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Venus Optics LAOWA Argus 25 mm f/0.95 MFT

30 November 2022
Maciej Latałło

8. Vignetting

Let's have a glance at thumbnails below in order to assess vignetting performance of the tested lens for JPEG files generated with the help of the Olympus O-MD E-M5 Mark II.

Olympus E-M5 II, JPEG, f/0.95 Olympus E-M5 II, JPEG, f/1.4
Venus Optics LAOWA Argus 25 mm f/0.95 MFT - Vignetting Venus Optics LAOWA Argus 25 mm f/0.95 MFT - Vignetting
Olympus E-M5 II, JPEG, f/2.0 Olympus E-M5 II, JPEG, f/2.8
Venus Optics LAOWA Argus 25 mm f/0.95 MFT - Vignetting Venus Optics LAOWA Argus 25 mm f/0.95 MFT - Vignetting


At the maximum relative aperture brightness loss in the frame corners amounts to 61% (−2.75 EV). It's really a lot for a small Micro 4/3 sensor but you have to remember the fact that this lens's aperture is very fast and it makes things more tricky. Fortunately vignetting decreases very fast on stopping down. By f/1.4 it still remains significant, reaching 44% (−1.70 EV), but by f/2.0 it is already moderate, amounting to 24% (−0.80 EV). All problems end by f/2.8 and f/4.0, where we got, respectively, 17% (−0.55 EV) and11% (−0.34 EV).


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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II, JPEG, f/0.95
Venus Optics LAOWA Argus 25 mm f/0.95 MFT - Vignetting