Rosco Fluorescent Lighting Sleeves/Tube Guards are a very reliable and cost-effective system for easy control of tough lighting scenarios- especially under fluorescents. In addition to the financial benefits of the sleeves, they protect against the potential disaster of glass shattering by containing the lamp within the end caps.

Rosco sleeves are constructed of a solid polycarbonate tube within which is held the specific filter. The choice of filters and combination of filters is endless - there are complete Roscolux, Cinegel or E-Colour color filter lines - something for every venue, every photographer, every cinematographer.

For T12 Lamps    Over 300 Colors Available    UL94HB Rated Polycarbonate    End Caps Protect From Shattered Glass    Easily Trimmed with Scissors

Available in sizes for T12, T8 and T5 fluorescent lamps

The T8 and T5 sizes contain a UV filter that minimizes fading

All standard sizes (2, 4, 5, and 8') are easily trimmed to accommodate any size lamp

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. I just purchased the MCES-16 and I am finding that my X-T1 camera will not focus at all with the XF18-55mm lens. Am I missing a setting or something or is the tube defective?

A: When using the Fujifilm MCEX-16 16mm Extension Tube for Fujifilm X-Mount, you will lose infinity focus, but you will gain the ability to use the lens as a psuedo-macro lens to focus closer than the lens' listed minimum focus distance. However, do note that when focusing within close focusing distances, the camera would require contrast and lighting to be able to focus on your subject. Many people find it is easier to focus manually when using an extension tube. Autofocus may be achieved if it is bright enough or there is enough contrast on your subject, but it may hunt-and-peck back-and-forth trying to achieve focus, so focusing manually may be best in certain situations.

Q: 2. Has anyone tried the MCEX16 with reverse macro? If I connect the MCEX16 between XE1 or XE2 and a reversed 24mm lens, will auto focus work?

A: NO it won't. Autofocus only works using the contact pins, and the front of an XF lens doesn't have any contacts. Since native Fujifilm XF lenses are all focus-by-wire you cannot focus the lens this way if you used a reverse macro, certainly not with the MCEX16. You might have some luck with manual focus vintage lenses and a different mount adapter.

Q: 3. Does the OIS on my 18-55mm still work with the tube installed?

A: Yes.

Q: 4. Does the 16mm extension tube have weather seals as well, or does using it strip weather sealed lenses and bodies of the weather sealing?

A: No Body Caps and Weather Seal .I only using it with 55-200mm and so far so good .

Q: 5. Will the Fujifilm MCEX-16 Macro Extension Tube work with XC lenses also?

A: Yes.

Q: 6. Will the MCEX 11 and 16 work on the following: 35mm f1.4 18-55mm 16-55mm thank you.

A: The FUJIFILM MCEX-11 and the FUJIFILM MCEX-16 is compatible with all FUJIFILM XF and XC lenses on FUJIFILM X-series cameras.

Q: 7. What macro tube would be useful with a 23mm lens? I bought the MCEX-16 but I have to be inches away to get it focus..

A: Both extension tubes will require you to maneuver your lens much closer in order to get a very detailed macro shot, although with the 11mm being shorter, you will have a lot more wiggle room to work with when it comes to focusing at the cost of magnification. The alternative would be a macro lens, which has a good minimum focusing distance without compromising on ease-of-use and magnification factor.

Q: 8. I have a XS20 and the use mm23 lens and I just bought the MCEX-16 tube and nothing is working. Am I doing something wrong or does the macro not work with my camera?

A: The extension tube only focuses at the lens minimum focus distance with the extension attached. If your extension tube combination exceeds the amount of mm of your lens it can not focus because the magnification is higher than what's permitted by the optics in the lens.

Q: 9. Will this work with x-t20?

A: I do not see why not...I use it with my X-T1...but you can call Fuji just go to web site and get # bottom of page

Q: 10. I already owned a 16 which can focus quite close. I also own a 23,35,56 & 55-200 lens. Do I need to buy an extension tube to actually do macro work? Would you recommend the 11 or 16 mm extension tube?

A: I also own a 16mm lens, and at closest focus, the subject is only about 2 1/2 from the front of the lens - that's often too close to be able to adequately light your subject (and too close for comfort to photograph a bee on a flower!). I bought the MCEX-16 but not the MCEX-11 because it gives me the range of magnification that I need with my 27mm, 55-200mm and 100-400mm lenses. I use it with my 27mm lens, for, among other things, copying old 35mm slides as it almost exactly covers the 35mm 1 x1 1/2 size. I've used it with my 100-400mm at 400mm to photograph frogs in a pond, giving me extreme closeups at a distance that is much closer than the lens normally focuses. Yes, it not equivalent to a true macro lens since you won't be able to focus at things further away, but that's not relevant when you're taking close up photographs. The comment about not accepted as a true macro in competitions is wrong - macro photography is about photographing things close up, not about the equipment you use to take the photographs - you can use a true macro lens, a lens with an extension tube, or a lens with closeup filters (which I also have and have gotten some great images - the reason I bought the MCEX-16 is that my close-up filters fit only on my 27mm lens and i wanted macro capability with my other lenses as well)