Venus Optics soon to announce super-fast Laowa f/0,95 Argus lenses
Jan 17, 2020
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During a presentation in China, Venus Optics announced a new series of lenses. It will be named “Argus” and it will be a super-fast line of lenses with the maximum aperture of f/0,95.
There’s a pretty limited amount of information in terms of price, release date, focal lengths, and mounts. For now, it’s said that the Argus line will be available for different mirrorless and DSLR lenses, both full-frame and APS-C. According to Fuji Addict, the first Argus lens could fall somewhere between 20-35mm, but this is just a rumor for now. We could expect the first lens in this line as soon as this year, but it’s yet to be confirmed.
When it comes to the price, we can only assume it for now. But considering that Laowa makes high-quality, yet affordable lenses, I expect the price to be closer to Mitakon Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 than Nocturnus 50mm f/0.95 or Nikon Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct.
[via Sony Alpha Rumors]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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3 responses to “Venus Optics soon to announce super-fast Laowa f/0,95 Argus lenses”
I’m very curious, but the problem with super-fast manual focus lenses is that they are extremely hard to focus when they are used for portraiture (and ostensibly that’s what they are made for).
if they release in M-mount for example, or even for DSLR mounts, you can find adapters for some excellent mirrorless cameras that auto-focus (although, slowly, but sufficient for portraits). For example, Megadap MTZ11 and Techart Pro for Nikon Z, Techart Pro for Sony, etc. I have the Megadap and it is quite good.
Is this lens for the C3, the C33, the C4 or the Geiss? :)