Any ultra wide angle lens for Ikelite S100?

[luciferzy]

Hello everyone

I just got my Ikelite housing for my S100 which features a 67mm thread (Recsea or Fisheye is way out of my budget...).

I am now thinking about getting a fisheye (or ultra WA) lens. How about UFL165, does it fit ikelite housing directly or adapter is needed? Other recommendations are welcome too!

I am new to underwater photography, your patience is appreciate!

Thank you!

 

[RESCUEDIVER]

UFL165 is, I believe, set for a 35mm camera. The S100 is 24mm (zoomed to 28mm for lens use)

Ikelite has the W20 ( Epoque lens) for about $350. Ionon and Fisheye make suitable lenses for 28mm digital cameras with 67mm thread....any of these len's will run in excess of $500. You can reach out to poeple like Reef or Backscatter..they'll be able to guide yo relative to your needs and budget

Also, check the threads...I don't have the Ike (I have a Fisheye)...some user have had some trouble with the Ike housing for S100, so before you get it "abused" you might want to reference these postings and see if you have any of the same issues...some people felt for the $$$, the Canon housing was just as an effective choice; without the issues

 

[Nemrod]

Hello everyone

I just got my Ikelite housing for my S100 which features a 67mm thread (Recsea or Fisheye is way out of my budget...).

I am now thinking about getting a fisheye (or ultra WA) lens. How about UFL165, does it fit ikelite housing directly or adapter is needed? Other recommendations are welcome too!

I am new to underwater photography, your patience is appreciate!

Thank you!

I seriously doubt that the Inon UFL165AD would ever be useful on the Ikelikte housing. You might get either the Inon H100 or even the older UWL100 to work, one notch of zoom or two, respectively. The housing and camera combination you have chosen is not optimal for use of wide angle lenses.

N

 

[Interceptor121]

The UFL165AD has an AD mount and does not fit the M67 on the ikelite

The widest option for your set up is an Inon UWL-H100 28M67 this does not vignette according to people that have it and gets to 100 degrees it is all glass and it is expensive at $525
To make it wider you can add a dome to it this pushes the total cost $975 this requires step zoom to 28mm and still vignettes a bit and gets around 140-145 degrees
As Nemrod says this housing does not allow for low cost fisheye options, the recsea and fisheye fix housings do

 

[chile7236]

the bluewater WA-110/DCL-30 is the cheapest you're gonna get for the ike housing....$425

 

[luciferzy]

Thank you guys!
I was seriously considering to get a recsea or fisheye fix housing and give up external strobe... but after considering overall effect and how much I can pay for. I can only afford ikelite one...

It looks like if I want to go for WA, the choices are very limited. The expensive one is INON 100+dome which cost almost $1000, which is equally a fisheye fix housing... The cheap ones are WA-110 or ikelite W20.

And again... I may go for cheap ones... Please continue giving some comparison.

Thanks again!!

 

[Interceptor121]

The ikelite and bluewater lens are made by Epoque
Although it is possible to use a lens designed for 35 mm like the Epoque DCL-20 which is the Ikelite WA-20 you will have to zoom until around 31.5 mm to eliminate vignetting and then you will have a lot of aberration
So the safe choice is either the Epoque DCL-30 (which is the BW WA-110) costs around $399 or the Inon UWL-H100 28M67 at $525
The inon costs more but gives you the future possibility of a dome. In general Inon optics are better than Epoque by a fair amount however looking at the tests of CUW it looks like the issue is how far back the lens is from the port which introduces for both lenses chromatic aberration and blue fringing.
Both lenses are heavy in water with the epoque at 345 grams being the heavier

However I read recently that the star performer for the S100 and M67 thread is the Olympus PTWC-01 this costs little more than the inon at $529.95 and is super heavy 1Kg outside water probably half a Kg in water
This lens has sharp corners and leaves both the Epoque and Inon far behind in terms of performance
Both Bluewater and reefphoto sell this great lens that leaves the others in the dust if I had your set up this is the lens I would buy

 

[Nemrod]

Not poking fun but this is a perfect example of going to any expense to save a dollar. Why save money on the housing only to have either no capability to do what it is you want to do (ultra wide angle) or have to limit yourself to a very expensive lens. The WA110 is a wide angle, not an ultra wide angle as was queried in the OPs thread subject line.

Recesea - 900
FIX UWL28- 400
Total - 1,300

Ikelite - 350
Inon H100 plus dome - 900
Total - 1,250

One should factor in the cost of the SYSTEM rather than the individual elements alone and consider how they work together and what it is one wishes to accomplish with the camera SYSTEM. Then make your purchase choices of each component of the SYSTEM.


N

 

[Interceptor121]

I am with you nemrod but the op has already both a ikelite. In the long term to have a fisheye you need an aluminium housing the business case is there but nobody wants to see it
He now has an ikelite with that there is no fisheye full stop...

 

[Nemrod]

I am with you nemrod but the op has already both a ikelite. In the long term to have a fisheye you need an aluminium housing the business case is there but nobody wants to see it
He now has an ikelite with that there is no fisheye full stop...

Yes, but he does have a option , though not ultrawide it seems that WA110 is a good choice. I do not know anything about this lens to comment beyond what the other posters have said, I am sure Scott could give additional advice on it. It looks good and of good quality construction. And, an increase to 110 degrees give or take is a solid and useful increase over the 60ish degrees he would get without any lens. Might be perfect for him and not too much money.

N