Is decent wide angle possible with G12 or must go DSLR?
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ghnouer
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Its a nice housing and i like it alot. I havent really done much diving with it since i got it. The biggest downside that i can think of is that its quite heavy, and once you add the tray and the 2 stobes it quite bulky. Much the same as a SLR setup. It is also negatively buoyant as well, which most of the perspex housing are not. but you get used to it and i have no problem with it.
Cheers Joel
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I agree with Joel231' opinion about the Patima housing but it is still much smaller than a DSLR housing and smaller than the Olymous E-PL1 housing. The complete rig, including wetlens and 2 D200 strobes can be fitted in a carry-on trolley or Pelicase, avoiding ship it as checked luggage and so unnecessary stress during flights.
The Patima G11 housing with the Inon UWL-100 should provide 100° FoV with a very slight zoom to avoid vignetting and i am quite happy with this set-up as i can reuse my old UWL-100.
Using the optional Inon Dome Port for the UWL-100 should expand the FoV to 131°,
beeing more than decent i think.
Chris
The Patima G11 housing with the Inon UWL-100 should provide 100° FoV with a very slight zoom to avoid vignetting and i am quite happy with this set-up as i can reuse my old UWL-100.
Using the optional Inon Dome Port for the UWL-100 should expand the FoV to 131°,
beeing more than decent i think.
Chris
There is a new Inon lens soon to be available, it is the 100-28LD. It is optimized for 28mm native lenses and it can accept the dome, it is a new bayonet mount that supposedly is going to be shared with other companies (maybe). N
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This is the one i have. http://reefphoto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=4379
Cheers Joel
doesn't seem any different than the 100 degree FOV that I've had for my S90 for some time...
please educate me if I'm wrong though
please educate me if I'm wrong though
The 28LD bayonet mount lens is an improved lens, it has a new bayonet mount, it is optimal for 28mm native lenses, it does not have native vignetting when the dome kit is installed as does the 100-28AD. When the dome kit is installed on the current WAL100-28AD there is a 96% crop required to eliminate dark corners, this is covered in the Inon lens catalog which is on-line as a PDF. Again, the new WAL100-28LD will not require cropping when the dome is installed as does the WAL100-28AD.
It is kind of confusing and I am not fully understanding it all yet:
http://inonnews.blogspot.com/2010/12/dome-lens-unit-ii-for-uwl-h100.html
The other supposed benefit is that Inon is sharing the specifications for the new bayonet mount so it can be industry shared, whether it is or not remains to be seen.
N
I guess this is a dome specific thing then, as, I don't have any sort of vignetting without the dome on my UWL100-28AD lens... do we really think it will be worth the extra 80% cost though is the main factor...? anyone wanting to sell their "old" dome for the uwl100-28AD, or, even, the whole thing??? its old tech now, so, get rid of it!!!
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