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is an invitation-only program launched by Laowa in 2021. It has gathered 10 videographers and YouTubers, including
Motoaki(Aki from Japan), Jason Morris, Helena Gudkova(cameragirlhelena), Yeyoph and more. The program consists of 10 one-minute long short films. Each video's beginning would match the
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1082:"US Patent Application for Large-Aperture Zoom Lens Patent Application (Application #20130050844 issued February 28, 2013) - Justia Patents Search"
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1168:"Kreisrunde Abbildung: Laowa 2,8/4 mm Circular Fisheye fĂĽr MFT - klein und sehr leicht"
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1187:"Superweitwinkel für MFT: Laowa C-Dreamer 2/7,5 mm – auch als "Flugmodell""
1149:"A Review of the Laowa 15mm f/4 and Its Crazy Close 4.7mm Working Distance"
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1116:"From another planet: Venus LAOWA 15mm F4 Wide Angle Macro quick review"
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1320:"Laowa 17mm f/1.8 MFT Lens – Very Affordable New Manual Prime"
1494:"Video Marathon 2021 for Videographers - LAOWA Camera Lenses"
1414:"Laowa 2,8/100 mm 2:1 Ultra Macro für zweifache Vergrößerung"
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1261:"Laowa 12mm T/2.9 Zero-D Cine Lens Now Shipping"
1206:"Laowa 9 mm f/2.8 Zero-D - Review/Test Report"
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1301:"Laowa bringt neue Weitwinkel-Highlights"
1042:"Interview with Lens Designer Dayong Li"
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1224:"Laowa-Objektive fĂĽr Canon und Nikon"
943:List of photographic equipment makers
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1515:"Laowagrapher - LAOWA Camera Lenses"
1393:Valentin Gutekunst (June 28, 2018).
1023:"The Man behind the Lens: Dayong Li"
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984:Damien Demolder (October 2, 2018).
909:and sponsored prize for the event.
414:Zero-D (C-Dreamer, C&D-Dreamer)
921:ending shot from the last video.
854:element for creative photography.
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1451:"LENSOLOGY - LAOWA Camera Lenses"
1395:"Laowa 25 mm-Ultra-Makroobjektiv"
1303:. FOTOWirtschaft. June 27, 2019.
880:and wide angle photography. Auto
741:Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8 1–5x Macro
1281:Lars Theiss (February 2, 2016).
599:function for landscsape format.
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1378:. Photographie.de. April 2019.
1337:Matthew Saville (August 2019).
1095:Keith Cooper (April 26, 2018).
1040:Dylan Goldby (March 19, 2018).
221:Beijing Institute of Technology
1568:Optics manufacturing companies
1563:Photography companies of China
1356:Lars Theiss (August 2, 2019).
1318:Jakub Han (October 26, 2019).
1259:Jeff Loch (January 16, 2020).
1166:Lars Theiss (August 9, 2019).
1062:Keith Cooper (26 April 2018).
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1204:Klaus Schroiff (March 2018).
1114:Mark Banas (March 13, 2016).
1003:Jakub Han (October 5, 2018).
589:Wide Angle Macro (W-Dreamer)
1412:Lars Theiss (May 7, 2019).
1185:Lars Theiss (May 9, 2017).
907:5th Laowa Photo Competition
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1005:"Interview with Dayong Li"
988:. DPReview, see slide 21.
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963:"Venus Lens - Our Story"
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61:Photographic lens design
1538:Website of Venus Optics
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389:ultra wide angle lens
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918:Laowa Video Marathon
913:Laowa Video Marathon
820:chromatic aberration
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257:, introduced in 2015
894:"New Idea, New Fun"
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