Laowa 24mm f/14 2x Macro Lens Announced

Last Updated on September 23, 2016 by PixelPluck

Laowa 24mm f/14 2x Macro Lens Announced at Photokina

Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology Company Limited (Venus Optics) is a new Chinese camera lens manufacturer based in Hefei, Anhui. They currently manufacture and distribute Macro lenses under the brand name of ‘Laowa’.

Laowa 24mm f/14 2x Macro Lens Announced
Laowa 24mm f/14 2x Macro Lens

Venus optics was formed by a group of macro photography enthusiast and they have been trying to develop lenses with exceptional quality and affordable price. They do not rely on any teleconverter or extender tube which may be annoying and time consuming at times.

There current lineup of lenses include:

Out of all it’s product the LAOWA 15mm f/4 Wide Angle 1:1 Macro lens seems to be quite popular and highly rated.

This year at Photokina they have introduced an eye catching design for new lens called Laowa 24mm f/14 Replay 2x Macro. The lens will be coming to market in 2017 and it will help the macro photographers to shoot the shy subjects from distance. (Although you still be poking that long barrel on their nose).

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LAOWA 24mm 2:1 Macro Lens

The lens is capable of 2:1 maximum macro reproduction ratio. It will be resistant to temperature and extreme conditions and it’s full-frame compatible which sounds exciting. laowa-24mm-macro-samples-photos The pricing and availability is yet to be announced but given their claim to produce budget macro lenses it should not put pressure on your pockets if at all you want to buy one.

Meanwhile you can learn all about Macro Photography here.

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