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Venus Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle 1:1 Macro Lens with Shift for Canon EF Mount

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Size: For Canon Mount


Features

  • Aperture Range: f/4 to f/32
  • 1:1 Magnification Ratio; Internal Focus
  • Maximum Shift: +/- 6mm
  • Minimum Focus Distance: 4.7"
  • Front Filter Thread: 77mm

Description

Venus Optics is offering photographers the first native option to get started in the world of wide-angle macro photography with the Laowa 15mm f/4 Macro Lens, available here for full-frame Canon EF-mount cameras. Before now, wide- angle macro required the use of extension tubes and other workarounds, but now the Laowa 15mm Macro offers true 1:1 magnification without the hassle. The ultra-wide perspective on full-frame cameras allows users to get exceptionally close to their subjects with a minimum focus distance of just 4.7", and have them fill the frame, while still capturing the background for more informative scenes. Internal focusing further assists by not disturbing your subject, even when you reach the 0.2" minimum working distance. Optically, it is designed to minimize distortion that plagues wide-angle lenses with the use of an advanced 12 element in 9 group construction with one extra-low dispersion and three high-refractive elements. A multi-layer low-reflective coating further improved image quality by reducing the appearance of flare and ghosting. Also, when used on APS-C cameras, or in crop modes, the lens offers +/- 6mm of vertical shift which can help correct for perspective when shooting objects such as buildings. Full manual operation is required with this lens through the use of a physical aperture ring with a range of f/4 to f/32 and a large focusing ring. A flat front element provides room for a 77mm front filter thread for using a selection of specialized filters to enhance your scene. Additionally, it has a near circular 14-blade diaphragm for smooth ou

Brand: LAOWA


Focal Length Description: 15mm f4


Lens Type: Wide Angle


Compatible Mountings: Canon EF


Camera Lens Description: macro lens


Real Angle Of View: 110 arcmin


Maximum Aperture: 32


Minimum Aperture: 4


Image stabilization: no


Compatible Camera Models: Canon EOS Rebel T8i, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi, Canon EOS Kiss X9, Canon EOS Rebel T4i, Canon EOS Kiss Digital X, Canon EOS 1100D, Canon EOS Kiss X8i, Canon EOS Kiss X4, Canon EOS Kiss X5, Canon EOS Kiss X2, Canon EOS-1D, Canon EOS Kiss X3, Canon EOS 3000D, Canon EOS 500D, Canon EOS 750D, Canon EOS Kiss Digital N, Canon EOS Rebel SL1, Canon EOS Rebel SL2, Canon EOS 350D, Canon EOS Rebel SL3, Canon EOS 2000D, Canon EOS 20D, Canon EOS 100D, Canon EOS 60D, Canon EOS 40D, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, Canon EOS Rebel T5i, Canon EOS 80D, Canon EOS Rebel T1i, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, Canon EOS 1200D, Canon EOS Kiss F, Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, Canon EOS 7D, Canon EOS-1D Mark III, Canon EOS Kiss X7i, Canon EOS 650D, Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, Canon EOS 5DS R, Canon EOS 250D, Canon EOS Kiss X50, Canon EOS 800D, Canon EOS Kiss X10, Canon EOS 77D, Canon EOS 400D, Canon EOS 4000D, Canon EOS-1Ds, Canon EOS 6D Mark II, Canon EOS Rebel T6i, Canon EOS Rebel T2i, Canon EOS 1300D, Canon EOS Rebel T6s, Canon EOS 6D, Canon EOS Kiss X6i, Canon EOS C100 Mark II, Canon EOS 760D, Canon EOS D60, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS, Canon EOS Rebel T7, Canon EOS Rebel T6, Canon EOS 550D, Canon EOS Rebel T3, Canon EOS-1D X, Canon EOS 30D, Canon EOS 700D, Canon EOS Rebel T5, Canon EOS 5DS, Canon EOS 10D, Canon EOS 300D, Canon EOS 70D, Canon EOS 50D, Canon EOS Rebel T7i, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi, Canon EOS 90D, Canon EOS 1000D, Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Canon EOS-1D X Mark II, Canon EOS Kiss X9i, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EOS 850D, Canon EOS 5D, Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Canon EOS-1D X Mark III, Canon EOS 8000D, Canon EOS Kiss X70, Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EOS 60Da, Canon EOS 450D, Canon EOS D30, Canon EOS 200D, Canon EOS 600D


Photo Filter Size: 77 Millimeters


Lens Mount: Canon EF


Number of Diaphragm Blades: 14


Minimum Focal Length: 15


Lens Design: Prime


Focus Type: Manual Focus


Lens Fixed Focal Length: 15 Millimeters


Lens Coating Description: Multi-Layer Low-Reflective Coating


Focal Length Description: 15mm f4


Lens: Wide Angle


Compatible Camera Mount: Canon EF


Maximum Focal Length: 15


Global Trade Identification Number: 66


Model Name: VE1540C


UPC: 683203914666 889583129083


Brand: LAOWA


Camera Lens: macro lens


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    • Amazing lens that allows creative perspectives!
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I've been shooting nature macro photography for about 5 years now. I've always used a Canon 100mm USM lens often with extension tubes or a Raynox DCR 250 lens attachment for extra magnification. I'd been interested in wide-angle macro photography for a while. Many times, I'd found myself in scenarios in which a wide-angle macro lens would be perfect. Now with this lens, I can finally get those shots I've imagined and with a level of detail and quality that I strive for. I've had this lens for about 5 months now and I'm very happy with it! Being a manual aperture and manual focus lens makes it more difficult to use than most macro lenses, but I got used to it very quickly. I typically combine this lens with Laowa's macro dual flash and a homemade diffuser for lighting. I tend to bring the aperture up to 16-22 to achieve a greater depth of field to capture more of the subject which necessitates a lot of light to have the subject lit well. This lens comes with a petal hood that seems well built, but honestly, I took it off the first time I used the lens because it constantly got in the way of macro subjects. I suspect it would be nice to have for landscape shots, but I haven't really tested it on landscapes yet. The lens is capable of 1:1 magnification, however there is a catch, to achieve this, the subject pretty much must be touching the glass or be mere millimeters from touching it. This presents obvious issues with live subjects, but it also introduces difficulty with properly lighting the subject. While I haven't successfully gotten a great 1:1 shot yet (I don't really try to be honest), shots at 1:2 and 1:4 are much more reasonable and tend to be closer to the framing that I usually have in mind anyway. The shift capability is fairly useful for macro. It shifts the lens slightly lower in relation to the sensor which means that you don't have to get quite as low to get a lower angle perspective. The image quality from this lens is superb! The details in the raw images are impressive. Even at high f-stops, I barely notice diffraction artifacts. There is some significant chromatic aberration sometimes in high contrast areas, but it can easily be taken care of in post-processing, so this isn't an issue at all to me. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this lens produces a nice sunstar effect at higher f-stops! Please keep in mind that I shoot with a crop sensor camera (Canon 7D Mark II), so the field of view of this 15mm lens functions more like a 24mm lens on a full frame sensor. I would love to try this out on a full frame in the future! One piece of advice at least for Canon users: turn off Exposure Simulation. This will allow you to use Live View mode to see your subject better; it won't appear too dark when shooting at high f-stops. Just keep in mind that the exposure on the live screen no longer resembles what the photo will look like! Overall, I am very impressed and satisfied with this lens. Whenever I’m out in the field for work or pleasure, I typically bring this along with me. I think the slightly higher difficulty of use might turn some people away from using this, but I find that it’s easy to get used to and you’re limited mostly by your imagination (and proper lighting…). When I successfully take a shot that I like with this lens, I’m even more proud of it knowing the extra effort that went into it. I continue to be impressed by Laowa/Venus Optics and look forward to the innovative products they will generate in the future! I’ve got my eye on their upcoming 24mm macro probe lens… ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2018 by Danny Goodding Danny Goodding
    • Good material and workmanship
Basically, operates like an enlarger lens on a camera, which should not present a problem to the photographically inclined. PROS: Unique perspective. Good quality and workmanship. Decent sharpness. CONS: manual lens, no info sent to camera, etc. This may present a challenge to some.
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2016 by S. C. Chase
    • This is a fun lens! It's a bit different
This is a fun lens! It's a bit different, and I'm enjoying it. So far, I've used it on a Canon full-frame body (5D3), crop-body (60D) and (with an adapter) Sony A6000. It works fine on all of them. Good points: Optically, it appears to be fine. I haven't done any critical shooting (against a test chart) to look for super-detailed analysis of edge-to-edge sharpness. I'll probably get to that soon, but right now I'm just having fun using it. As an informal test, I did shoot against a full-wall bookshelf and can read all the details on the books. That was good enough for me before just going out to have fun with it. The close focus distance and wide angle combination are a unique combination. I have a 14mm prime that gives me a similar angle of view and I was starting to wonder if I bought "too similar" of a lens (which I've done before). But once you starting shooting at close range and using the shift feature, this lens really starts to show its unique flavor. Having shift on a wide angle lens is the thing that caused me to choose this lens. If it were "only" the close focus range, I might not have jumped on it. But shift means that you can keep the camera level (vertical back) and avoid keystoning but still have the image direction come from above. This is great for keeping buildings or trees from really bad converging lines. I have two tilt-shift lenses in Canon, plus a large format view camera, so I'm already biased to being able to shift... The construction appears to be pretty solid. Both the aperture and focus rings move smoothly with no play. The focus ring is just a bit more dampened (stiff turning) that I think is average, but it's certainly within the range of a "normal" feel. The packaging was pretty durable cardboard and with foam inserts. The box isn't all that important, but it's an indicator that there's some care/quality being put into the total product experience. Neutral (but interesting) points: The aperture ring is smooth and continuous (not with detents for each aperture setting). This is somewhat similar to my Voigtlander wide angle lens that has a couple of detents at f/8 and ... (something else, I forget at the moment). This is important because it's easy to bump the aperture setting and you'll have to move the camera away from your eye to readjust the aperture setting to a particular value. On the other hand, because it's a mechanical aperture, you'll see the darkened view in real-time, plus you'll see any metering changes (as long as you're not using the shift feature). Bad points: The control lever for shifting the lens looks like it should be moved side-to-side (same axis as rotating the focus or aperture rings). But it's a push button, and it doesn't move all that smoothly or have "clean" action in-and-out. Fortunately, it appears to be very durably constructed and can withstand the likely-to-be frequent and incorrect side load action. And the button just allows the lens to be shifted. The actual movement is a bit stiff (obviously not geared) and getting the proper shift amount is a little bit rough. Already described above, the aperture ring is easy to bump to a different value. When using the shift feature (and depending on the direction of shift), the in-camera metering will start to fail (because the image circle isn't hitting the sensor). So if you're using shift and bump the aperture, you may not notice the incorrect aperture setting. This is true for any shift (or tilt-shift) lens. When using a shift (or tilt-shift) lens, you probably should be setting your exposure before shifting (and using Manual mode) anyway. Nit-picking points: The documentation is weak. It's translated from Chinese to (several languages, including) English. I'm okay with the usual errors in capitalization, punctuation and grammar. But the several references to tilt-shift are simply incorrect. This is a shift-lens only (not tilt-shift). The description on the Amazon page is accurate, and anyone that purchases this lens should not be expecting any tilt capabilities prior to getting it and reading the documentation. But, once you start reading, just don't get thrown off by the tilt-shift reference. Also, the documentation describes a couple of "modes." It's technically correct, but that's more of a general photography topic that is more common to macro photography. There's nothing on the lens (no switches or options in the equipment) that controls a mode. It just seemed a bit misplaced to be in the user manual. Summary: Still, these "bad" points aren't bad enough to drop this below a 4-star rating. It's not perfect for me and not 5-stars because of the shift release button and stiff movement when shifting. If not for that button and the shifting, even with the weak documentation, I'd probably be giving this 5 stars. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2016 by Dave
    • Mala calidad
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mal muy mal casi sin usar, ya que utilizo mas lentes macro 105mm y teleobjetivo, muy pocas veces usado y se desarmo de la nada. ya es mas de un año de comprarlo asi q no hay mucho q hacer.
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2022 by kabir montesinos kabir montesinos
    • Shift button didn't work for me
I love the wide angle and the macro so much but no matter how hard I tried I could not get the shift button to release the mechanism so I could use the shift so I am having to return it. Not sure if I got a faulty version or if it is inherently flawed. Such high hopes and a beautiful lens IMO.
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2018 by TexasPickles
    • good quality images
Challenging to use, wish it had 1:1 focusing an inch or two farther away, so that the lens doesn't shadow your subject, and bump/shake the whole bush that you are trying to stalk them in. Solid build, good quality images, very compact.
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2017 by elizabeth cummings
    • Everyone's lens!
Well, it is a (very) wide angle lens, so not your general purpose lens.It shifts up, or down, which is unusual for a PC lens. But think this, if you are atop the Empire State building, the down shift would be what you want to keep everything in view presspective correct (without turning your camera upside down)! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020 by William A. Storrer

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