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Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95 MFT APO vs Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Type II

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 25mm f/0.95 MFT APO	Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Type II
Maker	Laowa	Voigtländer
Focal length	25mm (prime)	25mm (prime)
Full-frame equivalent	50mm on Micro Four Thirds	50mm 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 25mm f/0.95 MFT APO: 25mm on Micro Four Thirds, like 50mm.

Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Type II: 25mm on Micro Four Thirds, like 50mm.

Laowa Argus 25mm f/0.95 MFT APO: f/0.9 wide open.

Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 Type II: 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.