Would be an interesting lens...15mm f4 Macro Lens.

Would be an interesting lens underwater, if it could be housed, if I was still shooting a DSLR underwater....

http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/venus-announces-the-worlds-widest-11-macro-lens-15mm-f4-0

I noticed it too. Manual focus and manual aperture would make it a challenge...

When I first heard about it I got so excited!

Adam

I spotted the 1:1 capability and immediately thought of what a great CFWA lens that would make. Over on Petapixel the review says "Wide angle macro photography is a rarely explored genre of macro photography . . ." Clearly they do not cater to our kind of people!

http://petapixel.com/2015/06/29/review-the-venus-optics-laowa-15mm-f4-11-wide-angle-macro-lens/#more-170855

This and a 15mm and I would be happy just about anywhere. Would make for an interesting trip portfolio.

I have one on order for Sony FE mount and at the very least I think this will be an excellent travel lens. The lens was announced widely on the same day and I found the release information on at least six different sites. As a result the business web site was down for at least four days perhaps because of the wide amount of interest overloading their system.

I am sure this lens will not be main stream but like the Inon bigeye lens I am sure some will find a way to use it underwater as they have with some of the excellent Rokinon lenses.

The tilt feature may be handy for the required hotel shot for many destination reviews.

I am confused by their specifications between minimum working and minimum shooting distance. Min working was half a centimeter which seems too short but I am missing something in translation I suspect.

BVA

Amazing.. would love Olympus to come up with something like this for the M4/3 system. The picture reminds me a bit of the shots one gets from the Frazier lens, which blew everyone away when they first appeared in his documentaries.