I had SO MUCH fun with the EXTREME ULTRA Laowa 10mm f/2.8 Zero-D FF WIDE-ANGLE lens!

[@rphandler]

Mads, Laowa lenses lack gaskets. Wrap a strip of gaffer tape around the lens mount. I do this with my 15mm f2 Zero-D when at Jokulsarlon and in any moist climate. Long ago I permanently ruined the electronics in a camera body using a lens lacking a gasket while out in a light drizzle in the Chilean fjords. You still risk moisture infiltration of the unsealed Laowa lens, but you won't lose use of the camera for the rest of your trip. I store gaffer tape wrapped on a leg of each of my tripods. All the best and keep your wonderful videos flowing.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Good to know! Thanks! :)

[@ImranKhan-zr3fn]

"Ohhk. Nope" at the 12:51 timestamp. Epic ninja move to save the camera Mads !!😅

[@davelawery4811]

Stunning work. Keep well & Stay safe 👍🇬🇧

[@chrismassa5891]

Nice to see you having fun during a workshop. Self exploration seascape compositions.

[@randyschwager84]

Totally amazing! No one does it better! Thanks for taking me along!

[@razafiarisonmichael4421]

Waited to see this video for a long time, the 10mm of laowa for landscapes, thank you for sharing !

[@chirsd666]

Amazing images Mads - your compositions are key for this ultra wide FL. I've had this lens since release, using it mainly for architecture. You've inspired me to try it with landscapes, although we don't have epic landscape subjects around me here.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Yeah, I think my usage in Denmark will be more limited

[@petercollins7848]

What fun Mads! And what great photos! Thanks. 😀

[@Paul43210]

You're always at the most beautifull places, what a life 🙏

[@clarasdk]

An amazing lense in even more amazing hands! I have rarely seen to many good pictures in one 20 minute video. I look forward to see much more work with that lense!

[@scotty4418]

Great selection of images Mads, really loved the ones from the Ice Beach, some real jaw droppers amongst them for sure. The timing of your video is also perfect as I am attending Greg's Hamburg workshop in February and giving serious thought as to what gear to take. I have the Canon 14-35mm (bought that after you discussed it a while back🙂) and until I saw this week's video, I was considering the Canon 10-20mm as the option of going wider than 14mm is appealing to me, especially for internal compositions such as staircases. Like the fact you can use filters with it too as the 10-20mm doesn't offer that option at the moment apart from gel filters. Will definitely now give this serious consideration and will look into the reviews, given your initial findings on its performance.

[@DanaPushie]

What a great series of shots Mads, wow! And, your enthusiasm is infectious. Thank you. Clearly I have to get out with my 10mm more often. Cheers

[@pascaldebrunner7738]

I also bought this lens this year and I completely agree with you. I had sooo much fun to photograph and the results are really unique 😍

[@DennisBater]

Fantastic work, Mads... thanks for taking us on your photo journey!

[@billingalls1940]

Brrrrrr! I got chilled just watching this! Really beautiful pictures of ice, though.

[@LauMagroTheFrenchKOInection]

That was awesome. And the photos well... amazing.

[@artiedoc]

Mads ,Soooo much fun revisiting that beach and thanks for capturing my SEG while photographing amongst the ice ! Now I have to get me a 10 mm 🤣

[@JamesParkerPhotography]

Stunning images Mads! I just returned from Iceland and now I wish I'd had a 10mm to use on Diamond Beach. Epic stuff!

[@MsOnce4all]

Stunning photos, Mads! Just WOW.

[@ingabett]

Amazing and oh so beautiful photos 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. Thank you for sharing and taking us to see this beautiful place! ❤

[@RobBrown-z8b]

Stunning video and astonishing photos. I stand in awe

[@LauraF4848]

Wow! The ice cave was great, but wow, I've never seen the chunks on the ice beach backlit like that. They just glowed! I love winter photos and may never get to Iceland, so thanks for sharing such a wonderous place. Glad you had fun with your new lens!

[@salvirji]

Wicked, I was hoping to see you at some point take a dig at the piece of glass; I am glad you did. I love the shot, especially the one from Ice Beach with the golden glow hitting the ice.

[@PH61a]

I totally agree. This is a fun lens with great specs and quality. I love it!

[@AnotherDayIsNow]

Amazing shots with a fun lens. Great content as always😊

[@MrJudgejeffrey]

Wow, stunning shots..

[@davidgillespie6604]

Great video, with lots of really useful insights. I have been struggling to get usable images out of a 14 mm, and now I know the secret: play, play, play!

[@marcberga]

Hello Mads. Congratulations on these spectacular photos of the ice beach. The photos really are incredible!!!! I would like to know how you do it so that the beach photos do not turn out blurry when you are shooting at speeds of almost 1 second. Thanks again for sharing these wonderful photos with us. A hug.😉🙌📷

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Skills ;) - make sure to push the tripod into the sand and you'll likely be fine in at least 50% of the photos.

[@marcberga]

@@MadsPeterIversen Thanks for share these skills Mads.❤

[@madst7521]

Got my copy of the Laowa 10mm a couple of months ago. Loads of fun in the city.

[@johnearl2303]

Some great photos, especially those of the ice beach, only wish I was 30 years younger as I can’t see me ever visiting such a wonderful and amazing place.

[@Jake-vt4ow]

Wow, wow, wow! Very fun, Mads👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. Gorgeous images!

[@Cocc0nuttt0]

Just got a 12mm 2.8 from 7artisans, can confirm it's really fun to use. I've been doing reflections and abstractions in the glass downtown.

[@davidsherman3462]

Great photos!!

[@samki_foto]

Stunning photos. It's so crazy how close you have be with this 10mm. I was in Estonia, Narva-Joesuu, to photograph the lighthouse there with this Laowa lens. Okay, I did use Zfc so it wasn't really 10mm but still amazing. I was too far away. I treated my lens as it were a zoom lens. Mistake was made. What a waste of opportunity. But, I learned my lesson and cropped the photo in cinemascope aspect ratio and got somewhat acceptable results. Great lens, just be careful with positioning.

[@hjones451]

Not much opportunity to photograph ice caves in the UK, so I'll find other uses for my widest 20mm lens. The Laowa products are very good - the manual 65mm macro is one of my most used. Thanks for taking us on another of your adventures. My flight booked to Iceland was cancelled and refunded sadly. 'Beaut -i- fulllll images, as you pronounce it, as always.

[@matthiasbauer808]

Thanks for this great video!!!

[@AstroCloudGenerator]

Some truly epic images there. Beautiful. Would love to see how it performs on Milky Way landscapes.

[@gashead2]

Amazing photos

[@peterebel7899]

Excellent, the Ice Beach photos!

[@akoskiss7320]

Consider the 7Artisans 9mm/5.6 lens as well. Smaller, lighter, wider, sharper, better sunstar. No front thread though, that's the only downside. Besides manual focus, of course. :)

[@tubularificationed]

To add, it is a no-electronics lens, doesn't have electronic contacts, so that there is no Exif data transfer to facilitate automatic lens profile corrections. But it is considerably cheaper, about half the price, which is very tempting 🙂

[@scrptwic]

I have the 8mm 3.5 Samyang Manuel focus lense I have found manuel focus not a problem with such a wide lens . I have been able to photograph scenes that would be impossible without such a wide lens

[@Affableambler]

Beautiful images, of course! Any tips on how you get people-free images in the ice caves? Do you shout ‘polar bear’, carry garlic cloves or neglect personal hygiene…. ? Have a great Yuletide.

[@aubgoodwinSRCphotography]

Fantastic 👌 i bought the same lens a few months ago and love it 👌👍

[@dinsdalephotography]

Fantastic images! Looks like you were having so much fun on the ice beach. Please use this sometime for astro / northern lights as it would be interesting to see how the stars would turn out.

[@Michal_Kosakowski]

Wow. The suset lit ice and the one with a water ring around it are just epic. Well done! Do you have any more images from Kvernufoss? It's such a magical place, and I would love to see your take on it.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

There are some in my homepage and I have a new post on Instagram with more photos from Kvernufoss :)

[@maxencelemoine4190]

so many things for the eyes on this beach, it must be chaotic to find something, you could shoot all day long with so many "icebergs"

[@MadsPeterIversen]

You can definitely shoot there all day :) - espeically when the day is only 4 hours long 😅

[@cinavik]

Oh no oh no Mads I have wanted this lens for Christmas too this might put me over the edge 😂

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Do it ;)

[@josemariaiglina7201]

Impresionante!! Sos imbatible en este tipo de fotos! Felicitaciones. Pero a mí me gusta el efecto del fish eye, tengo el 8-15 de Canon en mí Sony A7IV. Saludos desde Argentina

[@michaelbottari6398]

Mega images 👍👍👍👍👍

[@razafiarisonmichael4421]

Did you film this with the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 ? The video colors and fps quality is so good

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Mainly yes :)

[@HR-wd6cw]

I'm actually interested in this lens for wide angle architectural photography (more so than landscape) but I could also see using it for landscape if it checks out (if it's good).

[@Nils.steiner]

Really some (n)ice images 😁

[@MadsPeterIversen]

🥁😅

[@LtDeadeye]

According to the test I've seen, peak sharpness for this lens is achieved at f/8. It's a very fun lens!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

I think you'll be hard pressed to see any difference between f/8 and f/11, so I rarely overthink it. It generally made a much bigger impact to make a highpass filter in Photoshop :)

[@LtDeadeye]

@ True. Great video and lesson by the way!

[@randyschwager84]

How would this lens be for Astro?

[@MadsPeterIversen]

From the tests I've seen not very good. To get proper corners you need to stop down to at least f/5.6.

[@gargle99]

I have this lens- it is INSANE! I use it for architecture and have to be careful to keep my feet out of the shot

[@dariantel]

when doing your videos i think it would be intresting to se the before editing and after editing versions, just to understand the difference. keep how you edit in you cources ofcource but just show the raw for reference. and keep up the good work. love your videos.

[@carlkristensen8398]

I have been lurking on that lens for a coupple of months, not sure if I wanted it or not. Now there is no way around. I must.........

[@DA-yd2ny]

👍

[@ambrosechiu2338]

wow wow wow, don't know what to say.

[@stehlealexander]

in your last videos the white balance looks strange (in my eyes)

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Also this? Last weeks video was filmed on my iPhone, this weeks video it’s only the ice cave sequence that was filmed on the iPhone.

[@stehlealexander]

@@MadsPeterIversen just the beginning- rest than was brilliant as usual :-)

[@MadsPeterIversen]

@@stehlealexander Hmmm, that's odd, for the very beginning I used the a7R5 and that has never let me down.

[@stehlealexander]

@@MadsPeterIversen it is around s35 but could be my personal taste. never mind, probably it is ok ;-)

[@villageblunder4787]

You pause the video to note the settings and they get hidden by the KZbin play bar.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Noted ;)

[@petervr406]

That guy dangling his lens in the ocean though 🤦‍♂

[@NetvoTV]

Hey Mads, my name is Johnny and I'm a freelance logo designer, would you love to have a logo for your photography business and your channel to have a brand image your audience can remember your contents from and also can be one of the merch print you can sell to your fans to buy and own and share the words about your channel too? Let me know if you interested and I would love to work with you to design these for you! :-)