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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Laowa | History Defined

4 years after building a pool in his garden, photographer captures award-winning image of frog embryo inside an egg using special probe lens

A rare glimpse of new life, captured using a top-tier Canon camera and Laowa macro probe lens in a backyard pool, wins prestigious award

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Sorry, trendy pancake lenses – Laowa’s new multi-mount compact fisheye zoom is a “muffin lens” with a neat parafocal trick

The Laowa 4.5-10mm f/2.8 CF Fisheye Zoom is a compact crop-sensor lens with a parafocal design and the ability to shoot both circular and rectangular shots

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All the new lenses revealed at the 2026 China P&E Imaging Show

It's a long list!

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Laowa has made an incredibly wide fisheye lens for APS-C cameras

And that's not its only party piece!

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Laowa leaks a photo of a mystery lens – and the image hints at both zoom and autofocus. As a Sony shooter, I'm hoping for a 12-20mm

An image of a mystery Laowa wide-angle zoom for Sony E-mount has appeared online and, while I’d like to see a 12-20mm, it’ll probably feature a 14-24mm focal length

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A new dawn of affordable zoom lenses is here — the first Chinese autofocus zoom has been spotted, and that’s a big deal

If China is to overtake Japan as the new lens-making superpower, we need more choice, most notably autofocus zooms — and we may soon have it.

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It's official: Laowa's 10x magnification macro lens is real, and we've seen it in action

This incredible close-up lens is now on display at The Photography and Video Show 2026

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The world’s widest macro probe lens is finally here – these unusual tubes are made for filming in difficult places (even underwater)

Laowa says the new 15-24mm T8 is the world's widest macro probe, while the 15-35mm T12 brings the largest zoom range yet for the macro probe category

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Laowa's latest lenses will level-up your architectural photography

New 17mm f/4 Zero-D comes in tilt-shift and shift variants, with full-frame and medium format compatibility

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First images of Samyang lens trio leaked ahead of CP+ show and you won't guess their focal lengths and fast apertures!

Images of 20-50mm f/2.0 zoom, a 200mm f/1.8 prime and a 300mm f/4.0 telephoto have been leaked ahead of this week’s CP+ trade show in Japan

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A mysterious Chinese company just teased its first cheap Micro Four Thirds camera – but don’t expect it to be an OM System killer

OM System has announced the entry of Chinese budget camera manufacturer Sonida into the Micro Four Thirds System, but the expected new Songdian-branded camera probably won't take on offerings from OM System or Lumix

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Laowa's new 90mm macro lens creates an equivalent 4x magnification – macro MFT photographers will be buzzing!

The 2x new 90mm macro lens from Lawoa, paired with Micro Four Thirds cameras, creates an “incredible” 4x magnification equivalent

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Fueled by my ADHD, these are the 4 most expensive camera gear acquisition syndrome mistakes I've ever made!

The photography gear I loved on paper but hated in practice

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12 lenses of Christmas: Pancake lenses! Fisheye lenses! DSLR lenses! Limited edition lenses! The freaks come out to play

Canon DSLRs got a new lens, Sony refreshed its popular kit lens at long last, and we had pancakes, fisheyes and macros galore

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12 lenses of Christmas: Canon launches a lens with super-fast speed at a barely believeable price

It's a budget lens bonanza, but it's not just cheap third-party glass –Canon drops the most unbeliveable bargain of them all

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12 lenses of Christmas: Canon makes enough lenses to wrap around the planet, Nikon remembers that DX cameras exist

TTArtisan resurrects a classic Canon lens, while smartphone makers start adding dedicated camera lenses to their handsets

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12 lenses of Christmas: Nikon redesigns a classic, while Sigma, Laowa and Viltrox work on world-first lenses

Canon and Nikon finally receive a top travel zoom, Hasselblad drops a "one lens to rule them all" and Sigma reveals its mighty 200mm f/2

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12 lenses of Christmas: Sigma brings the bokeh, Fujifilm flips a pancake with a twist, and Laowa does what Canon can't

Sigma throws down the gauntlet, Leica and Voigtländer reveal world-first glass, while Laowa brings back a long-lost Canon lens

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12 lenses of Christmas: China comes knocking on the door with a boatload of budget camera lenses

Cheap lenses, chip lenses, commemorative retro lenses, tilt lenses…and a much maligned lens from Canon

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12 lenses of Christmas: Sony broke trinity lenses, while Canon broke the internet with a skeleton from its closet

One of Sony’s announcements had all the hallmarks of an April Fools’ prank… and even more so for Canon’s "new" RF mount lens

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12 lenses of Christmas: A legendary lens maker returns while Canon debuts PZ and hybrid glass

All-star team-ups take center stage, as camera manufacturers join forces, and we even get new a DSLR lens!

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Laowa's latest macro lens is capable of 10x magnification!

That's 10x more magnification than most macro lenses

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7Artisans reveals new super-wide fisheye lens for APS-C cameras

A lens so wide it can see behind itself!

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Has Sony REALLY locked out third-party lenses on the Sony A7 V?

Lenses from some third-party brands do not seem to work on the Sony A7 V. What's going on with Sony's new camera?

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Laowa 35mm f/2.8 Zero-D Tilt Shift 0.5x Macro review

This Laowa tilt shift lens can do things that regular lenses can't, if you have the time and patience to use it properly

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