My Inon UFL-165AD Fisheye Lens has been ordered from Uwdigitalcamera.com costing 37,000 JPY which is about £173 + shipping and some custom duty.  I’ll give a short review on the service from uwdigitalcamera.com once it’s arrived.

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To complete the my underwater camera kit, I’ve been looking at getting a Inon UFL-165AD Fisheye Lens.  The lens has a max viewing angel of 165 degrees.  Hopefully i’ll have some test shots if I get a chance to try it out. 

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Here are some of the first photos I’ve taken with my Canon A570IS underwater – all be it in the pool.

 
 

Here are the RAW files: 1 | 2 | 3

All 3 were taken using manual white balance and with the Inon UWL-105AD wide angle lense attached.

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I’m in the process of looking for a new camera, it’s not that the Sony DSC-N1 is a bad camera, it’s just not good for underwater photography simply because you have no manual control over the camera once it’s in the housing – due to the touch screen.

I’ve decided if i’m to progress with my photography I need to be able to manually adjust settings.  I thought long and hard about what to get, trying to satisfy my requirments that i’ve got manual white balance control, the ability to use the Inon lenses I have (UWL-105AD and UCL-165AD) and keeping around 8 megapixels.

After talking to the guys at Ocean Optics the recommended a Canon A570is  – it’s got all the manual controls and the ability to use the Inon lenses. I’ll post more details when i’ve decided (or got it!)

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Finally I’ve completed the Inon Lens setup I’ve been looking at.  I’ve not got the Inon UWL-105AD Wide Converstion Lens. Acting as a wide converstion lens underwater and a fish-eye converter on land it give 105.6 degrees underwater and up to 179.0 on land.

Here are some shots of the lense itself.

Here are some test shots with and without the lens.  The camera settings for the test pictures below were identical.

F-Stop: f/4
Expousre Time: 1/320 sec
ISO-64
Focal Length: 8mm

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I’ve just bought the second part to the Inon Lens setup i’ve been looking at.  The Inon UCL-165AD Macro Lens.

Below are 2 test shots.  The first on a 10p coin without the lens, the second the same 10p coin with the lens.  Both photos were taken in the same position with the following settings:

F-Stop: f/5.4
Expousre Time: 1/125 sec
ISO-100
Focal Length: 24mm

And some shots of the lens itself.

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I’ve just bought the first part of a new Inon Lens setup for my MPK-NA.  The Mount Base.  Now i’ve got to decided between the macro lens, wide angle lens or both!  Here is a picture of the NA Mount Adapter by Inon.

The pictures below were taken with and without the Inon UWL-105AD Wide Angle Lens attached.  The first without the lens, second with.

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