Reviews : Laowa 10mm f/2 Wide-Angle Lens For Micro Four Thirds

Here are the latest reviews of the Laowa 10mm f/2 Wide-Angle Lens For Micro Four Thirds.

The Laowa 10mm f/2 Zero-D MFT Lens is an extremely compact ultra-wide angle lens. Designed specifically for the micro four thirds mount, such as Panasonic, Olympus and Blackmagic cameras. This 10mm Zero-D lens pairing with f/2 large aperture easily handles a variety of different shooting situations.

Designed for the MTF system, Laowa 10mm f/2 Zero-D MFT Lens costs $399. Venus Optics lenses are sold atAdorama and B&H. In today’s post we will cover the latest reviews of the Laowa 10mm f/2 Wide-Angle Lens For Micro Four Thirds.

Laowa 10mm f/2 Wide-Angle Lens For Micro Four Thirds

David Thorpe tested the Laowa 10mm lens

OpticalLimits conclusion for the Laowa 10mm f/2 lens with real world sample images.

The Laowa 10mm f/2 Zero-D MFT is a tiny and super-lightweight lens. This doesn’t mean that the build quality is suffering – on the contrary, it is actually very good. The lens body is made of metal and the focusing is smooth. There is no weather-sealing though. Unlike early Laowa offerings, the lens is fully coupled thus you can select the aperture on the camera rather than on the lens. EXIF data is also provided. However, you still have to live with manual focusing only. Given the ultra-wide nature of the lens, this shouldn’t be a big deal for most users at least.

We quite enjoyed our time with this little marvel also because it highlights what’s cool about the Micro-Four-Thirds system – a nice size factor combined with low weight. It may not be perfect in every optical aspect but if you are after a fast ultra-wide lens that doesn’t go bonkers in terms of field-of-view, you should have a deeper look.

Sample photos can be found here.

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