Ingemar
Feb 26 2004, 06:27 AM
I have never shot macro but i am thinking of trying it out. I have a Sea Cam housing for my S2 pro with a fish eye doom port. Can i use a 50mm macro lens behind this dom port? Do i have to buy a flat macro port? What lenses do you all recomend? I want to shoot fish and stuff but i am not interested to much in the smallest bugs.
Donovan
Feb 26 2004, 10:41 AM
As long as the macro lens fits with in the dome, when racked all the way out to it's closest focus setting it will work fine.
edddash
Feb 27 2004, 01:12 AM
And depending on the domeport maybe you need an additional close-up lens to be mounted to your macro. Otherwise it can be that you cannot focus close enough.
Daniel
divegypsy
Mar 21 2004, 01:58 PM
Ingemar,
Seacam maakes, or at least used to make, a very compact small dome port just for macro shooting. Rather than have a specific port for macro, you could get a long extension tube and then simply change between flat and dome front glass at your preference for the dive. I do exactly this when using the 70-180 micro-nikkor and years ago when I was using a Canon F1 in an Aquatica housing I also found using a small dome with Canon's 50mm macro lens very worthwhile when shooting fish. I don't think you will need any diopter lenses if the lens you have is a true macro lens that focuses to either 1:2 or 1:1.
divegypsy
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