love all the details of this vid, the background audio, and the small animated effects really made this an engaging review to watch. So glad to see another upload from you!

I loved the sounds and beautiful scenery, well done on another very nicely produced video! The photos are spectacular as usual, thanks for sharing more of your work, always a pleasure to watch!

The jumping spider that caught the dreagonfly, so damn nice!! I allways just saw them hunting down insects that are about the same size like they are or smaller, but that dreagonfly is really a giant catch, nice!

It would be interesting in seeing this lens put up against a tilt-shift adaptor (Yes! Those exist!)! Very awesome video! And your brief explanation of how tilt-shifts work was one of the most comprehensible I've seen so far! As informative and exciting an upload as ever. 👍👍👍🔥

Thanks for sharing Thomas. Nicely shot, nicely edited and the accompanying forest sounds and music is sublime.

Those threaded holes at the tip of the lens is amazing! That should be a standard on all macro lenses :D

As someone who knows nothing of cameras, this is still a great watch because of your voice and the beautiful birds, and that I'm learning too!

Lovely video, Thomas. Not just superb macro pictures, but thoughtful imagery, editing, and clever composition, too. Speaking as a bumbling amateur in the field (literally!) I'm reminded by your videos that the quality of results in photography are often more about the man than the machinery. Deep pockets obviously help, but I'm willing to bet that masters such as yourself could get wonderful results with the most basic of equipment.

Deeply satisfying video, excellent sound, editing, colour and composition !

The best macro photography videos as always ❤

It looked like you were back in Oregon but this was a fairly dry winter compared to 'normal' winters.

It's always nice to see your work, thank you.

The audio of this video is amazing. You did great!

Hello thomas nice to see your videos. I enjoy to see your renews ans work Please keep sharing with us your work and always waitnig your new videos Great salutation men 👏 👌 👍

Beautiful journey into the macro world and the practical example of the benefits of tilt-shift using that toy car. The audio with the sound of the running water went very nicely as well. Enjoyed a lot. You are a "Bug Whisperer"!

Nice review and beautiful images. Thanks for the video:)

Beautiful review!

Wow! Nice work. 😍😍😍

Nice video, thanks! The birdsong is mesmerising.

A great and well produced video. Thank you.

Vraiment très très bien! Compliment!

Thanks for sharing this information Thomas. 👍💪✌

Stunning video Thomas! You are a great artist!!!

God damn this is a very technical video, concepts very well explained, both experts and beginners will understand.

Finally, a proper review of this lens with demonstration of tilt function at macro distances. Thank you!

I think u are the best lens reviewer ❤

Great stills and video content, Thomas - Love my tiny Laowa 2:1 65mm lens

One problem I see with this lens besides it weight is going to be how much will people actually tilt the lens. They are marking this as a macro lens but it seems more studio macro and not out in the field macro. You might not have time to fiddle with tilt in the field. I honestly think this would have been better if it was 50mm instead of 100mm with not a need for 2x macro but just 1x reproduction.

Sweet video bro

Thanks for bringing this lens to my attention, as well as for your description of it! "The lens is available for most major camera mounts"? Well, apparently not for Canon EF - in my opinion still THE major camera mount. Not everyone is eager to join the mirrorless craze. My philosophy is, if it ain't broken, don't fix it. And my DSLRs - with the many excellent lenses that I own - still work impeccably well. So for hopefully a long time to come mirrorless will only be a tremendous waste of good money. For me at least. I own about eight great 1:1 or higher magnification macro lenses, including the Laowa 100, so I don't really need another. A tilt-shift would be very nice, and I've wanted one for many years, but 100 mm is very long - I'd prefer a much wider angle. I do own the Laowa 15 mm, reviewed by the great Thomas Shahan a few years ago, and it has a 6 mm shift function. It's nice, but also very limited as you can't turn the shift. For tilt I have the Lensbaby Composer with a selection of optics. The widest is 35 mm which isn't wide at all on an APS-C camera which is all I have. But I'm not ready to pay the price of a Canon TSE.

Love the video and love the amount of biodiversity in your area! Where abouts do you live? Lots of little critters

Just for the sound (and for all the all ôter things too) i give a like

I might consider this for studio work but would want a tripod collar and will have to make do with my Laowa 85mm. I was a little surprised to hear you credit the Laowa 100 as sharpest since I thought reviews put it a little behind the Laowa 90mm or even my 85. My experience with macro in general suggests that 95% of the time the lens sharpness is a very small matter of concern compared to ease of use and ability to get light into that tiny working distance. That makes the cold shoe seem a good idea. I mounted a cold shoe on a lens hood for that reason. I wish it were tiltable or even permanently inclined a bit making is a good place to mount a small LED bank or slaved flash. I'll pass on it since I already have the Laowa 85 but I enjoy the fact that a manufacturer was willing to try this.

Very nice video. Thanks. What is that lovely guitar in the background?

I see you got a fuji too :D I've been toying with the idea of using a shift adapter on reverse lenses but even an adapter is already a bit too expensive just to test it out, not sure if it would be worth the hassle over stacking a couple of shots sometimes

Great video

Thomas, did you use the tilt at all in the field? A wonderful video as always ❤

I haven't seen as many jumping spiders as I used to when I moved to where I'm at, but I found a nice big male yesterday .... probably to commemorate your vid.

many greetings from Germany..holger

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Good stuff! So, with the tilt shift feature is the image circle larger than full frame? I'd like a real macro lens for my Fujifilm GFX 100s.

So satisfying

As an "investment" for future projects which of these 3 lenses would you choose to use for both Macro and Portraits. 1. TTArtisan 100mm Macro 2.8 2:1 2. Laowa 100mm Macro 2.8 2:1 3. Sony 90mm Macro 2.8 1:1 +Raynox DCR-250 Super Macro Snap-On Lens

Well crap. I've got a K-mount... Looking at that OM camera, but apparently I'm poor? Weird.

You lost me without the weather-sealing.That said, an interesting lens

I would like to know how it compares in terms of sharpnes and contrast with other macro lenses from Sigma, Canon or Nikon. I think the tilt function is more useful when shooting tabletop food or a flat landscape…

Thanks for t his. Would really like to understand how you could fully use the features of a lens like this in the field. What would the strategy be to get all of the bug in focus? Do you set up in advance and learn to position the camera exploiting the extended dof? And with a manual focus how practical is it to optimise everything??

I’m looking for a 2x macro lens for my full frame camera, I currently shoot macro on my Sony rx10mk4 with its macro facility. However the images are no way as clear as a dedicated lens. I notice there are not many macro lenses like this with auto focus. Out of this TT or the other make you compared thus too, which would you say would be the best?

maybe the laowa has a slightly more contrast, or it could be human error.

Maybe its the device I'm on, but that bird chirping is drowning out his voice! Super loud. Nice review though (from the parts I could hear)

Is this for full frame or apsc only?

you are like Peter Draws but a photographer

Хочу это объектив 😅

“Tilting to the left”, better known as “swing”…

The lens should come with an umbrella 🌂

The background sounds are so loud it’s painful and I can barely hear you.