Laowa 15mm 5.0 Cookie + S9

[sergun80]

The Laowa 15mm 5.0 Cookie has arrived in the small lens shelf: It will fit very well for the S9. https://phillipreeve.net/blog/review-laowa-15mm-5-0-cookie-tiny-and-useful/

• Diameter: 60 mm (E) / 53 mm (M) / 67 mm (Z)
• Field of view: 110° (diagonally)
• Length: 36 mm (E) / 26 mm (M) / 38 mm (Z)
• Weight: 135g (E) / 105g (M) / 154 g (Z) (without hood and caps)
• Filter Diameter: 39 mm
• Number of Aperture Blades: 5 (straight)
• Elements/Groups: 13/9
  
  
• Close Focusing Distance: 0.12 m
• Maximum Magnification: 1:5.6
• Mount: Sony-E | Canon-RF | Nikon-Z | L-mount | Leica-M
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  • SONY - ILCE-7M3
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  • 1/125 sec
  • Pattern
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 400

 

[pdk42]

I looked at the Phillip Reeve review and it seems decent enough. It needs a lot of stopping down to get reasonable sharpness across the frame though. But that wouldn't be a problem for landscapes or cityscapes.

 

[pdk42]

But it's £430 in the UK - that's a bit pricey for an f5, totally manual lens. If it were £200 I'd have given it a try, but £430 is really too much. You can pickup a Sigma 17mm f4 for not a lot more and that is faster, has much better optical performance and it's got AF, auto aperture, and EXIF.

Here's a shot of the Laowa on the FP BTW:

 

[pdk42]

The Sigma 17mm is bigger, but not hugely so.



Looks good on the S9 too!

 

[sergun80]

https://www.venuslens.net/product/laowa-15mm-f-5-cookie-ff/ (399$) Although they promised $ 320.
Sigma 17 is a good option as a universal one, but for me, for example, these focal points are needed for a landscape with sunstars like Voitlander / Loixa. Besides, 17mm is not 15 )

 

[sergun80]