Be Straight And Honest.
Before I send the Laowa back to Andreas – MANY THANKS again for the loan – here is the conclusion. The lens is sharp right into the corners. (As I’ve already written several times, there are occasionally misaligned lenses, but it’s actually sharp.) You can also see this in panos like this […]
Writing big news about the seven-and-a-half Laowa is probably no longer possible. The biggest problem with it is that at f/2 it requires focusing with magnification. If you do this, you will be rewarded with crisp images. If I had rejects, it was because I thought I could save myself the trouble. […]
As soon as there’s a few minutes of real sun and snow and blue sky, I’m outside. I packed a bunch of borrowed ultra-wide angles and tried out what they deliver outside. The candidates were the 6mm Laowa, the 7.5mm Laowa, the 9mm Nisi and the 9mm Lumix. The Lumix stands out […]