Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye - Sony FE
The Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye lens (Sony FE) is a unique addition to Laowa's innovative lens range. Designed for photographers and content creators seeking bold, creative perspectives, this lens offers a double fisheye effect, a versatile zoom range and a bright f/2.8 aperture. Compatible with Full-frame Cameras, it offers unëven flexibility for capturing sweeping landscapes, cityscapes, action sports and 360° panoramas.
The Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye lens offers a versatile double fisheye effect, switching seamlessly between two visual styles on full-frame cameras. At the minimum focal length of 8mm, the lens produces a circular fisheye effect, with a 180° angle of view. At the maximum focal length of 15 mm, it switches to a rectangular full-frame fisheye effect, filling the entire sensor with the characteristic fisheye distortion. The zoom allows you to switch between the two effects without changing lenses, increasing the flexibility of photography and videography applications.
The Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye lens offers an extra-wide view, with a wide 180° angle of view at 8mm focal length on Full frame cameras. This wide perspective captures expansive scènes in ééone image and creates a dramatic circular fisheye effect with pronounced curvature, ideal for immersive landscapes, astrophotography and 360°panoramas. As the lens switches to 15mm, the angle of view narrows slightly, filling the full-frame sensor with a rectangular fisheye image that maintains a wide, distorted perspective.
The Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye lens has a constant maximum aperture of f/2.8 across the entire 8-15mm zoom range, ensuring exceptional low-light performance and creative flexibility. The large aperture ensures consistent light capture and is ideal for challenging conditions such as astrophotography, interiors or night shots. It allows for a shallow depth of field, allowing photographers to isolate subjects with pleasing background blur, enhancing the dramatic fisheye effect for portraits or action shots.
The Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye lens has a minimum focusing distance of 16 cm (6.3"), allowing photographers and videographers to capture close-up subjects with stunning visual impact. This ability to focus at a short distance enhances the lens' fisheye distortion, creating an exaggerated point of view (POV). Moreover, focusing at close range simulates the bugeye effect, creating a playful, almost cartoon-like distortion where subjects appear disproportionately large, adding a unique and bold aesthetic to photos and videos.
The Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye lens offers full-frame coverage, exploiting the full potential of high-resolution cameras. This feature creates a true 180° circular fisheye effect at 8mm and a rectangular fisheye at 15mm, providing edge-to-edge clarity and maximum angle of view without cropping. Full frame compatibility improves image quality and low-light performance. and creative flexibility, making it perfect for expansive landscapes, immersive 360° panoramas and astrophotography.
The Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye Lens is remarkably compact. This portable design makes it one of the smallest and lightest full frame fisheye zoom lenses with a constant aperture of f/2.8, ideal for travel, adventure and handheld photography. Perfect for landscape photographers, vloggers and drone makers. This lens delivers powerful fisheye images without the size, increasing mobility and convenience for content creation on the go.
This lens delivers powerful fisheye images without the size.
Features of the Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye - Sony FE
Features of the Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye - Sony FE.
- Double fisheye effect
- Fisheye effect up to 180°
- Versatile zoom range
- Constant maximum f2.8 aperture
- Short focus distance
- Full-frame coverage
- Compact
- Focal distance: 8-15 mm
- Aperture: F2.8-22
- Angle of view: 175°-180°
- Optical structure: 13 elements in 9 groups
- Aperture blades: 9
- Scale: Dual Scale
- Minimum focusing distance: 16 cm
- Maximum magnification: 0.23x
- Focusing: Manual
- Dimensions: approx. 94.5 x 76.4 mm
- Weight: approx. 650 g (without front and rear cap)
Contents of packaging
- 1x Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye lens (Sony FE)
- Lens caps
