Specs

• Image circle - FF, 24x36
• Field of view - 121.96°
• 16 elements, 2 aspherical and 3 anomalous dispersion glass, in 10 groups
• 7 aperture blades
• F2.8 - F22 aperture
• Manual focus lens
• Minimum focusing distance is 0.18m
• Lens diameter - 74.8mm, length - 82.2mm
• 570g.
• Versions for Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony E
• $949 price
• Available in November 2016

Laowa OOOM Cine lightweight zoom is the first professional cinema style zoom lens offered by Venus Optics.
The lens features a wide 25-100mm zoom range, making it a one-size-fits-all lens for different types of productions.

Unlike some cine lens in the market which were re-engineered from a photo zoom lens, Laowa OOOM Cine series is designed for digital cinematography in the first place. It is truly parfocal, meaning the focus will never shift when you zoom in or zoom back out. It is designed to have nearly zero focus breathing throughout the whole zoom range. The aperture remains fixed at t/2.9 at all focal lengths.

It is built with the true cinema level mechanics. It comes with a stepless, t-stop independent aperture ring with an industry standard 0.8 mod /32 pitch gears.  The 270° rotation flow provides room or precise focus pulls and the iris is clickless, enabling smooth iris pulls. The lens weighs only 2.16 pounds, which is fairly light for a cinema zoom that holds focus and aperture throughout the focal length range.

The new Venus 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens features a magnification range from 0.1x to 2x. Users could easily alter the magnification ratio without installing any extension tube or teleconverter, making it ideally suited for rapidly changing macro photography scenarios. This wide magnification range also makes it extremely useful for shooting macro objects (e.g. insects) with different sizes. Moreover, the lens is also designed for normal shooting purposes with a 60mm focal length, which provides an all-in-one solution for normal portrait shooting as well as ultra-macro photography.

The lens houses with 9 elements in 7 groups patented optical structure to provide great deal of image clarity and color renderness. The optical system consists of 2 major moving lenses groups in order to minimize the barrel distortion. 14 pieces of aperture blades form a close-to-circular aperture, capable of creating creamy shallow depth of view. The enclosure of the lens is made of metal to strengthen its durability. A complimentary lens pouch and filter are included in the package. Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony Alpha and Pentax K mount are available.

http://www.venuslens.net/#tab-2

Just shot this in my parking lot around 3:30 PST. A little blurry at first, but it gets a better mid-way through.

Shot with GH2, Panny 14-140, Ex. Tele, Variable ND, ISO 160, 1/2000th, Spanmybitchup (old school!) Sped up in FCPX about 800%.

@thepalalias - curious to see what you shot at the observatory. Thanks for reminding me!