Description

 

ACRIS

Derived from the Latin root for sharp and piercing, Acris embodies the uncompromising resolution and pristine clarity engineered into the lens itself.

A lens series built for photographers who demand nothing less than absolute quality — especially crafted for the world of macro photography, where every micron matters.

1X Wide-Angle Perspective: Life-Size Detail Meets Environmental Context

Designed for true 1:1 macro reproduction, the Laowa Acris 35mm f/2.8 captures subjects at full life-size scale with exceptional accuracy and clarity. Fine textures, intricate micro-patterns, and subtle details are rendered with razor-sharp resolution across the frame. Unlike traditional long-focal-length macros that completely isolate the subject, this lens combines true 1X magnification with a wide-angle 35mm field of view. The result is a unique, immersive perspective that lets you capture intimate close-up detail while preserving the surrounding environment and background context.

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Why 1:1?

While most 35mm lenses top out at a 1:2 semi-macro ratio, the Laowa Acris delivers true 1:1 life-size magnification. At 1:1, subjects project onto your sensor at 100% of their real-world size—doubling the detail captured by standard 1:2 lenses. This allows you to resolve intricate micro-patterns and textures that semi-macro lenses miss, giving you dedicated macro power alongside a wide-angle perspective.

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Why 35mm?

While an ultra-wide 15mm macro can excessively distort background elements and require working dangerously close to your subject, a standard 100mm telephoto macro tightly compresses the background and loses all environmental context. The 35mm focal length hits the perfect middle ground. It delivers a natural, distortion-free wide perspective that captures your subject alongside its habitat, all while maintaining a comfortable working distance that keeps your lighting setups and live subjects undisturbed.

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Large f/2.8 Aperture: Striking Subject Isolation and Smooth Bokeh

The bright f/2.8 maximum aperture elevates your close-up imagery by combining two powerful visual characteristics into a single frame. It creates a bold, immediate separation between your subject and its environment, dissolving distracting background textures into a soft, creamy backdrop that forces intricate details—like delicate wing patterns or plant structures—to pop forward with clarity. At the same time, it turns out-of-focus highlights into smooth, aesthetic bokeh with rounded edges and clean transitions, adding a cinematic depth to wide-angle macro shots without cluttering the scene.

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Accurate and Fast Autofocus: Infinity to 0.5m

The Laowa Acris delivers fast, precise, and dependable autofocus for standard shooting distances. From infinity down to 0.5m, the AF system locks onto targets effortlessly, making it perfect for street, environmental portraits, documentary, and everyday photography where speed and sharpness are critical.

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Macro Focus Assistance: Fine-Tuned Precision for 1:1 Magnification & Focus Stacking

When pushing into the extreme close-up range (from 0.5m down to 1:1 life-size macro), pinpoint precision is paramount. In this range, the lens utilizes a tactile manual focus ring coupled with Macro Focus Assistance to give you total control over hyper-thin depths of field. This specialized setup allows you to execute smooth, micro-step focus adjustments—making focus stacking effortless and ensuring perfect alignment across every frame for razor-sharp macro results.

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Uncompromising Sharpness: From Infinity to 1:1 Macro

Engineered with advanced glass elements, the Laowa Acris delivers crisp, corner-to-corner sharpness across its entire focus range. Unlike conventional lenses that lose resolving power and suffer from field curvature at extreme close-up distances, this lens maintains exceptional contrast and edge-to-edge clarity even at full 1:1 macro magnification. Whether shooting wide open at f/2.8 or stopped down, fine micro-textures and subtle details remain razor-sharp.

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Apochromatic (APO) Design: True Color Rendering with Zero Fringing

Featuring Laowa’s signature Apochromatic (APO) optical design, the Acris 35mm f/2.8 virtually eliminates both chromatic aberration (CA) and color fringing—even in high-contrast macro scenes or when shooting wide open at f/2.8. By precisely focusing light from three primary wavelengths onto the exact same focal plane, it guarantees clean, artifact-free high-contrast edges and true-to-life color reproduction. Every subject is rendered with authentic contrast, natural hues, and accurate tones without the need for aggressive digital correction in post-production.

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Built for the Field: Rugged, Weather-Resistant Precision

Crafted with a durable metal enclosure, the Laowa Acris 35mm f/2.8 is engineered to withstand demanding shooting conditions in the field. Its weather-resistant construction guards against moisture and dust, giving you total peace of mind when capturing macro subjects in wet macro environments, rain, or dense forests.

 

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SPECIFICATIONS

Name	ACRIS 35mm f/2.8 1X Macro AF FF
Format	Full Frame
Focal Length	35mm
Aperture Range	f/2.8-22
Angle of View	63.4°
Magnification	1x
In-focus driving mode	Autofocus (AF), Manual (MF)
Lens Structure	13 elements in 10 groups
Aperture Blades	AF: 9 MF: 13
Min. Focusing Distance	180mm
Min. Working Distance	48.6mm
Filter Thread Size	Ø72mm
Dimension	Approx. Ø 87.4mm*Ø79mm (EF Mount, without lens hood)
Weight	Sony E: 560g Nikon Z: 570g Canon EF: 530g Without lens hood and lens cap
Mounts	AF:Canon EF / Sony E / Nikon Z MF:Canon RF / L mount