The Laowa 4mm f/2.8 fisheye lens is a new manual prime lens for Micro four thirds from Venus Optics. It offers extremely wide FOV (8mm full-frame equivalent) and can be used to create circular fisheye images, VR 360 content, or very wide shots even with additional crop (for example the windowed slow-motion mode with the BMPCC 4K). The lens is available now for pre-order. Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye MFT Lens. The Chinese lens company Venus Optics specializes in unique manual lenses. I feel like most of their products are somewhat unique and they are filling the holes in the lens market. They announced and teased a couple of new ultra-wide angle lenses during Photokina 2018. Among these lenses, there was also the Laowa 4mm f/2.8 fisheye lens for Micro Four Thirds (MFT, M4/3) lens mount. The development of this lens has now been finalized and it is ready for pre-order. What are its specs and features? Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye MFT Lens Laowa 4mm f/2.8 fisheye (8mm full-frame focal length equivalent) lens features an extremely wide 210° field of view, so it can create a circular fisheye perspective on Micro Four Thirds (MFT, M4/3) cameras. The lens is very small and lightweight – 4.8 oz (135 g). There is no way of using an ND filter with this lens, of course, so for the right motion blur when filming in bright conditions the iris will need to be fairly closed. Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye MFT Lens. I have to say...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 15 August, 2019