This data back was interchangeable with the standard camera back and was equipped with a hand-writing pen that is inter-linked with a "light pen" for printing in data (up to 80 characters) in the bottom-left corner of the image. The back can be easily detached by pushing down on the hinge pin.
See also
* Fujifilm X-mount
The Fujifilm X-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount designed by Fujifilm for use in those cameras in their X-series line that have interchangeable-lenses. These lenses are designed for 23.6mm x 15.6mm APS-C sensors.
Various lens man ...
References
External links
Billead.com
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Lens mounts
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