Venus Laowa Offers 15mm F4.5 R Zero-D Shift for Pentax

New 14 blade aperture version of Laowa's full frame wide angle shift lens

By wadge22 in Third-Party Announcements on Jun 14, 2022

In April, Venus Optics, the makers of Laowa camera lenses, announced a new version of their full frame wide angle shift lens—the Laowa 15mm F4.5 R Zero-D Shift—which is available in a variety of mounts including the Pentax K mount. This new version of the already available 15mm Zero-D Shift lens has a 14 blade aperture to offer improved out of focus rendering and unique sunbursts. The new version also has a red ring on the front of the lens, as opposed to the blue ring on the 5 blade version. It is otherwise optically the same and with the same build as the first version, both of which will be available for the same price, offering a choice of aperture style.

Laowa 20mm 4 Zero-D Shift Lens Announced for Pentax

Venus Optics announces new full frame shift lens, available in the K mount

By wadge22 in Third-Party Announcements on Mar 29, 2022

Venus Optics, the makers of Laowa camera lenses, have announced a new full-frame ultra-wide shift lens—the Laowa 20mm F4 Zero-D Shift—which will be available in a variety of mounts including the Pentax K mount. This new lens is one of Laowa's Zero-D designated lenses (the third available for Pentax), which create rectilinear images with close to no distortion despite the wide angle. This lens offers a shift function of up to 11mm to allow for correction of straight lines to counteract perspective distortion. These features combined will make it a great choice for interior or exterior architecture photography, as well as for stitching multiple images to get panoramas or other wide shots.

Irix 21mm F1.4 Dragonfly Announced for Pentax

A high-performance ultra-wide lens for full-frame

By wadge22 in Third-Party Announcements on Mar 21, 2022

Irix continues to show support for the K-mount by releasing another high quality lens to its lineup available for Pentax cameras. The new Irix 21mm F1.4 Dragonfly was originally released as a video lens, but is now being offered with a new body as a photo lens. This lens contains 15 elements in 11 groups, including four ultra-low disperison, four high reflective, and two aspherical elements. It covers a field of view of 89.7 degrees on full frame, yet delivers distortion below 2%. The lens is currently available for £675.75 directly from Irix Europe.  An official US release is expected in the future. This lens It joins a lineup of no less than 5 other Irix lenses for Pentax.

Irix lenses offer high-performance optical designs with plenty of modern features such  as weather sealing and nano coating—no other third-party lenses for Pentax are weather sealed. This particular 21mm is an ultra-wide-angle lens designed for full-frame such as the Pentax K-1, and offers automatic aperture with manual focus, similar to Pentax A-series lenses. Unlike A-series lenses however, focal length data is transmitted to the body for Shake Reduction and EXIF data purposes, and there is no aperture ring on the lens. The lens will of course also work with APS-C bodies, and two seperate lens hoods will be included, one for full-frame and one for APS-C.

To learn more about how Irix lenses fare, see also our in-depth and user reviews:

Irix 30mm F1.4 Dragonfly Announced for Pentax

A high-performance wide-angle lens for full-frame

By PF Staff in Third-Party Announcements on Dec 4, 2021

It is always exciting when a third-party lens strengthens the Pentax K-mount lineup, and that's exactly what's happening today!  The new Irix 30mm F1.4 Dragonfly, originally announced in September, is available for pre-order as of late November and is expected to start shipping this month at a launch price of $675 USD.  It joins a lineup of no less than 4 other Irix lenses for Pentax.

Irix lenses offer high-performance optical designs with plenty of modern features such  as weather sealing and nano coating—no other third-party lenses for Pentax are weather sealed.  This particular 30mm is a wide-angle lens designed for full-frame such as the Pentax K-1, and offers automatic aperture with manual focus, similar to Pentax A-series lenses.  The lens will of course also work with APS-C bodies.

Head over to our lens database for the full specifications of the new Irix 30mm F1.4.  To learn more about how Irix lenses fare, see also our in-depth reviews:

Irix 150mm F2.8 Macro Officially Announced

New Macro Lens in K-Mount

By PF Staff in Third-Party Announcements on Nov 15, 2018

If you have been on the lookout for a 1:1 macro lens with a longer focal length than the 100mm that Pentax currently offers, the just-announced Irix 150mm F2.8 Macro may be for you. This new lens covers the 24x36mm full-frame format and can of course also be used on APS-C cameras.

The lens is manual focus only which is oftentimes the preferred focusing mode for shooting macro. The focusing ring turns a generous 270 degrees from infinity to 1:1. The lens has high-end features such as internal focusing, nano coating, weather sealing, a removable tripod mount, and 11 rounded aperture blades for smooth bokeh.  Similar to a D FA lens, automatic aperture control is available, but there is no aperture ring.

You can secure an early copy of this lens by pre-ordering today:

The lens is estimated to start shipping on December 26, 2018, and the initial price is set at $595.00 (USD).  Irix has dubbed the lens construction "Dragonfly", which is marked by full weather sealing and is somewhat of a hybrid between their Firefly and Blackstone lens edition's we've seen in the past.

We have uploaded the full specifications to the lens database, lens search, and lens compatibility checker.

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