Venus Optics (Laowa) has just released a tasty teaser about its upcoming anamorphic lens series. This is a first for the company that specializes in, well, special lens designs. Let’s take a look at what’s to come! Laowa has already gained some experience in the cine market with the OOOM 25-100mm T2.9 cine zoom and the 1.33x anamorphic rear adapter, but now they seem to be pushing a bit more and are about to enter the market for true anamorphic glass. Laowa Anamorphic Lens Series They have released a teaser clip on YouTube showing just a few shots presumably taken with the upcoming anamorphic lens(es), but nothing more. No specs, no focal lengths, no anamorphic squeeze factor (2x, 1.66x, 1.33x, …), no T-stop, no mount options, just nothing. It seems that we’ll just have to wait and see what’s to come. After all, the company states that this is its first anamorphic series and not its first anamorphic lens, so we’re talking plural here. To be the first to know, you can subscribe to the mailing list here. When will this new anamorphic lens series be launched? We don’t know, but Laowa states it will be dropping soon™️. Thoughts I’m quite curious to see what Laowa has in store for us here. Being such an interesting company, I’m sure they’ve put some thought into this new development. Especially with their designs already available, such as the strange but fun 24mm macro probe lens, I’m sure Laowa will come up with...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 4 April, 2022