Venus Optics, the company behind Laowa, released new mount options on seven of their existing lenses, including the 24mm f/14 probe lens and the Argus 33mm f/0.95.
Most of the new additions are Nikon Z mount, but also two L-Mount additions, and one Canon RF, and one Canon EOS-M lens.
Laowa is known for their super-wide-angle and macro lenses. One of their most famous lenses, the 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe is a very unique lens that was already available in EF, F, FE, L, K, and PL mount. Now Venus Optics added Nikon Z and Canon RF mount variants to their lineup. I’d say this is quite a lot to choose from!
You can find our video review of the probe lens here.
Venus Optics also shows a new lens variant of their Argus 33mm f/0.95 lens with the Canon EOS-M mount. They recently received an award for this lens and the 15mm Zero-D. That’s quite an interesting choice as Canon seems to leave the EOS-M mount behind and fully focus on their RF lineup. Of course, this doesn’t exclude the possibility of many EOS-M users wanting more and new lenses.
All lenses are planned to start shipping from August onwards, so waiting shouldn’t be necessary.
List of all new Laowa mount options
Here’s the list of all updated Laowa lens mount variants including their retail selling price:
Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye
New Mount: Nikon Z
Other mounts available: M4/3, Fuji X, Sony E, EOS-M, L mount
Pricing: $199
Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D
New Mount: Nikon Z
Other mounts available: Sony E / Fuji X / Canon EF-M / L mount / MFT / DJI DL
Pricing: $499
Laowa 15mm T2.1 Zero-D Cine
New Mount: Nikon Z
Other mounts available: Canon RF / Sony FE
Pricing: $1,199
Laowa 9mm T2.9 Zero-D Cine
New Mount: Nikon Z / L mount
Other mounts available: Canon RF / Sony E / Fuji X / MFT
Pricing: $599 for Black Version, $649 for White Version
Laowa 12mm T2.9 Zero-D Cine
New Mount: L mount
Other mounts available: Canon EF / Canon RF / Sony FE / PL
Pricing: $1,499
Laowa 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe (Standard)
New Mount: Nikon Z / Canon RF
Other mounts available: Canon EF / Nikon F / Sony FE / L mount / Pentax K/ Arri PL
Pricing: $1,599 for Standard and $1,799 for Cine Version
Laowa Argus 33mm f/0.95 CF APO
New Mount: Canon EOS-M
Other mounts available: Nikon Z / Canon R / Sony E / Fuji X
Pricing: $499
Shipping is about to start August onwards and they are already available on Venus Optics’ site. You can check it out here.
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