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Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye MFT

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Laowa for Micro Four Thirds cameras, 4mm f/2.8. A tiny circular fisheye.

MakerLaowa
Focal length4mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/2.8
Made forMicro Four Thirds sensors
MountsMicro Four Thirds
Stabilisedno
Autofocusno, manual focus

What it frames like

14243550851352004008008mm equiv.4mm on Micro Four Thirds
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
Micro Four Thirds 8mm · 132°
How wide 4mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/2.8
f/2.8 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On Micro Four Thirds (Micro Four Thirds): like 8mm on full frame; f/2.8 gives about the depth of field of f/5.6 there.

Cameras it fits

Questions people ask

See what it frames: its view on the OM System PEN at any distance, and its depth of field, drawn to scale.