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The Venus Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 is a wide-angle lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2018. The focus is done by Manual Focus, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 864 €;
4 users have given it an average vote of 8.8 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Nikon Z: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Nikon Z.
Sony E: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Sony.
L-Mount: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C L-Mount.
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Cons:Sharpness at the edges (also normal for these extreme focal lengths), flares and artifacts.
Opinion:Very particular lens, perhaps the least successful by Laowa with regard to sharpness and distortion. So wide as to risk losing the prominence to the subject of the photo. Very funny, the images are really impressive, something that the human eye is not used to seeing. I would be curious to try the Laowa 9mm zero-d. Rating 7 also given the rather high cost.
Cons:slightly kneaded edges, lack of exifs. Deformation sometimes excessive.
Opinion:I wanted to take away a sphid by buying this optics. For me that I love wide-angle optics is exceptional, 10 mm are really an extraordinary focal length for a straight lens (although it's definitely not a zero distortion). On the other hand I can say that the edges are quite kneaded at all diaphragms, but it is the price to pay for such an extreme optics, which still remains in my opinion acceptably sharp, very in the middle, much less at the edges. It cartoons a lot but I like it that way and I think it's normal for such an extreme lens and so small for what it from. It's not an easy view and not for everyone, for me definitely. Too bad for the lack of exifs. Needless to use it for the Milky Way, it is completely unsuitable in my opinion, or at least, the optics for this genre are other (less wide-angle and brighter), then something comes out with this too but the quality is not acceptable in my opinion for the milky way genre. The deformation is sometimes excessive and difficult to correct in the post, when lowering the point of view the horizon can become annoyingly curved, it is good to know. Overall rating 8, but I repeat with focal lengths so extreme in a 10-18 zoom I think it was difficult to get better, for me still promoted. For those who want to see some photos that I have taken so far you can look at this gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoniopedroniphoto/albums/72157715393641853
Pros:sharpness, compactness, lightness, build quality. immense angle of field. Total absence of deformation
Cons:Poor resistance to flare
Opinion:Let me just say that this is not an "easy" goal. First, for its lack of resistance to flare (eh.. only true mole of this lens). Second, because being an ultra wide-angle so pushed (the most pushed ever!), requires good attention to the composition, not to fall into the "discounted" (e.g. lack of a clear subject). That said, in my opinion it is a really remarkable lens: compared to the "cousin", it keeps the impressive sharpness in the center, and improves the one at the corners (where the 15mm tends to be too soft). Quite constant on all focal lengths, it does not even present an exaggerated vignette, considering the focal point. Laowa has kept its promises, and even here no deformation due to the wide angle (the lines remain terribly straight!). I did not get to try the native filter (the internal one), and unfortunately on a 100mm system the vignette is strong (but at least it is compatible with Haida holder).
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