New Products

Staff · Issue 128, Sep/Oct 2022 · pp. 12–23

Products mentioned: Nauticam N100 0.36X Compact Wide Angle Conversion Port (WACP-C), T-Housing H10 Power for GoPro HERO 9/10, Sea&Sea MDX-αU housing for Sony Alpha cameras, Nauticam NA-RX100VII housing for Sony DSC-RX100 VII, Nauticam NA-R5C housing for Canon R5 C, AOI Q1 Ultra Compact Strobe, AOI UH-OM1 housing for Olympus OM-1

New Products Like the WACP-1 and WACP- 2, the WACP-C is a dry mount lens design, functioning as both a port and optical lens. It is optimized to work with professional camera lenses up to a full-frame equivalent focal length of 28mm and offers an amazing 130° angle of view. The WACP-C can focus as close as the front element and captures images with minimal distortion. A wide variety of lenses are supported, both primes and zooms for a variety of cameras. Please check the WACP-C port chart for supported lenses and suggested configurations as some lenses will require extension rings or adapters. Similar to WACP-1, the WACP-C greatly improves the overall rectilinear lens behind a dome port a f/16. As a point of comparison, WACP-1 provides approximately 4 f-stops of increased corner sharpness. The WACP-C’s zoom-through capability means the underwater filmmaker or photographer can capture ast…