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Understanding the wide-angle macro lens

Understanding the wide-angle macro lens

From the course: The Practicing Photographer

Understanding the wide-angle macro lens

- Recording these practicing photographer segments does not usually require a lot of willpower, but this one did. It's been tough, I gotta say, in these last few days. The reason being, I bought this lens. I had this idea that when you get a new piece of gear, there's a whole lot of learning that goes on about the technical specifics, and with a lens, about how it changes the way that you see, so I thought, oh, I oughta get a lens, and kind of go through that whole process with you. And there's this lens that I'd had my eye on that I've been curious about for a while, and this is it. And so I bought it. And then had this great idea that I would actually unbox it on camera, so it's just been sitting in my room while I've been here, and I haven't been allowed to touch it, and it's been driving me nuts, so I'm very excited to be here today to finally open what this thing is. This is a brand I've never heard of, a company called Laowa. This is a 15 millimeter F4 wide angle macro. So it's…

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