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Keith over at Northlight Images just posted a <a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/laowa-25mm-f2-8-macro-review">detailed review of the Laowa 25mm Ultra Macro</a> complete with some pretty fascinating sample images.</p>
<p>I’ve always found Keith’s reviews to be quite detailed and chock full of great sample images, and this one is no different.</p>
<p>Oh, and about the Laowa?</p>
<p>Keith has this to say;</p>
<blockquote><p>From an image quality point of view, there was little I could fault the lens with. It shows a slight bit of longitudinal chromatic aberration (purple/green tinges to OOF areas), but not excessive. The 8 blade aperture gives better looking OOF highlights than the 6 bladed Canon MP-E65mm.</p>
<p>The only area that may concern some is the lack of stop down, meaning that it’s either a dark viewfinder at smaller apertures or you have to stop down manually before the shot. It’s no problem for my sorts of use.</p>
<p>The magnification setting is firm but I did notice that careless adjustment of the aperture could easily lead to a slight change in the magnification setting, and hence move the plane of focus. This was worse when the lens was pointing downwards <em>[do note though that this was a pre-production lens]</em></p>
<p>The build quality of the lens feels good and the sample I tested came in a soft neoprene bag.</p>
<p>Ultimately this is a lens you’ll want for fine detail, and it definitely delivers.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/laowa-25mm-f2-8-macro-review">Read the review here…</a></p>
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