![]() Viltrox described this as their fullframe benchmark lens when it was released in 2023 and for good reasons: great optical performance, useful controls coupled with an LC display not found anywhere else and all that at a surprisingly low and very competitive pricepoint.įrom a technological point of view this is the most advanced lens on this list, not only ahead of the other manufacturers from China, but also of many of those from Japan.ĥ60g | $549 | AF | Exif | E-mount | Review | Sample imagesīuy from manufacturer’s shop (global) | B&H | (affiliate links) ![]() Viltrox 16mm 1.8 AF Sony A7III | Viltrox FE 16mm 1.8 AF | f/1.8 There is hardly any competition in the M/Z/RF/L-mount worlds though, making this a desirable lens for many users to this day.ĥ20g | $649 | MF | no Exif | E/M/Z/RF/L-mount | Review | Sample imagesīuy from manufacturer’s shop | | B&H | (affiliate links) When it comes to the E-mount world there are two strong competitors that you should surely check out as well: the way more expensive Sony FE 14mm 1.8 GM and the next entry on this list, the Viltrox 16mm 1.8 AF. This 15mm 2.0 was actually Laowa’s first mirrorless design (first shown at Photokina in 2016) and it is a lens I am using since and that proved to be very useful for taking pictures in dimly lit environments without a tripod as well as for astrophotography and also for wide-angle close ups. Laowa 15mm 2.0 Sony A7III | Laowa 15mm 2.0 | f/2.0 | no tripod Despite being noticeably wider this is a much better performer than the more expensive Voigtländer 10mm 5.6 and therefore a real masterpiece of Laowa’s lens designer.Ī lens this wide will probably not be your bread-and-butter lens and it takes some skill to use it properly, but I took plenty of pictures with it I really like and that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.ģ73g | $599 | MF | no Exif | E/M/Z/L-mount | Review | Sample imagesīuy from manufacturer’s shop | B&H | | (affiliate links) ![]() This is not only the world’s widest rectilinear (meaning non- fisheye) lens, it is also much better than it should be. Ultra Wide Angle Lenses Laowa 9mm 5.6 Sony A7III | Laowa 9mm 5.6 | f/5.6
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