Nauticam WACP on Sony!

Todd Winner · Issue 103, Jul/Aug 2018 · pp. 47–48

Products mentioned: Nauticam 0.36x Wide Angle Conversion Port (WACP), Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS, Sony a9, Sony a7rIII, Nauticam housing, 35.5mm N100 to N120 Port adapter (37303), 20mm extension ring (21120), SE2870-Z zoom gear (37141)

The Nauticam 0.36x Wide Angle Conversion Port, WACP, has been getting a lot of attention lately and rightly so. In my opinion it is one of the most exciting products that has been designed for underwater photographers in years. Most of the information that has been coming out has been related to Canon and Nikon cameras and if you are one of the many Sony full frame shooters you may have been feeling left out of the excitement. Well not any more! We have completed or testing with the Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS and the results are exceptional. The WACP is a true water contact optic. Like the legendary Nikonos film lenses it is designed to be exclusive used in water and not air. Domes suffer from corner softness especially when shooting with wide apertures. Water contact optics correct this corner softness allowing you to shoot at wider f/stops. In addition the 0.36x Wide Angle Conversio…