Laowa ACRIS 35mm f/2.8 1X Macro APO Lens (Auto Focus, Nikon Z)

Overview

The Laowa ACRIS 35mm f/2.8 1X Macro APO Lens (Auto Focus, Nikon Z) is a full-frame macro lens for Nikon Z cameras that does something few 35mm lenses can: true 1:1 life-size magnification. Where most lenses this wide stop at half life-size, the ACRIS fills the frame with a subject the size of the sensor, while its wider view still shows where that subject lives. With an f/2.8 to f/22 aperture range, it suits product, food and nature macro, and doubles as an everyday 35mm for street and environmental portraits.

An apochromatic optical design keeps colours clean and fringing away, even wide open in high-contrast scenes. Autofocus handles everything from 0.5 m to infinity, and below that Macro Focus Assistance gives you fine manual control for life-size shots and focus stacking. The f/2.8 aperture melts busy backgrounds, and an all-metal, weather-resistant body is made for shooting outdoors.

Life-Size Macro at 35mm

At 1:1, a subject appears on the sensor at its real size, twice the detail of the 1:2 ratio most 35mm lenses manage. Longer macro lenses isolate a subject from everything around it; the 35mm view keeps the leaf, the plate or the forest floor in the shot, so your close-ups tell a story. The working distance still leaves room for lighting and for live subjects, and the perspective stays natural and wide.

APO Glass for Clean Colour

The apochromatic design brings red, green and blue light to the same point of focus, which all but removes the colour fringes that show up on shiny edges and high-contrast detail. That matters most in macro, where every edge is magnified. Sharpness and contrast hold from infinity right down to 1:1, whether you shoot at f/2.8 or stop down for more depth, so there is less to fix in editing.

Autofocus & Macro Focus Assistance

From infinity down to 0.5 m the lens focuses automatically, quick enough for street, documentary and everyday shooting. Closer in, you take over with the focus ring, and Macro Focus Assistance turns it into fine, micro-step control. That precision helps you place focus exactly where you want it at life size, or step through a focus stack frame by frame.

Optical Design

• 13 elements in 10 groups, with an apochromatic (APO) design
• 9-blade aperture that keeps out-of-focus highlights round and smooth
• f/2.8 maximum aperture that softens cluttered backgrounds into a gentle blur, giving wide-angle macro shots real depth without losing the scene around the subject

Metal Build

• All-metal barrel built for fieldwork
• Weather-resistant construction that keeps out moisture and dust when you're shooting in the rain or the bush
• 72mm filter thread for standard filters
• Lens hood included