Venus Optics LAOWA 7.5 mm f/2 MFT review - Summary

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Venus Optics LAOWA 7.5 mm f/2 MFT

9 October 2017

Arkadiusz Olech

11. Summary

Pros:

Small, solid, metal casing,
Sensational image quality in the frame centre,
Negligible longitudinal chromatic aberration,
Slight lateral chromatic aberration,
Lack of problems with spherical aberration,
Moderate astigmatism.

Cons:

Weak image quality on the edge of the frame by f/2.0 - 4.0 apertures,
Huge vignetting, Noticeable coma,
Too weak performance against bright light.

The Venus Optics LAOWA 7.5 mm f/2 MFT is hardly a flawless lens. Should it worry you? Not really. After all these flaws were completely expected. If a lens with an angle of view of 110 degrees and the f/2.0 aperture is small enough to fit your trousers pocket it most likely won’t provide excellent image quality on the edge of the frame and/or moderate vignetting. Far more important is the fact that such a construction is very efficient in the frame centre and in that area the tested lens manages very well indeed.

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Without doubt the Venus Optics LAOWA 7.5 mm f/2 MFT is a very well-done lens which fits the Micro 4/3 format cameras perfectly; small, shapely and handy, it will be a perfect travelling companion. The possibility of using classic filters with a small diameter might be its additional advantage.