Two weeks ago, I found an X mount Fujica 2X teleconverter on Ebay bundled with a Fujica AX-5, an X winder, and other junk. I did not want the extraneous camera equipment. I bid anyway, as Fujica brand teleconverters are not readily available and it would enhance my Fujica STX-1. The teleconverter arrived about four days after I won the auction, packed in newspapers.

On a partly cloudy Saturday morning, I took the teleconverter down to Oakland Cemetery for consumer product safety testing. Although the teleconverter will double the focal length of any lens attached, it extracts penalties in sharpness and the amount of light transmitted. Today, I picked up my photographs from Showcase and discovered the sharpness of the Fujica 2x teleconverter is acceptable. This was a worthwhile purchase. Propeller Skies readers lucky enough to own a Fujica 35mm body should consider picking one up.