Laowa 55mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift 1X Macro (L-Mount)

The Laowa 55mm is a tilt-shift lens that also focuses to true 1:1 macro, aimed at product, food and studio still-life work where you want to place the plane of focus precisely at close range. It offers ±10° of tilt and ±12mm of shift, focuses down to 27cm, and the image circle is large enough for GFX medium format with shift reduced to ±8mm.

Tilt and shift each rotate through 90° independently, and the whole lens rotates 360° on its mount, so the movements can be set in any direction. A supplied Arca-Swiss compatible lens support allows parallax-free shift panoramas, the 15-blade aperture keeps out-of-focus highlights round, and the front takes 77mm filters. Focus and aperture are fully manual with no electronic contacts, and at 1,345g and 168.5mm long it is a tripod lens.