INON Technical Guide [Easy Reliable System]

Simple & Secure System

"Wanna take more little fish?" " Wanna take a big fish entire in your image?"
"Wanna take more wide landscape?" " Wanna take more clear image without backscatter ?" interchangeable wet wide conversion lens close-up lens.
You need an external strobe and intercahngeble wet conversion lens and close-up lens. What we need for underwater accessories in severe condition? Yes, we need "simple & secure" system.
INON strobe system and attachment lenses are compact and easy to handle, yet carrying exceptional performance for every user. INON produces unique and innovative underwater photographic system with consistent pursuits for uncompromising quality to satisfy every digital camera user's high requirements.

Strobe SetThe combination of "Grip Base D4" and "D Holder" easily provides dual strobe configuration with Z-240 / D-2000 / S-2000. The Grip Base D4 is attached on a Mount Base with two screws supports secure fixation against severe underwater condition.

No.1

Multicore Optical D Cable for Reliable Flashing

INON "Optical D Cable / Cap Set" faultlessly catches built-in flash light to trigger an external strobe Z-240 / D-2000 / S-2000. The "Optical D Cable / Cap Set" consists of optical fiber to transmit built-in flash light to trigger an external strobe more reliably comparing to conventional wireless slave system, even in severe condition like just under the surface or with backlight. INON "Clear Photo System"(*1) effectively suppress several disadvantages of transparent housing like marine snow, ghost and flare.

The INON optical fiber is made up of more than 200 fibers and each single fiber is thinner than hair. Carrying high tolerance against breakage with unbelievable minimum bend radius 2mm. Though other manufacture's optical fiber looks like same as INON's optical fiber, their structure is single core and has to limits its minimum bend about radius to about 10mm. At the minimum bend radius, the single core type fiber optics loses about 50% of optical signal power comparing to its performance without bending resuling poor flashing of external strobe. INON's optical fiber loses almost NO optical signal power when bending with 10mm bend radius to support reliable external strobe flashing. INON fiber optics acquires not only assure signal transmission but also enable to have scrollwork.


(*1) Excluding [Optical D Cable / Cap W37 Set] / [Optical D Cable / Cap W38 Set].
[Optical D Cable / Cap W37 Set] / [Optical D Cable / Cap W38 Set]comes with [Shade Rubber Sheet] attached on a protector to block built-in flash light.


Optical D Cable Cap Set[Optical D Cable / Cap Set] screwed on a white diffuser panel of genuine housing.
Optical D Cable Cap Set[Optical D Cable / Cap Set] attached on a bayonet part of Mount Base.

INON Fiber Optics
INON Fiber OpticsHigh tolerant plastic fiber optics. Pinch the cable without any damage! The high tolerance leads secure optical signal transmission.

Left : INON multicore optical fiber Cross sectional illustration
Left: INON multicore optical fiber Cross sectional illustration
Right: Optical Finber (single core)

No.2

Optical D Cable / Cap Set to Collect Built-in Flash Light

It is essential to catch built-in flash light to provide faultless flashing of Z-240 / D-2000 / S-2000 via durable INON optical fiber. INON optical D cable/cap set is designed to screw on its light receiving part in front of light emitting part of camera's built in flash. Screw-on structure is free from abrupt dropping off which could happen in case of Velcro tape type or sucking disc type. The fiber optics holding part can hold maximum two cables for dual strobe configuration and once fiber optics is inserted in the holding part, inner rubber is wrapped around the cable and squeezed by tightening the cap to securely hold the fiber optics.
The light receiving part is equipped with a mirror to collect the the built-in flash light. Each collection mirror is uniquely designed based on specific camera having different built-in strobe location. INON fiber optics is screwed on slave sensor of D-2000 series. INON optical cable connection system is carefully designed to prevent every possible problem which could happen underwater and unbeatable by other manufacture's system.

Optical D Cable Cap SetOptical D Cable / Cap Set is equipped with a mirror to support rellable light transmission from built-in flash to an optical fiberOptical fiber receiving partOptical fiber receiving part and its cap. An optical fiber is securely held by lightly tightening the cap. The extra hole for additional fiber optics to conenct add-on strobe.Optical D Cable is screwed Optical D Cable is screwed on Z-240 / D-2000 / S-2000 slave sensor and never drops off underwater to support reliable optical signal transmission to trigger an external strobe.


Optical D Cable Cap SetOptical D Cable / Cap Set attached on a bayonrt part of Mount Base

Optical D Cable Cap SetOptical D Cable / Cap Set screwed on white diffuser panel of genuine housing.

No.3

Mount Base for Easy and Reliable Lens Installation/Replacement

INON AD Mount Base and 28AD Mount Base / 28AD Port is a multi purpose base specifically designed for specific compact underwater housing to support every level of photographers. The AD / 28AD lens mount is bayonet system enabling you to install AD Mount series lenses (*1) on "AD Mount Base" supporting fish-eye imaging as well as ultra macro imaging , or to install 28AD Mount series lens (*2) exclusively designed for a wide camera with 28mm master lens, on "28AD Mount Base" / "28AD Port" securely yet instantly. The "AD Mount Base" / "28AD Mount Base" / "28AD Port" is fixed on compatible housing at two points. One is rubber pressure welding wrapping around housing lens port / interchangeable lens port, which also suppors attachment lens alignment. The other is housing tripod hole where Mount Base is firmly screwed on. Off course, INON Mount Base is fully compatible with optional [Optical D Cable / Cap Set] to support secure and reliable transmission of built-in flash to an external strobe.

(*1) AD Mount series lens: UFL-165AD Fish-eye Conversion Lens (underwater only), UWL-105AD Wide Conversion Lens, UCL-165AD Close-up Lens
(*2) 28AD Mount series lens: UWL-100 28AD Wide Conversion Lens



easily installedAD Mount series lens is easily installed on "AD Mount Base" and 28AD Mount series lens is easily installed on "28AD Mount Base" / "28AD Port". It is free from abrupt dropping off and you have free choice among wide conversion lens, fish-eye conversion lens or close-up lens depending on your subjects and easily exchange those lenses underwater.

AD Mount Base
■AD Mount Base

AD Lens Holder
■AD Lens Holder

Holds AD Mount / 28AD Mount attachment lens on Arms. This is essential for divers shooting macro, wide, super macro and ultra macro in single dive. Also helps to exchange lenses underwater. Holds maximum two lense.