Venus Optics, the manufacturer of Laowa lenses, is known for bringing unique focal lengths and lens designs to the market. The Chinese company now announced will be porting three of their already existing lenses to Canon RF mount and Nikon Z mount. All of them are designed to cover full-frame sensors and they are fully manual.

The company has already a few lenses for Sony E mount and Micro Four Thirds under the Laowa brand of lenses and is now embracing the mirrorless full-frame revolution by expanding into Canon and Nikon mirrorless territory.

Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D

Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D is the world’s widest f/2.8 rectilinear lens with close-to-zero distortion. It is also the widest prime lens with native Canon RF & Nikon Z mount in the current market. Featuring the widest angle of view (122°) ever offered from a f/2.8 lens, this is an ideal lens for landscape, architecture, interior, travel, and astrophotography. On top of its versatile build quality, it incorporates close-to-zero optical distortion feature which keeps the straight lines and shapes of object retained from corner to corner. It is widely known as one of the fastest & sharpest lens that professional landscape and architecture photographers love to work with. Moreover, exclusive water and dust repelling “Frog Eye Coating” has been added onto the front element of the lens, favoring intensive outdoor shootings in harsh conditions. It is now available in 7 mounts: Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K, Sony A, Sony FE, Canon RF & Nikon Z mounts.

Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro

Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro is the most compact and versatile high magnification macro lens. It is optimized for macro shooting between 2.5X – 5X life-size. The lens is specially designed with an extended working distance (45mm at 2x & 40mm at 2.5x) and small lens barrel. It allows sufficient lighting on the object for easier shooting in the field. Comparing to other extreme macro lenses in the market, this lens is a lot more compact and lighter. It also provides a greater depth of field. The Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X is developed for both professional and leisure macro photography, to be used in the field or indoor set-ups. An optional LED Ring Light and Tripod Collar are available for easier lighting control and precision operation. There are 6 mounts currently available for this lens: Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K, Sony FE, Canon RF & Nikon.

Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO

Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2:1 Macro is the 2nd member of Laowa 2:1 macro line-up. It features an apochromatic (APO) characteristic that both longitudinal and lateral chromatic aberration are invisible. This new 100mm lens can cover full-frame sensor size and focus from 2:1 magnification to infinity. The lens has a similar physical size to other 100mm Macro lenses in the market but its wider magnification range allows macro photographers to capture subjects at any size. This 100mm f/2.8 lens can also focus to infinity and serve as a portrait lens with exceptional optics quality. Currently, Canon EF, Nikon AI, Sony FE mounts are available. The New Canon RF mount & Nikon Z mount will start shipping in Mar 2020 tentatively.

The new Canon RF and Nikon Z mount versions of the Laowa 12mm F2.8 Zero-D ($949), 25mm F2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro ($399) and 100mm F2.8 2X Ultra Macro ($449) are available to purchase on the Venus Optics website.