Friday, June 20, 2025

A New Lens for sensor bracketing

Keeping with the theme of sensor bracketing, I thought some may be interested in a new lens I've just got: a Laowa 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift: link here 

As the name of the lens implies, this is a shift lens and is fully manual, ie there is no electronic coupling to the camera.

The shift direction is fully selectable and shifting is achieved by rotating a ring on the lens. The shift mechanism is rock solid and a joy to use. 

The amount of shift is +/- 11mm, thus, using my full frame Canon R or full frame IR converted RP, allowing the creation, in post, of an image as if it was captured by a 58mm x 24mm or, by shifting vertically, a 36mm x 46mm sensor.

For the greatest flexibility I decided to purchase the EF mount version, so I could couple this to my RF format cameras (or EF-M cameras) by one of the many EF to RF or EF-M adapters I have.

To show the pano capability, here is a test image taken with the visible band Canon R. In this example creating a 10285 x 4225 pixel image:


This second test is a non-shifted IR capture, cropped to a square format:

So far the experience with the lens is good. It is solidly built and appears to be of good quality, and the shift mechanism is a joy to use. The only 'downside' being the bulbous front lens, which I will need to be carefull with.

As usual I welcome any feedback on this post or any of my posts. 

 

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