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Laowa Argus 18mm f/0.95 MFT APO vs Voigtländer Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 Aspherical

Which to pick

On these specs they are close to even: hold both if you can, and let the price, the handling and the lenses you want decide.

Rows that differ are in full colour; the better value is marked where one is better by any measure.
Spec	Laowa Argus 18mm f/0.95 MFT APO	Voigtländer Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 Aspherical
Maker	Laowa	Voigtländer
Focal length	18mm (prime)	18mm (prime)
Full-frame equivalent	36mm on Micro Four Thirds	35mm on Micro Four Thirds
Maximum aperture	f/0.9	f/0.9
Made for	Micro Four Thirds	Micro Four Thirds
Mounts	Micro Four Thirds	Micro Four Thirds
Stabilised	no	no
Autofocus	no, manual focus	no, manual focus
Cameras it fits	49 in this guide	49 in this guide

Laowa Argus 18mm f/0.95 MFT APO: 18mm on Micro Four Thirds, like 36mm.

Voigtländer Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 Aspherical: 18mm on Micro Four Thirds, like 35mm.

Laowa Argus 18mm f/0.95 MFT APO: f/0.9 wide open.

Voigtländer Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 Aspherical: f/0.9 wide open.

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

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

49 cameras in this guide take both, so either works on the same body.