Key Take-Aways:

The Laowa FF 100mm T2.9 MACRO 2:1 APO CINE is a manual-focus full-frame cine macro lens with a T2.9 maximum aperture, 2:1 maximum magnification, a 24 degree field of view and a 24.7 cm minimum focus distance (8 cm working distance). It weighs 957 g and costs $999. As of Oct 2026, three videos and no written reviews are linked. Another Perspective’s video describes it in its title as the sharpest macro lens on the planet and, in its description, as offering incredible bokeh while being super sharp at high magnification. UpHill Cinema’s review title says this lens is great, and Allan Walls Photography calls its video an in-depth review of the lens.

From Laowa:

Laowa 100mm T2.9 2x Macro APO Cine is the world’s first 2X magnification macro cinema lens on Full Frame cameras with an 8cm minimum focusing distance. It has a 24.4° angle of view and can create a shallower depth of field, a unique lens to shoot jaw-dropping footage with incredible details of the object.

Industrial standard of 0.8 mod gears are applied on both aperture and focus rings alongside the step-less aperture ring to offer smooth iris control. A standard 77mm filter thread is designed to mount screw-in filters easily.

Official Website

This is the cine version of laowa-100mm-f2-8-macro. Laowa publishes the diameter and length (Ø85.6 mm × 163 mm) for the Sony E mount only, so those figures are for the E mount and not for L-mount; the weight (957 g) is published without a mount, and Laowa lists L-mount among the available mounts.

YouTube:

• Another Perspective: The Sharpest Macro Lens on the Planet | Laowa 100mm T2.9 2X Ultra Macro APO Cine, Oct 2022
• UpHill Cinema: LAOWA 100MM T2.9 2X CINE MACRO Review - This lens is great!, Jan 2023
• Allan Walls Photography: Laowa 100mm T2.9 Macro Cinema Lens - the Review, Mar 2024