New Laowa 10mm/f2 in...

vertrider1 · Feb 22, 2021

Just received the new Laowa 10mm/f2 directly ordered from Laowa/Hong Kong and hope to get some flying time this week. Will report ASAP
(much work at the office).

Looks good however, hope it works well with X5s.
I have the 7.5mm/f2 too, and at times it‘s a hot-swap pain. So I do hope the 10 mm will perform better in this regard.

Interestingly I use the 9mm/f2.8 with the X7 too, and with the X7 the 9mm is remarkable easy to use (needs Hot-Swapping as well of course, but there it works 10 out of 10 times).

Cheers
Christoph

rbycapri · Feb 23, 2021

vertrider1 said:
Just received the new Laowa 10mm/f2 directly ordered from Laowa/Hong Kong and hope to get some flying time this week. Will report ASAP
(much work at the office).

Looks good however, hope it works well with X5s.
I have the 7.5mm/f2 too, and at times it‘s a hot-swap pain. So I do hope the 10 mm will perform better in this regard.

Interestingly I use the 9mm/f2.8 with the X7 too, and with the X7 the 9mm is remarkable easy to use (needs Hot-Swapping as well of course, but there it works 10 out of 10 times).

Cheers
Christoph

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very interesting! i am just looking to get a new lens for the i2. hope you write some more about !

Krakozawr · Feb 24, 2021

vertrider1 said:
Just received the new Laowa 10mm/f2 directly ordered from Laowa/Hong Kong and hope to get some flying time this week. Will report ASAP
(much work at the office).

Looks good however, hope it works well with X5s.
I have the 7.5mm/f2 too, and at times it‘s a hot-swap pain. So I do hope the 10 mm will perform better in this regard.

Interestingly I use the 9mm/f2.8 with the X7 too, and with the X7 the 9mm is remarkable easy to use (needs Hot-Swapping as well of course, but there it works 10 out of 10 times).

Cheers
Christoph

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Can you please explain what "hot swapping" is in this case?

And how 10/2 works?

Starz · Feb 24, 2021

Hot swapping a lens just means changing a lens without turning off the power to the camera/aircraft.

Krakozawr · Feb 25, 2021

Starz said:
Hot swapping a lens just means changing a lens without turning off the power to the camera/aircraft.

Why does it need?

Starz · Feb 25, 2021

Krakozawr said:
Why does it need?

It has to do with lenses that are not electronically controlled(dumb lens) verses lenses that are. In post number one, the 7.5mm Laowa lens is a dumb lens. Some reading material here. Look for post number 22.

Wide angle lens ? 7.5mm

Either way, it should be sweet aside from the inability to couple up not having the chip in it to the DJI camera so I'll have to do the hot-swap method with another lens I guess. Can you explain what you mean by this (for us mortals that don't know!)

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dougcjohn · Feb 27, 2021

vertrider1 said:
Interestingly I use the 9mm/f2.8 with the X7 too, and with the X7 the 9mm is remarkable easy to use (needs Hot-Swapping as well of course, but there it works 10 out of 10 times).

Great to hear your verification on 9mm for X7.
I have the 7.5 for X5S & X5R... and it is a bit of a pain to successfully get it to function. Have heard the 9mm & X7 the problem doesn't exist but was still a little questioning.

Makes the 9mm for X7 a lot more enticing!

The new MFT 10mm, is that manual or full electronic... has all the contacts so assume it's not manual. What does the "Dreamer" label mean... soft focus?

Look forward to hearing how the 10mm performs for you. I have the 12mm M.Zuiko (Panasonic) and like it a lot with X5 series... ultra sharpe & flat.

mmarian · Mar 4, 2021

dougcjohn said:
Great to hear your verification on 9mm for X7.
I have the 7.5 for X5S & X5R... and it is a bit of a pain to successfully get it to function. Have heard the 9mm & X7 the problem doesn't exist but was still a little questioning.

Makes the 9mm for X7 a lot more enticing!

The new MFT 10mm, is that manual or full electronic... has all the contacts so assume it's not manual. What does the "Dreamer" label mean... soft focus?

Look forward to hearing how the 10mm performs for you. I have the 12mm M.Zuiko (Panasonic) and like it a lot with X5 series... ultra sharpe & flat.

12mm M.Zuiko Panasonic? You surely meant Olympus, didn't you?