Earlier this month, Chinese lens manufacturer Venus Optics unveiled four new lenses at an online event in China, all marketed under the Laowa Argus brand. One is for MFT mount, one covers APS-C sensors, and two come as full-frame lenses. Let’s take a closer look! Since these Laowa Argus lenses are already circulating on various rumor sites due to leaked marketing material, Venus Optics has decided not to hold such events in other regions as well, but to simply release the news without much fuss (we have written permit to report about these new Argus lenses). So here we are, with four different lenses, all bearing the Argus name – yet it is not exactly one lens line at all, but three: MFT: Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95APS-C: Laowa Argus 33mm f/0.95Full Frame: Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95 and 45mm f/0.95 The one common thing here is certainly speed: All four Laowa Argus lenses sport a very fast f/0.95 aperture. Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95 for m4/3 This 25mm MFT lens offers a 50mm full-frame equivalent field of view and it, obviously, sports a fast f/0.95 aperture. It features 14 elements in 8 groups, including one aspherical element, two extra-low dispersion elements and three high-refractive index elements. Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95 for MFT. Image credit: Venus Optics This lens, just like the 33mm f/0.95 for APS-C lens, offers a 9-blade aperture diaphragm as well as a 62mm front filter thread. The minimum focusing distance is 25cm (9.84″). The Laowa Argus 25mm is 71mm...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 3 February, 2021