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Venus Optics released Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens for L-mount

Venus Optics released the L-mount version of their Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens. The new lens can be ordered at the Laowa official online store (with international shipping) and at Adorama. Additional information, including technical specifications, MTF charts, sample photos can be found here:

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Venus Optics released Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens for Pentax K and Canon EF-mounts

Venus Optics released new variants of their Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens for Pentax K-mount (previously reported here) and Canon EF-mount (with manual aperture). Pre-orders are now open at the Laowa official online store (with international shipping). US retailers (Adorama, B&H) will open their pre-orders in a week or two. Additional information, including technical […]

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Venus Optics announced Laowa 12mm f/2.8, 25mm f/2.8 and 100mm f/2.8 lenses for Canon RF and Nikon Z mounts

Venus Optics announced today that they are adding the Nikon Z and Canon RF variants to three of their popular lenses: Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D (additional info) Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro (additional info) Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro (additional info) Lens specifications:

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The first Venus Optics Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra-Macro APO lens review is out

Opticallimits published the first review of the new Venus Optics Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra-Macro APO lens – here is their verdict:

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You can now pre-order the new Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra-Macro APO lens from Venus Optics

Venus Optics mentioned on their Facebook page that the new Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra-Macro APO lens will be officially released this week (you can already pre-order the lens here – ordering directly from Venus Optics is the fastest way to get the lens): Update – the lens is now available also at Adoramaand B&H.

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Four out of the five rumored Laowa lenses officially announced

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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Additional information and pictures of the upcoming five Laowa lenses from Venus Optics

A quick update on my previous post – I received some updates and additional information on the upcoming Laowa lenses from Venus Optics: Laowa 10-18 f/3.5-4.5 full frame manual focus lens for Sony FE (pictured above) – the widest FE zoom full frame lens, this lens is designed for travel photography and it will be extremely compact and small Laowa […]

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Several new Laowa lenses to be announced at the Beijing P&E show next month

The current Laowa lens lineup

Venus Optics will have several major announcements at the Beijing P&E show that starts on May 3rd. The following new Laowa lenses are rumored/expected: Laowa 10-18 f/3.5-4.5 full frame manual focus lens for Sony FE Laowa GF 17mm f/4 for Fuji GFX Laowa 2x tele macro for DSLR cameras Laowa fisheye lens wider than 180° (not 100% […]

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