Truth about UWL attachments...

[JB Guillot]

Hi guys,

 

I recently came across an interesting article in an old smallformat issue (#3/2007) dealing with optical adapters.

 

I was a bit astonished to read such a sentence : In general, the Schneider UWL does not fuction with the 6 - 66 mm [...] and 6 - 70 mm zooms.

 

As a proud Beaulieu 4008 ZMII user, I have a 6-70 Schneider on which I wanted to adapt a UWL from Wittner but this article makes me doubt.

 

Could anyone reveal some truth about thoses adapters ?

 

Thanks for any help / advice / experiences...

[andy oliver]

Hi, i use a schneider aspheric III, it works perfectly on my 6-66, one has to knock the lens into macro mode, you cannot zoom thru the lens. No longer own a 6-70 so i cannot help.

[Tony Terziev]

Yes, I would also like to know how the ULW lens from Wittner works out on a Schneider 6-66 lens.

Any examples of what to expect?

 

/ Tony Terziev

[JB Guillot]

It seems I was still a bit sleepy after New Year's party ... :ph34r:

 

My lens is no 6-70mm but 6-66mm Schneider Optivaron with Macro slider so it should work perfectly as macro is compulsory to use the UWL lens. ;)

 

Thanks Andy for your answer ! :)

As you have the same lense (or seem to have it), could you tell us more about the UWL III : you can't zoom thru it (no problem) but what is the approximative focal length you get ?

All manuals / books seem to say a 7mm become 4mm even when they refer to the 6-66mm ... question is, does the UWL have an influence ONLY when the Schneider 6-66 is set to approx 7mm ? or does it work when it's full wide ?

 

If you have any footage to show us with & without UWL this would be great ! :)

 

Seem that I found my new "must have stuff" for this new year ... :rolleyes: