The Laowa CF 8-16mm F3.5-5.0 C-Dreamer Wide-Angle Zoom lens has been known about for some time, and we had most of the specs back in August, but the lens is now imminent so new details are immerging on weibo. The two teasers above and the translated statements below are from weibo.
Laowa officially announced that it will release a new product on October 9, and may launch a new CF 8-16mm F3.5-5.0 C-Dreamer wide-angle zoom lens, which is approximately equivalent to a full-frame 12-24mm viewing angle, 16-element structure in 12 groups, and 5-element aperture. Blade, minimum focusing distance is 0.2m, can use 86mm circular filters, the lens body size is 88.5*88.5mm, weighs about 464 grams, and has Sony E, Fuji X, Nikon Z, Canon R and EF-M mounts.
Only available for 3499! Laowa’s new CF 8-16mm F3.5-5.0 C-Dreamer wide-angle zoom lens will be released on October 9th. It is approximately equivalent to a full-frame 12-24mm viewing angle. It has a structure of 16 elements in 12 groups, 5 aperture blades, and the minimum focusing distance. 0.2m, can use 86mm circular filters, the lens body size is 88.5*88.5mm, weighs about 464 grams, and has Sony E, Fuji X, Nikon Z, Canon R and EF-M mounts.
The rest is from our first post about this lens.
Laowa lenses can be purchased directly from Venus Optics, or other retailers like B&H Photo and Amazon.
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