A little while back, Laowa (A.K.A. Venus optics) announced a very exciting new 9mm f/5.6 full-frame lens. (Laowa already has a 9mm 2.8 lens for crop sensors, but this lens is for full-frame and lower aperture).
One of the exciting features of this lens is that it is a Rectilinear, low distortion lens and does not create any fish-eye distortion. It is not as distortion-free as Laowa’s Zero-D, but still has very (very!) low distortion for a 9mm lens.
We managed to get our hands on a few sample photos for the lens made with various cameras, click on each image for larger resolution.
And here are some photos that taken using the lens by Richard Wong
Sony A7II (using an adapter)
Leica M10P
Nikon Z6
Laica SL2
9mm on full frame is insane!
“zero distortion”…really?
Dušan DuPe Pethö yes the have a whole line of zero distortion lenses.
Dušan, there is zero barrel distortion. Of course there is perspective distortion.
It’s an insanely wide wide angle, so of course it can look pretty unnatural. But Straight lines stay straight, unlike what a fisheye would give you.
Pretty cool lens, but not cool enough to justify the purchase of a full frame camera. I hope thesy scale it down to MFT someday. I am very happy with their 7.5mm f/2, but a 4,5mm would e a whole lot wider.
Love these!
Wow!
those edges look rather rough actually
Perspective differences on the edges are not the same as distortion.
They should have used the lens on different full frame cameras and used the same subject to be more precise and accurate
I’m addicted to Laowa :)
I want one of those Laica cameras you mention ;)
May have to buy this one.
I thought when I saw the title it was a joke lens.. I was wrong
So distortionless that photos taken with it reveal architectural flaws and shoddy construction of buildings.
This is a pretty amazing achievement. Excited to see some examples for filming