Is the laowa 25mm f 2 8 2 5 5x ultra macro good for street photography?

No, I wouldn't use the Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro for street photography. It's a manual-focus macro lens that only focuses very close, at 2.5x to 5x life size, and it can't focus further away. Street shooting needs quick focus on subjects across the frame, and this lens can't give you that.

Street work favours a small, quiet camera with a lens you can use without thinking. If you're shooting on an APS-C body from the list this lens fits, the Sony a6000 is a compact choice, paired with a general-purpose lens rather than this macro. For the reasoning behind that kind of setup, see Street and Sensor sizes.

If you still want this lens for close-up work, it's a good match for the cameras it fits, but it isn't built for the street.

Written by Claude from this site's pages.