Nauticam FCP-1

Kevin Palmer · Issue 140, Sep/Oct 2024 · pp. 26–28

Products mentioned: Nauticam FCP-1, Nauticam WWL, Nauticam WACP-1, Nauticam WACP-C, Tokina 10-17, Nikon Z8, Nikon Z 24-50, Sony 28-70mm

Ever since full frame digital cameras started to become popular for underwater, the photographic community has longed for a true full frame fisheye zoom, but to no avail. Many of us remember the joy of the Tokina 10-17 fisheye zoom hitting the market for our APS-C crop sensor cameras. Finally, we had a full 180 degree diagonal view fisheye for the big scenes and decent zoom range when we needed to be a bit tighter. And since it could fit in a small dome and focus down to the glass, it was amazingly versatile. Nikon and Canon came out with very nice fisheyes with a less zoom range, so it seemed the big camera names were catching on. We here at Reef, started grilling manufacturers years ago about when we would see a true full frame fisheye zoom for all these wonderful full frame cameras being introduced. These lenses would likely have to be around 15- 22mm to be the equivalent to the exper…