World's Widest! Laowa 6mm t/2.1 Zero-D Cine Lens Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- Laowa 6mm t/2.1 Zero-D Cine Lens Review, World's widest rectilinear micro four thirds lens. Tested on the Panasonic Lumix GH6.
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0:00 Introduction
1:15 Design & Build Quality
4:17 Ultra Wide
6:42 Close Up
7:02 Image Sharpness
8:21 Bokeh
8:41 Vignetting
9:04 Chromatic Aberration
9:26 Zero-D Distortion
10:09 Lens Flare
10:51 Sunstars
11:11 Focus Breathing
11:33 Final Thoughts + Sample Photo / Video - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I am really tempted to get this lens. Thanks for the review.
Very detailed review as usual, Richard. Thank you !
It's a special lens : very wide, sharp, it supports 58mm filters.
Hi Toni, thanks for watching and dropping a comment. Yes it is very special . It's also very compact and has virtually no distortion as well
very good and complete video thanks
Excellent review!!!
Sir Richard, this is amazing!!! This will be perfect for my blackmagic micro cinema with 2.88x crop!!
Thank you Glenn! Yes it would be great for 2.88x MFT camera
If you get this lens for the blackmagic micro I'd love to see some footage with that combo. I have a micro and would consider buying this.
@@whatisagent5629 I will definitely be making series of videos with that lens if ever I'll be getting one. I have several projects needing that ultra wide look.
@@GlennUpgraded Looking forward to it.
Quite impressed (as usual, actually) with Laowa’s image quality on this one, and as always, great review! I don’t know how many M4/3 photographers specialise in architecture, but this combined with the GH6 would be a stellar photo/video setup for architecture. And of course as you say, there are a ton of other useful applications for ultra wide lenses, from vlogging, to street, landscape, travel…
Between this and your Matterport review, you’ve certainly brought out plenty of useful content for architecture and real estate photographers this week! I could definitely see this Laowa lens being a popular choice for those uses, and it seems a bit of a bargain compared with say Sigma or Sony’s 12-24mm lenses, Canon’s 11-24mm, or Fujifilm’s 8-16mm.
Thanks for watching and your support as usual Chris! Yes this is a really cool lens, i just love how wide and at the same time how compact it is, really highlight one of the strength of the micro four thirds system
I have more architecture lens review coming later this month! (March) but for something a bit bigger than micro four thirds :)
Hi Richard, nice review!
Have you try to fit a small matte box, like the Tilta Mirage ? I wonder if it has some vignetting.
Thanks!
Claude
This lense is so special, i really want it.
I really like how compact and wide it is.
Thank U for the video, Richard. I'm impressed. Also, I like to suggest a video about a list of manual lenses for video ie lenses from China.
thanks summer2015! Oh Can you explain a bit more about your suggestion please ?
@@TheRealRichardWong What I mean is there are lots of those cheaper manual lenses, but their older versions were pretty bad. Recent ones are much better. But I didn't see a list of these lenses that are recommended, and I wish someone put them into a list with criterior you covered in this video.
@@spritual_enlightenment I see! Ok I will need a bit of thinking and see how I can approach it! Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks, great review! From the lack of mention (here and also the the Laowa site) I assume that the lens is not "digital", ie does not pass back focal length and aperture info to the camera?
Hi there, like most of the cine lenses in the market, this lens does not have electronic contacts and purely mechanical
Nice review.. Did you used Gimbal for any footages? It looks like there is no image warping while you are walking slowly, with monopod or behind the camera. (Eg. 5:44) . Also I think GH6 is generally stabilizing 6mm better than GH5 and G85 with Laowa 7.5mm.
5:44 was shot with a small gimbal :)
Hello! Thanks for the review. Bought this wonderful lens. The geometry of the image is beyond praise. But it seemed to me that the 7-14 from Olympus has much higher sharpness.
Gaskets are included. Maybe for alignment? Might be worth an adjustment?
Sorry if I wrote it wrong. I write through an online translator.
i believe the gaskets is just for you to adjust the focus setting e.g. infinity is at infinity and should have minimal/no impact on sharpness
Does this lens have strong vignetting with 1 or 2 filters on? I would like to use it for video with nd filter together mist diffusion. Any opinion is welcome. Thanks
Sorry i have already returned the sample to Laowa so can't answer your question
What's your opinion on this vs the 7.5mm f2 by Laowa as well? Which of the two would you prefer? price are close, but the 7.5 a tad bit cheaper and faster.
both are very good, i think 7.5mm is easier to use as the 6mm is really wide. But if you want to go wide, then 6mm!
@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks for the response my friend!
How is the image quality? All the videos of the 6mm are gorgeous, while the 7.5mm seems just average, but that could just be due to Laowas marketing as well.
Are the image quality for video comparable? Or is one better than the other in your opinion?
That’s an impressive lens. But, I’m on the fence with keeping my GH5 and sticking to the m43 system, or just going all full frames since the GH6 is not something I really need. I already have an S5 and RP. I don’t need a bunch of stuff that the GH6 offers. Decision decisions…
Gh6 is Panasonic's hybrid flagship
So if GH6 is not exactly what you need, there will be other Panasonic / Olympus cameras that probably will meet requirement more in the future :)
There are pros and cons for each system i think , that's why i shoot with both micro four thirds, full frame, and a bit of APSC too.
@@TheRealRichardWong , yeah. I understand that too. I’ve been an M43 and FF hybrid shooter sine the GH4. I wished the GH5 had that GH4 size and all the specs and features of the GH5 ii. I might pick up the OM-1 for the live ND feature. But, I’ll miss all my video tools from the GH cameras. 😩
Why is this lens so perfect???!!! 🥰
Its crazy ja. I want it.
its not
You could make a revenant looking short film with GH6 and this lens
Oh i haven't watch that movie yet! Maybe i should watch it this weekend
@@TheRealRichardWong it has the most incredible ultra wide lens throughout, looks roughly about the same field of view as this
@@sebfleebee Sounds fun! I need to watch it !
Great review as always 💪🏼
But why did you not show us images on the wider sensor (1.8X crop) of the GH5S?
The Laowa is not so wide neither is a zoom as the Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 + 0.71X = 5.68-11.36 f/3.2-4, but it is faster, smaller, lighter and cheaper 🤔
I was originally going to do the review with the GH5S, but changed the idea when Panasonic dropped off the GH6.
Auckland NZ?
yes :)
I hope they make a non cine version of this lens.
It's most likely there will be one coming. But it may take a while
Interesting, but as a MFT user, I opted for Insta360 go 2, for less money than this lens costs, I got a completely new waterproof 2K camera with slow-mo at 1080p, damn good stabilizer and lens that are equivalent to 6mm in MFT, f2.2. 😉
12mm lens in reality!
Looks like game engine render/
terrible wobble just like the 7.5mm...
Kowa 6mm better
glorified CCTV lens