DZOFilm Vespid Prime Macro 90mm T2.8 PL Mount (VV/FF)

Macro work often fails not because the subject lacks detail, but because the lens cannot hold precision at short range. The DZOFilm Vespid Prime Macro 90mm T2.8 PL Mount (VV/FF) gives cinema crews a 90 mm close-focus prime for product inserts, food shots, texture studies, beauty details and controlled tabletop filming. Its 1.5× macro magnification and 0.258 m close focus from the sensor plane let operators move from a portrait-like field of view to tight material detail without leaving the Vespid Prime look.

The lens covers VistaVision and full-frame sensors with a 46.5 mm image circle, so it matches large-format cameras used for commercials, branded films, narrative close-ups and high-resolution studio capture. A T2.8–T22 aperture range gives enough depth control for selective focus while retaining room to stop down for pack shots or technical objects that need more of the subject in focus. Its optical construction uses 11 elements in 9 groups, a useful specification for buyers comparing compact cine macro lenses by optical layout rather than marketing claims.

Manual mechanics are central to this PL-mount version. The focus ring offers 300° rotation for repeatable marks, while the iris ring has a 68° throw for measured exposure pulls. Standard 0.8 MOD cine gearing on focus and iris supports follow-focus units, lens motors and remote lens-control systems used on rails, studio heads or motion-control rigs. Camera teams can mark critical distances, rehearse a move and repeat it across takes with a level of tactile control that still matters in close-up cinema work.

Within a Vespid Prime set, the Macro 90 mm adds a close-range focal length while keeping the same series character: restrained contrast, clean colour handling and rounded out-of-focus highlights from a 16-blade iris. The M77 filter thread accepts common ND, diffusion or protection filters, useful for matching exposure and texture across interviews, product macro scenes, documentary cutaways and second-unit detail shots. For a shop customer comparing full-frame PL cinema lenses, this model is best read as a specialist macro tool that still cuts naturally beside the wider Vespid primes.