Laowa Debuts World-First Parfocal Zoom Super Macro Lenses at NAB 2026

Parfocal zoom on a super macro lens is genuinely new territory — if you've ever tried to zoom a macro lens mid-shot and watched your focus plane walk, you'll immediately get why this matters for product, food, or scientific cinematography. The Laowa Axon series solves a real problem that's forced shooters to either lock focal length or pull focus constantly. The Ultima broadcast zoom alongside it suggests Laowa is making a serious push into the cinema/broadcast space, not just niche still-photography optics.