11-02-2016, 12:07 PM
"Can do better" is relative. Laowa's 15 mm/4 Macro Shift has such poorly developed features that I can't see them "doing better".
Shifting is only digital - Up/No/Low, as macro lens it's usesless for architecture, aperture lacks of clickstops, EXIF data is zero and the bayonet opposite of smooth working. Better than copying? Maybe, but the result shows the gap in technology.
Laowa also belongs to the majority of Chinese manufacturers "saving transport costs" by bluntly lying on their parcel descriptions. But in case custom service opens one of their parcels and realized the real value of "25$" or whatever they declare, And I'm not sure who will have to pay the price or is charged for tax violation.
Shifting is only digital - Up/No/Low, as macro lens it's usesless for architecture, aperture lacks of clickstops, EXIF data is zero and the bayonet opposite of smooth working. Better than copying? Maybe, but the result shows the gap in technology.
Laowa also belongs to the majority of Chinese manufacturers "saving transport costs" by bluntly lying on their parcel descriptions. But in case custom service opens one of their parcels and realized the real value of "25$" or whatever they declare, And I'm not sure who will have to pay the price or is charged for tax violation.