Another new lens is here for the summer, and boy, is it a weird one. After Venus Optics shared several previews of their new lens to the public, it’s finally confirmed that the new Laowa CF 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift lens is ready to release and become an option for your APS-C mirrorless cameras.Obviously, there are a lot of photography-focused perks to this lens, for it’s perhaps equally noteworthy for video professionals as well—unlike other tilt-shift lenses that we’ve seen for mirrorless and DSLR cameras—this new Laowa lens can change its focal length.Let’s look at this new Laowa CF 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift lens and explore how it could be an option for you.Introducing the Laowa CF 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift LensDesigned with an APS-C crop factor, this new ultra-wide zoom from Venus Optics reaches an equivalent to an 18-36mm lens on your standard full-frame cameras, making it very much a wide-angle option for your videos. Its killer feature though is its ability to tilt +/- up to seven millimeters when being used on your APS-C cameras, making it a fully manual tilt-shift lens. The Laowa CF 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift also includes 15 elements arranged across 11 groups, including a pair of aspherical and three ED lenses, plus a nine-bladed aperture diaphragm which is set for an aperture range of f/5.6 to f/22. When using a tilt-shift lens like this one it should be quite capable of keeping vertical lines straight, even when you find yourself shooting at an...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 10 July, 2024