Laowa is a professional lens manufacturer that was born in 2012 and is today a leader in premium lenses.
The Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D with
EF mount has the widest angle of view (122°) ever offered by an f/2.8 lens, it is an ideal lens for a wide variety of photographic situations (from landscapes, architecture, interiors, travel to the most important, astrophotography), as well as, it is a fully valid lens for video recording and cinematography.
It is a light and compact lens (more than its competitors), so its versatility is huge due to its portability and portability. Laowa has implemented in this lens a "Frog Eye" coating that repels water and dust, for maximum creativity, you can use CPL or ND filters by adding an optional Laowa 100mm filter holder system.
Most Ultra Wide-Angle lenses have an optical distortion rate of 2-5% which causes straight lines to bend. LAOWA Zero-D lenses are so well corrected that they achieve a near-zero distortion rate that is truly amazing.
The LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 lens covers an ultra-wide angle of view of 122°, allowing you to create stunning images such as panoramas in landscapes, wide shots in cinema, ...
This lens features an optical design of 16 lens elements in 10 groups with 3 pieces of extra-low dispersion elements and 2 pieces of aspherical elements. This Laowa patented optical design provides high corner-to-corner resolution even in large aperture situation (f/2.8). Chromatic aberration has also been controlled to a minimum. It has a minimum focusing distance of 18cm and a maximum magnification of 0.2x.
The LAOWA 12mm f/2.8 ZERO-D is currently the fastest 12mm lens on the market for full-frame, non-fisheye. When it comes to astrophotography it has proven to be the perfect tool to get a good shot of the Milky Way.
Features
- Name: 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D
- Focal Length: 12mm
- Max. Aperture: f/2.8
- Angle of View: 121.96°
- Format Compatibility: Full Frame
- Lens Structure: 16 elements in 10 groups
- Aperture Blades: 7
- Min. Focusing Distance: 18cm
- Max. Magnification: 1:5
- Dimensions: 75x83mm
- Weight: 609g
- Mounts: Canon EF & RF / Nikon AI & Z / Sony A / Pentax K / Sony E / L Mount