Laowa 8-15mm 2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye schwarz

Fisheye lenses aren't everybody's darlings, but every once in a while they can be useful, and it's certainly just fun to play around with them. If you are a fan and own a full-frame fisheye lens, you may sometimes wish for a circular fisheye lens - and vice versa. And that's the value proposition of the Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye, which offers the best of both fisheye worlds here. It's pretty good optically. Images are mostly sharp across the image field. Lateral CAs are well controlled. Image distortions are extreme, but that's simply what fisheye lenses do. You can push the lens into producing flare effects, but it's no worse than with other ultra-wide lenses. Regarding build quality, it's a tightly assembled metal tank. There's no electronic coupling, so you have to focus and set the aperture on the lens. This shouldn't be an obstacle due to the immense depth of field. Remember to turn off your camera's IBIS because an 8-15mm fisheye lens is different from a conventional ultra-wide-angle lens. Also double-check the exposure results at 8mm because much of the image is simply pitch black, which can fool your camera's metering system. At $699, the Laowa 8-15mm f/2.8 FF Zoom Fisheye is not a cheap lens in absolute terms, but it is still reasonably priced because you are getting the two fisheye types combined in a single lens. And just for comparison - the Canon RF 7-14mm f/2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM costs almost three times as much.