GMPhotography wrote:
Im very aware of the CPL , thanks. Im a long time working Pro
No worries, there are some good options in terms of thickness and optical performance out there, definitely recommend magnetic CPL from Kase or Haida, but there are surely some more brands available. Choice is really good nowadays
Knut. wrote:
Vignetting is an issue and it would be nice if it could be gotten rid of optically.
Anyone know of a 77mm center filter suitable for this lens?
I can absolutely recommend Kase Magnetic Inlaid filter stacked together with any of their Wolverine circular magnetic lineup. No excessive vignetting visible with this combo!
ekimvenes wrote:
I can absolutely recommend Kase Magnetic Inlaid filter stacked together with any of their Wolverine circular magnetic lineup. No vignetting visible with this combo!
I could not find any center filters on the Kase webpage.
Center filters can compensate naturally occuring vignetting on wide angle lenses.
Ideally a center filter is precisely matched to the vignetting of a certain lens and compensates it‘s vignetting.
Unfortunately they are usually extremely expensive.
Knut. wrote:
I could not find any center filters on the Kase webpage.
Center filters can compensate naturally occuring vignetting on wide angle lenses.
Ideally a center filter is precisely matched to the vignetting of a certain lens and compensates it‘s vignetting.
Unfortunately they are usually extremely expensive.
I see you're after a very specialised filter type and as stated by yourself very pricey. It is indeed true the vignetting is clearly present with this 10mm Laowa lens. Using a custom lightroom profile helps with eliminating it up to a good degree if shot past f/5.6, which is in my user case for daytime landscapes perfectly usable.
On a side note I've managed to test the lens at f/2.8 for night time timelapse and the light falloff in the wider corners was brutal. Needless to say coma is very pronounced, classic bat wings in all corners (didn't expect any miracles anyways). So my remedy is cropping as far as 14-15mm, although one loses that extra 10mm appeal, but still gets affordable ultra wide angle shot of the night sky/milky way.
MikeEvangelist wrote:
What's become of this lens? Seems to have dropped off the face of the earth.
It looks like if you order one, today, from Laowa, it might arrive in August, 2024. Manual focus is 14 blade aperture and Auto focus is 5 blade. I think I'm going to order a Manual focus version (pre-order from B&H).
InFocus2014 wrote:
It looks like if you order one, today, from Laowa, it might arrive in August, 2024.
"Due to the massive demand, we are not able to ship all the orders at once." Massive demand...right. I think that means they built a dozen of them and got orders for 20.
MikeEvangelist wrote:
"Due to the massive demand, we are not able to ship all the orders at once." Massive demand...right. I think that means they built a dozen of them and got orders for 20.
I bought my copy of Laowa 10mm 2.8 for E mount 2 days ago and what I see the AF can't be very trusted..
I wanted to take some pics of items held close to the camera with wide surroundings.
(Just like a Lego guy standing on the table). I tried to take a picture using AF (the lego guy was like 15 cms from the camera) , on the photo it looks like the sharp area was around 1 cm closer than set with AF so of course the plastic guy was a bit blurry while the table surface just in front of the little guy was sharp.
I tried the same with a littlebright box with black letters - the same results - similar effect to Front Focus we used to have with DSLR.
When I tried to set the sharp point using MF , everything worked great. it was exactly where it was set.
I used the lens with my Sony a7VR camera and also used the tripod with selftimer so there is no way I could move anything.
I wonder it if is the defect of the lens or they all work the same way. I know , this type of lens is not to make some closeups but if they state you get sharp photos with the distance of 12 cms then I would expect it would be as they say.
I know if you take a landscape it doesnt matter as the DOF is so wide there is no problem.
jablam wrote:
I wonder it if is the defect of the lens or they all work the same way.
I think your lens might have a problem. I tried a similar thing and it worked ok. Using a Nikon Z8 with sensor plane about 15-20cm away from Lego dude.
1st image AF on the head, 2nd image AF on the Centre speaker.
I've been using it for a week or so since I got to Asia. It's quite great, I used to use the 10mm since the CV 5.6 but this is so much better and the AF is reliable enough for me. I'm only using it on A7C. For video it's so good. I'm using a 77mm cpl on my with no obvious issues atm.
Beats the 10-18mm Laowa and Voigtlander 10mm in sharpness for sure, also a much faster lens of course. Enjoying it so far, but like many lenses its specialty lens for me, dont use it all the time
