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Laowa 105mm f/2 STF vs Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5

The Laowa 105mm f/2 STF and the Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5 side by side, computed from this guide's catalogue.

Which to pick

Pick the Laowa 105mm f/2 STF if you want a brighter f/2 (0.6 stops more light), for dim light and softer backgrounds and a fit on more cameras (100 against 41 in this guide). On these specs the Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5 has no clear advantage: choose it if the price, the handling or a lens you own decides it.

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Specs side by side

Rows that differ are in full colour; the better value is marked where one is better by any measure.
Spec	Laowa 105mm f/2 STF	Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5
Maker	Laowa	Voigtländer
Focal length	105mm (prime)	110mm (macro)
Full-frame equivalent	105mm	110mm
Maximum aperture	f/2brighter	f/2.5
Made for	Full frame	Full frame
Mounts	Sony E, Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K	Sony E
Stabilised	no	no
Autofocus	no, manual focus	no, manual focus
Weight	745 g	771 g
Cameras it fits	100 in this guidefits more cameras	41 in this guide

Focal range, in full-frame terms

Laowa 105mm f/2 STF: 105mm.

Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5: 110mm.

Aperture

Laowa 105mm f/2 STF: f/2 wide open.

Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5: f/2.5 wide open.

Each opening drawn to scale against f/1.4: a smaller f-number lets in more light and blurs the background more.

Field of view

How wide each sees, at each end, on the sensor it was made for.

Cameras they fit

41 cameras in this guide take both, so either works on the same body. In all, the Laowa 105mm f/2 STF fits 100 and the Voigtländer Macro APO-Lanthar 110mm f/2.5 41.