Fuji F30 wide angles lense

[diving_moose]

Hi,
Has anyone used the Inon AD-mount Base Adapters and lenses that can be bought for the Fuji F30 housings if so any feedback on them.
Cheers Lee

[Kirstie]

Originally Posted by diving_moose

Hi,
Has anyone used the Inon AD-mount Base Adapters and lenses that can be bought for the Fuji F30 housings if so any feedback on them.
Cheers Lee

Yes, I used our new one on holiday and it was fine. The adaptor grips the housing, plus there's a metal plate that you screw into the base of the housing for extra security. If you want to take the lens off, the adaptor doesn't interfere with the photos.

[diving_moose]

What lenses have you used, wide and macro and can these be changed in the water.

[Kirstie]

Originally Posted by diving_moose

What lenses have you used, wide and macro and can these be changed in the water.

Both, and yes they can.

[turbanator]

I would add that if you don't change them in the water, then ensure that you have got all of the air out between the housing's glass window and the back of the lens. I looked through to see water slopping about on one dive and thought I'd flooded Kirstie's.

Also, if you want to use the fuji flash bracket AND the lens mount at the same time, you will need a longer 1/4" Whitworth bolt.

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[Bardo]

Originally Posted by diving_moose

Hi,
Has anyone used the Inon AD-mount Base Adapters and lenses that can be bought for the Fuji F30 housings if so any feedback on them.
Cheers Lee

The Inon UFL-165AD is nothing short of bloody amazing - I've got one connected to my IXUS 75 and it's totally transformed the quality of my photography! Get one - you won't regret it!

[David P]

I went for the 105, like Kirstie, and although I've barely got it wet, initial results look very promising. I agonised over the even wider version but it kinda doesn't suit my style of photography (I've a 110-degree lens on my video and keep having to rein that back to less extreme angles too!)

[diving_moose]

Is it possible to use the Ikelite Underwater Colour-Correction Filters on this mount.
Also can anyone explain what the Inon UFL-165AD Fisheye Conversion Lens on cameras underwater site is. Looks one hell of a lens. Not sure what a fish eye lens means.
What would be the best wide angled lense and close up lense be best for average holiday diving use.
Cheers Lee

[Cussy]

Originally Posted by diving_moose

Is it possible to use the Ikelite Underwater Colour-Correction Filters on this mount.
Also can anyone explain what the Inon UFL-165AD Fisheye Conversion Lens on cameras underwater site is. Looks one hell of a lens. Not sure what a fish eye lens means.
What would be the best wide angled lense and close up lense be best for average holiday diving use.
Cheers Lee

Dont know about the filter, but you could use it with a magic filter (this would be inside the camera housing).

A fisheye is an extreme wide-angle lens, usually seeing far more than the human eye can. With wide angles you have rectilinear and fisheye. With rectilinear straight lines remain straight. With fisheyes straight lines are anything but straight. Main difference though is how much they can see. My fisheye lens corner to corner can see 180 degrees on an SLR - that's bloody wide.

When I had a compact I bought the Epoque WA lens. This is similar to the Inon. I wish I had splashed more cash and got the Inon fisheye. There aren't many rules in underwater photography, but the golden one is get close, get closer, get closer still. Basically a fisheye lets you get seriously close. This helps flash photography, cuts down the "snot" in the water, which results in better colours and better photos all round.
HTH,
Rob

PS Mike Ward proved this pictorially Why you need a wide-angle lens - Digigreen

[diving_moose]

Thanks mate for the advice.
Does the fish eye lens allow you to get close but also fit alot in the shot or is that not the case.