An update on the Venus Optics teaser I posted two weeks ago – today Venus Optics announced the widest lens for DJI X7 cameras and Inspire 2 drones: the Laowa 9mm f/2.8 DL Zero-D. The price of the new lens is $499 and it is currently available to ship immediately at venuslens.net. The lens should also […]
Venus Optics posted a new teaser on their Facebook page for a new product that is specifically designed for DJI Inspire 2 users:
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:
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 […]
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 […]
Venus Optics is expected to unveil 8 new Laowa lenses at Photokina next week (I think some of those are already existing lenses):
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).
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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