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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Leica L VE1228L
MSRP Price: $949 Made in: China Production Status: In Production Manufacturer Link: Product Page Lens Description: Featuring the widest angle of view (122°) ever offered from a f/2.8 lens, this is an ideal lens for a wide variety of shooting situations. From landscape, architecture, interior, travel to the most important, astro photography.
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Venus Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Review
Laowa Zero-D 12mm F2.8 Camera Lens. $600. Allen CANON 600EX-RT SPEEDLITE FLASH FOR CANON EOS CAMERAS. $249. PLANO CANON 580EX II SPEEDLITE FLASH. NEW ROKINON AKA SAMYANG 12MM F2.8 ULTRA WIDE FISHEYE LENS FOR CANON EF. $224. Southlake Nikon D90 DSLR Camera with 3 Lens 18-105mm f, 60mm f/2.8G, 50mm 1:1.8D. $1,200.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Review Overview and Specifications (Page 1 of 6)
Specifications Performance Compared Usage Recommendations Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 (21.7 oz./615g, about $949) bigger. It comes in mounts for Canon, for Nikon, for Sony mirrorless, for Sony DSLR and for Pentax. I 'd get it at Adorama or at B&H.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero D Lens Review (D. Abbott)
The Laowa 12mm f/2.8's main competition comes from lenses with slightly longer focal lengths, in the range of 14mm and 15mm. Below, I'll compare the Laowa against five other lenses: the Samyang 14mm f/2.8, Rokinon 14mm f/2.4, Irix 15mm f/2.8, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, and Tokina 15-30mm f/2.8.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm F2.8 Zero D Emount lens info
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the Canon RF-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from Venus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm F2.8 Zero D Emount lens info
The Venus Laowa 12mm F2.8 Zero-D claims at the time of its launch to be the world's widest F2.8 lens with fully corrected distortion. The Zero-D in its name indicates Venus' claim that the lens has almost no distortion. It offers a seven-blade iris with clicking stops and features an aperture range of F2.8-F22. Product timeline
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens Review
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the black Canon EF-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-DVenus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects.
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Venus Optics Laowa ZeroD 12mm f/2.8 Lens Announced Camera Times
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the Sony E-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from Venus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects.
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Venus Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD UltraWide Angle Lens for Canon RF Mount Camera
Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D Specifications As you can see, the Laowa has a lot of interesting specifications and technologies, from the water-repellant front coating to the 2 Aspherical and 3 ED glass elements. However, it is not a cheap lens, costing $950 new. You're getting some unique optics, but you're definitely paying for them, too.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Sony E VE1228SEF
The Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D Lens features nearly the widest rectilinear (not a heavily-barrel-distorted fisheye lens) focal length available in a full frame compatible lens (a pair of 11mm options currently hold that record) and while that extreme wide angle of view alone creates a great attraction for this lens, the wide f/2.8 aper.
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Venus Optics Laowa ZeroD 12mm f/2.8 lens launched on Kickstarter Photo Rumors
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the Nikon Z-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from Venus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects.
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Venus Optics Laowa ZeroD 12mm f/2.8 lens launched on Kickstarter Photo Rumors
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the silver Canon EF-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from Venus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects. The optical construction also incorporates a pair of aspherical elements and three extra-low dispersion elements to control both spherical and.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Canon RF VE1228RF
Buy on Amazon.com From $849.00 Chinese optics company Venus caused a stir when it announced a 12mm F2.8 lens with claims of almost zero rectilinear distortion. The lens is comparably small in its super wide-angle class, and its claims of little barrel distortion are pretty tantalizing.
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Venus Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Caratteristiche e Opinioni JuzaPhoto
Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8 Full Frame lens; (Like New in Box) $749. Rowlett CANON Speedlites For Rent @ DFWPhotoPro.com. $0. Coppell, TX Browning Hunting Game Cameras. Laowa Zero-D 12mm F2.8 Camera Lens. $600. Allen 2017 Gulf Stream BT Cruiser 5291. $69,995. Dallas, Texas Canon FD 28mm f2.8.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Nikon F VE1228NSIL
The Laowa 12mm f/2.8 has fairly high levels of vignetting wide open, more than two stops at infinity focus. This is enough to make photos at f/2.8 a headache to correct in post-processing, revealing additional noise in the corners as well. Here's our vignetting graph:
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Venus Optics Laowa ZeroD 12mm f/2.8 lens for Nikon F mount launched on Kickstarter Nikon Rumors
Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD Camera Lens.. Laowa Zero-D 12mm F2.8 Camera Lens. $600. Allen [Wanted] Cash for Film Cameras and Lenses. $500. Plano Sony 50mm 1.2 GM. $1,400. dallas Sony E 16-70mm ZEISS Zoom Lens. $400. Dallas Zhiyun Crane 2S PRO Gimbal Stabilizer.