Large diameter dome ports

Phil Rudin · Issue 130, Jan/Feb 2023 · pp. 33–36

Products mentioned: Matty Smith dome ports, Nauticam N120 port mount, Sony A1, Sony FE PZ 16-35mm F/4, Sony FE 12-24mm F/2.8, Marelux MX-A1 housing, Marelux 230mm optical glass port, Ikelite anti-reflection rings

Matty Smith is a professional underwater photographer based in Australia who specializes in shooting split images using custom ports designed specifically for split imagery. Split shots take us from the terrestrial world into the underwater world we all love so much. Splits allow us to capture wildlife and human activity at or near the surface and in some cases to identify the location where we are shooting. Many Splits, also called Over/Under shots, are regular award winners in a number of prestigious international photography contests held around the world. During the 2022 Underwater Photographer of the Year contest featured in UwP issue #125 out of the 4200 images entered by some 500 photographers sixteen of the winning shots were splits distributed over a verity of contest categories. Back in the film days, 1990 to be exact, David Haas, Ruth Petzold, myself and four others were lucky…