LAOWA 15mm f4.5 Zero-D Shift for Nikon Z

LAOWA 15mm f4.5 Zero-D Shift for Nikon Z

Extreme wide angle shift lens for full frame cameras. It offers excellent optical properties and technical features. The angle of view is an enormous 110 degrees, more than any previously available shift lens on the market. Thanks to a maximum shift of ± 11mm, this lens is perfect for architectural photography. Even very tall buildings can be imaged with it without plunging lines. Today, shifting would also be possible afterwards via image processing, but this would crop the image and reduce the advantage of the large image angle. It also saves work and the quality of the original is preserved.

Thanks to the huge image circle of 65mm, the LAOWA 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift is not only suitable for full-frame cameras, but with a shift of still ±8mm it can even be used on medium-format cameras, such as the Fujifilm GFX or Hasselblad X1D. For this, a corresponding lens adapter is required. Thus, the lens also has the currently widest focal length for the Fujifilm GFX or Hasselblad X1D sensor without vignetting.

The 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift is another lens in LAOWA's successful Zero-D series that gives photographers image results with straight lines without distortion. This top optical performance is achieved thanks to 17 elements in 11 groups with 2 aspherical elements. The closest focusing distance, at just 20cm, allows for impressive close-ups with a macro-like effect, while the focal length provides a unique width in the image. Focusing and aperture adjustment are manual.

The high-quality lens coating has also been implemented to achieve a significant reduction in chromatic aberration. Despite the special capabilities offered by this lens, it is surprisingly compact and lightweight with a diameter of 79mm and a length of 103mm and a weight of 597g. Thanks to the 5 aperture blades, shooting against the sun or a point light source results in a beautiful 10-beam reflex.

The built-in rotation function allows photographers to change the shift shift direction to portrait in a snap. The mechanism is available for a complete 360 degrees, with the lens locking every 15 degrees.

A Shift Lens Support tripod clamp, available as an accessory, is perfectly suited in combination with the LAOWA 15mm f/4.5 Zero-D Shift for panorama shots, among other things, and avoids parallax errors, for example. Precise alignment of the lens-camera position is thus guaranteed in every direction.