Venus Optics announces $499 Laowa 6mm F2 Zero-D lens for Micro Four Thirds

Venus Optics has announced a new Laowa 6mm F2 Zero-D lens for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) camera systems. The lens offers a 12mm full-frame equivalent field of view and is a stills version of the previously-released 6mm T2.1 Cine lens for MFT camera systems. The lens is manual focus, but features electrical contacts for transmitting EXIF data to the camera body and controlling the electronic aperture. It's constructed of 13 elements in nine groups, including two aspherical elements, has a 9cm (3.5")...