Venus Optics LAOWA 17 mm f/1.8 MFT II
1. Introduction
On the other hand a fast release of a successor doesn't necessarily means that the older version had some serious flaws. For example we saw the Panasonic 1.7/20 lenses, also belonging to the Micro 4/3 system and with a very similar focal length to that of the Laowa - their launches were separated by less than four years even though both of them were instruments of very good quality and they didn't differ from each other significantly.
As we've already mentioned, we didn't manage to test the first version of the Laowa 1.8/17 and now we want to rectify that oversight – our impressions concerning the second version of that instrument can be found in the following chapters. Enjoy your reading!
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Our test was made possible courtesy of the FoxFoto company, a sole distributor of Venux Optics Laowa products in Poland; they managed to send one specimen of that lens to our editorial office very efficiently. You are also invited to get acquainted with our test procedure, described in the article "How do we test lenses?" If you feel it’s still not enough, please go to our FAQ section where you can find some further explanation.
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