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Has anyone tried the Laowa 9mm lens on an eos-m camera?

14mm sounds like it would be a very interesting FOV but I am wondering if there are any issues specific to the ef-m mount version.

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I have the Canon 11-22 mm lens. I just wonder if it is worth the extra 2 mm to carry another lens with me? On our last trip there were a few cathedral shots a wider lens would have been nice (that is why I want a light FF camera with small light lenses) but I am not sure the 9 mm would have been sufficient.
 
This could be a good astro lens. Maybe even better than 12mm samyang. Is there any samples of night sky?
 
gjeric said:
This could be a good astro lens. Maybe even better than 12mm samyang. Is there any samples of night sky?
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Lenstip tested that lens a year ago on a Fuji and included night sky details. The 12mm Samyang's maximum aperture has 3½x the maximum area of this one's so it will show dimmer stars.
 
Robert Sheldon said:
I have the Canon 11-22 mm lens. I just wonder if it is worth the extra 2 mm to carry another lens with me? On our last trip there were a few cathedral shots a wider lens would have been nice (that is why I want a light FF camera with small light lenses) but I am not sure the 9 mm would have been sufficient.
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Well, it's a very personal question : how wide do you want to go?

Of course, for an UWA extremist 9 mm (=14mm) won't be enough, but for the most people it will do.

I own the Canon 11-22 mm and the Laowa 9mm too, here what I can say:
  • both are excellent lenses IQ speaking
  • I never carry these two lenses at the same time in my bag - they are partly redundant
  • 2 mm at the wide end is a big deal and I took several pictures with the Laowa which I couldn't have taken with the 11-22mm
So I guess it's more a personal decision than anything else.

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M6 + Laowa 9mm 1/80s ISO 100 f/? (I don't remember..;-))
M6 + Laowa 9mm 1/80s ISO 100 f/? (I don't remember..;-))



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