You guys deserve so many more subs then you have! I think it's time for some cross collaborations so people get to know you two! Always an enjoyable video 👍

You two are my favourite camera review people, thanks for the review!

I would classify that flaring and ghosting as a characteristic of the lens rather than a downside. I bought their 33mm 0.95 specifically for the crazy artefacts it showcases when shot against a direct source of light. Just presenting a different perspective here.

I agree with the other commenter that this is not really a street photography lens. The only reason I might be concerned about sun stars and flaring was if I was using it for sunrise or sunset shift & stitch panos looking into the sun. For interior architecture obviously, that's not an issue. For outdoor architecture on a tripod, likely you would need to adjust the time of day you shoot, or otherwise account for unpleasant flare or reflections. I'm always amused when people say, "nah don't need it you can do that in post". Actually, it is not the same. This type of lens is meant to be used in a considered manner, and there is nothing like carefully setting up your shot with the correct shift and framing in-camera. Perspective changes in post require sometimes some pretty severe cropping which is hard to anticipate out in the field.

Great vid. What I’d love to know is how this Laowa 20mm compares with the Canon T-S 24mm, and the Nikon NIKKOR 24mm PC lenses. Granted, I know the Laowa is only a Shift lens, and not Tilt-Shift (as are the Canon & Nikons) but I’m curious as to how color rendition and sharpness compare. Maybe a future vid?? :)

You’re still using it like a street photographer. It’s an f8-f11 tripod product. I’d have been interested in seeing you use it on sticks, with filters, and blocking the sun where necessary.

Keith Cooper at Northlight Images has a very "architecture focused" review of this lens. This, for me is the perfect, "I can only have one shift lens" focal length.

Hello, I just received my Laowa 15mm Shift lens for a Sony E mount. I have a Sony A1. As mentionned in the Laowa instruction, I enable the option release without lens. When I take picture, I notice in the Live view, the image is shaking when I press the button shutter and the image is not sharp. In order to prevent the camera shaking, I had to desable the 'in-body image-stabilization'! Do you have any idea what is the problem? Looks the the Laowa lens does not support, for Sony A1. the' in-body image-stabilization' On. Thanks in advance!

1:30 lol I liked Jordan's framing more than Chris'

Great presentation as usual. The only complaint is about the sound levels that unexpectedly jumps up or down here and there. I love to watch your videos even if the subject is beyond my interest. As a43 shooter I am also delighted to see once again that gh6 has enough shadows to pull even under challenging light conditions. :)

Thank you for the review! Didn't even know this lens came out. Would have liked to hear something about the geometric distortions on this lens. I have the 15mm Laowa shift, it's really useful and almost without distortions. Think I'll get this one, 20mm is a good focal length. After this, I need Laowa to make a 24mm shift lens so I can stop using the Samyang 24mm TS.

Nice review, It would be great if Infra Red performance could be also reviwed.

Just wondering what focal length I need when I want to get the same image as with this lens max shifted - just by aligning my camera horizontally - and then cropping the bottom edge away in post.

excellent review of a very tempting lens! On this kind of lens I personally don't mind the ghosting. Also wonder, are the big brand competitor any better. Has anybody tried out? Obviously for serious photos of architecture such nervous ghosting is not ideal

Is this the equivalent of like cropping an image off center (strictly technically speaking) ?

Hi , I can not decide which one to buy Fuji xs10 or 2nd hand Olympus omd M1 ii? I will be very thankful for your answer. :)

compare gh5s to gh6? Love to see how the dynamic range differs between he 5s and 6

Thank you for pronouncing "Bokeh" properly!

whats the point of taking a (leofoto) tripod with you if you just use it once?

Genuine question; can you see in the metrics how many people are watching your videos that aren't subscribed?

Dam! I've been wating for ages for a shift lens so I can shoot into the sun. Oh well...

What’s that tripod at 0:22 and how do you like it?

$1000 is a budget price?

Nice video!

Missing the video review:(

Hi I am looking for good quality canon 5d mark 2 . any chance?

Dam!!! I was watching the video and had to pause it cause I noticed a big mistake. And I can’t believe that all this time I watched your content which you guys spend so much money and time to produce. But I was so busy and entertained to not realized this big mistake. That I wasn’t subscribed. My guess is that I might have hitting that unsubscribe button by accident. But no worries I subscribe again thank to your reminder. 🥳

Shift lens? 15 years ago or so I thought it would be a fun thing to play around with. Since I'm not a professional photographer of anything, including architecture, ithese days, with all the possibilities to play with perspective in post, this lens is nothing I would spend any money on. Considering the market I guess $1000 can be considered "budget"...

20mm on Fujifilm GFX means 15.8mm, which is pretty wide.

hey, when did 1000$ become a budget price?

Decent review overall, but I can't believe you didn't include any mention of distortion. Surely distortion characteristics are a fundamental part of a lens review, especially for a lens designed for architecture?

I wish Nikon would make a Z mount shift lens, maybe 24mm. 📷😃👍

Nice & Thanks :)

That ghosting reminds me of a JJ Abrams movie

gh6 video saweeet!

What made you say “I love mirrorless” in that one clip?

Nice tripod >.>

Now they just need a 90mm TS to compete with Canon's dominance in the TS market

👍👍

It sounds to me like you were in a hurry making this video Chris, a bit of speed talking. I had trouble keeping up with some of what you said otherwise good video and that lens looks interesting. I mainly shoot wildlife and macro so it would be of no use to me.

Try shift N instead

I suppose the elephant in the room while shooting this in F mount is the Nikon 19mm.

4:25 ok for real? I've been watching and reading you reviews for so many years (a little bit earlier than GH5 launch), but only now noticed that I wasn't sub...

I like your reviews, this lens, however, 1000 is not budget anywhere in my dictionary. On another topic, how about something like back to the classics where you revisit lenses and cameras from the not so past, e.g. a6000 and so on?

Damn! That presenter, whats' name, asked me to do something, can't remember what it was. One of those err, oh yes, days, where I forget what I have to do. Really annoying. Now, why was I watching this?

what is the price?

Love the content, but the video shows a lot of stutter.

And it goes all the way to 11(mm) 😅

I love the content, but the video shows a lot of stutter.

Slow down Chris, please.....

You always have to ask: What would bezos do? He would exclusively publish on an amazon platform and reap all the tracking benefits that his government overlords and insider traders in the US congress, wants. So why serve alphabet extra revenue when dpreview can step into the cage of freedom, throw the schakels of youtube and put on the collar of jeff? Subscribing to an amazon hosted channel? Or just ask the most valuable companyjurisdiction in the world to start a video site. Turn to 330 trillion and bask in the glory. Do not worship other owners than 330 trillion.

$1100 "budget" lens. Guess I'm never buying a shift lens then

Budget price my ass ;). OK, OK I know it's tilt-shift ...

only canon make pro shift lenses