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Description
The Ultra Wide Angle Lens is one of the most important lenses that every \n\nphotographer can have in his camera bag. There are many costly ultra wide angle \n\nlenses in the market, varying in price from hundreds to a few thousand dollars. \n\nHowever, these UWA lens are not perfect. They suffer from dramatic barrel \n\ndistortion, poor peripheral sharpness or huge physical size. Venus therefore \n\nspent a lot of time to come up with a design which is truly perfect and overcome \n\nthe frustration of photographers. That's where the LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D comes \n\nfrom.
Ultra Wide Angle lenses in the market tend to suffer an optical \n\ndistortion rate from 2% to 5%, which causes straight lines to bend. The LAOWA \n\nlens features a *close-to-zero distortion rate that you can barely notice with \n\nyour eye.
(* The aforementioned close-to-zero distortion rate is \n\nmeasured from shooting objects at infinity focus. The distortion rate may vary \n\nfor shorter object distance. Only Optical Distortion (Barrel/ Pincushion/ \n\nMoustache) is covered here.)
The LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 Lens covers an \n\nultra-wide 122\xb0 angle of view for you to create an outstanding landscape or \n\narchitecture shot that no others can compare to. Shooting interior shots will \n\nalso become much easier. Your house will become spacious and impactful in your \n\nphoto even if you are shooting a small area. Do not forget, this is also perhaps \n\nthe world's widest rectilinear f/2.8 lens.
Optical performance is what \n\nVenus Laowa will never compromise. The optical design features a 16 lens \n\nelements in 10 groups with 3 Extra-Low Dispersion Elements and 2 Aspherical \n\nElements. This patented optical design delivers a high resolution from corner to \n\ncorner, even in a wide open (f/2.8) situation. Chromatic Aberration has also \n\nbeen controlled to the minimal.
Weight is merely 1.34 lbs (609g), making \n\nthe LAOWA Lens an every-day lens. It is really small compared to other Ultra \n\nWide Angle lenses in the market. You finally do not need to bring a hefty piece \n\nof glass for work and travel. Also, you can now insert two 100mm (not 150mm!!) \n\nNeutral Density (ND) filters & one 105mm Circular Polarizer (CPL) filter into \n\nthe Venus optional filter holder, to create your best landscape photo ever.
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The LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D is among the brightest 12mm lens in the market. \n\nThe ultra fast aperture can effectively shorten the exposure time required and \n\nhelp to achieve more details of the night sky. This is proven to be the perfect \n\ntool for a nice milky way shot. The fast aperture is also very convenient for \n\nlow-light / indoor shooting.
The 122 angle of view + Close-to-zero \n\ndistortion is too good to be true for panorama shooting.
The LAOWA 12mm \n\nf/2.8 ZERO-D adopts a floating optical design to ensure an exceptional sharpness \n\nnot only at infinity focus, but also in close focusing distance. Along with 18cm \n\nminimal focusing distance and 0.2x Maximum magnification, LAOWA lens is also a \n\nfun tool for some mini wide angle macro.
Every LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D \n\nis coated with the new Laowa 'Frog Eye' Coating. It gives your lens an extra \n\nlayer of shield.
VeVenus Optics also announces the Laowa Magic Shift \n\nConverter which is able to enlarge the full frame image circle through the \n\nelements inside the converter. The enlarged image circle provides sufficient \n\nimage field for lenses shifting by a maximum of 10mm without vignetting. It will \n\ntransform the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Lens (DSLR mount) into a 17mm f/4 Professional \n\nShift Lens with +/- 10mm shift capability for Full-Frame E-mount cameras. It is \n\na perfect tool for professional architectural photography.