2x Anamorphic Zooms are finally here! Test & Review of the revolutionary Laowa Proteus Zooms

Classic 2x Anamorphic in a zoom lens? That has been totally absent in the affordable anamorphic market… until now! Laowa just announced not just one, but two anamorphic zoom lenses in their higher end Proteus lineup. The Laowa 2x Proteus zooms come as a wide angle 26-45mm and as a longer 45-85mm They are weighting just 1.5 kg each and are designed for super35 coverage. This episode was produced in summer 2024 using earlier prototypes of the lenses. Our results and feedback was used to improved coatings and the mechanical design of the lenses. The finalised versions have some changes to their housings design, and they are either in metric or imperial scale instead of the dual scale. We are testing the Proteus zooms in a studio setup to show you the characteristics like flairs, bokeh and overall sharpness. After that we take them on a wild shoot on racing boats… a really extreme situation for filmmaking where we usually wouldn’t dream of shooting anamorphic, or swapping prime lenses in general. Disclaimer: We have had these prototypes of the Proteus zooms for a couple of month to test for you… free of charge. For the sake of transparency this video is therefor marked as a paid promotion. As always we are not obliged to glorify these lenses or Laowa – we will let you make up your own mind based on what we were able to shoot with them. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Please join the ranks of the Media Division: https://www.youtube.com/mediadivision... Talk to us an our community: Closed Facebook Group:   / mediadivision2   Business and collaboration inquiries [email protected] ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MUSIC Music licences by Artlist To get the music from this episode, subscribe to Artlist. With this referral-link, you'll get 2 month for free: bit.ly/artlist-mediadivision #Anamorphiczoom #Proteus #Laowa 00:00 - Overview 03:15 - Key Features 05:00 - The Specs 09:07 - Studio Test 13:43 - Sharpness & Focus 14:19 - Coverage 15:33 - Distortions 16:16 - Breathing 16:43 - Flares 18:05 - Close Focus 18:25 - Bokek 20:04 - Proteus Prime Vs Zooms 22:20 - Extreme Anamorphic Shooting 28:52 - Creative Effect Lens 30:34 - Verdict 32:16 - Thank you 2x Anamorphic in a Zoom Lens? Test & Review of the revolutionary Laowa Proteus Zooms