Anhui China, 22 September, 2022 – Venus Optics, the lens manufacturer that has been always endeavouring to invent unique lenses, is stoked to release the Laowa 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra-Macro APO. This mirrorless-designed macro lens offers a 40.9° angle of view on full frame sensors. And like many other Laowa macro lenses, it can focus from 2:1 magnification to infinity which makes it suitable for professional macro, portrait or a walk-around lens. It features an apochromatic (APO) design that chromatic aberration is compressed to the minimum. With 3 ED elements and 3 Ultra-High Refractive Index elements, the lens delivers an outstanding sharpness. Despite its metal housing, the lens only weighs 595g which is extremely portable. It comes with 4 mount options: Sony E / Canon R / Nikon Z / L mount and a price of USD499.
Up to 2x magnification
This new 58mm lens has the capability to focus from 2X magnification to infinity. The minimum focusing distance is 7.29” (18.5cm). Giving you more flexibility in subject selection. From tiny ant to larger dragonfly, you can capture it with one single lens.
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Great details of the objects can be captured at 2x magnification.
More than a macro lens
Being able to focus infinity, the 58mm focal length (40.9° AoV) pair with the f/2.8 aperture give the lens more usage than just a macro lens. You can also use it for portrait, product photography or use as walk-around lens.
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Apochromat (APO) design
The lens is engineered to suppress both longitudinal and lateral chromatic aberration across in-focus & out-of-focus areas. Purple fringing and ghosting are controlled to the minimum throughout the aperture range. The APO design greatly reduces your post-editing time substantially especially in macro photography.
Outstanding sharpness and image quality
Specially designed for mirrorless system, the lens packed 3 ED elements and 3 Ultra-High Refractive Index elements. With a shorter flange distance, it is not only improving the image sharpness but also makes the lens more compact. It brings you a whole new macro shooting experience.
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Deeper depth of field
The shorter focal length relative to 100mm would give greater depth of field. You can get more in-focus details from your subject under the same aperture. This gives you more control when creating unique visual narratives.
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Smooth and Pleasant Bokeh
The 13 aperture blades would create smooth and pleasing bokeh. A stunning background can easily achieve.
Compact size
This lens weighs only 595g with the dimensions of Ø74 x 117mm, making it much smaller than other main-stream option in the market. You can carry it around without burden.
Internal Focusing
The internal focusing design avoids collision of the lens and your subject. It also reduces the chance for dust particles getting into the lens.
Pricing & Availability
Laowa 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra-Macro APO is currently available to purchase via Venus Optics official website ( http://www.venuslens.net/ ) and authorized resellers.
The US price for 58mm f/2.8 2x Ultra-Macro APO is USD499 for all mounts. Pricing varies in different countries.
Specification
| Laowa 58mm f/2.8 2X Ultra Macro APO | |
| Focal Length | 58mm |
| Angle of View | 40.9° |
| Aperture Range | f/2.8 – 22 |
| Format | Full Frame |
| Lens Structure | 14 elements in 11 groups
(3 ED glasses, 3 Ultra-High Refractive Index) |
| Aperture Blades | 13 blades |
| Minimum Focusing Distance | 185mm / 7.29” |
| Max. Magnification | 2X |
| Filter Thread | Ø 67mm |
| Dimensions | Ø 74 x 117mm / 2.91 x 4.06” |
| Weight | 595g / 1.31lbs |
| Mounts | Sony E / Canon R / Nikon Z / L mount |
A 20min YT overview:
The problem of dust when I'm photographing electronic components ;-)
The only crop body I have is Karen's 100D - which I did indeed test a Laowa 65mm on several years ago. A very different lens
Does Rp have a crop mode? That 65mm Macro is crop macro for mirrorless mounts and until now EF-M mount was the only option for Canon users and soon RF mount version should be available. Would like to know how these 2 lenses compare on crop RF bodies.
An APS-C crop on the RP is not much
It would be great if macro lenses had motorised MF, which could be remotely controlled via a phone app or computer, thus avoiding human contact with the camera. But sadly, given that Canon seem to be currently preventing third parties from making use of AF, the chances of Laowa or anyone else providing remote-controlled electronic MF are extremely slim.
The cameras are the EOS R line while the lens mount is the RF mount.
But there's an anomaly here - why aren't crop sensor bodies called RS? ;)
"RS7" would have made perfect sense for the R7...