Having way too much fun with a Laowa 4mm fisheye hot from the mailbox

Ofnuts · October 13, 2025, 3:56pm

Weather is bleak so I’ll have to go back. Place is La Défense near Paris (business district plus shopping mall):

The lens is an all-manual thing, not very expensive (277€). Conclusions so far:

Not very sharp
Very wide angle (210°). On my R7 the grip is in the field of view. Fortunately I had a much smaller R100 available, and even then you have better use a handle stuck under the camera and a 2s delay on the shutter so that you can remove your finger from the field. Doesn’t prevent the occasional foot or belly.
Very small lens, even with its specific lens cover.
Seems well made but you have very little grip on it outside of the focus & aperture rings, so it’s not easy to mount/unmount. A small filter wrench can be useful.

Still, lots of fun, for the price.

raublekick · October 13, 2025, 4:19pm

That’s wild! I can see your shoes in two of the photos

I really like that Laowa has some niche lenses that aren’t all that expensive but still have good quality.

I can see this being hard to work with but finding architecture and stuff with existing curves seems to be a natural fit.

Ofnuts · October 13, 2025, 4:28pm

That’s wild! I can see your shoes in two of the photos

I censored those with my belly

mino · October 13, 2025, 4:28pm

Love those three shots, good job on colours contrasts and composition :-)!

darix · October 13, 2025, 5:27pm

what is the widest non fish eye from laowa?

dnzm · October 13, 2025, 5:52pm

9mm, I think.

Ofnuts · October 13, 2025, 7:50pm

Not Laowa but 7Artisans has a 7.5mm.

paperdigits · October 13, 2025, 8:00pm

Lovely use of the distortion of the lens. Love the geometric roof and the red sculpture. Lenses with that wide a field of view are difficult, but fun!