Laowa 12-24mm f5.6

12-24mm Laowa lens

Available for CANON RF, LEICA M, NIKON Z and SONY E mounts, this new manual focus zoom is very compact, 69.4 mm in diameter and between 84 and 95.6 mm long depending on the mount and lightweight, 497 grams. In addition, for a maximum price of about 700 euros, it is quite affordable.

The maximum aperture of the diaphragm is fixed, which is an advantage for zoom, unfortunately it is not very bright: f / 5.6. The iris of the diaphragm also does not have many blades, only five. Although the manufacturer claims that this creates beautiful ten-pointed stars in the points of light.

It has a construction of 15 lenses, two of them aspherical and three ED, in 11 groups and provides coverage angles ranging from 121.9° to 12 mm to 84 ° to 24 mm.

The minimum focusing distance of only 15 cm allows it to be used for very close shots.

Despite not being one of the members of the Laowa Zero-D class, the lens still demonstrates extreme control performance in minimizing distortion." So it is "extremely useful for architectural or interior shots when you want the flexibility of a zoom lens at the same time."

It also has a "Frog-Eye" coating that repels water and dust.