DZOFILM DZOFILM Arles 21mm T1.4 FF/VV Prime Cine Lens for ARRI PL Mount

For filmmakers and cinematographers seeking unparalleled visual brilliance, the DZOFILM Arles Prime Cine Lens for PL Mount in Black is a game-changer. Drawing inspiration from the vibrant town of Arles in southern France, a muse for Vincent van Gogh, this lens series embodies the dynamic interplay of light and shadow, much like the town's renowned sunlight and colors. With a fast T 1.4 aperture, the Arles Prime lens excels in low-light conditions, delivering a dreamy shallow depth of field that highlights every narrative detail with precision. The Arles Prime lens is engineered for high-speed shooting, ensuring smooth and exquisite cinematic footage without compromising image quality.

Its advanced multi-layer nano-coating technology, including a specially calibrated blue coating, minimizes reflections and reduces stray light and ghosting, providing stable and controllable flares. The internal lens structure, crafted with sandblasting and anodizing techniques, features a micro-level anti-reflective coating that ensures clean and sharp images even when shooting directly against the light. Consistent color temperatures around 5000K across the focal range faithfully reproduce vivid, true-to-life colors, presenting a natural and neutral visual style. With 16 aperture blades, the Arles Prime lens delivers delightful circular bokeh and smooth transitions between in-focus and out-of-focus areas.

At maximum aperture, it offers a soft low-contrast look, with slight swirling bokeh on the periphery that adds a distinctive characteristic to the image, enhancing the emotional depth of each frame. The built-in floating lens elements minimize aberrations during focusing transitions, improving optical performance and minimizing breathing to immerse viewers in each frame. The Arles Prime series achieves remarkable image quality through rigorous optical design, incorporating two aspherical elements in the 14mm, 21mm, and 25mm lenses to improve image quality in low-light conditions. These lenses maintain a lightweight and compact form while effectively correcting spherical aberration and coma, reducing onion-ring bokeh, and minimizing wide-angle distortion and astigmatism.

Low-dispersion optical materials precisely suppress chromatic aberration, resulting in exceptional optical performance. With a comprehensive set of ten lenses covering ultra-wide, standard, and telephoto focal lengths, the Arles series caters to a wide range of shooting scenarios while maintaining consistent visual aesthetics. Compatible with larger format sensors, it offers coverage for medium format cameras such as the 43.8 x 32.9 mm format with focal lengths ranging from 25mm to 50mm, as well as large format cameras like the ALEXA 65 ( 54.12 x 25.59 mm) with focal lengths from 75mm to 180mm, satisfying diverse needs from independent filmmaking to large-scale film production.

The Arles Prime lens is designed for robust mechanical performance and smooth workflow, with thorough testing ensuring structural integrity and smooth operation of focus and aperture rings for precise focusing and accurate exposure. The dual interchangeable imperial/metric focus scale design facilitates quick switching, meeting diverse needs. With a uniform front diameter of 95mm and an 86mm filter size across the range, the lens integrates seamlessly with industry-standard cine accessories. Its lightweight, compact design (weighing between 1.4 and 1.9 kg) allows for easy integration with gimbals, stabilizers, drones, and Steadicams, opening limitless shooting possibilities, including handheld, vehicle-mounted, shoulder-mounted, and aerial shots.

Designed for interchangeable mounts, the Arles offers wide compatibility with various cinema cameras, empowering filmmakers with unparalleled versatility. Compatible with DZOFILM KOOP rear filters, featuring magnetic installation and lightweight flexibility, it allows for purer imagery and inspires endless creative possibilities