Inon UFL-165AD

Peter Rowlands · Issue 21, Oct/Nov 2004 · pp. 28–30

Products mentioned: Inon UFL-165AD, Olympus C-40 zoom, Olympus PT-012 housing, Inon bayonet mount adaptor, UR-Pro filter, Olympus PT-014 housing, Olympus PT-016 housing

Inon UFL 165AD By Peter Rowlands Japanese manufacturer INON just keep coming out with excellent accessories for digital ʻpoint and shootʼ cameras and the UFL-165AD is no exception. Having resisted the temptation to upgrade my P&S camera, I still use a 4megapixel Olympus C-40 zoom in an Olympus PT-012 housing. The combination is a very small box of electronic tricks which is capable of big and varied images. Fortunately for me the UFL-165AD supplementary wide angle lens seems to have been designed with the PT-012 specifically in mind because the two go together like strawberries and cream. The UFL-165AD has a bayonet mount so I had to use the INON bayonet mount adaptor which fits over the housing front port and is secured with a large knurled knob into the tripod socket. The UFL-165AD then goes onto the adaptor with a 90° rotation followed by a reassuring click as the lens is secured. Now…