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Laowa 10mm f/2.8 Zero-D FF

£839/$799 www.venuslens.net

Laowa has built a reputation for developing speciality manual focus lenses, with attention to extreme macro and cine lenses. It has now announced its first autofocus lens, which will be on public display for the first time at The Photography & Video Show (as are all the products featured here).

The 10mm f/2.8 Zero-D FF is a full-frame ultra-wide prime lens, which will be available in Nikon Z mount. Laowa is renowned for creating excellent glass and this lens looks set to follow suit, with a great selection of features that place it amongst the best landscape and astrophotography lenses.

The lens is comprised of 15 elements in nine groups, including two aspherical and three extra-low dispersion glass elements. The design

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