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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Hillary K. Grigonis

These two wildly different photos were shot with the same lens. Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 crams two classic fisheye looks into one zoom

A side-by-side comparison shows two different images of a hot air ballon, one with a circular fisheye, one with a rectangular.

Photographers and videographers eyeing fisheye lenses have a big choice to make: circular or rectangular? But the new Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 offers both looks in one optic, creating that black-edged circular image at 8mm but offering the standard rectangular photograph when zoomed in to 15mm.

The new dual fisheye effect lens (not to be confused with the dual fisheye designed for VR creation) will be available in versions for both mirrorless cameras and for cinema cameras as the Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 Zoom Fisheye or the 18-15mm T/2.9 Zoom Fisheye Cine.

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