Laowa 8-16mm f/3.5-5 Zoom CF

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Zoom lens

A zoom lens by Laowa for APS-C cameras, 8-16mm f/3.5-5.

Maker	Laowa
Focal length	8-16mm (zoom)
Maximum aperture	f/3.5-5 (it gets darker as you zoom in)
Made for	APS-C sensors
Mounts	Sony E, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z, Canon RF
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 8mm sees at its wide end on each sensor it covers.

f/3.5 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.

On APS-C (Sony E, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z): like 12-24mm on full frame; f/3.5-5 gives about the depth of field of f/5.2-7.5 there.
On APS-C (Canon) (Canon RF): like 13-26mm on full frame; f/3.5-5 gives about the depth of field of f/5.6-8 there.
On the larger-sensor bodies of Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E: it works with the camera in a APS-C crop mode, at fewer megapixels.