Laowa 10mm f/2.8 FF Lens First Impressions REVIEW for Landscape Photography
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In this video I talk about the new Laowa 10mm f/2.8 Full Frame lens: The widest f/2.8 FF lens on the market. If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments below.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction & Specifications
05:40 - Using the lens in Iceland
09:45 - Focus Stacking & Close Focus
11:44 - Sun Star
12:37 - Aurora & Night Sky
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I didn't even pay attention to the review as these are some of the best photos I have ever seen!
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
haha thank you so much!
Very dedicated review. Thank you Albert!
Very honest review covering most all day and night images. Great if you are without your pano gear for you get the look in one click! Love the focus stacking info.
Great review, Albert😍😍thanks a lot for so many useful pieces of info🙋♀️
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
you're welcome!
Best review I have seen by for for this interesting lens. Thanks!
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Appreciate it!
Great review Albert.
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Great review Albert!
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Thanks Ian! Enjoyed watching your Sigma review!!
Albert, you are an inspiration for my photography.
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
thanks Francesco!
Goeie platen weer Albert! En mooi en duidelijke video.
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Thanks Paul!
Fantastic review, those images are incredible. Cheers!
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Thanks Albert for this video, answering a lot of questions and helping for a decision. I was really curious to see the 1st videos of this lense as I like wide angle photography very much. It is now definitely on my buying list.
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
you are welcome!
WOW, great shots and a nice lens. do enjoy the way how you present. It is pretty practical from landscape photography perspetive.
thank you sir. exceptional review
Wonderful video and of course the photos are spectacular. Very tempted by this lens for travel which for me usually includes hiking mountains!
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
awesome!
Great review , 😊 amazing photos
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
thank you!
Albert, that was a great review, and beautiful pictures to show how to use it! I currently use the Sony 12-24 f2.8 GM, 16-35 f2.8 GM II, and the 14mm f1.4 GM. I believe you have the same wide-angle lineup as well. I can't see the benefit of getting this 10mm with my current wide-angle lineup. The vignetting and corner distortion are hard to ignore, but you make a good point about using this lens as an easy, wide panorama lens, which could solve the corner issues. Thanks again for the great review!
Thanks for ne Nice review! And damn... Those pictures are stunning. I was in Iceland in march 2022.
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Iceland always delivers. Well, mostly :D!
Amazing images that really make use of the wide field of view!
@AlbertDrosPhotography
2 ай бұрын
thank you!
thank you
Thanks for the review and for sharing your latest trip Albert. Your photos always inspire me to want to be a better photographer. :o)
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! And nice to hear about the inspiration! :D
When you set the lens into infinite is all in focus for night shots like the 12mm?
Great review. Nice work
Great images there sir. I wish theres behind the scenes for those!
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Unfortunately I didn't have time for that but I will try to do more in the future:)
Thank for a great review with stunning picture sample as always. They should come out sooner i already bough 9mm 5.6
@AR-vf7vg
4 ай бұрын
I think Yours is actually better (just use it at f8.5 also) probably.
@timelapsebylkunl72
4 ай бұрын
@@AR-vf7vg Thank but i prefer AF and front filter.
@AR-vf7vg
4 ай бұрын
@@timelapsebylkunl72 then we definitally think differently (AF in such wide is definitally counterproductive 'in my opinion".
Thanks Albert! Very interesting lens! Always enjoyed my Laowa 10-18 but the lack of communication between the lens and camera made me decide to get rid of that lens.
Thanks for the detailed review. I was pleased to see that the A7RV focus bracketing feature was compatible with this lens. What are the bracketing settings do you choose for shots like this?
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
For focus bracketing I put the setting on 10 (wide). That's all :)
Thank you very much Albert for your excellent video. Not long ago I bought the Laowa 9mm f5.6, mainly for indoor ceilings. This 10mm f2.8 could be a better option due to its wider aperture. Do you know if it is compatible with the use of tripod rings by its diameter?
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
I can't confirm, but I think it will be.
How is the image quality compared to the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 zero-D, witch I particularly like to shoot up up close.. (mushrooms in the Forrest) ??
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
good question. I actually didn't test it against this lens. Will have to do this soon.
Thanks for the very interesting review. Did you perhaps test it with square filters, or screwin ND Filtes, which should be possible.
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
square won't be possible. Too much vignetting. Screw in ND filter is possible, but it needs to been an extremely thin one.
Thanks for yor review. How does this compare with their 9mm lens? Can you do focus stacking on the A7R5 with a manual lens?
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
The Laowa 10mm f/2.8 is AF for Sony mount :) The first one by Laowa.
Thanks for your video and sharing. I’m a music/concert photographer in big venues do you think this lens could work for this kind of photography? Thanks!
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
yes why not :) It's perfect for that kind of low light cases
You can use filters on this lens apparently just use a larger filter and a step up ring , from what I've seen this mitigates any extra vignetting
Very interesting lens even though i own a 14-24 2.8😊
Great video Albert, v interesting lens. Your images are superb. Can I ask, not about the Laowa, but your books. Will they be printed in English at some point?
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Thank you! I will release a new coffee table book this year in English. Regarding practical books: my dutch book is already a bit older now. I will probably make a new version in English!
A me piace tantissimo. Non so se sarei in grado di utilizzarlo seriamente, ma mi attira veramente tanto. Mi piace anche la tonalità azzurrina😂
Hi Albert, i see they have a manual focus version of the lens too with 14 aperture blades. Does that improve or change the image quality in any way ?
at 9:00, pretty sure you're seeing diffraction from shooting at f14 on a camera with quite small pixels (Sony A7RV). I don't think there is any need to shoot at f14, just shoot at f8 and pick a hyperfocal distance...sorry to nit pick. Enjoyed the review even if this lens is out of my price range.
Prima video, Albert! Als je moest kiezen tussen deze lens en de Viltrox 16 mm, welke zou je kiezen en waarom?
@AlbertDrosPhotography
3 ай бұрын
Dit is niet te vergelijken. 16mm en 10mm is iets compleet anders. Daarom zeg ik ook dat deze 10mm mooi te gebruiken is naast een 16-35.
@ernstvandijk6342
3 ай бұрын
@@AlbertDrosPhotography OK, laat me de vraag dan anders stellen. Wat vind je van de Viltrox 16mm? En is het de beste keus voor een lens van (ongeveer) die brandpuntsafstand?
The lens is interesting, I would ask the question . The lens is auto focus on Sony and Nikon z mounts only …. However the same 10mm lens is-going to be released later with I think 15 lenses not the 5 lenses in the lens you reviewed. Apart from there being no auto focus . And as we don’t know the price yet what would the 15 pieces of glass in the lenses do to improve over the one you just tested. I was interested in the 7artisan 9 mm rector-liner lens . This the laowa lens came out . Is there is a difference there must be what is that difference? I hope you answer
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
Yes the manual focus one will be slightly different. I can't say much about the 7artisans. I haven't tried it. But it's 5.6 which is of course entirely different than 2.8. Laowa also already has a 9mm f/5.6
In your night sky images, it looks like there is more distortion on the left part of the image than the right. If you agree, might this specific lens have a bit of a manufacturing defect?
Albert, how is the weather sealing on this lens? I see there is a gasket at the mount, but is the rest of the lens also sealed? Would you trust it in the rain? You clearly already had it out in cold and snowy situations...
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
No issues with that. Got soaking wet a few times.
@arianvangend2536
4 ай бұрын
@@AlbertDrosPhotography That's fantastic to hear! Thanks for the info! 🙏
I have Loawa 14mm f4 for DSLR and only one thing it lacks is micro sharpness 😢
For canon R5?
I have space for it in my bag so go on lol why not ;)
Does the lens have fully weather sealed?
@AlbertDrosPhotography
2 ай бұрын
don't know. Feels solid. I have used Laowa lenses in all kinds of weather for many years without issues.
@naturephonegraphy4537
2 ай бұрын
@@AlbertDrosPhotography so do you think it's safe for seascape photography which has many waves in the ocean? because I'm thinking about starting seascape photography with Z Mount but with an affordable lens and I'm curious about this lens 🙏
@AlbertDrosPhotography
2 ай бұрын
I would be more worried about salt water protection on your camera. No camera is safe for that. You just have to be careful around the sea. No camera will survive a wave that comes over it.
I finally received the lens for my Z 8 yesterday. Only did a quick test indoors and I am somewhat disappointed in the sharpness. At F2.8 it is not that sharp even in the center. At f4 the 9mm f5.6 LAOWA is sharper. the focus stacking images were not very sharp compared to single image. I wonder if I have a bad copy or is this lens just not as good as touted?
@AlbertDrosPhotography
Ай бұрын
Maybe a bad copy? Mine was very sharp in the center af f2.8!
@JustRegularJoe
Ай бұрын
@@AlbertDrosPhotography I am exchanging it for another copy. It seems to be dud copy. The focus stacking was even more blurry. I own several laowa lens and this is one I have been waiting for and it is a HUGE disappointment so far!
It's a shame EF mounts aren't supported :-(
@possisvideos
3 ай бұрын
ask Canon to open their mount.😢
@combatwombat71
3 ай бұрын
@@possisvideos The could reverse engineer it - Tokina, Samyang, Rokinon, Sigma etc. etc. already have.
@possisvideos
3 ай бұрын
@@combatwombat71 maybe they don't want to break the rules, like some other do. The RF Mount is protected by Canon and the data are encrypted. Its a time intense task and not everybody want to go this way. Nobody gets all data out. I would never buy into a closed mount system.
Too bad that the RF version doesn't have AF and won't transmit EXIF data.
Too much vignetting for me … will keep my sony 14 1.8 - this 10mm would only be a fun lens for some shots on a trip
@AlbertDrosPhotography
4 ай бұрын
vignetting will likely be fixed with the lens profile that comes out soon though.
@echoauxgen
4 ай бұрын
You will love this lens for Astro, I used the Voigtlander 10mm f/5.6 on a Sony A7s and did panos in Aug where the top was up over head and extra above to crop.
Still only available to reviewers. In the computer world I believe imaginary software was called vaporware.
Deine Vorstellung wäre für mich leider keine Kaufempfehlung wert.😅