Legacyman's reviews
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Laowa 25mm f/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro
10 out of 10 points and recommendedTotally manual, no electronics to fail. Wide angle perspective gives very much needed apparent DOF at high magnification. Excellent on m4/3 and good on FF. Narrow tip of barrel get it in where wider alternatives cannot go e.g photographic tiny fuWould have liked to to also cover x2.I have used mine almost daily, for above 1:1, for about 2 years. I can take hand-held daylight shots in some situations, in bright sunlight but I prefer to use TTL, off-camera RC flash (2 units, occasionally 3). I never use a tripod.
reviewed October 5th, 2020 (purchased for $399)
I previously used various legacy macro lenses, enlarger lenses or supplementary diopters. All gave good results but not the depth effect, and many of them required long extensions.
I mostly use it on m4/3, which I use for most of my macro.