Venus Laowa FF 8-15mm T2.9 Fisheye Cine Lens for PL Mount

The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 Full Frame Fisheye Zoom Lens is a groundbreaking cinematic tool. It offers an ultra-wide 8-15mm focal range with a constant T2.9 aperture for exceptional low-light performance and consistent exposure. Designed for full-frame cameras, it delivers a dramatic 180 Degree + field of view, perfect for immersive storytelling, dynamic establishing shots, and creative visual effects. Its robust build, precise manual control, and stunning optical quality make it an essential lens for cinematographers pushing the boundaries of modern filmmaking.

• Dual Fisheye Effect
• Fast T2.9 Aperture
• Versatile Zoom Range
• Close Focusing Distance
• Full Frame Coverage
• Professional Cine Housing
• Ultra-Portable Cine Design

Why Fisheye?
Fisheye lenses have carved a vital niche in the cine industry, offering far more than just playful, distorted visuals. Their ultra-wide field of view, often exceeding 180 degrees, makes them indispensable for capturing expansive scenes, immersive environments, and dynamic perspectives in everything from narrative films to music videos and documentaries.

Ideal for creating dramatic establishing shots, emphasizing spatial depth, or conveying surreal, stylized aesthetics, fisheye lenses enhance storytelling by drawing audiences into unique visual worlds. Beyond their "fun" reputation, they are powerful tools for cinematographers seeking to push creative boundaries, delivering striking compositions that amplify emotion and atmosphere in professional productions.

Dual Fisheye Effect
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens delivers a dual fisheye effect. At 8mm, it produces a circular fisheye effect with a 180 Degree angle of view. This immersive look is ideal for VR content, 360 Degree panoramas, and surreal narrative sequences. At 15mm, the lens transitions to a full-frame rectangular fisheye effect, presenting a wide, curved perspective that retains bold distortion. Perfect for dynamic establishing shots, music videos, or action scenes.

Constant Fast T2.9 Aperture
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens features a constant T2.9 aperture This fast aperture excels in low-light environments, such as night shoots, indoor scenes, or astrophotography sequences, ensuring vibrant, detailed footage. It enables a shallow depth of field, allowing filmmakers to isolate subjects against the lens's dramatic fisheye distortion, creating striking visuals for music videos, narrative films, or stylized vlogs.

Versatile Zoom Range
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens offers a versatile 8-15mm zoom range, enabling filmmakers to seamlessly adapt its fisheye perspective for diverse cinematic applications. This flexible zoom allows cinematographers to shift between dramatic and practical fisheye aesthetics without changing lenses, enhancing creative efficiency and storytelling versatility on set.

Close Focusing Distance
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens features a minimum focusing distance of 16cm (6.3"), allowing filmmakers to capture subjects up close with striking cinematic impact. This close focusing capability amplifies the lens's fisheye distortion, creating an exaggerated point of view (POV) . The result is a dramatic, bugeye effect, ideal for intense close-ups in action films, horror sequences, or experimental music videos.

Full Frame Coverage
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens offers full-frame coverage, ensuring compatibility with high-resolution cinema cameras. This feature maximizes sensor utilization, delivering a true 180 Degree circular fisheye effect at 8mm and a full-frame rectangular fisheye at 15mm with no cropping. The expansive coverage enhances dynamic range and detail, ideal for immersive VR content, sweeping cinematic landscapes, and high-impact action sequences.

Ultra-Portable Cine Design
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens boasts an ultra-portable cine design, weighing approximately 590g (1.3 lbs). As one of the lightest full-frame cine zoom lenses, it's perfect for agile filmmaking setups, including gimbals, drones, and handheld rigs. This compact form factor enhances mobility for run-and-gun shoots, travel documentaries, or action-packed music videos, allowing cinematographers to capture bold fisheye visuals without the burden of bulky equipment, making it an ideal choice for dynamic, on-the-go productions.