![]() The new Nauticam NA-A7C housing has posted on the Nauticam web page if anyone is interested. I may also have a review for the Nauticam A7c housing at that time. I should have the new port and zoom gear for the Sony FE 28-60mm in house in time for a review at issue for May/June 2021. In APS-C I still get a 26MP file which is larger than most APS-C cameras. This means that with the 50mm macro I can switch to APS-C for more distance to the subject (APS-C becomes a 75mm). I would also add that I have the AEL push button on my Nauticam NA-A7RIV housing set to switch between full frame and APS-C. I much prefer the Sony FE 90mm F/2.8 macro especially for macro and super macro with closeup lenses like Nauticam SMC- 1 & 2. ![]() Smaller subjects like the attached crab photo are best for subject size. This takes a lot of getting use to and you may be better off at 1:1 to infinity to start. Focus limit allows you to shoot in the 1:1 to about 1:4 or about 6 to 7 inch range. Image quality is tack sharp and you can use the focus limiting feature to reduce the distance the lens needs to travel. The lens is both slow and noise so not ideal for video. The lens is better suited to animals in the 1:2 and larger range. The Sony FE 50mm F/2.8 macro uses an n100 32mm flat port with an N100 40mm extension and at life size the lens sits just inside the port glass so you can take full advantage of shooting at 1:1 but very close to the subject. ![]() (that was for sea-dragons though, which are indeed about 30cm) Interesting fact about the Tamron 28-75, indeed I see it does focus a lot closer. I have used the 24-70gm behind the dome port, and there, again the min focus distance pushed me quite far back. I do have a full WA setup (16-35) so would this lens not use for anything larger.īefore this setup I did have an OMD with the 60mm and the 12-40 - understand what you trying to say. Subjects range from 1m long blue gropers down through 40cm weedy sea dragons to smaller fish, seahorses and even large nudis. You could consider the Tamron 28-75 - it focuses closer than the Sony 24-70 lenses and gets 0.34x magnification and you can use it with the 180mm dome. My solution in Sydney is a 24-80 equivalent lens (Olympus 12-40) which focuses very close and achieves 0.3x magnification. If you have a suitable dome you could try the 90mm macro in a dome - it's like a 112 mm lens through a flat port so you need to be a little closer with it in the dome. Some of it is technique perhaps - pumping the focus using back button focus to convince the lens to focus on the subject not the particles. I have similar issues diving around Sydney water is not always the cleanest I use a m43 60mm macro which is equivalent to a 120mm lens so I have to be even further back though I find I can shoot 100mm seahorses with it relatively easily. ![]() I have similar issues diving around Sydney water is not always the cleanest I use a m43 60mm macro which is equivalent to a 120mm lens so I have to be even further back though I find I can shoot 100mm seahorses with it relatively easily. You talk about 10cm subjects - anything larger? The 50mm macro lens I have heard doesn't focus real fast - slower than the 90mm. What have other people done? Has anyone used/tried the SEL50M28 with the N100 105 macro port? Have people found a working setup with a Metabones/Sigma adapter and a Canon lens?Īny other native Sony lenses that I should consider that allow to get me closer (and not being a wide angle lens, like the 16-35mm?) (I would not use a diopter with this setup, would use my 90mm lens if needed) Albeit this is external focusing, for my use case that doesn't really matter. This should allow me to get a lot closer. Which then results in focussing becoming tricky, backscatter becoming an issue (the water here isn't crystal clear.) and the lens starts to hunt, often missing the action! To fit in frame, the camera needs to be quite far away. While this works fine for the real macro stuff, it doesn't really play well once subjects (like seahorses, fish portraits) are about 10cm tall. I've an A7rIII with the Sony 90mm in the Nauticam housing.
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