Laowa 12-24Mm F/5.6 Zoom Lens For Leica L

Laowa 12-24mm F/5.6 Zoom Lens For Leica L

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From tight interior spaces to vast landscapes, the Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Lens for Leica Llets you compose your shots with ease. Designed for Leica L-mount mirrorless cameras, this compact and lightweight lens is an excellent choice for landscape, cityscape, and architectural shooting. Well-suited for travel photography, the lens also features a 5.9" minimum focusing distance for dramatic wide-angle macro shots. Additionally, the lens is engineered with five aperture blades, which create dynamic 10-point sun stars when shooting towards a strong light source.

The lens's optical design incorporates both extra-low dispersion and aspherical elements in order to correct a variety of aberrations and distortions for sharper, clearer image quality and accurate color rendering. Additionally, a Frog Eye Coating has been applied to repel dust and moisture from the front element of the lens to benefit working in trying environmental conditions.

L-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format Aperture Range: f/5.6 to f/22 Three Extra-Low Dispersion Elements Two Aspherical Elements Manual Focus Design 5.9" Minimum Focusing Distance 5-Blade Diaphragm Frog Eye Dust & Water-Repellent Coating

Key Specs
Focal Length	12 to 24mm
Maximum Aperture	f/5.6
Lens Mount	L-Mount
Lens Format Coverage	Full-Frame
Focus Type	Manual Focus
Image Stabilization	No
Filter Size	77 mm (Front)
Parameters
Maximum Aperture	f/5.6
Minimum Aperture	f/22
Lens Mount	L-Mount
Lens Format Coverage	Full-Frame
Angle of View	84° to 121.9°
Minimum Focus Distance	5.9" / 15 cm
Maximum Magnification	0.4x
Optical Design	15 Elements in 11 Groups
Diaphragm Blades	5
Focus Type	Manual Focus
Image Stabilization	No
Filter Size	77 mm (Front)
Weight	17.5 oz / 497 g
Packaging Info
Package Weight	1.955 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)	6.8 x 4.4 x 4.4"

Ultra-wide-angle zoom designed for full-frame Leica L-mount mirrorless cameras, this 10-18mm lens can also be used with APS-C models where it provides an 18-36mm equivalent focal length range.

Three extra-low dispersion elements reduce chromatic aberrations and color fringing for increased clarity and color neutrality. Two aspherical elements are also featured to limit spherical aberrations for improved sharpness.

Manual focus design permits working with subjects as close as 5.6" away for dramatic wide-angle macro photography.

Five diaphragm blades create crisp 10-point sun-stars when photographing point light sources with smaller aperture sizes.

A Frog Eye Coating has been applied to repel both dust and moisture for added protection when working in inclement conditions.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is this lens fully compatible with the D7000?

A: Yes, the Nikon 12-24 lens is fully compatible with the Nikon D7000. The Nikon DX 12-24mm f/4G will give you a 18-36mm 35mm equivalent focal length on the D7000.

Q: 2. Can this lens take standard neutral density and circular polarizer filters?

A: Yes. Lens will adapt to all 77mm thread size filters.

Q: 3. Does it have autofocus when used with Panasonic cameras ?

A: No, the Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Zoom Lens for Leica L is a manual focus only lens and will not autofocus on any camera.

Q: 4. Hey! Can you please tell me what ND filter I can buy for this lens?? I have a Sony a7s3

A: The Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Zoom Lens for Sony E accepts 37mm filters via a rear filter mount and is also compatible with the optional Laowa Magnetic 100mm Filter Holder. Any 37mm ND filters should work. And here is the Venus Optics 100mm Magnetic Filter Holder Set with Frame for Laowa Zero-D Shift 10-18mm Lens, BH #VEFILHOF1018 (https://bhpho.to/3WEcv4s).

Q: 5. Is this lens compatible with the D5200?

A: Yes, the Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens is compatible with the Nikon D5200.

Q: 6. Can you notice it doesn't have VR? Wich one is better for real estate photography?

A: The standard rule of thumb is that a safe shutter speed for hand-holding without hand shake is the inverse of the focal length. This suggests that at f/12 one could use a 1/12 second shutter. I probably would not go that slow, but that explains why wide angle lenses like this one usually do not need VR. Also, for real estate photography, flash is recommended, so stable hand-holding should not be an issue.

Q: 7. How does this compare to the Nikon 14-30?

A: This lens and the Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S Lens are two different kinds of lenses, BH #NIZ14304. They have two different focal ranges, the 10-18mm is considered a wide lens while the 14-30mm is a mid range zoom lens. The 14-30mm has a constant aperture of F/4 through the entire focal range. While this 10-18mm has an aperture that is f/4.5-5.6. It will be F/4.5 at its widest and stop down as you zoom in.

Q: 8. Hi, just got a Nikon Z mount of this lens, and notice that the body of Z mount is a little different from E-mount. Z mount has bigger mount shoulder, the holder ring of this holder, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1537521-REG/h_y_filters_lh100_with_this_new_hy.html, cannot slide through the front. Any solution for this?

A: Unfortunately, as far as we were made aware, the H&Y Filters K-series Filter Holder for the 10-18mm is specific to the Sony E-mount version.

Q: 9. does it provide exif data to the camera?

A: No, the Venus Optics Laowa 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Lens for Sony E does not provide exif data to the camera.

Q: 10. Is there noticeable barrel distortion at wider focal lengths?

A: The Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 Zoom Lens for Nikon Z is a very wide lens. And most lenses that wide and full frame will give you some barrel distortion at the wider end of the zoom.

Henry	19/09/2024
[84° to 121.9°] Basically, this is the widest zoom lens you can buy -- which makes it great, but also difficult to use well. What's so hard? Well, let's start with focus. I love manual focus, and it works great with this lens, but don't assume that everything is always in focus. The depth of field is huge, but finite. Failure to focus rarely gives a blurry image, but it will give poorer resolution. Worse still, you might not notice looking at the EVF image or LCD. I've seen reviews that say this lens isn't very sharp, and I'm pretty sure it's simply that they didn't quite have things in focus -- sharpness is fine on my 42MP A7RII. Another reason this lens needs to be used carefully is that 10mm is amazingly wide -- actually comparable to the widest rectangular view you could extract from a 16mm rectangular fisheye. If you don't get close to your subject, it'll seem miles away. There's also going to be a lot of background in your images, so you need to pay close attention that none of the background stuff will distract from your image. In summary, you need to be very intentional about using this lens in order to get what it promises. However, if you do that, it's fantastic for getting perspectives no other lens can offer. The 10-18mm range allows a very useful choice of ultrawide perspectives. Distortion is minimal for such a wide lens, and flare is well controlled with nice sunstars. Resolution is fine for 42MP FF and 24MP APS-C. The lens feels very solid and operates smoothly, although it would be nice if there were more difference in feel between the focus, zoom, and aperture rings. The metal lenscap is a nice and reassuring touch. Complaints? The focus distance scale is wrong -- I suspect they are allowing for somebody trying to use the lens without a rear filter mounted (which should always be there). 5

anyonymous	15/09/2024
[f/5.6] I love this lens! Have been wanting this forever! My pics are amazing! Can't wait to use it more! 5

Mark Gracia - Realtor	14/09/2024
[f/5.6] I purchased a 12-24 mm IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor Lens from B&H after shopping around a dozen websites. The reason I bought from B&H was the sales person listened to my questions and helped me find the correct solution for my problem. The lens came on time in mint condition and works perfectly. Mark Gracia Realtor Cheshire, Connecticut 5

Eduardo the camera king	23/08/2024
[L-Mount] great lens that takes awesome pictures. Very crisp and clear. Love it! 5

Daniel	21/08/2024
[Manual Focus] A simply amazing lens. A must have for any landscape photographer. 5

Shibu	08/08/2024
[0.4x] I bought this immediately after they released it for an overseas trip. With 3 relatively light lenses (10-18, 16-35 f/4, 28-75 tamron) I was well covered for the whole range I wanted. Optically this lens is not the best, but works well in most cases if used carefully. This is not an everyday lens, but definitely a good one carry on trips. Here is the link of a sample pic I took on that trip. https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJr3itBoR4/ 5

John	14/07/2024
[77 mm (Front)] Having read two reviews, one bad one good I was wondering what I would think of this lens. I would say as in the good review critical focus may be important when working up close. But for anything @ distance I found f11-f8 @ infinity and everything as close as 3ft was amazingly sharp. A great lens for landscape, especially if its LARGE & close. Canyon walls etc. 5

Jurgen	04/07/2024
[Manual Focus] This is fun lens, super-wide and it performs quite well. Not a lens to be used for Milky Way shooting, but great for landscapes or normal night photography, including star trails. Coma is fairly well controlled with its smallest f/5.6 aperture. If you are comfortable using fully manual lenses, this is a nice addition, very compact in the bag! 5

Jean	06/06/2024
[f/5.6] Perfect lens, wide and free of spherical distortion. 5

Aaron	06/06/2024
[Manual Focus] Vignetting, corner softness wide open, and some distortion are noticeable. But when you factor in the size and weight of this thing, it's an engineering marvel that such a lens is possible, and at such an affordable price. I own the Samyang 10mm f/3.5 XP and that lens has a very annoying green cast in the corners, and I am delighted that this lens suffer way less, and much easier to fix in Lightroom or CameraRAW. However, stopping down the lens doesn't improve vignetting, unlike the Samyang. Strangely, the mid-frame some how isn't as sharp as the extreme corners when you focus using the center. I suspect that the plane of focus isn't a plane not a sphere. It could be mustached, but further investigation is required. This lens works well with the Techart LM-EA9, and can get you very close to your subject as long as you are not blocking all the light. It's a shame that the TTartisan adapter would not correctly read the code of this lens as the Leica 6-bit code cannot represent9mm f/5.6 at all. Let's see what happens in the future. Despite its many non-idealities, I am still inclined to give it a 5/5 for being a pioneer in ultra wide angle non-fisheye. 5