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Venus Optics Laowa ZeroD 12mm f/2.8 Lens Announced Camera Times
The Laowa 12mm f/2.8 is an unusual lens, and a very special-purpose option on today's market. With all the 14mm lenses available from a myriad of manufacturers - zooms and primes, autofocus and manual focus - it is hard to justify a lens with some performance issues just because it is 12mm. Then again, there is no denying that 2.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Nikon F VE1228NSIL
Specifications Performance Compared Usage Recommendations Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 (21.7 oz./615g, about $949) bigger. It comes in mounts for Canon, for Nikon, for Sony mirrorless, for Sony DSLR and for Pentax. I 'd get it at Adorama or at B&H.
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Venus Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Review
Buy on Amazon.com From $849.00 Chinese optics company Venus caused a stir when it announced a 12mm F2.8 lens with claims of almost zero rectilinear distortion. The lens is comparably small in its super wide-angle class, and its claims of little barrel distortion are pretty tantalizing.
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Obiektyw Venus Optics Laowa DDreamer 12 mm f/2,8 ZeroD do Nikon Z
The Venus Laowa 12mm F2.8 Zero-D claims at the time of its launch to be the world's widest F2.8 lens with fully corrected distortion. The Zero-D in its name indicates Venus' claim that the lens has almost no distortion. It offers a seven-blade iris with clicking stops and features an aperture range of F2.8-F22. Product timeline
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Sony E VE1228SEF
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the Sony E-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from Venus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects.
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Venus Optics Laowa ZeroD 12mm f/2.8 lens launched on Kickstarter Photo Rumors
The Laowa 12mm f/2.8's main competition comes from lenses with slightly longer focal lengths, in the range of 14mm and 15mm. Below, I'll compare the Laowa against five other lenses: the Samyang 14mm f/2.8, Rokinon 14mm f/2.4, Irix 15mm f/2.8, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, and Tokina 15-30mm f/2.8.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm F2.8 Zero D Emount lens info
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the black Canon EF-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-DVenus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens Review
The Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D Lens features nearly the widest rectilinear (not a heavily-barrel-distorted fisheye lens) focal length available in a full frame compatible lens (a pair of 11mm options currently hold that record) and while that extreme wide angle of view alone creates a great attraction for this lens, the wide f/2.8 aper.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Canon EF and Magic
LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D. Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 1 customer rating. $ 1,529.00 $ 1,299.65. World's Widest f/2.8 Lens with close-to-zero distortion. Featuring a widest angle of view (122°) ever built with a f/2.8 lens, this is an ideal lens for a variety types of photography. From landscape, architecture, interior, travel to the most.
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Venus Optics Laowa ZeroD 12mm f/2.8 lens launched on Kickstarter Photo Rumors
Venus therefore spent a lot of time to come up with a design which is truly perfect and overcome the frustration of photographers. That's where the LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D comes from.Ultra Wide Angle lenses in the market tend to suffer an optical distortion rate from 2% to 5%, which causes straight lines to bend.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Pentax VE1228PKSIL
Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD Camera Lens.. Laowa Zero-D 12mm F2.8 Camera Lens. $600. Allen [Wanted] Cash for Film Cameras and Lenses. $500. Plano Sony 50mm 1.2 GM. $1,400. dallas Sony E 16-70mm ZEISS Zoom Lens. $400. Dallas Zhiyun Crane 2S PRO Gimbal Stabilizer.
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Venus Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Caratteristiche e Opinioni JuzaPhoto
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the Nikon Z-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from Venus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Canon RF VE1228RF
Nikon Z 28-75mm f/2.8 Full Frame lens; (Like New in Box) $749. Rowlett CANON Speedlites For Rent @ DFWPhotoPro.com. $0. Coppell, TX Browning Hunting Game Cameras. Laowa Zero-D 12mm F2.8 Camera Lens. $600. Allen 2017 Gulf Stream BT Cruiser 5291. $69,995. Dallas, Texas Canon FD 28mm f2.8.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm F2.8 Zero D Emount lens info
MSRP Price: $949 Made in: China Production Status: In Production Manufacturer Link: Product Page Lens Description: Featuring the widest angle of view (122°) ever offered from a f/2.8 lens, this is an ideal lens for a wide variety of shooting situations. From landscape, architecture, interior, travel to the most important, astro photography.
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Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 ZeroD Lens for Nikon F VE1228NAI
A truly wide-angle prime featuring a rectilinear optical design, the Canon RF-mount Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from Venus Optics is specifically meant to limit distortion for clear and accurate portrayals of landscapes and architectural subjects.
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Venus Optics Laowa ZeroD 12mm f/2.8 lens for Nikon F mount launched on Kickstarter Nikon Rumors
The Laowa 12mm f/2.8 has fairly high levels of vignetting wide open, more than two stops at infinity focus. This is enough to make photos at f/2.8 a headache to correct in post-processing, revealing additional noise in the corners as well. Here's our vignetting graph: