Nauticam WWL-1B review

Phil Rudin · Issue 120, May/Jun 2021 · pp. 32–37

Products mentioned: Nauticam WWL-1B, Nauticam WWL-1, Nauticam WACP-1, Nauticam WACP-2, Sony FE 28mm F/2, Sony FE 28-60mm F/4-5.6, Sony FE 27-70mm F/3.5-5.6, Sony FE 12-24mm F/2.8 GM, Sony FE 14mm F/1.8 GM, Sigma 14mm F/1.8, Zen Underwater 230mm optical glass dome port, Sony A7R III, Sony A7C, Sony A1, Panasonic Lumix G 14-42mm F/3.5-5.6, Olympus EM-1, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100, Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-RX100, Canon PowerShot, Canon EF-M 22mm F/2, Canon EF-M 15-45mm F/3.5-6.3 IS STM, Fujifilm XC 15-45mm F/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ, Nikon Z DX 16-50mm F/3.5-6.3 VR, Sony E PZ 16-50mm F/3.5-5.6 OSS, Sigma 19mm F/2.8 DN

The Nauticam WWL-1B is the second generation in a line of high quality water contact optics. Water contact lenses come in two styles; one is removable underwater like the WWL-1 and WWL-1B and non-removable like the outstanding Nauticam WACP 1&2 water contact optics. Both the WWL-1 and WWL- 1B wide conversion lenses have a maximum 130 degree field of view underwater when used with a 28mm (75 degree) equivalent lenses. The original WWL-1 was first review by Peter Rowlands in the Nov/ Dec 2015 issue #87 of UWPMAG. com. At the time Peter was using WWL-1 with a Panasonic GX7, Panasonic M43 14-42mm Power zoom and Nauticam housing. At the time of Peter’s review, Nauticam had not yet released a buoyancy collar to offset the weight of the lens and the lens came with a removable 67mm thread mount for attachment to whatever flat dome port supported the lens being used. The thread-in lens attachment…