Laowa Magic Shift Converter MSC - Nikon G – Sony FE

The Laowa Magic Shift Converter MSC is a unique lens accessory that allows you to convert your Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D lens into a 17mm f/4 wide-angle lens with a +/-10mm shift and 360° rotation.

The MSC is a refractive converter that enlarges the image circle of your lens, allowing it to cover both full-frame and APS-C formats. It's comprised of two extra refractive elements, which combine with the glass elements of your original lens to create one large image circle without any vignetting or distortion at any point in its range.

This converter also provides ±10mm of shift, allowing you to change the angle at which light enters the camera and achieve different perspectives than you could achieve with your original lens alone.

Product Features in Detail

Laowa Magic Shift Converter (MSC)
Convert your Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D to a Wide Angle SHIFT lens. Just like Magic.

A carefully designed and patented optical system in the adapter converts the Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D to a 17mm f/4 lens with +/- 10mm Shift capability without any vignetting. The adapter is designed to use with Canon/Nikon mount lenses and Sony Full Frame E-mount cameras. It may also work with other ultra-wide angle lenses.

The aperture dial on Nikon F/G adapter is designed to provide aperture control for Nikon G-type lenses, which do not have an aperture ring. No such feature on Canon mount.

WHAT IS IT?
Laowa Magic Shift Converter (MSC) is an adapter designed to convert the Canon / Nikon mount) lens into a professional +/-10mm Shift lens and use it with the Sony full frame E-mount cameras. With the MSC, you can have absolute vertical lines rather than converging lines while shooting. This is a super useful feature in architecture and interior photography. It not only works well with Laowa lenses but also lenses from other manufacturers.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
Laowa Magic Shift Converter (MSC) took advantage of the short flange distance of mirrorless cameras and incorporated a patented optics system into the converter.

The patented optical system in the MSC will enlarge the image circle of the 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from 43.2mm to 60mm in diameter and convert it a 17mm f/4 lens with +/- 10mm shift capability. The camera can be rotated in a 360 full circle, allowing a quick switch between landscape and portrait framing or to change the shift direction.

IMAGE QUALITY
LAOWA MSC comprises of 5 elements in 4 groups, with 2 Extra Refractive glasses. The optical structure is carefully designed which gives minimal impact on the image quality of our Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D. It will also cancel out some of the chormatic aberrations and distortion of some ultra-wide angle lenses. Our close-to-zero distortion feature can also be retained.