DZOFilm Pavo 100mm 2x Anamorphic T2.4 PL & EF Mount (S35) Blue

Apart from its coating, the DZOFilm Pavo 100mm 2x Anamorphic T2.4 PL & EF Mount Blue matches its neutral sibling line for line on the spec sheet. That blue coating turns any horizontal flare blue, whichever lamp produces it: the colour sci-fi audiences expect from anamorphic glass. Shortest of the three Pavo primes beyond 75 mm, it is the telephoto of the blue B set with the 32 and 55 mm.

DZOFilm's own pitch for its longer focal lengths is to compress space and set a character apart from a softened background. In a spy thriller, a figure at a lit window across the street is held in a tight single from the opposite pavement, traffic melting away and the crew well clear of the action. Flaring stays on a short leash. Set directly behind the focusing optics, the mid-anamorphic section keeps stray light in check, and published tests indicate a streak usually needs the sun or a hard lamp aimed down the barrel. A locomotive headlight bursting from a tunnel supplies one for a rail operator's brand film; a casino floor full of slot machines rarely leaves a trace.

Coverage is Super 35, from a 31.5 mm image circle. Fourteen elements in 13 groups work with a 16-blade iris running from T2.4 to T22, and background practicals stretch into upright ovals once de-squeezed. At 0.95 m from the sensor, its closest focus, a robot gripper grabbing a component fills the frame of an industrial-automation film.

Its PL mount trades places with the boxed EF bayonet in a few screws, with rear caps, shims, fixings and a driver supplied. DZOFilm's manual specifies no shim adjustment after the change, and ±0.2 mm of back-focus correction waits at the rear of the barrel, lens still mounted. Focus rotates 270° over metric marks, and the 0.8 MOD gears occupy the same spots as on the 32 and 55 mm, so motors stay put during a swap. A clamp-on matte box rides on the 95 mm front, filters screw into its M86 thread, and nothing electronic links lens to body. For full frame, an optional Marlin 1.6x Expander yields a roughly 160 mm 2x anamorphic, about 1.5 stops darker. Recorded in camera, the streak lets a production house selling that look to tech brands drop a digital flare pass from its post quote.