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Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2 STF Aperture Series: Storm Clouds Over Kolob Canyons Peaks (Sony A7R III)

Get Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2 STF at B&H Photo and see my Sony mirrorless wish list.

The about $699 Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2 Smooth Trans Focus offers fast lens speed with an apodization element for ultra smooth bokeh. At f/2, its light transmission is T/3.2.

Lenses aiming for similar special effects include the Sony 100mm f/2.8 STF, the Nikon 105mm f/2 DC, but the Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2 is the only lens I know of that uses dual apertures (8 and 12 blades) along with control of spherical aberration for tuning the desired bokeh effects.

This aperture series evaluates it for it far-distance sharpness, not using the STF features. Available for Sony full frame, as well as Canon, Nikon, Sony A, Pentax K mounts, it might fill a gap for Sony or Pentax K users looking for a manual focus special effects lens. Particularly for Pentak K, where lens options are much more limited.

Evaluated here on the Sony A7R III for far-distance sharpness, not using the STF features.

Aperture Series: Storm Clouds Over Kolob Canyons Peaks

Includes up to full resolution images from f/2 through f/5.6.

A storm rolled in overnight, leaving 4 inches (10cm) of snow on my Mercedes Sprinter photography adventure van as I slept, along with dense fog which. I waited things out until the heavens lifted a bit. Here later in the day, most of it had melted off and late in the day the sun broke out (see April 20 concussion log entry).

Storm Clouds Over Kolob Canyons Peaks, Zion National Park
f5.6 @ 1/400 sec, ISO 100; 2018-04-20 13:04:12
Sony A7R III + Venus Optics Laowa 105mm f/2

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