Inon UWL-H100 wide conv

Inon UWL-H100 28LD and 28M67 test pictures

As sensor sizes have increased and camera manufacturers have sought market advantage by increasing the available zoom range, the change in the physical length of the lens body as the focal length is adjusted has increased. This can result in the lens entrance pupil being a long way behind the port at the maximum wide setting. Thus it is not always possible to produce a 28AD port adapter and lens combination that will avoid vignetting at f = 28. In an attempt to solve this problem, Inon introduced the LD bayonet system, which has a larger mount diameter and lens exit aperture. 28LD converters will, in some cases, work without vignetting with 24 mm lenses.
The Inon UWL-H100 lens is tested below with the Canon S100 camera (minimum f = 24mm). For the 28LD version, a Recsea housing (for which Recsea makes both 28AD and 28LD port adapters) is used. Test were also carried out on the 28M67 version, using an ikelite housing. In both cases, the distance from the port to the lens is dictated by the requirement that the lens must not crash into the port at the telephoto end of its zoom range. Hence, the results from both housings were essentially identical, and so only the 28LD images are shown. For results obtained from a camera and housing without a wide converter, see Canon S100 test pictures .

Inon UWL-H100 28LD
Also available as M67 type 1 and II (choice of back element to port distances)
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Magnification: ×0.6 afocal
Configuration: 4 elements, 4 groups, glass, AR coated.
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Max FOV: 100.8° UW, 179° in air.
Dimensions /mm: 90.4 Ø, 45.4 L. Weight: 530g in air, 326g UW.
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Depth rating: 60m

Camera lens: 24mm f/5.6

Radial correction

Radial correction coefficients

Collected correction coefficients - UWL-H100 28LD lens with S100 camera
(equiv f = 24mm)

Lens system	magnif -ication	FOV	Geometry				Aberration
Lens system	magnif -ication	FOV	a	b	c	a+b+c	Δd_red	Δd_blue
Camera + flat port		60.0°	0	0.04	0	0.04	-0.0014	0.0056
Camera	1	84.1°	0	-0.015	0	-0.015	0.0012	0.0012
Port (f = 24mm)			0	0.055	0	0.055	-0.0026	0.0044
UWL-H100 28LD	0.6		0.02	-0.092	0	-0.072	-0.001	0.004

The UWL-H100 28LD shows no sign of vignetting at f = 24 mm with the S100 camera. The adapter offers a small improvement over the bare port; but leaves noticeable blue-yellow fringing, which is due to the fairly large distance between the adapter rear element and the camera lens entrance pupil. Cameras with less extreme zoom lenses will give better results because the port can be placed closer to the lens at the wide-angle setting.

The UWL-H100 adapter is also discussed in the Radial Correction article.

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