The Laowa CF 12-24mm f/5.6 Zoom Shift Lens - Initial Review and Impressions for

[@salvirji]

Looks like a very interesting lens; thanks for sharing, Nico.

[@zixiongwang9193]

Nice video, thanks for sharing. I would like to know that when doing panorama, are the vignetting (I believe quite strong) and the distortion (minor) of individual images make it hard to combine the photos together ?

[@NiccoValenzuelaPH]

If you’re using adobe’s photomerge functions, it should be very easy as long as the camera didn’t move

[@zixiongwang9193]

@@NiccoValenzuelaPH Thanks.

[@metalfatigue]

I'm sure some people will use it on full frame anyway. But what people unfamiliar with these lenses tend to overlook is that even if the lens does produce some kind of image all the way to the corners, that doesn't guarantee the image quality in the corners will be good. The vignetting on full frame might actually be a blessing. There's no guarantee on APS either, but obivously the smaller image circle will make things a lot better.

[@isaaclouisduguiles5412]

Wow this is surprising for apsc users 😊

[@matuszewskistudio]

makes me want to buy an aps-c for this lens mainly. If the optics are good enough, it's a steal for architecture folks.

[@gigxr]

how long do u think before they would produce a shift for full frame?

[@Kovalser]

They make several -.12/2.8 (with MSC), 15/4.5, and 20/4. The 12mm needs the Magic Shift Converter, but shift function is built into the 15/20mm lenses. They are all full frame. No full frame shift zoom lens that I am aware of. The non-shift 12-24/5.6 is a full frame zoom, have wondered about using it with MSC but assume it would vignette terribly with any significant shift. Basically this 12-24 shift zoom is a full frame, which reduces to APS-C sensor size when shifted. And the 15/20mm shift lenses probably have near MF coverage to work as full frame shift lenses. Having an A6700, this new lens is probably ideal for me as it is not very large.

[@gigxr]

@@Kovalser i know bro.

[@NiccoValenzuelaPH]

I have no idea but I really hope it will be soon

[@brentolsen8263]

What’s the price?

[@SlyMaelstrom]

Is there a reason this lens can't be used in crop mode on a full frame camera? I'm not really that familiar with landscape photography but I travel a lot and would love to have a compact shift lens that I can throw in my bag to get some better than average looking shots of cities and landmarks that can't be had with the traditional angles you're normally limited to with non-shifting lenses. I actually prefer that this is a smaller APS-C lens and would expect the full-frame equivalent to be unnecessarily bulky for my use case.