Venus Optics announced four new manual lenses to their Laowa brand – the ultrawide full frame 10-18mm zoom lens for Sony E-Mount, 100mm full frame macro lens, ultrawide 17mm medium format (Fuji G mount) lens and 4mm circular fisheye lens for MFT mount. Four new Laowa Lenses. Source: Venus Optics The Chinese camera lens manufacturer Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology Company Limited – rather known as Venus Optics – produces camera lenses under the Laowa brand. They’re specializing in niche lenses that fill “gaps” in the lineup that other manufacturers don’t serve much, which is an interesting approach. We have reviewed their 7.5mm MFT and their 12mm EF Mount Full Frame EF lenses before. And our most popular YouTube video is for some unknown reason this presentation of their “Snorkel” 24mm Macro lens from Photokina 2016 – currently standing at almost 1.9 million views. New Lenses Venus Optics already have a decent lineup of manual Laowa lenses for various mounts and are now presenting four new products to the market: Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 FE Zoom – Ultrawide full frame E-Mount Lens. Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO – full frame macro lens for various mounts. Laowa 17mm f/4 GFX Zero-D – ultra wide lens for medium format Fujifilm G mount. Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye MFT – 210° circular fisheye lens for MFT mount. All four lenses are manual zoom lenses and will be officially presented in the upcoming Beijing P&E Imaging Fair. Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 FE Zoom Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 FE...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 30 April, 2018