Laowa 105mm f/2 STF

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Laowa for Full frame cameras, 105mm f/2. A smooth-trans-focus portrait lens with an apodisation filter for soft bokeh.

Maker	Laowa
Focal length	105mm (prime)
Maximum aperture	f/2
Made for	Full frame sensors
Mounts	Sony E, Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K
Stabilised	no
Autofocus	no, manual focus

What it frames like

Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.

How wide 105mm sees on each sensor it covers.

f/2 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.

On full frame (Sony E, Canon EF, Nikon F, Pentax K): as marked, 105mm.
On APS-C (Sony E, Nikon F, Pentax K): like 158mm on full frame; f/2 gives about the depth of field of f/3 there.
On APS-C (Canon) (Canon EF): like 168mm on full frame; f/2 gives about the depth of field of f/3.2 there.