This and the Laowa 15mm seem to be the best options at that focal length that you can easily attach a polarizer to given the non-removable hoods. I don't yet know if I will get either lens, but I've had a hard time determining which way I would lean.
With the Laowa I like the idea of having f/2 for interesting close-up images and potentially having it for astro (coma performance doesn't bother me too much here). It also seems that you can reduce vignetting stopping down. With the Nisi I like the lower price, lighter weight, and I think the sunstar rendering is better than what I have seen in a number of the Laowa reviews. I have tried searching specifically for Laowa reviews on the RF mount to ensure I'm only looking at the newest iteration of its aperture blade set-up, but perhaps I need to do some more searching on this forum and also wait to see someone who ends up owning both.
It remains to see what sample variation is like for the new lens. The anecdotal reports on the Laowa seemed not great when it was first released.
I agree that flare performance is really important as it's hard to make use of those nice sunstars if you're focused on trying to avoid distracting artifacts from shooting into the sun. That's the main challenge I have currently with the 16-35GM in these situations.
Jan 08, 2021 at 05:37 PM
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