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Austria, Vienna
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46 Karma

Review on πŸ“Έ Capture Stunning Wide Angle Shots with the Venus Laowa 17mm f/1.8 Lens for MFT Mount - A Must-Have for Photographers by Tim Thuss

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very happy with this lens

I was concerned this lens wouldn't be wide enough for a vlogging lens but it seems to fit, the only other lens I have is a Lumix 25mm (50mm equivalent). I like this lens, but 50mm is too narrow a focal length for a lot of things, so I decided to try this 17mm lens (34mm equivalent). The build quality makes my Panasonic lens look cheap, it's all metal and the lens hood can be mounted backwards on the lens, while I've only made a small test frame I can't tell 100% yet, need more Tests to be done but for now it's definitely sharp enough for me so I'm quite happy with this lens. I think I will buy more lenses from this brand in the future I wasn't so sure. I bought a manual focus lens but I'm really glad I did, it's so easy to focus on my subjects, the focus ring is so easy to use as it's not that horrible wire focus that many people use Love to use lenses, plus my gh5 autofocus sucks anyway.

Pros
  • Excellent overall performance
Cons
  • The list will go on.

Comments (3)

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June 16, 2023
A decent fixed prime for the money
May 26, 2023
Great optics and a great focal length for every day
March 28, 2023
Solid and Sharp for photo and video