DZOFilm Pavo 32mm 2x Anamorphic T2.1 PL & EF Mount (S35) Blue

Picking the wide lens for a blue-flare Pavo package usually comes down to 28 or 32 mm, and the DZOFilm Pavo 32mm 2x Anamorphic T2.1 PL & EF Mount Blue differs from its wider sibling in three practical ways. Its iris has 16 blades instead of 14, giving smoother defocused ovals. The iris ring needs 59° of travel rather than 79°. And it belongs to the B set with the 55 and 100 mm, while focusing just as close: 0.4 m, measured from the sensor.

The blue coating fixes the colour of every horizontal streak: a tungsten fresnel, a bare household bulb and a white LED tube all leave the same cool line. For gaming, consumer-tech or automotive brands, that sameness becomes a signature the colourist need not rebuild. Flaring is held in reserve. With the cylindrical group behind the focusing elements, a night frame full of practicals stays clean; the streak appears when a hard source hits the front glass head-on, say a follow spot crossing the lens at a game launch.

Coverage is Super 35, from a 31.5 mm image circle. With the supplied EF bayonet fitted, it mounts directly on EF bodies such as the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro. That camera's 3.7K 6:5 anamorphic mode reads about 14 × 11.7 mm of sensor and de-squeezes to 2.4:1; there the 2x anamorphic 32 mm sees roughly 47° by 21°, framing an interviewee and the studio monitor behind, not a sweeping vista. Close focus fills the frame with a controller in a player's hands. Near that distance at T2.1, backgrounds take on a gentle Petzval-like twist that stopping down tames.

PL is factory-fitted. The EF bayonet comes boxed with screws, a shim kit and a screwdriver; the manual specifies no shims after the change, so conversion stays in-house, and the back-focus ring trims ±0.2 mm on the body. Focus turns 270°, gears at 0.8 MOD sit where they do across the B set, and the 95 mm front suits clamp-on matte boxes and M86 filters. Scales are metric, blue ink accents mark the barrel, and there are no data contacts. A Marlin 1.6x Expander, bought separately, takes it to full frame. For a studio selling the blue streak as a house look, the 32 anchors the B set; the 55 and 100 mm that complete it match its coating and gears.