Nauticam MWL-1 Wet Wide Angle Lens

Jack Connick · Issue 107, Mar/Apr 2019 · pp. 35–38

Products mentioned: Nauticam MWL-1, Nauticam NA-D850 housing, Nikon AF-S 60mm macro lens, Nikon 105mm VR macro lens, Nikon 16-35mm lens, Nikon 8-15mm FE fisheye lens, Sigma 15mm FE lens, SagaDive +10 diopter, S&S focus diopter, Stix float belt, Nauticam 140mm dome port

Nauticam’s innovative new MWL-1 is a game-changing wet mount wide angle lens. Designed to be used in front of a housed macro lens, it allows for an approximate 150° field of view with excellent sharpness and quality. Using a specialized double lens flip holder, you can now switch to three lens lengths; shooting close- up macro with a diopter, shooting standard macro with the 60mm lens or a moderate fish portrait type shots), or a wide angle lens with a 150º field of view. The lens is compatible with FX and some APS-C DSLRs, Mirrorless, Compact, MFT, 1” sensor compacts (see lens chart). Nauticam is continuing to test and add more lenses. The MWL-1 allows for focusing from infinity all the way to the front element, so it’s quite good for CF/WA shots. The ability to shoot wide angle and macro on the same dive is now a reality - even for full- frame DSLR systems! I took one of these new Naut…