Compare Laowa Argus 45mm F0.95 FF vs Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 vs Laowa 9mm f/5.6

Construction

Aperture Blades
15 blades
7 blades
5 blades
Form Factor
Normal Prime Lens
Ultra Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Ultra Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Image Size
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Full-Frame
Lens Barrel
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
Physical aperture ring, DoF scale
Lens Mount
Canon RF-mount, Nikon Z-mount, Sony E-mount
Leica L-mount, Nikon Z-mount, Sony E-mount
Leica M-mount, Leica L-mount, Nikon Z-mount, Sony E-mount
Material
Metal
Optical Formula | Elements
13 elements
14 elements
14 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
9 groups
10 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 Aspherical, 1 ED, 1 UHR groups
1 ED and 2 aspherical elements groups

Dimensions

Filter Diameter
72 mm / 2.83 in
37 mm / 1.46 in
Size | Diameter
77 mm / 3.03 in
70 mm / 2.76 in
62 mm / 2.44 in
Size | Length
110 mm / 4.33 in
91 mm / 3.58 in
66 mm / 2.60 in
Weight
835 g / 29.51 oz
496 g / 17.53 oz
350 g / 12.37 oz

Function

Angle Of View
51.4° Diagonal | 43.6° Horizontal | 29.9° Vertical
130.4° Diagonal | 121.9° Horizontal | 100.4° Vertical (wide) ~ 100.5° Diagonal | 90.0° Horizontal | 67.4° Vertical (tele)
134.9° Diagonal | 126.9° Horizontal | 106.3° Vertical
Aperture
f/1 ~ f/16
f/4.5–5.6 ~ f/22
f/5.6
Autofocus
No
No
No
Focal Length
45 mm
10 mm ~ 18 mm
9 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
No
No
No
Weather Resistance
No

Performance

Max Magnification
0.12x
0.25x
0.21x
Min Focus Distance
500 mm / 19.69 in
150 mm / 5.91 in
120 mm / 4.72 in

Production

Debut
2021-03-29
2018-04-20
2020-06-30
Made In
China
China

Reviews

Neofiliac score
59%
40%
40%
Pros
  • Very bright maximum aperture
  • Comes with physical aperture ring
  • Widest rectilinear zoom lens for FF
  • Good build quality
  • Widest full-frame rectilinear lens
  • Dramatic angle of view
Cons
  • On the heavy side
  • Average image quality
  • Dark maximum aperture
  • Lacks weather sealing
  • No front filter
  • Optically weak
  • Dark maximum aperture
  • Lacks front filter thread

Price

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