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Designed for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras, the Venus Optics Argus 18mm f/0.95 MFT APO Lens is a close-focusing wide-angle prime designed for landscapes, cityscapes, street scenes, portraits, and more. Its ultra-fast aperture is well suited for low light photography, astrophotography, shallow depth of field portraits, as well as videography.
Designed for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras, the Venus Optics Argus 18mm f/0.95 MFT APO Lens is a close-focusing wide-angle prime designed for landscapes, cityscapes, street scenes, portraits, and more. Its ultra-fast aperture is well suited for low light photography, astrophotography, shallow depth of field portraits, as well as videography.
Designed for mirrorless Micro Four Thirds cameras, this wide-angle 18mm f/0.95 lens provides a 36mm full-frame equivalent focal length.
Ultra-fast f/0.95 maximum aperture is well-suited to working in difficult and low lighting conditions and provides unique control over depth of field for extraordinary background separation.
Nine-blade diaphragm contributes to a creamy and pleasing bokeh quality when making shallow depth of field imagery.
Close-focusing design provides a minimum focusing distance of just 7.9".
Aperture ring click switch allows the lens to be switched between clicked and de-clicked apertures.
Internal focusing minimizes focus breathing and prevents dusting.
Apochromatic lens design suppresses chromatic aberration across in-focus and out-of-focus areas. This design also allows the lens to produce outstanding image performance for higher contrast and image fidelity.
EAN: 6940486703153
Venus Optics Argus 18mm f/0.95 Specs
Focal Length
18mm (35mm Equivalent: 36mm)
Aperture
Maximum: f/0.95 Minimum: f/11
Lens Mount
Micro Four Thirds
Lens Format Coverage
Micro Four Thirds
Angle of View
61.9°
Minimum Focus Distance
7.9" / 20 cm
Magnification
1:6.67 Macro Reproduction Ratio 0.15x Magnification
Optical Design
14 Elements in 8 Groups
Aperture/Iris Blades
9
Focus Type
Manual Focus
Image Stabilization
No
Filter Size
62 mm (Front)
Dimensions
31.5 x 32.7" / 80 x 83 cm (Diameter x Length)
Weight
17.6 oz / 500 g
Packaging Info
Package Weight
2.335 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
7.5 x 4.8 x 4.6"
Venus Optics Argus 18mm f/0.95 Reviews
A must have manual lens
By Joseph
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2025-09-16
A beautifully made lens that pairs well with m43 sensors, producing great bokeh as well as sufficient sharpness with focusing quite easy to achieve with focus peaking.
amazing build quality, great picture
By Vladimir
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2024-07-28
I have a good old GX85 MFT camera, pretty capable for its price and I use it to make videos. I needed a wide angle lens with a shallow DOF which just has to be superfast, considering the MFT system. For the price, both lens and camera combined, I got an amazing pro-looking picture. The lack of autofocus don't make a difference for me, because I actually love manual focusing.
Another good thing: 18mm has an added DOF (the wider the lens, the more its DOF), so it's not an impossible mission to actually get a good focus. Real 35mm 0.95 on FF would make it much harder.
