New Laowa Argus 35mm f/0.95 FF reviewed by Dustin Abbott and Phillip Reeve

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As you know since last week you can preorder the world’s fastest 35mm f/0,95 lens at Venuslens.net (worldwide shipment). First 100 purchases in the webstore will get a free focus gear belt.

Phillip Reeve tested the new lens and concluded:

So far f/0.95 fullframe lenses have been special purpose lenses for shallow depth of field photography with plenty of compromises, too many compromises for myself to consider using them on an everyday basis.

For the Laowa 35mm 0.95 this is not the case and this is what really makes it stand out among the other f/0.95 lenses. While it is being surpassed in several categories (e.g. sharpness, flare resistance, coma and CA correction) by slower and often more expensive lenses, the package as a whole ended up being a fully usable lens that can be used for a wide variety of applications and not just shallow depth of field portraiture.
It therefore behaves similar to the Voigtlander f/1.2 lenses while being more than half a stop faster – quite the achievement.

I am sounding like a broken record by now, but it is really time for Laowa to add electronic contacts to their E-mount lenses though, especially considering not only Samyang but also Yongnuo and Viltrox manage to do that.

This 35mm 0.95 is Laowa’s first attempt at designing a fast portrait lens with an “ordinary” focal length where there is a lot of competition in the market already. Before using the lens I was afraid making it f/0.95 might have been too ambitious, but this is not the case at all. If I was to pick a fast manual 35mm lens for an E-mount camera today this would clearly be it.

And Dustin Abbott also posted his full review:

 

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Sony Tidbits…

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UNBOXING Sony 14mm F/1.8 G MASTER

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Canon just announced the R3…is it really a Sony A1 or A9II competitor?

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At last Canon unveiled the full specs and pricing of their new R3 camera. The full specs comparison with between the R3 and Sony A1+A9II can be found on this special comparison page at BH.

I don’t know if this can be really seen as a strong A1 or A9II competitor. These are three different kind of cameras. I still see the A1 as mainly unchallenged by the R3. And the A9II is less expensive. But the R3 will definitely be very appealing for current Canon sports-birds photographers.

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Sony Tidbits…

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MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE SONY LENSES

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Today only: Save big on Lexar SD cards sold by BHphoto

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Todasy only you save big on five different Lexar SD cards sold by BHphoto (Click here).

Reminder: Skylum announced the new “Neo” software will arrive this winter. They also launched a special offer on current Luminar (Click here and add checkout code “SAR” to get an additional $10 discount). It runs only for the first 30k preorders and you will get the new “NEO” software for free once it’s released. It’s their lowest price ever on Luminar!

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