Laowa extends their wide angle lens range with four new models for E-mount and Micro Four Thirds. We caught up with Kevin from Laowa at Photokina 2018, and discussed their four new wide angle lenses for both E-mount and Micro Four Thirds. As always, Laowa continues to surprise us with innovative lens designs while ensuring a high quality construction and the best possible resulting images. Here is a round up of the four new lenses. Laowa 10-18mm F/4.5 – 5.6 C-Dreamer for full frame E-mount This lens is the widest rectilinear lens for full frame E-mount available on the market, and has been designed for landscape image capture. Its angle of view is 130 degrees, at the edge of the frame there is little to no barrel distortion or heavy vignetting, a trait of very wide angle lenses. The 5 blade aperture can create sun stars very easily, and the lens itself is very small and light (500g) in comparison to ultra wide angle lenses from Sony or Sigma. An additional feature is the click and de-click aperture switch, located on the lens barrel. No screwdriver is needed to make the change between hard stops and de-clicked. What is very appealing about the Laowa 10-18mm F/4.5 – 5.6 is that it has a screw in 37mm filter at the mounting end of the lens, this allows for ND filters or polarizers to be used without the need for a large filter holder at the front of the lens. Laowa is...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 2 October, 2018