Use macro mode with wet lens?

I just got a Inon 165M67 close up lens to use with my Canon G10 camera and Canon housing. I'm getting conflicting information if I should use Macro mode when I use this lens?

What settings are people getting the best results from? I've been using non-macro mode, zooming in 50%, with auto focus, and manual exposure.

Any tips would be helpful.

Thanks

jason

I just got a Inon 165M67 close up lens to use with my Canon G10 camera and Canon housing. I'm getting conflicting information if I should use Macro mode when I use this lens?

 

What settings are people getting the best results from? I've been using non-macro mode, zooming in 50%, with auto focus, and manual exposure.

 

Any tips would be helpful.

 

Thanks

 

jason

i have been using a G9 with inon UCLs for a couple of years now.

I suggest using manual focus. you can set manual focus to 5-10 cm. then move the camera back and forth to find sharp focus. i would use 50-75% zoom.iso 100.

manual exposure f5 to f8 with shutter 1/250 ish depending on strobe/subject/background.

i have been using a G9 with inon UCLs for a couple of years now.

 

I suggest using manual focus. you can set manual focus to 5-10 cm. then move the camera back and forth to find sharp focus. i would use 50-75% zoom.iso 100.

manual exposure f5 to f8 with shutter 1/250 ish depending on strobe/subject/background.

Thanks. I'll play around with these settings. It's good to at least get a ball park range of settings.

Jason

With a UCL-165 you probably experience some vignetting when the G10's zoom is wide open. So zoom in until the vignetting is removed and store this in the camera's custom modes (C1 / C2). Now you can freely use the camera's zoom feature u/w for compositional improvements and can easily revert to the widest by resetting the stored custom mode.

Oh yes, with a UCL let the glass do the work and refrain from using the camera's macro setting.

HTH, Tim