Name: Venus Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift Lens for Sony E
Brand: Venus
SKU: VE2040FE
Price: 1099.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Venus Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift Lens for Sony E

Venus 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift

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Venus 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift 

Capture stunning shots with the Venus Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift lens for Sony E. Manual focus, wide angle, and f/4 aperture. Shop now!

Find the perfect balance between precision and creativity with the Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift Lens for Sony E. This ultra-wide-angle shift lens is a remarkable tool for photographers, offering high image sharpness, minimal distortion, and a rotatable lens hood for flare prevention and lens protection. Designed with architectural and interior photography in mind, this lens provides a shift of +/-11mm for full-frame cameras and +/-8mm for medium format cameras. This feature allows for easy perspective correction, making it effortless to capture straight architecture and expansive interiors. The Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift Lens broadens Laowa's Shift Lens range, offering an additional choice for diverse photographic needs. With a 94.4-degree angle of view and up to 117 degrees for panorama photography, this lens captures entire scenes while minimizing areas of emptiness. The lens boasts an impressive optical performance with 16 elements in 11 groups, including 2 aspherical elements and 3 ED elements. This configuration ensures consistent image sharpness from center to edge and excellent control over chromatic aberration. As part of the "Zero-D" series, this lens offers near-zero distortion, ensuring straight lines are maintained from corner to corner. This feature is invaluable for architectural, commercial, interior, and landscape photographers, significantly reducing post-editing time. The 14-blade aperture creates smooth, circular bokeh, adding a pleasing aesthetic to architectural photography. The lens also supports a close focusing distance of 25cm, allowing for wide-angle macro images without the need for lens changes. The 360-degree rotatable lens hood shields the lens from strong light sources, preventing unwanted flares and washed-out images. The lens hood's angle can be adjusted to avoid image obstruction during extreme shifts. The Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift Lens is designed with an 82mm filter thread, allowing for the use of screw-in filters. This feature provides a cost-effective, lightweight, and compact alternative to separate filter holders. The lens also includes a specially designed lens support compatible with both the 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift and 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift. The rotatable ring is particularly useful for retaining the image axis when changing orientations and shifting, making it easier to achieve perfect stitching for panorama photography.

So haven't had a chance to put the lens through a rigorous set of images ( it arrived while I was on a shoot for one of the new US National Monuments) . The lens is very sharp even when viewed at 800% taken on a Fujifilm GFX100. The lens does let the user use all 102MP effectively. The biggest issue is while the specs state 8mm of shift on the Fujifilm GFX100, I found less than that in real world use, with more like 5-7mm. I also find that unless the hood is precisely positioned the edges of the lens hood to
Intrude on the image even with 0mm shift.

Decent lens but not without flaws on a medium format

Very good lens, solid, easy to use - I think more lens manufacturers should follow the lead of Venus Laowa in producing more shift lenses, without tilt

Venus Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift Lens for Sony E

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