Venus Optics announces $699 Laowa 7.5mm T2.9 Zero-D Cine lens, the world's widest Super35 rectilinear prime lens

Venus Optics has announced the release of the world's widest Super35 rectilinear prime lens, the Laowa 7.5mm T2.9 Zero-D Cine. This lens, which is fully manual, has a roughly 12mm full-frame equivalent focal length and offers a 123-degree angle of view when captured with a Super35 frame. It's constructed of 16 elements in 10 groups, including two extra-low dispersion (ED) elements and two aspherical elements. It features a seven-blade aperture diaphragm, has a minimum focusing distance of 25cm (...