08-02-2016, 08:14 AM
It's unusual you mention what a manufacturer tells you. And if they now have to investigate the flare issue, that means they just didn't test it properly on pre-production or production samples.
Flares are normal to a certain degree in Ultra-wide, okay, but the Laowa is not exactly cheap. If they want to play in the high league with their low-tech stuff (no EXIF is low-tech these days) they have to deliver outstanding optics. Since I saw the inner life of the 15mm macro shift lens, I think, an apprentice in the last year could have done the same mechanics. To me, the value of the lens over long time is not there.
Flares are normal to a certain degree in Ultra-wide, okay, but the Laowa is not exactly cheap. If they want to play in the high league with their low-tech stuff (no EXIF is low-tech these days) they have to deliver outstanding optics. Since I saw the inner life of the 15mm macro shift lens, I think, an apprentice in the last year could have done the same mechanics. To me, the value of the lens over long time is not there.