Advice Dome or WWL for whales

[HCIdiver]

Heading to Norway this weekend for my 3rd trip to the herring hunt amd hoping for Orca and Humpies again.

Last time I went A7R2 with 16-35mm f2.8 and the smaller 180mm Dome. 

Light is always a premium this time of year and not always available when the action is. 

I have acquired the WWL-1 with the SEL FE 28-60mm F4-5.6 amd the A7RV.... 

Will i stick to the dome? Bring the wwl as a backup? What do you think?

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by HCIdiver

[fruehaufsteher2]

Surely the RV has much better AF and better sensor than R2. 
Have you been happy with IQ (edges?) and AF performance last time? In tricky conditions it’s more important to know how to deal with the cam, lens and focus than to be one f-stop better. 

[Chris Ross]

The WWL has slightly wider coverage compared to a 16-35, something like the same horizontal field as a 14mm rectilinear, but the advantage for low light is you don't need to stop down as much with the WWL where you should be able to shoot at f5.6 or so.  I imagine corners will be dark water though - what f-stop did you use with the 16-35 previously? 

[HCIdiver]

To be clear, im using a7r5. Choice is just with the lens setup. I guess u helped answer my question, ill pack both! 

Only thing the wwl cant do is split shots but not many opportunities for them in the fjords anyway. 

[HCIdiver]

1 hour ago, Chris Ross said:

The WWL has slightly wider coverage compared to a 16-35, something like the same horizontal field as a 14mm rectilinear, but the advantage for low light is you don't need to stop down as much with the WWL where you should be able to shoot at f5.6 or so.  I imagine corners will be dark water though - what f-stop did you use with the 16-35 previously? 

Wider is useful in a bait ball.

Sometimes u have to shoot down and sometimes theres no light to speak of so the 2.8 was used for sure. 

In brighter conditions it might be ok to use higher fstops. I guess ill play it by ear. 

I did try the 8-15mm canon but found it wasnt able for the dark conditions and abondoned it one year.