Venus Optics Expands Laowa Series
Smart Photography|April 2021
Venus Optics has introduced additional variants to 2 of its popular Laowa lenses i.e. Canon RF mount for the Laowa 11 mm f/4.5 FF RL lens (Full Frame) and Nikon Z mount for Laowa 65 mm f/2.8 2x UltraMacro APO (APS-C).
Venus Optics Expands Laowa Series

The Laowa 11 mm f/4.5 FF RL is a compact rectilinear (RL) wide-angle lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The lens sports a 126° angle of view with 19 cm minimum focus distance, a 5-bladed aperture, measures 6.3 cm long and weighs 254 g. It includes 2 aspherical elements and 3 extra-low dispersion elements that suppress chromatic aberrations and keeps distortion to the minimum. It comes with a filter thread of 62 mm that can be screwed onto the lens directly with an optional 100 mm-wide filter. The lens is currently available in Leica M, Sony FE, Nikon Z, Canon RF and L mount at an MSRP of USD 799 (Leica M) and USD 699 (other mounts).

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