Refer to the working distance table at the bottom of this review for a detailed list. 🙂 What is the working distance?Īt 2x, it is about 44.45mm from the tip of the lens. Just like the other classic Laowa macro lenses. I usually recommend using manual focus for better precision in macro photography. This is probably the most welcome improvement over the older macro lens releases, largely due to the open specifications of Micro Four Thirds. Yes, the lens has no aperture ring, so aperture control is done via the camera body, and it can focus when the aperture is wide open. Does it have aperture coupling? Does it focus wide open? You should not have to make a decision between the 2 lenses. The Laowa 100mm is for the typical DSLR full-frame mounts, such as Nikon F, Canon, Sony FE. The Laowa 50mm is for Micro Four Thirds mount (Olympus and Panasonic only). How does it compare with the Laowa 100mm 2x? Which should I buy? It will also have less bokeh fringing, leading to smoother out of focus backgrounds. What does this all mean to the layman? It just means that there is better control of chromatic aberration (less of those blue fringes between regions of high contrast). Apochromatic lenses are designed to bring 3 wavelengths (usually red, green, and blue) into focus in the same plane, and are also corrected for spherical aberration at 2 wavelengths. The Laowa 50mm is an APO (apochromatic) lens.Īchromatic lenses are corrected to bring 2 wavelengths (usually red and blue) into focus in the same plane. What is APO, and what does it mean to me? When I first received the lens, I asked for questions from the public about this lens, and have compiled the answers here. Viltrox JY-610II Flash with DIY Diffuser designed by Victor Cheah.BUT, I didn’t have any M4/3 camera! With my friend Victor Cheah’s help and the generous loan of an Olympus PEN-F with his custom-made Victor flash diffuser (THANK YOU!), I quickly put together a simple M4/3 setup for high magnification macro.
During these 2 months, I allowed my usual DSLR setup to rest at home and tried to get the best shots with the new Laowa lens. This is NOT an in-depth technical review, but a practical field report from almost 2 months of intense usage. After Singapore’s circuit breaker (lock-down equivalent) eased, I approached Venus Optics to let me try this lens out so that we can do some real field tests rather than rely on lab reviews which miss out on so many important and practical points to consider when choosing a macro lens. With COVID-19 lock-downs happening across the globe, there weren’t any photos taken in the field with this new lens. Over the past few months, pre-production copies of the new Laowa 50mm 2:1 F/2.8 Super Macro Lens for Micro Four Thirds (MFT or M4/3) had been going around among some M4/3 macro photographers.
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