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GEAR TESTS: Nauticam FCP-1 FISHEYE CONVERSION PORT Underwater Lens Review
TODD WINNER
Nauticam Ambassador
Fisheye lenses have long been favored by underwater photographers, but unfortunately, there are no fisheye zoom lenses available for full-frame cameras. While Canon’s 7-14mm, 8-15mm, and Nikon’s 8-15mm lenses are technically fisheye zooms, they are designed to capture images at 15mm for a rectangular image or 8mm for a circular effect. The FCP-1 addresses this limitation by enabling compatible lenses, such as Sony’s 28-60mm, to utilize the full zoom range. The FCP-1 converts the 28-60mm image to a fisheye effect with a 170° to 74° field of view. The FCP-1 also simplifies lighting and presents greater creative lighting opportunities. Like other Water Contact Optics, the FCP-1 allows for in-water focus from its front element to infinity, enabling extremely close-focus fish-eye shooting. A built-in buoyancy collar and a user-interchangeable port mount from N120 to N100 are included. The port shade is removable for extreme close-focus lighting, and a 14mm lens can be utilized to achieve a circular fisheye effect.
