Macro Wideangle

Alex Mustard · Issue 35, Mar/Apr 2007 · pp. 24–27

Products mentioned: Nikon 10.5mm fisheye lens, Kenko 1.5x teleconverter, Nikon D2x, Subal housing, Subtronic strobes, Olympus 5060, Inon UWL 100, Inon strobe

Macro Wideangle by Alex Mustard I realise my title an oxymoron. The alternative was teleconverter- fisheye. Sometimes coming up with new ideas requires a little unhinged thinking. Sometimes imagination is more important than knowledge. But most of the time it isn’t. I always enjoy trying new ideas, techniques and kit in an effort to produce different types of underwater photos But I’d be the first to admit that success is like gold dust. Luckily, it is only the ones that work out that I write about in UWP. This article is about my experiments during the last 9 months using fisheye lenses in conjunction with teleconverters to create macro photos with a wide angle perspective. I very much consider this a work in progress. This article is not a finished set of instructions to a plug and play technique, but I hope that the lessons I have learned are useful should you want to try it too. My m…