Nauticam WWL-1 & Sony Full Frame

Phil Rudin · Issue 114, May/Jun 2020 · pp. 25–29

Products mentioned: Nauticam WWL-1, Sony FE 28mm F/2, Sony A7R III, Sony A7R II, Sony A7R IV, Nauticam NA-A7R III housing, Inon Z-330 flash, Inon Z-240 flash, Sony 16mm FE Fisheye conversion lens, Sony FE 12-24mm F4 G, Nauticam 230mm optical glass fisheye port II, Olympus EM-1, Olympus ED 7-14mm F/2.8 Pro, Zen Underwater 200mm optical glass port, Panasonic Lumix G power zoom 14-42mm F/3.5-5.6, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100, Nauticam NA-EM1 housing

The Nauticam WWL-1 is the first in a line of high quality wet-changeable wide angle conversion optics with a 130 degree field of view using 28mm (75 degree) equivalent lenses. Wet-changeable lenses can be removed and reinstalled underwater in conjunction with the required Nauticam port for the supported lens in use. The WWL-1 was first reviewed in the Nov/ Dec 2015 issue #87 of UWPMAG.com by Peter Rowlands. At the time Peter was using WWL-1 with a Panasonic GX7, Panasonic M43 14-42mm Power zoom and Nauticam housing. My first experience was with a WWL-1 prototype lens I used in March of 2015 while the lens was still in development. At the time I was using the WWL-1 with an Olympus EM-1, Panasonic Lumix G power zoom 14-42mm F/3.5- 5.6 lens in a Nauticam housing. I have included images in this review of the prototype lens and bayonet mount as well as some of the images I shot with the Olymp…