Compare Olympus 9mm F8 Fisheye vs Laowa 4mm f/2.8 vs Laowa 50mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro
Construction
Aperture Blades
7 blades
7 blades
Form Factor
Ultra Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Ultra Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Short Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
MFT
MFT
MFT
Lens Barrel
DoF scale
Lens Mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Canon EF-M-mount, Fujifilm X-mount, Leica L-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Sony E-mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Material
Plastic
Optical Formula | Elements
5 elements
7 elements
14 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
4 groups
6 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
2 aspherical elements groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
49 mm / 1.93 in
Size | Diameter
56 mm / 2.20 in
45 mm / 1.77 in
54 mm / 2.13 in
Size | Length
13 mm / 0.51 in
26 mm / 1.02 in
79 mm / 3.11 in
Weight
30 g / 1.06 oz
135 g / 4.77 oz
240 g / 8.48 oz
Function
Angle Of View
100.5° Diagonal | 90.0° Horizontal | 67.4° Vertical
210° (fisheye)
24.4° Diagonal | 20.4° Horizontal | 13.7° Vertical
Aperture
f/8 ~ f/8
f/2.8 ~ f/22
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
No
No
No
Crop Factor
2.0
2.0
2.0
Focal Length
9 mm
4 mm
50 mm
Focal Length (35mm Equivalent)
18.0 mm
8.0 mm
100.0 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
No
No
Weather Resistance
No
Performance
Max Magnification
0.046x
0.11x
2x
Min Focus Distance
200 mm / 7.87 in
80 mm / 3.15 in
140 mm / 5.51 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood sold separately
Debut
2014-01-29
2018-04-20
2020-08-18
Made In
China
China
Reviews
Neofiliac score
48%
59%
68%
Pros
- Negligible size and weight
- Compact lens with small diameter and short barrel
- Light in the hand
- Extremely wide 210° field of view
- Exceptional 2x maximum reproduction
- Very light for a 2x macro lens
- Quite affordable
- Supposedly apochromatic design
Cons
- Dark f/8 aperture
- Lacks front filter thread
- Not a serious lens
- Lacks front filter thread
- Lacks weather sealing
- Not the best optically
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