World's Widest! Laowa 6mm t/2.1 Zero-D Cine Lens Review

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Laowa 6mm t/2.1 Zero-D Cine Lens Review, World's widest rectilinear micro four thirds lens. Tested on the Panasonic Lumix GH6.
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Camera gear used to film this video:
Panasonic Lumix S5 | Lumix S 24mm f/1.8
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0:00 Introduction
1:15 Design & Build Quality
4:17 Ultra Wide
6:42 Close Up
7:02 Image Sharpness
8:21 Bokeh
8:41 Vignetting
9:04 Chromatic Aberration
9:26 Zero-D Distortion
10:09 Lens Flare
10:51 Sunstars
11:11 Focus Breathing
11:33 Final Thoughts + Sample Photo / Video

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@shlawchablaas 2 жыл бұрын

Quite impressed (as usual, actually) with Laowa’s image quality on this one, and as always, great review! I don’t know how many M4/3 photographers specialise in architecture, but this combined with the GH6 would be a stellar photo/video setup for architecture. And of course as you say, there are a ton of other useful applications for ultra wide lenses, from vlogging, to street, landscape, travel… Between this and your Matterport review, you’ve certainly brought out plenty of useful content for architecture and real estate photographers this week! I could definitely see this Laowa lens being a popular choice for those uses, and it seems a bit of a bargain compared with say Sigma or Sony’s 12-24mm lenses, Canon’s 11-24mm, or Fujifilm’s 8-16mm.

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and your support as usual Chris! Yes this is a really cool lens, i just love how wide and at the same time how compact it is, really highlight one of the strength of the micro four thirds system I have more architecture lens review coming later this month! (March) but for something a bit bigger than micro four thirds :)

@TeaJayPhotography 2 жыл бұрын

I am really tempted to get this lens. Thanks for the review.

@tonigenes5816 2 жыл бұрын

Very detailed review as usual, Richard. Thank you ! It's a special lens : very wide, sharp, it supports 58mm filters.

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Toni, thanks for watching and dropping a comment. Yes it is very special . It's also very compact and has virtually no distortion as well

@GlennUpgraded 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent review!!! Sir Richard, this is amazing!!! This will be perfect for my blackmagic micro cinema with 2.88x crop!!

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Glenn! Yes it would be great for 2.88x MFT camera

@whatisagent5629 2 жыл бұрын

If you get this lens for the blackmagic micro I'd love to see some footage with that combo. I have a micro and would consider buying this.

@GlennUpgraded 2 жыл бұрын

@@whatisagent5629 I will definitely be making series of videos with that lens if ever I'll be getting one. I have several projects needing that ultra wide look.

@whatisagent5629 2 жыл бұрын

@@GlennUpgraded Looking forward to it.

@themoonshell-F4LFJ 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Richard, nice review! Have you try to fit a small matte box, like the Tilta Mirage ? I wonder if it has some vignetting. Thanks! Claude

@FLAMENCO961 3 ай бұрын

very good and complete video thanks

@spritual_enlightenment 2 жыл бұрын

Thank U for the video, Richard. I'm impressed. Also, I like to suggest a video about a list of manual lenses for video ie lenses from China.

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

thanks summer2015! Oh Can you explain a bit more about your suggestion please ?

@spritual_enlightenment 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealRichardWong What I mean is there are lots of those cheaper manual lenses, but their older versions were pretty bad. Recent ones are much better. But I didn't see a list of these lenses that are recommended, and I wish someone put them into a list with criterior you covered in this video.

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

@@spritual_enlightenment I see! Ok I will need a bit of thinking and see how I can approach it! Thanks for the suggestion!

@SailInFinland 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, great review! From the lack of mention (here and also the the Laowa site) I assume that the lens is not "digital", ie does not pass back focal length and aperture info to the camera?

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there, like most of the cine lenses in the market, this lens does not have electronic contacts and purely mechanical

@mrheng562 2 жыл бұрын

That’s an impressive lens. But, I’m on the fence with keeping my GH5 and sticking to the m43 system, or just going all full frames since the GH6 is not something I really need. I already have an S5 and RP. I don’t need a bunch of stuff that the GH6 offers. Decision decisions…

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

Gh6 is Panasonic's hybrid flagship So if GH6 is not exactly what you need, there will be other Panasonic / Olympus cameras that probably will meet requirement more in the future :) There are pros and cons for each system i think , that's why i shoot with both micro four thirds, full frame, and a bit of APSC too.

@mrheng562 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealRichardWong , yeah. I understand that too. I’ve been an M43 and FF hybrid shooter sine the GH4. I wished the GH5 had that GH4 size and all the specs and features of the GH5 ii. I might pick up the OM-1 for the live ND feature. But, I’ll miss all my video tools from the GH cameras. 😩

@SergNikiforovGordeev Жыл бұрын

Hello! Thanks for the review. Bought this wonderful lens. The geometry of the image is beyond praise. But it seemed to me that the 7-14 from Olympus has much higher sharpness. Gaskets are included. Maybe for alignment? Might be worth an adjustment? Sorry if I wrote it wrong. I write through an online translator.

@TheRealRichardWong Жыл бұрын

i believe the gaskets is just for you to adjust the focus setting e.g. infinity is at infinity and should have minimal/no impact on sharpness

@monsoonlands836 2 жыл бұрын

Nice review.. Did you used Gimbal for any footages? It looks like there is no image warping while you are walking slowly, with monopod or behind the camera. (Eg. 5:44) . Also I think GH6 is generally stabilizing 6mm better than GH5 and G85 with Laowa 7.5mm.

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

5:44 was shot with a small gimbal :)

@mugamuchumorphingtheatre 9 ай бұрын

Does this lens have strong vignetting with 1 or 2 filters on? I would like to use it for video with nd filter together mist diffusion. Any opinion is welcome. Thanks

@TheRealRichardWong 9 ай бұрын

Sorry i have already returned the sample to Laowa so can't answer your question

@castielvargastv7931 2 жыл бұрын

This lense is so special, i really want it.

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

I really like how compact and wide it is.

@GlennUpgraded 2 жыл бұрын

Why is this lens so perfect???!!! 🥰

@castielvargastv7931 2 жыл бұрын

Its crazy ja. I want it.

@no15minutecities 2 жыл бұрын

its not

@zandermai2220 2 жыл бұрын

What's your opinion on this vs the 7.5mm f2 by Laowa as well? Which of the two would you prefer? price are close, but the 7.5 a tad bit cheaper and faster.

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

both are very good, i think 7.5mm is easier to use as the 6mm is really wide. But if you want to go wide, then 6mm!

@zandermai2220 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealRichardWong Thanks for the response my friend! How is the image quality? All the videos of the 6mm are gorgeous, while the 7.5mm seems just average, but that could just be due to Laowas marketing as well. Are the image quality for video comparable? Or is one better than the other in your opinion?

@sebfleebee 2 жыл бұрын

You could make a revenant looking short film with GH6 and this lens

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

Oh i haven't watch that movie yet! Maybe i should watch it this weekend

@sebfleebee 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealRichardWong it has the most incredible ultra wide lens throughout, looks roughly about the same field of view as this

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

@@sebfleebee Sounds fun! I need to watch it !

@surfspotelsalvador2901 2 жыл бұрын

Great review as always 💪🏼 But why did you not show us images on the wider sensor (1.8X crop) of the GH5S? The Laowa is not so wide neither is a zoom as the Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 + 0.71X = 5.68-11.36 f/3.2-4, but it is faster, smaller, lighter and cheaper 🤔

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

I was originally going to do the review with the GH5S, but changed the idea when Panasonic dropped off the GH6.

@dsan45 2 жыл бұрын

Auckland NZ?

@TheRealRichardWong 2 жыл бұрын

yes :)

@cineffect 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, but as a MFT user, I opted for Insta360 go 2, for less money than this lens costs, I got a completely new waterproof 2K camera with slow-mo at 1080p, damn good stabilizer and lens that are equivalent to 6mm in MFT, f2.2. 😉