Laowa 14-60mm T3.6 FF Stereo Zoom Lens

Laowa was showing a prototype 14-60mm T3.6 FF Stereo Zoom lens at CP+ 20-26 in Japan.

This is a PL mount lens that can also be adapted to Sony E mount. This is an interesting lens, and it looks like it was designed for stereoscopic 3D 180° VR imagery when using a single image sensor camera. As it is a zoom, it won’t produce a super wide circular view like some of Canon’s consumer offerings.

It has a minimum focusing distance of 56cm, and it weighs in at 4.1kg. I don’t have any further details about this lens, and Laowa told us that it may or may not go into production.

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