OL: Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Lite Zero-D FF Review – An Attractive Option That Doesn’t Cost An Arm And A Leg


Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Lite Zero-D FF: Venus Optics / B&H Photo / Amazon

Optical Limits published its full review of the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Lite Zero-D FF you can read the full review here or see the excerpt from the review below:

… the center quality is downright superb, but it fades quickly beyond – not helped by some astigmatism. This is most obvious at f/2.8, of course. Stopping down to a medium aperture setting, the results are actually pretty sharp and that’s where you’d use it the most anyway. Image distortions are minimal – by design, not because of autocorrection. The latter helps somewhat in taming vignetting, though. Lateral CAs are quite good. The quality of the bokeh is also decent for such a lens, and if sun stars are your thing, it does excel in this category. The flare resistance could be better, though…all-metal body down to the lens mount and up to the lens hood…AF is decently fast and essentially noiseless. Weather-sealing has not been implemented, though.

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