On May 3, 2021, the Laowa Argus lens was announced CF 33mm f/0.95 APO.
Basic properties
- Lens from the Laowa Argus line CF
- For mirrorless cameras with APS-C sensor (CF – Cropped Frame)
- There are options for Fuji X, Sony E, Nikon Z and Canon RF mounts
- Relative Hole: 1: 0.95-1: 16
- Focal Length: 33mm (EGF for APS-C is 49.5 mm)
- Closest focusing distance: 35 centimeters
- Optical design: 14 elements in 9 groups, 1 ELD, 1 aspherical element, 3 ultra-high refractive index elements
- APO (Apochromatic Optical Circuit Design)
- Manual focus only
- Internal focus
- Focus Breathing effect minimized
- Aperture: 9 rounded blades
- Aperture control ring, smoothly adjustable, no clicks or fixed values
- Filter Diameter: 62 mm
- Weight: 590 gram
- Price: about 500 dollars
Appearance
All Venus Optics Laowa Photo Lenses:
Medium Format:
- 15mm 1: 4.5 W-Dreamer Zero-D Shift [Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX, Hasselblad XCD + Full Frame: Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K + Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica L], 2 versions
- 17mm 1: 4 D-Dreamer Zero-D [Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX]
- 19mm 1: 2.8 C & D-Dreamer [Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX, Hasselblad XCD]
- 20mm 1:4 C-Dreamer Zero-D Shift [Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX, Hasselblad XCD + Full Frame: Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K + Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica L]
- 50mm 1:2.8 T/S 1X II [Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX, Hasselblad XCD + Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica L]
- 100mm 1:2.8 T/S 1X [Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX]
- 100mm 1:2.8 T/S 1X II [Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX, Hasselblad XCD + Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica L]
Full frame:
- 9mm 1: 5.6 W-Dreamer RL FF [Full Frame: Nikon Z, Leica M, Leica L, Sony E / FE]
- 10mm 1:2.8 ZERO-D Auto Focus C&D-Dreamer FF II [AF: Sony E, Nikon Z, MF: Canon RF, Leica L]
- 11mm 1:4.5 C-Dreamer RL FF II [Full Frame: Nikon Z, Leica M, Leica L, Sony E/FE, Canon RF, DL]
- 11mm 1:4.5 C-Dreamer RL FF II+ [Full Frame: Leica M, Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z, Leica L, DL, lite version]
- 12mm 1: 2.8 D-Dreamer Zero-D [Full Frame: Leica L, Canon EF, Canon RF, Nikon F, Nikon Z, Sony A, Sony E, Pentax K]
- 14mm 1: 4.0 C & D-Dreamer RL ff II [Full Frame: Nikon Z, Leica M, Leica L, Sony E/FE, DL]
- 14mm 1:4.0 C&D-Dreamer RL ff II+ [Full Frame: Leica M, Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z, Leica L, DL, lite version]
- 14mm F4.0 FF C & D-Dreamer [Full Frame: Nikon F, Canon EF]
- 15mm 1: 2 D-Dreamer Zero-D [Full Frame: Leica L, Sony FE, Nikon Z, Canon RF + Leica M]
- Laowa 15mm f/5 FFⅡ Cookie [Full Frame: Leica L, Sony FE, Nikon Z, Canon RF + Leica M]
- 15mm 1:4 Wide Macro 1:1 [Full Frame: Leica L, Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony A, Sony E, Pentax K]
- 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift [Full Frame: Canon EF, Canon RF, Nikon F, Nikon Z, Sony E, Pentax K, Leica L + Fujifilm G]
- 24mm 1:14 2X Macro Probe [Full Frame: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony FE, Pentax K, Leica L, Nikon Z, Canon RF]
- 24mm T14 PeriProbe [Full Frame: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony FE, Pentax K, Leica L, Nikon Z, Canon RF]
- Laowa 24mm T8 2X Macro Pro2be [Full Frame: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony FE, Leica L, Nikon Z, Canon RF + Arri PL]
- 25mm 1: 2.8 Ultra Macro 2.5-5.0X [Full Frame: Canon EF, Canon RF, Nikon F, Nikon Z, Pentax K, Sony Fe, Leica L]
- 28 mm 1:1.2 Argus FFII [Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF, Leica L]
- 35 mm 1: 0.95 Argus FFII [Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF]
- 45 mm 1: 0.95 Argus FFII [Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF]
- 50mm 1:2.8 T/S 1X II [Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica L + Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX, Hasselblad XCD]
- 58mm 1:2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO [Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E/FE, Leica L]
- 60mm 1:2.8 2X Ultra Macro [Full Frame, Macro only: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony A, Sony E, Pentax K]
- 85mm 1: 5.6 Mini FF II Macro 2: 1 [Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica M]
- 90mm 1: 2.8 CA-Dreamer Macro 2x [Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, L]
- 100mm 1: 2.8 CA-Dreamer Macro 2X [Full Frame: Leica L, Canon EF, Pentax K, Canon RF, Nikon F, Nikon Z, Sony Fe]
- 100mm 1:2.8 T/S 1X II [Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica L + Medium Format: Fujifilm GFX, Hasselblad XCD]
- 100mm 1: 2 (T3.2) Smooth Trans Focus [Full Frame: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony A, Sony E, Pentax K]
- 10-18mm 1: 4.5-5-6 C-Dreamer Ultra Wide Zoom [Full Frame: Sony Fe, Nikon Z, Leica L]
- 12-24mm 1:5.6 C-Dreamer FF II [Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Leica L, Leica M]
- Venus Optics Laowa Aurogon FF 10-50x NA0.5 Supermicro APO “microscope” [most popular mounts]
APS-C:
- 4mm 1: 2.8 Fisheye [APS-C: Leica L, Fujifilm X, Sony E, Canon EF-M, Canon RF, Nikon Z + Micro 4/3]
- 9mm 1: 2.8 C-Dreamer [APS-C: Leica L, Fujifilm X, Sony E, Canon EF-M, Canon RF, DJI DL, Nikon Z + Micro 4/3]
- 10mm 1:4 Cookie [APS-C: Leica L, Fujifilm X, Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z]
- 25 mm 1: 0.95 Argus CF Apo [APS-C: Fujifilm X, Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon EF-M, Canon RF-S]
- 33 mm 1: 0.95 Argus CF Apo [APS-C: Fujifilm X, Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon EF-M, Canon RF-S]
- 60mm 1:2.8 2X Ultra Macro [APS-C: Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony A, Sony E, Pentax K]
- 65mm 1:2.8 CA-Dreamer Macro 2X CF [APS-C: Leica L, Sony E, Fujifilm X, Canon EF-M, Canon RF, Nikon Z]
- 8-16mm 1:3.5-5 CF C-Dreamer [APS-C: Sony E, Fujifilm X, Canon EF-M, Canon RF, Nikon Z]
- 12-24mm f/5.6 SHIFT [APS-C: Sony E, Fujifilm X, Canon EF-M, Canon RF, Nikon Z]
Micro 4/3:
- 6mm 1: 2.0 C & D-Dreamer [Micro 4/3]
- 7.5mm 1: 2 C-Dreamer STANDARD [Micro 4/3, black / silver, 170 grams, 7 petals]
- 7.5mm 1: 2 C-Dreamer LIGHTWEIGHT [Micro 4/3, black / silver, 150 grams, 7 petals]
- 7.5mm 1: 2 C-Dreamer AUTO APERTURE [Micro 4/3, black, 150 grams, 5 petals]
- 10mm 1: 2 C & D-Dreamer [Micro 4/3]
- 17mm 1: 1.8 C-Dreamer [Micro 4/3]
- 18 mm 1:0.95 Argus APO [Micro 4/3]
- 25 mm 1:0.95 Argus APO [Micro 4/3]
- 50mm 1: 2.8 CA-Dreamer Macro 2x [Micro 4/3]
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Material prepared Arkady Shapoval.
Slightly cheaper than KMZ, $ 500 is not 860, but rather weak.
If you are about 35/2, then it costs 1100+ dollars (that's 860 euros).
But I'll support a domestic manufacturer, gut the pig and buy a manual 35/2 with soapy corners for $ 1100 !!!
Okay, okay, just kidding.
In light of the still available analogs from China, this choice looks even more comical, unfortunately (
in fact, this is a cinema lens, so its optical performance will most likely be optimized for wine and video, that is, they will be excellent ... The price for such a lens is moderate.
On YouTube, Camera Conspiracies tested this lens and it turned out to be worse than the mitacon f0.95 (the same jongui), which is surprising, because it is cheaper !!!
Moreover, the lava should have much more experience, but such an incident came out ...
Mitacon is probably not F / 0.95 again? This is something I believe more.
By the way, no. He still takes Zeiss optics there (but the truth is they are even more expensive), but she already has a fantastic, ringing sharpness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZD5CpQlbY
But Mitacon turns out to be stronger than lava, which was also strange for me - it costs less, weighs less. And it shoots better. (Trying to add an image)
LAOV's DOF is clearly less, so is 0.95 in question?
In the end, who lied? Laova? youtuber “CameraCospiracyes”? Chinese with Mitacon?
Kmk on tests there Laova - beats Mitacon only with an ideal 50mm focal length in terms of crop factor. And the rest is inferior, which is surprising - given such a price ...
Is there any local expert opinion on this lens? Arkady probably won't take Laova either, when there is an analogue from 7artisans several times cheaper ...
Yes, I do not take them, they are provided to me for review
If “it costs less, weighs less, and shoots better,” then the matter is in the human factor. In the examples, the focus on the lava has gone back.
But Mitacon is already releasing! The third! generation of similar optics ...
Mitacon has not changed optically for all three generations. And it doesn't seem to be 0.95.
It's like in the article where Arkady analyzed 7Artisans f0.95 - and indeed there is much less than the stated 0.95.
Here, as with that Chinese, a similar story. But here you can see that Laova loses to Mitacon, with a higher price and a greater weight of the lens itself ...
7art, Laova, Mitacon. In this order. f0.95 100%, but T is already 1.2 (according to Arkady). Laova has a fucking picture (even a blowout pattern), but the focus ring is very long there - 270 ° is dofig. Mitacon is sharper, but his drawing is not as awesome as Laova's, but the price for it is unreasonably high. In this case, 7art wins over both - not as sharp as Mitacon, but the drawing is better (including exposure), not such a soft drawing as in Laova, but twisting the ring many times less, well, the price tag is $ 250 or $ 500 and generally $ 600 ... Laova for video will obviously be good.
LAOWA Venus Optics is the same Chinese manufacturer, just screwed into marketing and with a lot of experience.
For reference: “Venus Optics is a Chinese lens manufacturer specializing in the development of innovative macro and wide angle lenses. The headquarters and production site are located in Hefei, sales and marketing in Hong Kong and the USA. Wikipedia
Founder: Dayong Li
Date of foundation: 2013 "
I suggest you wait for the full test on phillipreeve.net
It seems like Bright Photomarket also snatched this Argus f 0.95 for the test. In the latest news it was played - and promised a test.
By this time, several reviews had been published (all on X-mount Fujifilm) - and their results are very contradictory ...
One of the first reviewers launched Camera Conspirasies, where comparing Laowa Argus CF 33mm f / 0.95 APO and Mitakon 35mm f0.95, moreover, Laowa is worse and heavier and sharpness at f0.95 is much less than that of Mitakon, and it costs decent more expensive…
Then a review came out from the Asian Richard Wong, already with a comparison of f0.95 from Mitacon, 7Artisans and Laova - and his situation is exactly the opposite, Laova has less chromatic aberrations, no vignetting, and even sharpness is better than its competitors! It would seem, about a miracle - Laova is still better. Moreover, the comparison is much more detailed than a simple muttering about "this is better - this is worse." And a lot of photo comparisons.
Here are links to reviews from these fellows:
https://youtu.be/OuZD5CpQlbY
Camera conspirasies
https://youtu.be/9yEMvupjC0M
Richard Wong
The topic with such high-aperture optics is rather narrow and I have not seen any Russian-language reviews at all. But this is not so bad.
Upon a detailed examination of these reviews, there is only one thing that haunts ... The lens that the authors ultimately recognized as the best - hangs in their referral (affiliate link) to purchase! A moment of venality ...
Who can you possibly trust on the Internet then ?!
Radozhive)))
Therefore, I am writing) And what do you think? At least theoretically, or about the lens in terms of characteristics, without feeling - is it shameful to draw conclusions?
Read the text review by Rusk, he has already compared them too, from which I concluded that it is better to take 7art, with other disadvantages and advantages, it is the most optimal in the price / quality category.
https://jonasraskphotography.com/2021/05/03/another-one-the-laowa-argus-33mm-f-0-95-apo-review/
Review of the lens on the Christopher Frost channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuYJTdTk29s