The new LAOWA 12-24mm F5.6 Zoom Shift CF of Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology (Venus Optics) is due out on December 13, 2024. The suggested retail price is open, and the expected market price is around 153,000 yen in Japan, including tax. (The expected market price is only the price predicted by LAOWA and may differ from the actual selling price).
This lens is a wide-angle zoom shift lens designed for mirrorless cameras equipped with APS-C sensors, and has a compact and lightweight body weighing just 575g.
The shift amount is ±7mm. Since all shift lenses on the market today are fixed focal length, this lens is the world’s first wide-angle zoom shift lens. The shift function allows you to precisely control the perspective at will and prevents the unnatural distortion that is typical of wide-angle lenses.
With a versatile zoom range of 12mm to 24mm, you can cover everything from ultra-wide to wide-angle with just this one lens. The maximum aperture of F5.6 provides stable exposure throughout the entire zoom range, allowing for great freedom in your shooting.
The lens has a minimum shooting distance of 15cm, so you can focus as close as 15cm from the sensor surface. It also corrects distortion, allowing you to capture highly reproducible images, making it ideal for architectural and interior photography, which require precision. In addition, with a the lens hood attached, the lens works with versatile 77mm diameter filter thread.
LAOWA 12-24mm F5.6 Zoom Shift CF Main Specifications
- Format: APS-C
- Focal length: 12-24mm
- Maximum aperture: F5.6
- Angle of view: 63.9°‐102.5°
- Lens construction: 15 elements in 11 groups (including 2 aspherical lenses and 3 ED lenses)
- Number of apertures: 9
- Shift amount: ±7mm
- Minimum shooting distance: 15cm
- Maximum magnification: 0.4x
- Focus adjustment: Manual focus (MF)
- Filter diameter: ø77mm
- Dimensions: φ98.91×80mm
- Weight: Approx. 575g (excluding hood and cap)
- Mount: Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF, L Mount, Fuji X, Canon EF-M
