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Loawa has released another macro lens – the 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO for mirrorless cameras

Sep 23, 2022 by John Aldred 4 Comments

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When it comes to macro lenses, the name that springs to mind most these days is Laowa, produced by Venus Optics. Now, they’ve added another new one to their lineup, the Laowa 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO designed specifically for mirrorless cameras. Like Laowa’s other lenses, it’s a manual focus lens, and this one comes in four full-frame flavours. Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z and Leica L mounts.

The new lens offers a 40.9° field of view on full-frame sensors and focuses all the way from 2:1 magnification to infinity, making it suitable for not just macro but also portraits or a general walkaround lens. It features an apochromatic (APO) design to suppress chromatic aberration as well as 3 ED and 3 Ultra-High Refractive Index lenses for maximum sharpness.

Offering up to 2x magnification with a minimum focus distance of 18.5cm (around 7.29″) you’ve got a decent amount of working distance for teeny tiny subjects, which Laowa says will let you capture everything “from a tiny ant to a larger dragonfly”. But at the other extreme, it’s still able to focus to infinity, providing a lot of options for portraits, product photography or just as a general walkabout lens on your travels.

The lens features internal focusing, to keep the length of the lens constant as the focus is adjusted. This is particularly handy in a macro lens when you’re often extremely close to a subject. The last thing you want to do is rotate your focus barrel and find the end of your lens has bumped into the thing you’re trying to photograph. It offers a wider field of view than the more typical 100mm macro lens, meaning you’ll need to be closer to your subject. The 13 aperture blades, Laowa says, produces a smooth and pleasant bokeh in the out-of-focus areas.

Focal length58mm
Max aperturef/2.8
Min aperturef/22
Angle of view40.9°
FormatFull-Frame
MountCanon RF, Sony E, Nikon Z, Leica M
Focus typeManual Focus
Lens typeRectilinear
Optics14 elements in 11 groups
Aperture blades13
Min focus distance185mm
Dimensions74 x 117mm
Weight595g


The Laowa 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens is available to buy now for $499 from the Laowa website and it should start coming to the usual retailers around the world in the next few weeks.

 

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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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