With most wide-angle lenses, distortion is a way of life. Warped edges and a bulging center are often byproducts of a wide field of view, but Venus Optics created its new Laowa 12mm f/2.8 lens with a ...

We typically don’t test equipment that comes from a Kickstarter campaign, but we were intrigued by the newest offering by Venus Optics (full name: Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology Company), the full ...

Photographers who love shooting wide-angle lenses may soon have a new must-have piece of glass to add to their bag. China-based Venus Optics has announced a new 12mm f/2.8 lens under its Laowa brand, ...

Venus Optics, the manufacturer behind the ‘Laowa’ branded camera lenses, have recently launched two unique wide angle prime lenses with a unique ‘Zero-D’ feature. ‘Zero-D’ actually refers to the ...

Photographers in the market for a zero distortion ultra wide-angle lens may be interested in a new lens that has been created by Venus Optics and launched via Kickstarter this month. With still 28 ...

The Samyang 12mm F2.8 ED AS NC Fish-eye ($599) is one of the widest lenses you'll find that works with a full-frame camera, but despite this fact—as well as its f/2.8 aperture—it's quite light and ...

Megapixel Cameras with their steadily decreasing pixel sizes lead to considerable requests on the quality of the used CCD Lenses. The goal is to prevent a situation where the lens is the weakest link ...

Venus Optics, the camera lenses manufacturer who had previously launched several unique lenses, including a wide-angle macro lens, has today introduced the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 lens for full-frame cameras ...