Name: Venus Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL Lens for Nikon Z
Brand: Venus
SKU: VE956NKZ
Price: 599.00 USD
Availability: BackOrder
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Venus Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL Lens for Nikon Z

Venus Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL

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Venus Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL 

Explore the Venus Laowa 9mm f/5.6 lens for Nikon Z. Capture stunning ultra-wide images with exceptional build and quality. Manual focus. Shop now!

Find the ultimate tool for capturing breathtaking landscapes, architectural marvels, and expansive interiors with the Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL Lens for Nikon Z. As the world's widest rectilinear lens designed for full-frame cameras, it offers an unparalleled 135-degree angle of view, enabling you to realize previously impossible shots with ease. This innovative lens is part of the esteemed Venus Laowa series, renowned for its high-quality and reliable photographic equipment. The Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL Lens is meticulously engineered with two aspherical elements and two extra-low dispersion elements. These features work together to minimize chromatic aberrations and distortion, ensuring your images are crisp, clear, and true to life.Despite its powerful capabilities, this lens is incredibly compact, measuring just 2.4 inches long and weighing a mere 12.3 ounces. This makes it a versatile and portable addition to any photographer's kit. One of the standout features of this lens is its extraordinarily close focusing distance of 4.72 inches from the subject to the sensor. This allows photographers to create mini macro shots with an ultra-wide perspective, offering a unique blend of detail and scope that's hard to achieve with other lenses. The lens also boasts a 5-blade aperture system that produces pleasing 10-point sunstars, adding a touch of magic to your images. Simply stop down the aperture by one stop to create this stunning effect. The Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL Lens also accommodates a 100mm filter holder, a rare feature for such a wide-angle lens. This allows you to use 100mm-wide filters without significant vignetting, further enhancing your creative possibilities. Finally, the lens body is thoughtfully designed for an improved user experience. Its durable construction ensures it can withstand the rigors of regular use, while its sleek black finish gives it a professional look. In summary, the Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL Lens for Nikon Z is a high-quality, innovative, and versatile lens that offers a unique perspective for your photography. Whether you're capturing the grandeur of a landscape, the intricate details of architecture, or the expansive space of an interior, this lens is an invaluable tool for achieving stunning results.

Amazing lens, a lot of distortion correction in post. Recommend getting a 10mm.

Very cool view.

Amazingly compact and light. (This is very high on my list as I am transitioning to Sony for travel. Tamron Trinity + Sony 85 f/1.8 is my kit)
Very sharp.
Very little distortion (relative to incredibly wide 9mm) Also, it did not seem to be hypersensitive to not being held perfectly level, something that I was afraid might be a real problem.
No AF is not really a problem at 9mm. Set for hyperfocal and fire away. If you are moving to macro distances, it will be obvious on the screen/finder that you need to refocus. Focus Peaking works fine on the Sony, but with such a deep DOF, I had to turn it off because most of the image was yellow.

Cons: 
5.6 is pretty slow for interior/night work. The IBS on the A7iii does a great job and I got perfectly sharp photos at 1/4sec which, in the absence of people, makes low light shooting at f/5.6 and ISO200 doable even without a tripod.

Vignetting is very strong. The lens correction profile adds over 2 stops to the corners. (More on the profile below) That's not much of an issue unless you are shooting at ISO800+ to begin with, which ends up adding a LOT of noise to the corners. (A7iii)

The usual no filter thread problem. There is a solution, but it's not exactly travel friendly when you are focused on small and light. Although it's not nearly as bad as the Fotodiox solution with my Nikon 14-24, However, I haven't actually been able to find the adapter for sale anywhere yet.

Overall, this is a great little lens at a good price.

Lightroom Lens Correction Profile:
I found the Lightroom profile provided by Venus Optics actually over corrects both the vignette and distortion, for my taste anyway. You can tweak the values in the .lcp file for Lightroom to your liking. I went with 75% of their vignette correction. Or you can just adjust the vignette and distortion sliders in the lens correction box.

Venus Laowa 9mm f/5.6 FF RL Lens for Nikon Z

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