Laowa 10mm Lens

Phil Rudin · Issue 138, May/Jun 2024 · pp. 38–42

Products mentioned: Laowa 10mm F/2.8 Zero-D, Sony A7R V, Marelux MX-A7RV housing, Marelux Apollo III strobes, Canon RF 10-20mm F/4, Sony FE 12-24mm, Laowa 12mm F/2.8 Zero-D

Venus Optics manufactures premium lenses for both still and cinema cameras under the Laowa Lens brand. Since 2013 Laowa with headquarters in China have produced a verity of unique and affordable lenses from small fisheye lenses to mirrorless macro lenses with up to twice life size (2:1) magnification. Laowa lenses also cover formats from Micro 4/3 to the world’s widest native lens for medium format and every thing in-between. Laowa lenses are produced for SLR, DSLR and mirrorless systems with unique lenses like the 24mm probe lenses, 2.5 to 5 X ultra macro, Anamorphic cine lenses and adapters plus much much more. The Laowa 10mm Lens To celebrate Laowa’s tenth anniversary they have introduced their first auto focus lens, the 10mm F/2.8 Zero-D full frame lens with a remarkable ultra-wide 130.4 degree rectilinear angle of view. In addition this lens has a minimum focus distance of just 12cm…