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A Nikon DSLR camera with a large 200mm f/2 telephoto lens, resting on a wooden surface with a blurred white background
Why photographers obsess over the 200mm f/2 (and you should too)

By Sebastian Oakley Published

Opinion Why the 200mm f/2 is photography’s most special focal length

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Opinion
A hand holding the Laowa AF 200mm f/2.0
LEAKED: If real, this Laowa 200mm f/2 lens will be an instant favorite!

By Kalum Carter Published

News Rumors suggest a new Laowa 200mm f/2 AF lens is coming for Nikon, Canon, Sony, and Fujifilm users!

News
Sony / Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran's viral 'Sapphire' music video was filmed using a Sony FX3 and a Laowa lens – here's how they did it

By Kalum Carter Published

Want to know how to get the Ed Sheeran look? Mathieu Stern's video digs deeper into the equipment used in the viral music video for 'Sapphire'

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No, you're not dreaming: the Venus Optics Laowa 12mm f/2.8 FF II C&D Dreamer is coming next week

By Adam Waring Published

News This full-frame ultra-wide prime is Laowa's second to boast autofocus – if you've got a Nikon or Sony mirrorless – but Canon and L-mount users will have to make do with focusing manually

News
Laowa 15mm f/4.5 0.5x Macro product shot with lens held in hand
Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/4.5 0.5x Macro review: get ultra-close and ultra-wide with this intriguing prime lens

By Matthew Richards Published

Review The Laowa 15mm f/4.5 0.5x Macro is a lens that can deliver extreme close-ups of small objects, set against the context of their surroundings

Review
A side-by-side comparison shows two different images of a hot air ballon, one with a circular fisheye, one with a rectangular
These two wildly different photos were shot with the same lens. Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 crams two classic fisheye looks into one zoom

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NEWS The new Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 captures both circular and rectangular fisheye effects on mirrorless cameras

NEWS
A butterfly and a beetle on a tree trunk
This new lens mixes close focusing with an ultra-wide view for eclectic macro images

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NEWS The Laowa 15mm f/4.5 0.5x Macro meshes ultra-wide and close-ups in a multi-mount manual focus lens

NEWS
Laowa Probe Zoom Macro
Laowa announces world’s widest probe zoom lens at NAB Show

By Kim Bunermann Published

NAB 2025 Laowa pushes boundaries with its first-ever probe zoom lens in a waterproof tubular design, featuring an innovative 90-degree module

NAB 2025
Laowa VV Cine Lenses
Laowa goes WIDE as it releases 4 new super wide-angle cine lenses designed for VistaVision

By Kalum Carter Published

News Laowa launches 4 cine lenses including the 'widest rectilinear full-frame lens available in cinematography'

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Laowa is known for its weird lenses – and the brand’s next optics will fill gaps in specialist tilt-shift and fisheye lenses

By Hillary K. Grigonis Published

NEWS Laowa revealed a list of five upcoming lenses during the CP+ show in Japan

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