The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens is a groundbreaking cinematic tool from LAOWA, designed for filmmakers seeking bold, immersive visuals. Engineered for full-frame cinema cameras, this lens combines a versatile 8-15mm zoom range, a fast T2.9 aperture, and professional cine to deliver dramatic fisheye effects. Perfect for music videos, action sequences, VR content, and narrative films, it empowers cinematographers to capture expansive scenes with unparalleled creative flair.
Why Fisheye?
The fisheye lens is a powerful tool that has shaped iconic moments in cinema and continues to drive innovation in modern filmmaking. Fisheye lenses have long been a cornerstone of the film industry, delivering visuals that captivate and immerse audiences. Their ultra-wide 180° field of view and distinctive curvature create a sense of depth and intimacy, drawing viewers into the scene. From a surreal perspective scene to the dynamic energy of modern music videos, fisheye lenses amplify emotion and narrative impact.
Dual Fisheye Effect
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens delivers a dual fisheye effect, offering filmmakers versatile cinematic visuals on full-frame cameras. At 8mm, it produces a circular fisheye effect with a 180° angle of view. This immersive look is ideal for VR content, 360° panoramas, and surreal narrative sequences, enhancing storytelling with a dreamlike aesthetic. At 15mm, the lens transitions to a full-frame rectangular fisheye effect, filling the sensor with a wide, curved perspective that retains bold distortion. Perfect for dynamic establishing shots, music videos, or action scenes.
Fast T2.9 Aperture
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens features a constant T2.9 aperture across its 8-15mm zoom range, delivering exceptional light transmission and precise exposure control for cinematic applications. This fast aperture excels in low-light environments, such as night shoots, indoor scenes, or astrophotography sequences, ensuring vibrant, detailed footage. It enables a shallow depth of field, allowing filmmakers to isolate subjects against the lens’s dramatic fisheye distortion, creating striking visuals for music videos, narrative films, or stylized vlogs.
VERSATILE ZOOM RANGE
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens offers a versatile 8-15mm zoom range, enabling filmmakers to seamlessly adapt its fisheye perspective for diverse cinematic applications. This flexible zoom, with a smooth 75° zoom throw, allows cinematographers to shift between dramatic and practical fisheye aesthetics without changing lenses, enhancing creative efficiency and storytelling versatility on set.
ULTRA-PORTABLE CINE DESIGN
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens offers full-frame coverage, ensuring compatibility with high-resolution cinema cameras. This feature maximizes sensor utilization, delivering a true 180° circular fisheye effect at 8mm and a full-frame rectangular fisheye at 15mm, both with edge-to-edge clarity and no cropping. The expansive coverage enhances dynamic range and detail, ideal for immersive VR content, sweeping cinematic landscapes, and high-impact action sequences. By supporting professional full-frame workflows, the lens provides filmmakers with versatile, bold fisheye visuals, making it a powerful tool for music videos, narrative films, and 360° panoramas, all while maintaining exceptional image quality.
Close Focusing Distance
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens features a minimum focusing distance of 16cm (6.3”) with a 0.23x maximum magnification, allowing filmmakers to capture subjects up close with striking cinematic impact. This close focusing capability amplifies the lens’s fisheye distortion, creating an exaggerated point of view (POV) that emphasizes foreground elements while retaining a wide, immersive background. The result is a dramatic, bugeye effect, ideal for intense close-ups in action films, horror sequences, or experimental music videos, where subjects appear disproportionately large for a bold, almost surreal aesthetic.
Full Frame Coverage
The Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine Lens offers full-frame coverage, ensuring compatibility with high-resolution cinema cameras. This feature maximizes sensor utilization, delivering a true 180° circular fisheye effect at 8mm and a full-frame rectangular fisheye at 15mm, both with edge-to-edge clarity and no cropping. The expansive coverage enhances dynamic range and detail, ideal for immersive VR content, sweeping cinematic landscapes, and high-impact action sequences. By supporting professional full-frame workflows, the lens provides filmmakers with versatile, bold fisheye visuals, making it a powerful tool for music videos, narrative films, and 360° panoramas, all while maintaining exceptional image quality.
Pricing & Availability
Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine is available to purchase via Venus Optics official website and authorised resellers from the 6th June, 2025.
The US price for Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine is $1,399. Pricing varies in different countries.
