Back in July, Venus Optics revealed its Laowa CF 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras in China, the world's first shift zoom lens. Months later, the company finally debuted the groundbreaking lens on the global stage, and it is now available for purchase. [Read More]
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TTArtisan released a 100mm f/2.8 2x macro lens last year with tilt and shift functionality. The company has announced a new version of that same lens that ditches the tilt and shift controls -- sticking to being just a typical, albeit affordable, 2:1 macro lens. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-07-12 20:29
Venus Optics has announced the release of the Laowa 15mm F4. 5 Zero-D Shift, a new lens that takes the crown as the widest shift lens for full-frame camera systems. The lens is constructed of 17 elements in 11 groups, including two aspherical elements and a new lens coating. dpreview.com »
2020-10-30 18:56
Venus Optics has just unveiled a new “world’s first” in the optics game. The new Laowa 15mm f/4. 5 Zero-D Shift Lens is apparently “the world’s widest shift lens for full-frame cameras,” and it will be available for both DSLR and mirrorless cameras. petapixel.com »
2020-10-30 16:43
Image from the Star Eater Petition which asks Sony to fix the issue David Kilpatrick from Photoclubalpha tested the Sony A7RIII pixel shift with a vintage Takumar lens. The conclusion: Multi-shot pixel shift images, though only 120MB uncompressed, are so detailed that some won’t compress much at all. sonyalpharumors.com »
2018-01-11 22:31
Venus Optics, the Chinese maker of the Laowa lens brand, has launched the Laowa Magic Shift Converter (MSC). The Magic Shift is designed to be used with Canon or Nikon mount lenses and Sony Full Frame E-mount cameras, and adds shift capabilities to your super-wide-angle lenses. dpreview.com »
2017-07-10 18:20