The new lens aperture also offer different shape of bokeh and flares in the photographs. 15mm f/4.5R creates round bokeh on the out-of-focus backgrounds. It is smoother and hence more appealing in the night-view city scenes.

World’s Widest Shift Lens

The angle of view for Laowa 15mm f/4.5 and f/4.5R Zero-D Shift is 110° with a huge image circle up to ⌀ 65mm. The ultra-wide angle perspective gives photographers great flexibility to frame the object and background. It is perfect for capturing supertall skyscrapers, magnificent architecture, and interior works.

±11mm Shift Amount

The maximum possible shift amount of the lens is ±11mm for full frame camera and ±8mm for medium format camera (e.g. Fujifilm GFX / Hasselblad X1D). The shift capability allows photographers to capture straight architecture with ease. 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift straightens the lines that appear to converge in the distance. Crooked images can be corrected by changing the perspective of the lens. Perspective distortion is being eliminated to create the reality-like image.

The ±11mm shift amount also allows photographers to expand the angle of view by stitching multiple images. It gives an extraordinary image perspective and rooms for special compositions.

Ⓒ Richard Wong

Stitching 3 images into a panorama

Ⓒ Nicco Valenzuela

Large Image Circle

With a huge ⌀65mm image circle, the lens not only works with the full-frame format but also covers the medium format sensors. This makes it currently the World’s Widest lens covering Fujifilm GFX sensor with no vignetting.

15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift on Fujifilm GFX50R (Medium Format)

→ No vignetting up to +/- 8mm shift

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15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift on Fujifilm GFX50R (Medium Format)

→ Very mild vignetting is observed from in 9mm onwards up to +/- 11mm

Ⓒ PhotoLandHK

Ⓒ Bastian Kratzke

High Image Quality

15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift coupled with new lens coating. A significant improvement on the chromatic aberration, flaring and ghosting.

Ⓒ Qin Fei

   Ⓒ ChenGuoHeng

Extremely Close Focusing Distance

15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift is an ultra wide shift lens coupled with 20cm closest focusing distance. Macro-like photos can be created easily. The Functionality of the lens is diverse . Wide angle macro image can be easily captured with this lens.

Ⓒ PhotoLandHK

Stunning 10-point Sunstar

The 5-bladed aperture creates stunning 10-point sunstar rendering.

Ⓒ Danny Kwan

Ⓒ ChenGuoHeng

Ⓒ Danny Kwan

ACCESSORIES – Shift Lens Support

Shift Lens Support is specially designed for 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift.

Perfect for panorama stitching as the optic axis remains unchanged.

Ⓒ Richard Wong

Ⓒ Richard Wong

Ⓒ Nicco Valenzuela