This lens is the LAOWA brand's first telemacro lens, ideal for telephoto, macro, and portrait photography.
With a wide range of features, including a 1.5x Ultra Macro, advanced Apochromat (APO) design, and an incredibly compact and lightweight design, it delivers unparalleled resolution, capturing everything from the finest details to distant landscapes.
Main shooting uses: Macro photography, telephoto photography, portrait photography
1.5x Ultra Macro Magnification
With a maximum magnification of 1.5x (1.5:1), it captures textures and patterns in stunning high resolution, making it ideal for macro photography of small subjects like insects and flowers. With a minimum focusing distance of 30cm and a minimum working distance of 14.7cm when focusing manually, it allows you to capture incredibly sharp close-up shots while maintaining ample space between you and your subject.
Ample working distance
The 180mm focal length ensures a minimum working distance of 147.6mm, which is more than what you'd get with shorter focal length macro lenses like 58mm or 100mm, giving you more freedom in lighting and composition, and reducing the risk of spooking small creatures.
Furthermore, the 180mm focal length has a natural compression effect, making the background appear closer to the subject, allowing you to freely manipulate the relationship between the subject and background to create impressive compositions.
Compact and lightweight design
Despite its 180mm telephoto focal length and 1.5x ultra-macro magnification, this lens is surprisingly compact and lightweight compared to other lenses in its class, making it highly portable and ideal for handheld photography, outdoor shooting, and travel.
Apochromat (APO) design
The apochromatic (APO) design thoroughly suppresses axial and lateral chromatic aberrations, delivering excellent sharpness, faithful color reproduction, and reduced fringing even in challenging lighting conditions, making it ideal for precise macro and telephoto photography.
Outstanding sharpness
The optical design of 12 elements in 9 groups ensures consistently sharp images all the way to the edges of the image, even in macro photography at high magnifications.
It faithfully captures the finest details of your subject, delivering professional-level results.
Durable and robust lens barrel
The lens barrel is designed to be robust and durable, even in harsh shooting environments. The inner focus system maintains its overall length, ensuring balance even when adjusting focus and preventing dust from entering. Furthermore, the lens is equipped with a dedicated function button, a φ62mm filter thread, electronic contacts for recording EXIF data on the AF mount, and a Type-C port for firmware updates, significantly improving its practicality.
Main specifications
Format: Full Frame
Focal length 180mm
Aperture range AF: F4.5-F22
Angle of view: 13.7°
Lens construction: 9 groups, 12 elements
Number of aperture blades: 9
Minimum focusing distance: 300mm
Minimum working distance: 147.6mm
Maximum magnification 1.5x Focusing method AF* and MF
Filter thread φ62mm
Front diameter φ67.6mm
Dimensions: φ67.6mm x 88.4mm
Mass: 484g
Mount: Canon EF
*Autofocus is only available from 1.5m to infinity.
