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Laowa releases the world’s widest 6mm f/2 Zero-D rectilinear lens for Micro Four Thirds

Dec 21, 2022 John Aldred

Venus Optics has announced the new Laowa 6mm f/2 Zero-D lens, the widest rectilinear lens available for Micro Four Thirds. It’s essentially a photography version…

Venus Optics officially announces the new Laowa 18mm f/0.95 MFT and 25mm f/0.95 APS-C Argus lenses

Oct 25, 2022 John Aldred

Not entirely unexpectedly, Venus Optics has announced their new Laowa Argus 18mm f/0.95 MFT APO and Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95 APS-C APO lenses. The addition…

Laowa Argus 18mm MFT and 25mm APS-C f/0.95 APO lens photos and specs leak ahead of upcoming announcement

Oct 24, 2022 John Aldred

Laowa’s Argus range has been a little slow in growing, although the few fast prime lenses in the Argus line so far, have proven to…

Laowa announces new T2.9 Cine versions of its 65mm and 100mm 2x Ultra Macro APO lenses

Oct 6, 2022 John Aldred

This one might come as a surprise to some of you but guess who’s released two new macro lenses? I’ll give you a minute. I…

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

Sep 23, 2022 John Aldred

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…

Laowa launches $300 10mm f/4 Cookie lens for APSC cameras

Jul 19, 2022 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Laowa has announced a new addition to its family of lenses: the 10mm f/4 Cookie. Designed for APS-C cameras, this pancake lens is as thin…

Laowa announces new “affordable” full-frame 12-24mm f/5.6 manual focus zoom lens for RF, E, Z and M mounts

Jul 7, 2022 John Aldred

For years, one of the staple zoom lenses of serious enthusiasts and professional photographers has been something in the 12-24mm (ish) range. Typically, they have…