Hey all. A Fuji WL-FX9B Wide Angle Lens showed up from Amazon today and like every newbie, immediatly started playing around with it. The attached pic was the first shot I did. No postwork except resize. All camera settings (Fuji s5000) set to auto with the Macro option set to on. Now here's the question: How and why did the soft focus effect show up ? I mean, was light reflected/refracted that much ? Just seemed a little strange. I never expected it. Comments appreciated Matt

• you were nearer the minimum macro distance (?) - the camera focusing with this lens has a front or back focus on the subject although it might "say" it was shot in perfect focusing situation (?) - or ... may be some other member has a more accurate opinion :) Best regards, Carlos.

Any sort of close-up photography will have limited depth of field. even with the lens stopped right down. And the autofocus might have locked onto one of the bubbles in the glass. and been affected by the curvature acting as a lens, or picked up the reflections, again with lensing effects.

Hmmm. No idea. :-) (",)

I agree with AntoniaTiger, "autofocus might have locked onto one of the bubbles in the glass". There is an artice in Digital Camera World (Issue 20 May 2004) about this and they suggest manually focusing when using Macros for sharper inages. TMG