Compare Samyang 12mm F2.0 NCS CS vs Laowa 17mm f/1.8 vs Laowa 50mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro
Construction
Aperture Blades
6 blades
7 blades
7 blades
Form Factor
Ultra Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Short Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
APS-C
MFT
MFT
Lens Barrel
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
DoF scale
Lens Mount
Canon EF-M-mount, Fujifilm X-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Samsung NX-mount, Sony E-mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Optical Formula | Elements
12 elements
9 elements
14 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
10 groups
7 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
2 aspherical elements, 3 ED glass elements groups
Frog Eye Coating (FEC) groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
67 mm / 2.64 in
46 mm / 1.81 in
49 mm / 1.93 in
Size | Diameter
73 mm / 2.87 in
55 mm / 2.17 in
54 mm / 2.13 in
Size | Length
59 mm / 2.32 in
51 mm / 2.01 in
79 mm / 3.11 in
Weight
260 g / 9.19 oz
172 g / 6.08 oz
240 g / 8.48 oz
Function
Angle Of View
100.5° Diagonal | 90.0° Horizontal | 67.4° Vertical
65.0° Diagonal | 55.8° Horizontal | 38.9° Vertical
24.4° Diagonal | 20.4° Horizontal | 13.7° Vertical
Aperture
f/2 ~ f/22
f/1.8 ~ f/1.8
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
No
No
No
Crop Factor
1.5
2.0
2.0
Focal Length
12 mm
17 mm
50 mm
Focal Length (35mm Equivalent)
18.0 mm
34.0 mm
100.0 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Image Stabilization
No
No
No
Weather Resistance
No
Performance
Max Magnification
2x
Min Focus Distance
200 mm / 7.87 in
150 mm / 5.91 in
140 mm / 5.51 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Debut
2014-03-21
2019-10-21
2020-08-18
Made In
China
China
Reviews
Neofiliac score
59%
50%
68%
Pros
- Interesting FOV
- Good level of resolution
- Great sunstar performance
- Very light in the hand
- Versatile focal length
- Very affordable
- Exceptional 2x maximum reproduction
- Very light for a 2x macro lens
- Quite affordable
- Supposedly apochromatic design
Cons
- Not the best grade of build
- High distortion
- Lacks weather sealing
- Not the best optically
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