Compare Laowa Argus 45mm F0.95 FF vs Laowa 15mm f/4 1:1 Macro vs Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D
Construction
Aperture Blades
15 blades
14 blades
7 blades
Colors
Black
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
Physical aperture ring
Lens Mount
Canon RF-mount, Nikon Z-mount, Sony E-mount
Canon EF-mount, Leica L-mount, Nikon F-mount, Pentax K-mount, Sony A-mount, Sony E-mount
Canon EF-mount, Canon RF-mount, Leica L-mount, Nikon F-mount, Nikon Z-mount, Pentax K-mount, Sony A-mount, Sony E-mount
Material
Metal
Optical Formula | Elements
13 elements
12 elements
16 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
9 groups
9 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
1 Aspherical, 1 ED, 1 UHR groups
Three high refractive and one ED element groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
72 mm / 2.83 in
77 mm / 3.03 in
Size | Diameter
77 mm / 3.03 in
84 mm / 3.31 in
75 mm / 2.95 in
Size | Length
110 mm / 4.33 in
65 mm / 2.56 in
83 mm / 3.27 in
Weight
835 g / 29.51 oz
410 g / 14.49 oz
609 g / 21.52 oz
Function
Angle Of View
51.4° Diagonal | 43.6° Horizontal | 29.9° Vertical
110.6° Diagonal | 100.4° Horizontal | 77.3° Vertical
122.0° Diagonal | 112.6° Horizontal | 90.0° Vertical
Aperture
f/1 ~ f/16
f/4 ~ f/32
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
No
No
No
Focal Length
45 mm
15 mm
12 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
No
No
No
Weather Resistance
No
Performance
Max Magnification
0.12x
1x
0.2x
Min Focus Distance
500 mm / 19.69 in
470 mm / 18.50 in
180 mm / 7.09 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Lens hood included
Debut
2021-03-29
2015-06-23
2016-07-26
Made In
China
China
Reviews
Neofiliac score
59%
50%
50%
Pros
- Very bright maximum aperture
- Comes with physical aperture ring
- 1:1 reproduction
- One of the widest macro lens for FF
- Unique +/- 6mm shift feature
- One of the widest rectilinear FF lens
- Solid build quality
- Low distortion
- Reasonably sharp
Cons
- On the heavy side
- Average image quality
- Dark maximum aperture
- Lacks weather sealing
- No EXIF communication
- Lacks front filter thread
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