Wide angle with the SONY A7RIII

Dr Simon J. Pierce · Issue 111, Nov/Dec 2019 · pp. 57–59

Products mentioned: Sony A7RIII, Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens, Metabones V adapter, Nauticam NA-A7RIII housing, Zen 100mm dome port, Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobes, Sea & Sea YS-D2J strobes, Eneloop Pro batteries, Sony flash trigger, Nauticam optical sync cables, GoPro Hero 7

I recently wrote a post on my updated settings for underwater macro photography with the Sony A7rIII, so I thought I’d kick on and do the same for underwater wide angle too. For the moment, this post focuses simply on my settings and tips for underwater wide angle photography with the Canon 8-15 mm fisheye lens (using a Metabones V adapter) on the Sony, housed in a Nauticam NA- A7RIII housing with a 100 mm Zen dome port. Camera settings for all occasions I’ve always shot uncompressed raw files so far. I’ll switch to compressed raw for situations where I’m constantly hitting buffer limitations in future, though – dusky dolphins, I’m looking at you. The reduced file size increases the buffer depth and helps the camera clear the images (much) faster, so I can keep taking photos instead of swearing through my snorkel. I’ve got the “Pwr Save Start Time” – i.e., camera sleep time – set Wide an…