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Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro vs Voigtländer Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III

The Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro and the Voigtländer Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III side by side, computed from this guide's catalogue.

Which to pick

Pick the Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro if you want a brighter f/4 (0.3 stops more light), for dim light and softer backgrounds and a fit on more cameras (100 against 77 in this guide). Pick the Voigtländer Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III if you want a lighter lens (294 g against 410 g).

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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 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro	Voigtländer Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III
Maker	Laowa	Voigtländer
Focal length	15mm (macro)	15mm (prime)
Full-frame equivalent	15mm	15mm
Maximum aperture	f/4brighter	f/4.5
Made for	Full frame	Full frame
Mounts	Sony E, Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K	Sony E, Leica M, Nikon Z
Stabilised	no	no
Autofocus	no, manual focus	no, manual focus
Weight	410 g	294 glighter
Cameras it fits	100 in this guidefits more cameras	77 in this guide

Focal range, in full-frame terms

Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro: 15mm.

Voigtländer Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III: 15mm.

Aperture

Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro: f/4 wide open.

Voigtländer Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III: f/4.5 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 15mm f/4 Wide Angle Macro fits 100 and the Voigtländer Super Wide-Heliar 15mm f/4.5 Aspherical III 77.