Canon A95 + Canon WP-DC50

Hi Richard,

Yes, its a strange one this.

I started with a Canon A80 but at the time there was no Inon Adaptor for it. I therefore modified the AD DC700 adaptor which was available for a Canon A70. All this actually involved was enlarging the mounting hole on the bottom by filing away some of the metal. The attatched picture shows the enlarged hole. It worked great.

When I upgraded to the A95, again no adaptor was available to start with but I could still get my previously modified adaptor to fit and the results were just fine. When Inon then released a specific adaptor (the AD DC900 for the A80 and A95) I bought it straight away. It was terrible - awfull vignetting on both wide angle and macro lenses. I sent it back for a refund.

My modified adaptor on the other hand solved the vignetting problems by holding the lenses about 4mm closer to the housing front port. I was amazed that the Inon design seemed so far off the mark. Sometimes I wondered if Inon had badged the wrong adaptor for the wrong camera. I am very confident that the optical quality of my set up was not compromised as I've had such good results.

I would therefore recommend testing these adaptors out in a shop somewhere to see if everything fits together. I think there are just too many camera/housing/adaptor combinations for the dealers to understand what they are selling.

Trev

- and just to show what the AD DC700 looks like on my Canon A95

The bottom plate section of the Inon adaptor is not a perfect mate as it is a little short on length. However, it has proved secure enough.

I emailed Inon in japan - but no reply

Just though I'd add - I'm surprised to see this post surface again as I started it off so long ago.

It's great that this old stuff pops up when you do a search to find out about some piece of eqpt. you're considering. BTW, have you come over to RAW yet? As a newbie, I too resisted plopping down $800.00 for a new PC so I could use the RAW programs, but I must say it was worthwhile. I haven't had a chance to use it on UW pictures yet, but I've been playing with Raw Shooter Essentials, which you can download for free. It's absolutely a breeze to use, and in practicing, I've cleaned up some purposely washed out shots so they look as good or better than one with perfect light and focus. It's incredible to be able to find an object that should be white, click the white balance, and have the whole pic change before your eyes, etc. Thanks for all the tips on the lenses and shooting with them. The worm picture is awesome for a 5mp p&s or any other camera.

Gidday all.

I modified my housing (Canon WP-DC50, A95) very slightly to attach the fibre optic cable. The cable is a modified Epoque with a velcro connection on one end and an Inon mount on the strobe end supplied by Inon in Singapore.

I didn't want to completely block the diffuser assembly so I can still use the onboard flash if I decide to just take a few happy snaps without my strobe.

Basically I drilled a small hole in the top of the diffuser box, just big enough to take the optical cable, pulled the cable through the velcro fitting and bent it at 90 degrees, so the flash fires directly into it. Then just stick yhe correct velcro bit over the hole and you're away. The end of the cable looks abit rugged, as I had to remove and refit a small metal retainer several times to get the length right.

When using my strobe, I tape a piece of unexposed slide film over the camera flash, which does the exact same thing as Inon clear film, but costs nothing. The wavelength that penetrates fires the strobe every time. Before I modified it all, my strobe often wouldn't fire, as the camera flash couldn't travel the correct path to get "sucked up" by the cable. All works well and inexpensive to make.

Sorry guys, having problems attaching photos, any suggestions, ie how do I do it?????