Sony FE 16-35mm zoom as an underwater lens

Happy New Year to all. The latest issue of Underwater Photography Magazine, UWPMAG.com posted today with my articles on the Sony FE 16-35mm zoom and Ikelite Gamma II flashlight. uwpmag.com is a free PDF downloads, which is loaded with interesting new articles on underwater photography.


This article relates to using the Sony FE 16-35 zoom with A7 II and A7r II for underwater photography.

 

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Underwater wide angle photography requires much wider lenses than land photography because you need to be very close to the subject, that is why fisheyes are used so much U/W. The 28mm with fisheye or wide adapter requires the same 170mm port used with the 16-35. The 35 is all but useless because of its minimum focus distance which would not work well behind a dome port.

So the 16-35 zoom presents the best option for wide angle rectilinear photography with a Sony FE lens.

Keep in mind that all of this equipment is used in a housing with a rather large port so lens size is less relevant that it is on land.

Also the Sony A7 series reduce the overall housing size V. say a Nikon D800/810 because for the same lens range Nikon 16-35 zoom you would need a 230mm port to get the same corner sharpness you get with the 170mm port using mirrorless.