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Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL vs Voigtländer Ultra Wide-Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical III

The Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL and the Voigtländer Ultra Wide-Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical III side by side, computed from this guide's catalogue.

Which to pick

Pick the Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL if you want a brighter f/4.5 (0.6 stops more light), for dim light and softer backgrounds and a fit on more cameras (120 against 61 in this guide). On these specs the Voigtländer Ultra Wide-Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical III 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 11mm f/4.5 FF RL	Voigtländer Ultra Wide-Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical III
Maker	Laowa	Voigtländer
Focal length	11mm (prime)	12mm (prime)
Full-frame equivalent	11mm	12mm
Maximum aperture	f/4.5brighter	f/5.6
Made for	Full frame	Full frame
Mounts	Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF, L-Mount, Leica M	Sony E, Leica M
Stabilised	no	no
Autofocus	no, manual focus	no, manual focus
Weight	254 g	not listed
Cameras it fits	120 in this guidefits more cameras	61 in this guide

Focal range, in full-frame terms

Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL: 11mm.

Voigtländer Ultra Wide-Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical III: 12mm.

Aperture

Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL: f/4.5 wide open.

Voigtländer Ultra Wide-Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical III: f/5.6 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

61 cameras in this guide take both, so either works on the same body. In all, the Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL fits 120 and the Voigtländer Ultra Wide-Heliar 12mm f/5.6 Aspherical III 61.