Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Laowa for APS-C cameras, 9mm f/2.8. A small, nearly distortion-free ultra-wide for APS-C.

Maker	Laowa
Focal length	9mm (prime)
Maximum aperture	f/2.8
Made for	APS-C sensors
Mounts	Fujifilm X, Sony E, Nikon Z, L-Mount, Micro Four Thirds
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 9mm sees on each sensor it covers.

f/2.8 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.

On APS-C (Fujifilm X, Sony E, Nikon Z, L-Mount): like 14mm on full frame; f/2.8 gives about the depth of field of f/4.2 there.
On Micro Four Thirds (Micro Four Thirds): like 18mm on full frame; f/2.8 gives about the depth of field of f/5.6 there.
On the larger-sensor bodies of L-Mount, Nikon Z, Sony E: it works with the camera in a APS-C crop mode, at fewer megapixels.