The Dulens APO Mini Prime 21mm T2.6 Lens (PL Mount, Black) creates an expressive, cinematic softness for filmmakers seeking a vintage yet polished aesthetic. Covering up to full-frame sensors, this wide-angle cine prime delivers a smooth tonal roll-off and natural skin rendition enhanced by Dulens’ special optical coating. The coating subtly softens highlights, introduces gentle halation, and produces a signature rainbow flare when shot wide open, while stopping down reduces flare for greater contrast and control.
Balancing sharpness with organic character, the APO Mini 21mm T2.6 captures detailed imagery without harsh micro-contrast—ideal for portrait and narrative filmmaking. Its 21mm focal length provides an expansive field of view while maintaining distortion control, making it suitable for interiors, landscapes, and immersive scene work.
Built for professional use, the lens features a compact, all-metal housing with cine-standard 0.8 MOD gears for focus and iris, ensuring seamless compatibility with follow-focus systems. The APO optical design minimizes chromatic aberration, delivering color-consistent performance across the APO Mini lineup.
Apochromatic Design
The APO Mini series uses an apochromatic (APO) design to aid in eliminating the effects of in-focus and out-of-focus color fringing when working with a fully open aperture. This design also ensures that the picture's color remains pure and natural, which is especially important when working with scenes that require the subject to have precise edges, like blue and green screen keying.
Compact Form
With an average weight of just over 1 lb, the APO Mini primes are some of the lightest, most compact cine-style lenses available, making them ideal for gimbal, handheld, and drone capture. Consistent design elements like an 80mm front outside diameter, a 72mm filter thread, and a compact form make it easy to switch between lenses when using matte boxes and other lens accessories.
Interchangeable EF/PL Lens Mount
This lens can be used with other systems via separately available adapters/mounts, enabling you to use it with a wide array of cine-style and mirrorless cameras.
