Laowa Adds a New Tilt-Shift Macro

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Laowa is at it again, with another unique lens offering. Laowa today announced the 35mm f/2.8 Tilt-shift lens with a .5x Macro, named the Laowa 35mm f/2.8 Zero-D Tilt-Shift 0.5× Macro. Since this lens is manual focus only and has no electronic connections to the camera body, it is also available for the Canon RF […]

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I think the MTF chart of the Laowa lens beats the pants off of the Canon one. There's roughly twice as much aberration in the Canon glass. I went to The Digital Picture to look up their independent MTF readings, and the Canon TS macro one did even worse. I was thinking I'd pick up this TS lens from Venus later, when some used ones came available, but now I'm thinking I might actually purchase a new lens for the first time in quite a long while. I (and the previous owners) have worn out the tilt controls on my old 45mm TS.

You all can thank me when I receive my Laowa lens, thus causing Canon to finally release its new TS series.
 
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