New super wide M mount lenses announced

[pixelvandal]

By a Chinese manufacturer.
Laowa make stunning optics for their price point. Seems they just announced 3 ultra wides for M, a 9mm, 11mm, and 14mm.

https://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/la...tra-wide-9mm-11mm-14mm-and-a-15mm-shift-lens/

No other info I can find as yet but looks interesting!

 

[sepiareverb]

9mm! Dang.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

5.6 max and this huge? Meh...

 

[Ambro51]

9mm selfie! Imagine that NOSE ;-)

 

[Out to Lunch]

So far, I am very happy with the CV Super Wide-Heliar III 4.5/15 and the Zeiss Distagon 4/18. But I am also happy to see that the Chinese 'newcomers' are pushing the boundaries and will check for performance updates. Thanks for sharing.

 

[raid]

The small lens size is one of the most important factors for buying Leica, CV, or Zeiss lenses.

 

[retinax]

M-mount is becoming a new universal mirrorless mount. Users of CaNiSonic will find the size reasonable. I assume these will not be RF coupled, unnecessary for UWA.

 

[Huss]

UWA lenses are "interesting". How often do people use them? I have an 18mm Leica FF lens, and use it maybe, ohh, once every few years for a couple of pics.
Guess I'm not in the market!

 

[Beemermark]

UWA lenses are "interesting". How often do people use them? I have an 18mm Leica FF lens, and use it maybe, ohh, once every few years for a couple of pics.
Guess I'm not in the market!

When the VC 15mm first came out I bought one. After shooting it for 6 months the pictures all had a certain sameness. I got some interesting pictures but once the novelty wore off it never got used. I have a Nikkor 16mm AI full frame fisheye that I use a few times a year that delivers better results. A FF non-renagefinder camera is the only way to go for anything wider than 28mm IMHO.

 

[Corran]

I for one love wide angles. Particularly fond of my 12mm and 15mm Voigtlander lenses.

Will be interested to see what the 9mm is - rectilinear or a fisheye? I just learned recently there is a TTArtisan 11mm fisheye in M-mount that I was going to buy. Fascinating days where new novel M-mount lenses are being regularly released!

 

[raid]

The Hologon is different in that it does not distort any part of the image when used on a film camera. It does not give the standard very wide angle look. On an M8, I get a 21mm view, while on an M3 I get the 16mm view. The lens is tiny.

I have been carrying three Leica M cameras in a compact camera bag. There, small sized lenses must be used to fit all three cameras into the bag. I have the 16/8 on the M3; the Zeiss G on the M9; the Nokton 50/1.5 on the M8.