DZOFilm Pavo 40mm 2x Anamorphic T2.1 PL & EF Mount (S35) Neutral

Medium shots in a Pavo A-set package (28, 40 and 75 mm) usually fall to the DZOFilm Pavo 40mm 2x Anamorphic T2.1 PL & EF Mount Neutral. Coverage stops at Super 35, the image circle measuring 31.5 mm, and it shares T2.1 with the 28, 32, 55 and 75 mm, so a cut from the wide lens at full aperture needs no exposure change. Inside, 15 elements are arranged in 14 groups, unlike the 13-group 28 and 32 mm, while a 16-blade iris renders defocused points as clean ovals.

Close focus is 0.45 m from the focal plane. For the feature film Carolina Caroline, the cinematographer kept the 40 mm, along with the 55, 75 and 65 mm macro, near the actors for the romantic scenes. Wide open and close in, the background begins to rotate softly around the subject; stopped down to T4.5, the separation remains, only quieter. That production paired its Pavos with a RED V-Raptor X, and DZOFilm reports that the rear optics clear RED's eND PL mount, worth knowing before that body is booked.

The neutral coating lets a horizontal streak inherit the hue of the light that produced it. A candle flame leaves an amber trace, daylight through a window a cool one, and the grade has no tint to undo. Streaks need a source striking the front glass directly, not merely a lamp somewhere in frame, which is why contrast holds on night exteriors dotted with practicals. Vermilion fill in the engravings identifies this version.

Supplied in PL, this anamorphic prime changes to EF with the bayonet and hardware packed in the box. DZOFilm's instructions require no shims for that swap, and any residual flange error, up to ±0.2 mm, is corrected at a rear ring with the lens on the camera. Focus travels 270° on a metric scale, the iris needs only 58° between T2.1 and T22, and the 0.8 MOD gear rings sit the same distance from the mount across the 28–100 mm range, so neither the lens motors nor the matte box move between the 28, 40 and 75 mm. Matte boxes clamp onto the 95 mm front, M86 filters screw straight in, and the barrel carries no electrical contacts. Add DZOFilm's separately available Marlin 1.6x Expander behind the lens and it fills a full-frame sensor as roughly a 64 mm, losing close to a stop and a half.