INON UWL95 & dome

Peter Rowlands · Issue 117, Nov/Dec 2020 · pp. 39–40

Products mentioned: INON UWL-95 C24, INON Dome Lens Unit III, INON Dome Lens Unit IIIG, INON Dome Lens Unit IIIA, INON UWL-H100, Sony RX100 Va, INON MPK-URX100A housing

INON UWL-95 C24 & Dome Lens Unit III by Peter Rowlands With the current trend towards slightly wider zoom lenses on compact cameras, it was inevitable that manufacturers would have to come up with new designs to maximise the performance of these new cameras. Japanese manufacturer INON recently introduced their UWL-95 C24 supplementary wide angle lens which is a totally renewed optical design which supports shooting at the 24 mm wide end with compact cameras. The UWL-95 C24 is physically very similar to their well established UWL-H100 and is available in either 52 or 67mm thread fitting. The standard UWL-95 C24 lens increases the field of view to a very useful 95° but with the optional Dome Lens Unit III this increases it to an even more useful 141°. In addition the minimum focus is an incredible 0cm which makes this a very versatile option for compact users. The Dome Lens Unit III improv…