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Venus Optics Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Macro Now Available in RF and Z Mount

The quite amazing Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x macro lens is now available for two more mounts: The Canon RF and the Nikon Z mount options join the already available Canon EF, Nikon F and Sony FE mount flavours. Venus Optics Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x macro. Image credit: Laowa In need of a versatile, affordable and high-quality macro lens? Well, this might be it! The Laowa 100mm f/2.8 is a 2x(!) macro lens, so this is for the really really close up stuff – plus for things far away, of course. And speaking of versatility: the 100mm is available for a total of five lens mounts, including the modern Canon RF and Nikon Z mounts. No L mount ’round here, though. Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Macro Venus Optics is a Chinese manufacturer of quite a collection of very unique photographic lenses, for example, the 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe. They also dipped their toes into cinematic waters with the release of their new 12mm t/2.9 Zero-D cine lens. Laowa specializes in special lenses rather than full sets. A nifty fifty? Nope, you won’t find that on their website. In the market for a 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye? Certainly! photo credit: Dustin Abbott (via Venus Optics, Laowa) The Laowa 100mm f/2.8 macro lens offers a crazy amount of magnification for its focal length and it covers full frame sensors with the ability to focus from 2:1 all the way to infinity so you can also use it for portrait or even landscape photography....

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Published By: CineD - Monday, 20 April, 2020

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