Wide Angle Macro and the Venus/LAOWA 15mm Macro Lens
Sony Tops Most Rented of 2015 at Lensrental.com
Zeiss 135mm f2 APO – As good as OTUS? (Matt Granger on Youtube).
Sony A7 + LA-EA4 + Soligor AF Macro 100/3.5 (SonyAlphaForum)
Doug: “Both Gordon Laing (CameraLabs.com) and I also picked the a7R II as our camera of the year at All About the Gear: http://thisweekinphoto.com/2015-wrap-up/ (audio and video podcast).”
Jared: “It’s one of the most in-depth reviews you will ever find on the RX100 IV. I included all the full res exports as well as 8 RAW files straight from the camera. http://froknowsphoto.com/sony-rx100-iv-review/”
Vangelis: “This is the link to my new photography book, which I think you and your readers might find interesting. All the images in it, were created exclusively with Sony mirrorless cameras over the past four years. Hope you like it. http://issuu.com/vangelisdelegos/docs/vangelis_delegos_-_mirrorless_photo”
Darin: “I just wanted to share this little film that’s in the finals for a “best short film” for kayaking. It was shot on a Sony NEX-5r infrared converted to 720nm so one could say it’s a different approach for sports video. It’s video #2 “Cherry Sundae”.
http://www.kayaksession.com/short-film-2015-voting/“
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my post about and images with this lens:
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2015/11/06/laowa-15mm-f4-wide-angled-11-macro-lens-on-
the-sony-a7rii-by-dierk-topp/
and more images made with this lens here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dierktopp/albums/72157657776606980
this the 1:1 distance for this lens
and below a stitched image of two shifted images
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/587/20959231590_b73e5590e2_c.jpg
Thanks for the review link, now I can directly link to this article whenever someone talks about the short flange “issue” of E-mount, and how it isn’t just simple as “adding” flange when necessary.
I didn’t know I wanted another lens… 😉
this Laowa 15mm is not only good for bugs on your hand!
It is great for architecture as well.
test images of the Laowa 4/15mm (vs. Leica and Sony/Zeiss) in full resolution:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dierktopp/albums/72157658030496020
Hamburg Rathaus
Interesting, but couldn’t I do the same thing with my 12~24mm wide
angle zoom and an extension tube? Now I’ll need to give it a try and
find out.
——Edit———-
I just tryed it. Bad idea! When I put my shortest extension ring on my 12mm lens it became impossible to focus at any distance.
Brain fart!
Thanks for trying, anyway 🙂
I went back and attempted it again at the 24mm end and had success. I would not try to photograph a small spider this way, but the bigger bugs like he was photographing can be easily done and the background will remain in focus at small f-stops.
I used a Sigma 12~24 f/4.5~5.6 lens that is not touted as a macro. It looked to me like I could do anything the OP had done.
Yes it can be done and I should do more of it:
http://www.adorama.com/alc/0013056/article/Wide-Angle-Macro-Photography
thanks for the interesting link!