Lens Reviews

Detailed lens reviews for underwater photography and video, including specs, key features and comparisons with other popular lenses.

An in-depth look at the Olympus 9-18mm wide-angle lens.
By Kelli Dickinson

Olympus 9-18mm Lens Review

Kelli Dickinson
An in-depth look at the Olympus 9-18mm wide-angle lens.

Olympus 9-18mm Lens Review

By Kelli Dickinson

 

Diver

Olympus 9-18mm @ 9mm, 1/60 F6.3

 

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A review of the new Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens for full-frame and cropped sensor underwater photographers
By Todd Winner

Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM Review

Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM Review
Todd Winner
A review of the new Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens for full-frame and cropped sensor underwater photographers

This is a review of the Canon 8-15mm circular fisheye lens. Since this lens is capable of being used on both cropped and full frame sensors, I've divided my review into two sections below.

 

 

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Ultra-wide micro-four thirds lens for Olympus and Panasonic cameras
By Scott Gietler

Panasonic 8mm Fisheye Lens Review

Panasonic 8mm Fisheye Lens Review
Scott Gietler
Ultra-wide micro-four thirds lens for Olympus and Panasonic cameras

The Panasonic 8mm micro-four thirds fisheye lens is a small, sharp, stunning lens that really needs to get used more often in the underwater world. It mounts on cameras such as the Olympus E-PL2 & E-PL3, and the Panasonic GF2 & GH2.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Scott Gietler is the owner of Bluewater Photo, Bluewater Travel, and the Underwater Photography Guide. Bluewater Photo, based in Culver City, CA is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious underwater camera stores, serving many thousands of customers each year, where nothing is more important than customer service. The Underwater Photography Guide is the world’s first website to feature free tutorials on underwater photography, and has become the most trafficked resource on underwater photography worldwide. Bluewater Travel is a full-service dive travel wholesaler sending groups and individuals on the world’s best dive vacations. 

Scott is also an avid diver, underwater photographer, and budding marine biologist, having created the online guide to the underwater flora and fauna of Southern California. He is the past vice-president of the Los Angeles Underwater Photographic Society, has volunteered extensively at the Santa Monica aquarium, and is the creator of the Ocean Art underwater photo competition, one of the largest underwater international photo competitions ever held in terms of value of prizes. He lives in California with his wife, newborn girl and scuba-diving, photo taking 4 year old son.

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Magnify your macro underwater photography
By Michael Zeigler

Lens Review: Dyron Double Macro M77

Lens Review: Dyron Double Macro M77
Michael Zeigler
Magnify your macro underwater photography

Always up for trying something new, I volunteered to field test the Dyron Double Macro M77 lens and Ikelite port adapter

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michael Zeigler is a contributor, instructor, and trip leader for the Underwater Photography Guideand Bluewater Photo, as well as an AAUS Scientific Diver. Michael's underwater photography and blog can be seen at SeaInFocus.com.

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Sigma 8-16mm is the widest lens available for cropped-sensor cameras
By Scott Gietler

Sigma 8-16mm lens

Sigma 8-16mm lens
Scott Gietler
Sigma 8-16mm is the widest lens available for cropped-sensor cameras

The new Sigma 8-16mm F4.5-5.6 lens ($699 in the US) is the widest available lens for cropped sensor dSLRs. I'm a big fan of ultra-wide lenses and love putting my Sigma 10-20mm lens on my camera. Let's see how I liked the Sigma 8-16mm on my Nikon D300, and look at some real-world photographs.

 

sigma 8-16mm lens review

 

 

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Scott Gietler is the owner of Bluewater Photo, Bluewater Travel, and the Underwater Photography Guide. Bluewater Photo, based in Culver City, CA is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious underwater camera stores, serving many thousands of customers each year, where nothing is more important than customer service. The Underwater Photography Guide is the world’s first website to feature free tutorials on underwater photography, and has become the most trafficked resource on underwater photography worldwide. Bluewater Travel is a full-service dive travel wholesaler sending groups and individuals on the world’s best dive vacations. 

Scott is also an avid diver, underwater photographer, and budding marine biologist, having created the online guide to the underwater flora and fauna of Southern California. He is the past vice-president of the Los Angeles Underwater Photographic Society, has volunteered extensively at the Santa Monica aquarium, and is the creator of the Ocean Art underwater photo competition, one of the largest underwater international photo competitions ever held in terms of value of prizes. He lives in California with his wife, newborn girl and scuba-diving, photo taking 4 year old son.

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Review of the Nikon 10-24mm lens
By Scott Gietler

Nikon 10-24mm lens review

Scott Gietler
Review of the Nikon 10-24mm lens

Nikon 10-24mm lens review

Using the Nikon 10-24mm F3.5/4.5 lens in underwater photography

By Scott Gietler

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A valuable tool for shooting wide-angle
By Scott Gietler

Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye Lens

Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye Lens Review
Scott Gietler
A valuable tool for shooting wide-angle

The tokina 10-17mm fisheye lens is a very popular lens, especially for underwater photography due to the flexibility it gives the underwater photographer. It is the #1 lens of choice for Canon and Nikon cropped-sensor underwater dSLR shooters. 

The proper name for the lens is the Tokina AT-X DX 10-17mm  F3.5-4.5 Fisheye. This is a variable aperture lens, and the largest aperture is F3.5 at 10mm focal length, and F4.5 at 17mm focal length.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Scott Gietler is the owner of Bluewater Photo, Bluewater Travel, and the Underwater Photography Guide. Bluewater Photo, based in Culver City, CA is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious underwater camera stores, serving many thousands of customers each year, where nothing is more important than customer service. The Underwater Photography Guide is the world’s first website to feature free tutorials on underwater photography, and has become the most trafficked resource on underwater photography worldwide. Bluewater Travel is a full-service dive travel wholesaler sending groups and individuals on the world’s best dive vacations. 

Scott is also an avid diver, underwater photographer, and budding marine biologist, having created the online guide to the underwater flora and fauna of Southern California. He is the past vice-president of the Los Angeles Underwater Photographic Society, has volunteered extensively at the Santa Monica aquarium, and is the creator of the Ocean Art underwater photo competition, one of the largest underwater international photo competitions ever held in terms of value of prizes. He lives in California with his wife, newborn girl and scuba-diving, photo taking 4 year old son.

Follow Scott on Facebook or Instagram.

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By Scott Gietler

Nikon 18-55mm Lens Review

Scott Gietler

Nikon 18-55mm Lens Review

By Scott Gietler

 

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By Scott Gietler

Review of the Nikon 105mm VR Macro Lens

Scott Gietler

Review of the Nikon 105mm VR Macro Lens

By Scott Gietler

 

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