Hey! So Micro Four Thirds cameras are getting more and more popular but
there's still an issue that is kind of inherent to the micro four-thirds
platform and that's its crop factor due to the nature of micro four-thirds being
a smaller sensor the crop factor that this causes shrinks the millimeter range
of your lens and basically doubles that number by two for example the lens that
came with my Lumix G7, is the 14-42mm kit lens from Lumix 14mm
is exceptionally wide in normal cases but on a micro four-thirds
camera it's really a 28mmr lens which is still somewhat wide but not as
wide as you may want now there are some extra wide-angle lenses out there for
the micro 4/3 system but they tend to dip into the fish eye territory which
has its purpose but can be somewhat unattractive due to the massive
distortion it causes but don't worry there is a knight in shining armor of
this story and that is the Laowa 7.5mm rectilinear lens
it is in fact the widest smallest rectilinear lens in the world for the
micro 4/3 system making it ideal for cinematographers and architectural
photographers all the same or just someone who wants a super wide angle
lens and this has been one of my favorite lenses that I've had so far on
my camera it's enabled me to shoot in my office which is the teeny tiny and make
it look a whole lot bigger than it actually is keeping my cramped angles
that I had before to be much wider and much more expansive than they were
originally possible I also needed this lens for real estate photography which
I've been doing more and more recently let's take a closer look at the lens so
we look at the lens and you notice how tiny it is it actually comes with this
little hood lens hood that kind of holds onto the lens and it's a little bit in
the way it's actually kind of annoying to deal with the lens with that hood on
there and I can't imagine the hood doing too so much when it's that tiny but it's
there in case you need it removing the lid you see the C-Dream
C 7.5mm f/2 lens and
you notice the ring has a little bit of a mounting dot on there you can see
where you can attach the things I'm not sure exactly what you attach maybe
filters or the actual lens hood itself and let's get this thing back into range
get a closer look at this okay so the focusing ring you'll see that the
Infinity doesn't quite line up exactly to the redline there it actually the
Infinity mark is pretty much ten mark right there
infinity is usually what I'll leave it at when I'm doing real estate
photography but it would be nice if it lined up perfectly the aperture ring
actually leaves a nice satisfying click in between notches so you can kind of
tell where you're at it's not just kind of floating the there's metal where it
needs to be and it feels overall pretty solid look how tiny of this thing is in
my hands it's so small and the glass is really pretty looking now honestly this
type of lens would be ideal for drone photography because a lot of high-end
drones have Micro Four Thirds sensors on them and mounts and this would be an
excellent thing to have on there as well but yeah that's a that's a pretty nice
build but enough talk let's let's take this thing on a b-roll excursion
you
well thanks for watching guys I hope you enjoyed the review I hope I didn't leave
anything out I don't think I did just wanted to highlight some of the my
favorite features of this awesome lens and kind of what things I use it for I
think one of the coolest things is how you can take small close-up objects make
them look a whole lot bigger and bring a little bit more life to them that's one
of the cool things is that the focal range of this thing is and how you can
get such a tight focus or you could get the focal range really wide it's up to
you and I like that about this I think you might too so if you're interested in
buying this lens I'll put the link below for Amazon below it it goes for about
$500 right now which is pretty reasonable it's not overpriced or
anything like that but it's not super cheap either but for some lenses it's
super cheap so anyway that one's there I picked up the silver one because I
wanted it to stand out and it kind of matched my camera really nicely because
I got the silver accent G7 so I thought it was a nice fit for my camera and kind
of stood out from the other lenses I have so that was my personal choice you
can get the black one too anyway so that's it for this video I think the
next lens I'm going to talk about is my other favorite lens which is goes in the
opposite direction it's a vintage lens actually somewhat famous vintage lines
comment below which lens you think I'm gonna do next alright guys I'll talk to
you later say goodbye to Kato
yeah you guys are just here for Kato aren't you