Venus Optics announces the Laowa Argus 45mm f/0.95 FF for the RF mount

Canon Rumors · Dec 28, 2021

Press Release: Venus Optics, the manufacturer that specializes in making unique camera lenses, is proud to introduce a new Full-Frame member for the Argus series – Laowa Argus 45mm f/0.95 FF. This exceptional standard lens offers a field of view that is more appealing & natural to human eyes. With the super shallow depth of field at f/0.95, it easily creates a dreamy and romantic rendering. The lens consisting of 1 Aspherical Lens,1 ED glass, and 3 UHR glass offers remarkable sharpness while wide-open. It gets your subject to stand out from the background of creamy bokeh. Truly turns an ordinary image into an extraordinary one. Photographers can also benefit from the flexibility for shooting in low-light situations.
Laowa Argus 45mm f/0.95 FF Key Features:

Maximum aperture f/0.95
Close to Human Eyes Perspective
Outstanding Optical Performance at f/0.95
Aperture Ring Click Switch Mechanism
Internal Focusing
Low Focus Breathing...

Del Paso · Dec 28, 2021

Dibs!

Sharlin · Dec 28, 2021

I wonder how well this would work with a crop body.

Canon Rumors · Dec 28, 2021

Sharlin said:
I wonder how well this would work with a crop body.

They make a 33mm f/0.95 for crop cameras, as well as a 35mm f/0.95 for FF.

fox40phil · Dec 28, 2021

Sounds great! and not that heavy like the Sigma 40mm 1.4!

Jethro · Dec 28, 2021

If you can live with the fully manual aspects, Venus make really good quality and well priced lenses, with specs that others don't offer. This one isn't for me, but again looks really interesting.

john1970 · Dec 28, 2021

Looks interesting. Keeping my fingers crossed that Canon releases some fast RF wide angle glass in 2022.

Canon Rumors · Dec 28, 2021

I would like this or the 35mm, I'd never spend the $4000+ for a Canon L version with AF.... that will never happen anyway.

tiggy@mac.com · Dec 28, 2021

Canon Rumors Guy said:
I would like this or the 35mm, I'd never spend the $4000+ for a Canon L version with AF.... that will never happen anyway.

Agree. Except, if Canon made a 35 f/1.2 or f/1, I'd probably contort myself into a rationalization for purchasing sometime in future. Benefit of kids going to college is overrated.

Since going mirrorless, the manual focus is much less of a liability. Focus peaking makes this pretty functional, although I have to say I haven't tried this with a lens with quite that big an aperture.

lawny13 · Dec 29, 2021

It doesn’t say… but I assume this is a MF and not an AF lens.

Chaitanya · Dec 29, 2021

lawny13 said:
It doesn’t say… but I assume this is a MF and not an AF lens.

Yes its MF only.

mariosk1gr · Dec 29, 2021

If only could support AF then it would be a no brainer lens even with a 300$+ price for the af mechanism...! Damn it I feel everytime there is that little missing piece that holds back from perfection...

Sharlin · Dec 29, 2021

Canon Rumors Guy said:
They make a 33mm f/0.95 for crop cameras, as well as a 35mm f/0.95 for FF.

Yeah. But this could be a nice short portrait FL on crop, plus cropping might give a cleaner look with regard to vignetting/cat's-eye and potential corner CA – although I guess to many people those artifacts are part of the charm of an f/0.95.

Del Paso · Dec 29, 2021

Sharlin said:
Yeah. But this could be a nice short portrait FL on crop, plus cropping might give a cleaner look with regard to vignetting/cat's-eye and potential corner CA – although I guess to many people those artifacts are part of the charm of an f/0.95.

What I particularly love about my Summilux M 1,4/75 is the rendering at f 1,4, thanks to the numerous aberrations, resulting in dreamy, almost "glowing" pictures.
And the fact that I gets tack-sharp from f 2,8.
It may sound silly, but I'd rather buy the EF 1,2/85 than the RF 1,2/85, even though I know, having tested it, that the RF is absolutely stunning.

jvillain · Dec 29, 2021

I wonder if we will see a 45 T1.

Nemorino · Dec 29, 2021

I don't think so:
"A low focus breathing eliminates the distraction of the changes in the angle of view when moving the focus from one object to another. Together with the accurate 300° focus thread makes it become the ideal lens for videography."

entoman · Dec 31, 2021

Laowa seem to be promoting this as a portrait lens (references to "dreamy and romantic rendering").

Focusing manually at F0.95 might prove difficult unless the portraits are of statues...

pmjm · Jan 2, 2022

This is obviously a very boutique lens that is certain to have its fans, but to me, f/0.95 with manual focus sounds like more work than I'm willing to put in.

MORphoto.net · Jan 2, 2022

entoman said:
Laowa seem to be promoting this as a portrait lens (references to "dreamy and romantic rendering").

Focusing manually at F0.95 might prove difficult unless the portraits are of statues...

... and the camera is on a tripod. Still possible with focus peaking and fast bursts, but the hit rate probably won't be super great. Great quality glass for a great price though.

MORphoto.net · Jan 2, 2022

pmjm said:
This is obviously a very boutique lens that is certain to have its fans, but to me, f/0.95 with manual focus sounds like more work than I'm willing to put in.

Yeah, I'd gladly pay the extra bucks for the Canon 50 1.2 just for the autofocus.

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