INON UFL-M150 ZM80

Dan Bolt · Issue 63, Nov/Dec 2011 · pp. 31–34

Products mentioned: Inon UFL-M150 ZM80, Panasonic DMC FT3, Panasonic DMW-WCFT3 housing, Inon S-2000 strobe, Inon UFL-165, Inon UWL-04, Sea & Sea YS-110a, Canon S95

Well known for their range of superb wet lenses for compact cameras, Inon have recently brought to market their ‘Micro Fisheye’ lens, the catchily named UFL-M150 ZM80, for the sake of brevity I’ll just refer to is at the M150. The first thing to point out is just how small this lens is, and I mean small. Its largest dimensions are 40x37mm, and yet in there somewhere are squeezed enough glass elements to give a 150 degree field of view and a minimum focal distance of 0mm, and yes, that’s 0cm. Secondly, Inon state that to remove all vignetting from your image it is necessary to zoom in to about 80mm (35mm equiv). However they also point out that if you want to, you can leave your camera at wider settings and go for the circular fisheye look instead. For this review the M150 was paired up with Panasonic’s DMC FT3 and DMW-WCFT3 housing, Inon tray and arms, and the Inon mount base adaptor for…