DZOFilm DZO 10-24mm T2.9 MFT Parfocal Cine Lens

Great construction and focal range. Found it trickier to focus with than other cine-style lenses I've used for MFTöthe ring wasn't anywhere near as intuitive as I'd hoped. I'd rather use the Voigtlander 10.5, 17.5 and 25 without hesitation.

It's my first full on cinema lens, this is great. Has a long focus throw and breathing is minimal which was much more appreciated. Also loved the fact that it was parafocal, got some interesting shots already which is fantastic.

This lens is built like a tank! It is heavy in hand, and made soundly. I have no question that it will last a generation. Optically it does everything it says it does. It is properly parfocal, and focus breathing is minimal. The captured image very clear without being clinically sharp, which is a very good thing. The range on a MFT is well suited for your establishing to medium shots. Would serve well as an interview lens with it's 35mm equivalent 48mm end length. The ring gears are cut perfectly and mesh well with my pre-existing rig. There are some problems though. One that's just frustratingly bad and another that's more of a quibble. The quibble. That at the end of of a ring movement, the resistance changes slightly, like it stops being smoothly lubricated and is more metal on metal. No noise, no grinding, but it does feel like if the ring were to go any further that it would be grinding. The frustrating problem. When using a filter, sized for the front filter thread of 77mm, you can see the filter ring when at 10mm. In my case, using a 77mm B+W MRC Variable ND, I was able to see the filter ring from 10-13mm. Even my lower profile UV filters can be seen causing vignetting at 10mm. They simply messed up. They should have flared out the lens ring to 82mm or shortened the lip. In my opinion, it's a large oversight. DZO should at the very least include a step up ring. This particular oversight means I must buy another VND/Step up ring setup, which will be about .300 more out of pocket as the B+W 82mm VND's are .110 more than the 77mm model. So, if you're picking this up and some filters to go in front of it, make sure you go with 82mm filters, not 's recommended 77mm.