Compare Laowa 20mm F4 Zero-D Shift vs Laowa 4mm f/2.8 vs Laowa 50mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro
Construction
Aperture Blades
14 blades
7 blades
7 blades
Form Factor
Ultra Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Ultra Wide-Angle Prime Lens
Short Telephoto Prime Lens
Image Size
Medium Format (44x33)
MFT
MFT
Lens Barrel
Physical aperture ring, Distance scale, DoF scale
DoF scale
Lens Mount
Canon EF-mount, Canon RF-mount, Fujifilm G-mount, Leica L-mount, Nikon F-mount, Nikon Z-mount, Pentax K-mount, Sony E-mount
Canon EF-M-mount, Fujifilm X-mount, Leica L-mount, Micro Four Thirds-mount, Sony E-mount
Micro Four Thirds-mount
Optical Formula | Elements
16 elements
7 elements
14 elements
Optical Formula | Groups
11 groups
6 groups
10 groups
Optical Formula | Special Glass
2 aspherical elements, 3 ED elements groups
Dimensions
Filter Diameter
82 mm / 3.23 in
49 mm / 1.93 in
Size | Diameter
95 mm / 3.74 in
45 mm / 1.77 in
54 mm / 2.13 in
Size | Length
91 mm / 3.58 in
26 mm / 1.02 in
79 mm / 3.11 in
Weight
747 g / 26.40 oz
135 g / 4.77 oz
240 g / 8.48 oz
Function
Angle Of View
107.8° Diagonal | 97.4° Horizontal | 74.4° Vertical
210° (fisheye)
24.4° Diagonal | 20.4° Horizontal | 13.7° Vertical
Aperture
f/4 ~ f/22
f/2.8 ~ f/22
f/2.8 ~ f/22
Autofocus
No
No
No
Crop Factor
0.8
2.0
2.0
Focal Length
20 mm
4 mm
50 mm
Focal Length (35mm Equivalent)
15.8 mm
8.0 mm
100.0 mm
Focus Type
Internal
Internal
Internal
Image Stabilization
No
No
No
Weather Resistance
No
Performance
Max Magnification
0.17x
0.11x
2x
Min Focus Distance
250 mm / 9.84 in
80 mm / 3.15 in
140 mm / 5.51 in
Production
Accessory
Lens hood included
Debut
2022-03-28
2018-04-20
2020-08-18
Made In
China
China
Reviews
Neofiliac score
75%
59%
68%
Pros
- Comes with physical aperture ring
- Shift functionality
- 14-bladed aperture
- 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
- Large diameter
- Lacks front filter thread
- Lacks weather sealing
- Not the best optically
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