New Photo Rig, Suggestions?

[Guitarcrazy]

Hello. I just purchased a Sony A6400 with Nauticam housing and Nauticam WWL-C wet wide angle and am looking for suggestions on lenses and settings. I have been using a Canon G7XII previously.

I have other Sony cameras and have the 16-50 kit lens, 30mm macro which I understand isn't great underwater, and several telephoto lenses that probably aren't useful.

I generally like CFWA, but do take the occasional photo of seahorses or nudis. I saw in other posts that the Tokina fisheye in Canon mount and metabones adapter works well with the Sony aps-c system.

Any suggestions on lenses or best settings to use are appreciated.

 

[beldridg]

I also have the WWL-C and it is my "go to" with the 16-50.

If you are looking for a wide angle rectilinear alternative, I have the Sony 10-18 which I like since I mainly shoot wrecks and things with straight lines.

Sony makes a newer 10-20 which is smaller and is a power zoom. I don't have links handy, but I think the reviews were that it exceeded the 10-18 in many ways and I think Phil Rudin reviewed it highly.

Otherwise, the Tokina with adapter is popular for fisheye and there is a Zeiss 50mm for macro (but I never shoot macro so I'm not the best person on that area).

- brett

 

[Barmaglot]

WWL-C + 16-50mm should be plenty adequate for WA. You can get a Tokina 10-17mm + Metabones/MC-11 + zoom gear + minidome, but it's a significant investment for not a whole lot of gain.

30mm macro, on the other hand, isn't about much. If you want to shoot midsize macro critters (think ~1-inch), then Sony-Zeiss 50mm is a good choice; if you're into tiny stuff like leaf sheep slugs, then look into a Sony 90mm + a good close-up diopter.

 

[Guitarcrazy]

Thanks for the replies. I don't do a lot of macro so if I am able to zoom through the WWL-C and get decent shots of seahorses or nudis that may be enough.

 

[Lewis88]

I shoot an A6100 in a Nauticam A6400 housing.

For WA, I shoot the Tokina 10-17 with a Zen 100mm. I love this setup, both for it's size and capability. It will focus on the dome and performs great.

For Macro, I shoot the Zeiss Touit 50mm, with a +7mm diopter on a flip. This works very well for the majority of macro things I shoot, but I don't have the eyesight to shoot really tiny critters.

I don't even carry my 16-50 anymore on trips. It's a bit of a master of none. I've thought about getting an extension ring and teleconverter for the Tokina to increase the focal length for a less wide lens.

 

[pisauron]

Get the Sigma 10-18 for wide, the 90mm macro, and a 35mm for regular.