Category Archives: Venus Optics

Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 full frame mirrorless lens now available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: October 29, 2018

The new Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 full frame mirrorless lens is now available for pre-order: Adorama B&H Photo Venus Optic’s website Additional information on the Laowa 10-18mm lens can be found here and here:

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Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 full frame mirrorless lens officially announced

By PR admin | Published: October 26, 2018

Venus Optics officially announced their Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 full frame mirrorless manual focus lens. The price of the lens is $849. Pre-orders are now open and the first 50 orders through Venus Optic’s website will get a free 100mm magnetic filter holder system (see the picture at the bottom of this post). The Canon R and Nikon […]

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List of all new lenses spotted at Photokina (not officially announced yet)

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2018

List of all new lenses spotted at Photokina (not officially announced yet): Voigtlander Nokton 50mm f/1.2 lens for E-mount (this lens already exists for Leica M-mount) Tokina Opera 16-28mm f/2.8 full-frame DSLR lens for Nikon and Canon Tokina Firin 100mm f/2.8 FE AF Macro lens for E-mount New Viltrox mirrorless lenses for Sony FE and Fuji X mounts […]

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Venus Optics to unveil 8 new Laowa lenses at Photokina

By PR admin | Published: September 21, 2018

Venus Optics is expected to unveil 8 new Laowa lenses at Photokina next week (I think some of those are already existing lenses):

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Samyang is not working with Venus Optics (Laowa) on a new FE shift adapter

By PR admin | Published: August 17, 2018

Ther are some made up rumors circulating the Web again about Samyang working together with Venus Optics (Laowa) on a new FE shift adapter. Venus Optics confirmed that such partnership never existed. Venus Optics already sales several different Laowa lens adapters (more information is available here).

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Laowa 24mm f/14 Relay 2x macro lens now on Kickstarter

By PR admin | Published: August 1, 2018

The Laowa 24mm f/14 Relay 2x macro lens by Venus Optics is now listed for funding on Kickstarter (currently at over $100k with a goal of $10k). I have already reported all the details on that unusual lens in previous posts:

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Laowa 24mm f/14 Relay 2x macro lens specifications, additional information and release date

By PR admin | Published: July 27, 2018

Here is some additional information and technical specifications on the upcoming Laowa 24mm f/14 Relay 2x macro lens that will launch on Kickstarter on August 1st at 8 am (the first lens will go for $1) – check the official Venus Optics website for more details:

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Laowa 24mm f/14 Relay 2x macro lens to be announced in a few days with a price of $1?

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2018

Venus Optics released a new teaser for their Laowa 24mm f/14 Relay 2x macro lens with a price tag of $1: Stay tuned for the big announcement in a few days time. Make sure you are ready to be the earliest bird. 🙂 It’s probably a good idea to keep an eye on their website in the […]

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Venus Optics Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro lens now available for pre-order, shipping starts next week

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2018

           The new Venus Optics Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro lens for Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K and Sony FE mounts is now available for pre-order at the official Laowa website and at B&H (pre-orders from the website usually ship faster). The official release is expected at the end of the month. Additional information on […]

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Four out of the five rumored Laowa lenses officially announced

By PR admin | Published: April 20, 2018

Today Venus Optics officially announced four out of the five new Laowa lenses I reported about yesterday. The Laowa 25-100mm f/2.8 mirrorless cinema Super 35 lens will be announced later. Additional information on the new Laowa lenses:

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