Laowa launches a new 20mm Zero-D shift lens

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Laowa has launched a new and unusual lens. It is the 20mm f/4 Zero-D shift lens. This ultra-wide-angle lens can compensate for perspective distortion.

It can shift by up to 11mm, allowing you to capture tall buildings without them appearing to fall over.

That falling-over description sounds a bit odd, but it is the perspective distortion that is so typical when photographing at an angle with a wide-angle lens.

The solution is to use a shift lens. With the 20mm f/4 Zero-D shift, Laowa has made this type of lens relatively affordable.

As with several Laowa lenses, this 20mm f/4 Zero-D shift also lacks contacts for communication with a camera. For the DSLR mounts of this lens, this means that the image becomes darker when stopping down. The electronic viewfinder compensates for this in the mirrorless versions.

A shift of up to 11mm is available. You can also use the lens on Fujifilm medium-format cameras with an adapter. Because of the larger angle of view available in that case, the shift is limited to a maximum of 8mm before vignetting occurs. Note that this lens does not have a tilt function.

The available mounts are Canon EF and RF, Nikon F and Z, Sony E-mount, Pentax K, Leica and Fujifilm G. It is not yet known when the lens will be available in the Netherlands. The price for an RF version is around 1,350 dollars in the United States.

The US price gives an idea of what it will cost in the Netherlands and Belgium. It may seem expensive, but it is still cheaper than a Canon or Nikon tilt-shift lens.

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