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The Venus Laowa Argus 33mm f/0.95 CF APO is a standard lens for APS-C, manufactured from 2021. 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 656 €;
2 users have given it an average vote of 10.0 out of 10.
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This lens is available with the following mounts:
Canon RF: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Canon RF.
Nikon Z: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Nikon Z.
Sony E: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Sony.
Fujifilm X-mount: this lens is compatible with mirrorless APS-C Fuji.
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Pros:Ability to take beautiful photos in low light, sharpness already at f/0.95 that keeps quite well from the center of the photo to the edges. Excellent colour rendering. Blurred great.
Cons:It is not suitable for very close photos because you notice a certain smearing of colors, especially white. Lack of autofocus, but this I would say is not a defect, it is a choice. The lens cap is not easy to use. Vignetting at f/0.95.
Opinion:I state that I use this lens on the Canon EOS R7 and take photos in raw format that I then turn into .jpg or .hif. The combination of the Venus Laowa Argus 33mm with the R7 is excellent. The R7 has an image stabilizer that with a little concentration and a lot of calm allows you to shoot up to 1/4 of a second. With these exposure times and f/0.95 you can take night photos that look diurnal. For example, full moonlight is used well in the absence of artificial lights. In addition, the R7 has options that facilitate the use of lenses without autofocus. In this case the best method when using f/0.95 to photograph a person is to enlarge the face up to 10x and focus on the eyes. Clearly the person must stand still. If a person is moving, close the lens at f/5.6 or 8 and use Canon's option to colour the area in focus by looking from the eyepiece. At f/0.95 portraits are made with an excellent blur. In my opinion as a blur effect is better than the Canon EOS 5DsR with the Canon EF 85mm f/1.4 L, but the Laowa allows you to use an APS-C. But the surprise was for me that the photos are sharp already at f/0.95 and the sharpness does not drop dramatically at the edges. For example, the Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art which is a great lens, on the Canon EOS 5DsR shows a drastic drop in sharpness at the edges at f/1.4. The VenusLaowa lens is razor-sharp at f/2.8 and above, at least up to f8. The sharpness that extends to the edges allows you to use the VenusLaowa even for landscapes. The color rendering is in my opinion excellent even in low light. This lens is ideal for low-light photos. The lens is not suitable for macro photos since photos taken at f/0.95 to very close subjects (around the minimum distance which is 35 cm) show some color smearing on the edges of subjects not in focus, especially white smudges. The effect decreases by closing the lens at f5.6 or f8. But this lens is certainly not bought to make macro photos! In panoramic photos at f/0.95 there is a certain loss of brightness at the periphery of the photo, or vignetting. I chose the 33 mm and not the 25 mm or the 45 mm for the possibility of taking panoramic photos and portraits (it is a good compromise). Clearly the lack of autofocus sets limits of use, but the beautiful photos that you can get repays the limitations and the non-simplicity of use. In conclusion, my vote for this lens is 10.
Photos taken with Venus Laowa Argus 33mm f/0.95 CF APO
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