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Laowa announces four MFT Cine lenses including 6mm T2.1 Zero D – The world’s widest rectilinear lens

Feb 28, 2022 by John Aldred Add Comment

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Laowa has announced four new cine lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system including a crazy wide Laowa 6mm T2.1 Zero-D Cine lens. This is the world’s widest rectilinear lens for not only Micro Four Thirds but any interchangeable lens camera system. The lens offers the equivalent field of view to 12mm on full-frame, offering an angle of view of 121.9°. As well as the 6mm T2.1, Laowa has also announced their new 10mm T2.1 Zero-D MFT Cine, 17mm T1.9 MFT Cine and 50mm T2.9 Macro APO MFT Cine lenses.

The four new lenses sit on the smaller side of Laowa’s cine lenses. As such, they’re extremely lightweight, designed for those hybrid shooters that might be using a compact rig or gimbal with a small follow focus motor, or even for popping onto a drone carrying a Micro Four Thirds camera to not impact your flight time too much.

Laowa 6mm T2.1 Zero-D MFT Cine Lens – $699

The Laowa 6mm T2.1 Zero-D Cine lens is, as mentioned, the world’s widest rectilinear lens for Micro Four Thirds, offering an ultra-wide 121.9° field of view with a modestly bright T2.1 aperture. It weighs in at only 180g and despite being so wide, sports a 58mm filter thread on the front for adding a polariser, ND or small matte box. It has a minimum focusing distance of only 9cm and features mod 0.8 toothed gears for both focus and aperture control.

Focal length6mm
FormatMicro Four Thirds
MountsMicro Four Thirds
Angle of view121.9°
T-StopT2.1-16
Optics13 elements in 3 groups
Aperture blades7
Min focus distance6cm
Filter diameter58mm
Dimensions61 x 53mm
Weight180g

Laowa 50mm T2.9 Macro APO MFT Cine – $549

As a macro lens, the Laowa 50mm T2.9 Macro APO MFT Cine focuses very close at a distance of only 13.5cm, offering a magnification factor of 2x. It’s quite heavy compared to the other lenses announced today, weighing 289g, but for a macro lens, that’s not too bad at all.

Focal length50mm
FormatMicro Four Thirds
MountsMicro Four Thirds
Angle of view24°
T-StopT2.9-22
Optics14 elements in 10 groups
Aperture blades7
Min focus distance13.5cm
Filter diameter49mm
Dimensions58 x 83mm
Weight289g

Laowa 10mm T2.1 Zero-D MFT Cine Lens – $649

As with the other lenses announced today, the Laowa 10mm T2.1 Zero-D MFT Cine Lens is a lightweight. At only 150g, it’s actually the lightest of all four lenses in today’s addition to the Laowa MFT Cine lineup. Still quite wide, it has a 12cm minimum focus distance and a 49mm filter thread with Laowa’s “close-to-zero” distortion lens design.

Focal length10mm
FormatMicro Four Thirds
MountsMicro Four Thirds
Angle of view96°
T-StopT2.1-22
Optics11 elements in 7 groups
Aperture blades7
Min focus distance12cm
Filter diameter49mm
Dimensions56 x 47mm
Weight150g

Laowa 17mm T1.9 MFT Cine Lens – $399

At a T1.9 aperture, this is the fastest of today’s lens announcements, with a 17mm focal length offering a 65° field of view similar to that of a 35mm lens on full-frame or a 24mm lens on APS-C or Super 35mm. It has a minimum focus distance of only 15cm and despite not being part of Laowa’s Zero-D lineup, seems to offer nice straight lines where they’re supposed to be.

Focal length17mm
FormatMicro Four Thirds
MountsMicro Four Thirds
Angle of view65°
T-StopT1.9-22
Optics9 elements in 7 groups
Aperture blades7
Min focus distance15cm
Filter diameter49mm
Dimensions56 x 53mm
Weight175g

All four lenses are available to buy now from the Laowa website. The 6mm T2.1 Zero-D is $699, the 10mm T2.1 Zero-D is $649, the 17mm T1.8 is $399 and the 50mm T2.9 Macro APO MFT is $549.

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John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

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