Olympus WCON-08B 0.8X Wide Extension Lens for E-10

by Olympus

Product Details

Product Manual [790kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 5.3 x 4.3 inches ; 12 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000511RI
• Item model number: WCON 08B Weitwinkel 28 mm
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 24, 2000

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Olympus screw-on wide extension Lens (0.8x) (WCON-08B) with 35mm equivalent of 28mm f2.0 features a metal body and is compatible with E-10/E-20N models.

Product Description

The WCON-08B Wide Angle lens was designed for high-end optical performance, providing a 0.8x magnification for the E-10 Digital Camera. It converts the lens to the 35mm equivalent of a 28mm f/2 lens. Accepts 105mm filters. Item Specifications: Product Description: Olympus WCON 08B - converter Lens System: Converter Min Focus Range: 3.9 in Lens Construction: 3 group(s) / 3 element(s) Special Functions: Wide angle Filter Size: 105 mm Length: 2 in Weight: 12 oz Localization: English

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice stuff., January 4, 2001

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"kawwwwww" (Cranston, RI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Olympus WCON-08B 0.8X Wide Extension Lens for E-10 (Electronics)

I believe this lens is made specifically for the Camedia E-10. It's threads have a 62mm diameter that attaches to the E-10 without an adapter. This is really an impressive piece of glass for the money - and it's fully coated. So large, it hardly reduces the speed of the base lens, and yet not so heavy that it disturbs the overall balance of the camera while it's on. I've used many extension lenses with other cameras and this rates among the best. Most extenders are really not worth bothering with because of the distortions they add. Using this extender with the E-10 is like using a 28mm lens on a 35mm format camera.

Oly comes through, again!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get an external flash first !!!, January 2, 2004

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drsquared "drsquared" (Antwerp, Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Olympus WCON-08B 0.8X Wide Extension Lens for E-10 (Electronics)

The 0.8x may not sound like much, but it is significant. I find myself using this teleconverter more often than not, especially for indoors. Unlike the 1.45x and 3.0x teleconverters, you can actually use most of the main lense zoom adjustment with this teleconverter lense still on the camera (the 1.45x and 3.0x teleconverter will give you a vignette effect unless you are at maximum zoom).

As the picure shows, the buisness end of this lens is a lot wider than the built in lense on the E10 or E20N. It will block the built-in flash to some extent, and this will be more pronounced on close work. I have the FL40 external flash and it has worked beautifully in concert with the WCON-08B. The FL40 has been replace by the FL50 which I assume is at least on the same par.

My only gripe with the WCON-08B is the cheap lense cap that comes with it. It is sort of rubber and fits on over the lense barrel rather than clipping to the filter threads on the inside of the barrel. It is not tight enough to stay on.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It does what it says but...., July 23, 2006

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Scott Peterson "Cameras'n'Stuff" (Exact center of the U.S.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Olympus WCON-08B 0.8X Wide Extension Lens for E-10 (Electronics)

I bought this lens for a Nikon D50 SLR using a 19-35mm Tokina lens. I'd seen an on-line test using exactly the same combination so I thought I was getting a bargain---15mm on the wide end. The lens works, but in several of my pictures, pretty much any outside with bright light, the edges are horribly distorted and blurred. Indoor shots were somewhat more acceptable. Sure, I could just crop them, but that defeats the purpose of the wide angle in the first place. I tried it also on my Minolta a200 and got the same results. I don't know if my cameras and the adapter were a bad fit; after all it is made just for the E10, but I wasn't happy with it.