Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D Lens for Sony FE

• Highest sharpness, lowest distortion
• Ideal for creative landscape or architecture paintings
• Full-format design
• Robust metal design

The Laowa 12mm F / 2.8 is the brightest extremely wide-angle lens for full-format cameras, providing virtually distortion-free images. With an extreme viewing angle of 122 degrees and straight lines without barrel or pincushion distortion, you get fantastic landscapes or architectural photographs with a unique perspective. Despite its enormous focal length and aperture, the lens also provides excellent optical quality. Maximum sharpness and minimum distortion with minimum chromatic aberration are provided by two aspherical elements and three LD (low scatter) optical elements.

The manufacturer states a distortion of approx. 1.1%, lenses from competing manufacturers at the same or similar focal lengths usually have a distortion of 2 to 5%.

Demonstration of distortion without correction and with correction.

Lens design

• Focal length: 12 mm
• Maximum aperture: f / 2.8
• Viewing angle: 121.96 °
• Members / groups: 16/10 (3x ED, 2x ASP)
• Aperture slats: 7
• Minimum aperture: f / 22
• Minimum focusing distance: 18 cm
• Maximum magnification: 0.2x
• Focusing: manual
• Dimensions (LxL): 74.8 x 82.8 mm
• Weight: 609 g

Sharpness of the lens in the center and corners

Sample images

Demonstration of bokeh