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Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift £1139/$1099

Ideal for architectural photography and more besides, the Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D Shift is a wide-angle lens that gives arguably the more important half of the functionality of full tilt-shift or ‘perspective control’ lenses like the Nikon PC-E 24mm f/3.5D ED. And it does so for about half the price.

But what’s the big deal with ‘shift’ anyway? For the uninitiated, a shift lens delivers an oversized image circle, much larger than the surface area of the host camera’s image sensor. A mechanical mechanism enables you to shift the front section of the lens up and down, thus changing the axis of the optical

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