The DZOFilm Vespid 16 mm T2.8 FF with EF mount is an ultra-wide cine lens for full-frame and Vista Vision sensors with a 46.5 mm image circle. Its T2.8–T22 aperture range, 0.25 m minimum focus distance and 16-blade iris support wide establishing shots, interiors and close foreground work.
The DZOFilm Vespid 16 mm T2.8 FF with EF mount is an ultra-wide cine lens for full-frame and Vista Vision sensors with a 46.5 mm image circle. Its T2.8–T22 aperture range, 0.25 m minimum focus distance and 16-blade iris support wide establishing shots, interiors and close foreground work.
Its fully manual cine mechanics provide a 270° focus throw, 0.8 MOD gearing, an 80 mm front diameter and a design that does not change lens length while focusing. This sold version is fitted with a Canon EF mount.

The DZOFilm Vespid series of lenses with (interchangeable) PL or EF mounts cover sensors up to full-frame size (46.5 mm circular image circle), yet they remain lightweight and compact—ideal for handheld shooting, gimbals, or drones. The lens design is optimized for video shooting: it ensures minimal “breathing,” prevents rotation of the front element and changes in size during focusing, and the identical positions of the focus and aperture rings across all models ensure easy lens swapping on a rig.
The lenses have a front diameter of 80 mm (on the 16 mm version this is an extinction thread, not a mounting thread for screw-in filters), a 16-blade aperture for natural rendering of the out-of-focus background, focus and aperture rings with teeth for side-focusing systems, a focus ring rotation range of 270° (50–64° for the aperture ring), as well as a interchangeable mount system for swapping in an (optional) PL adapter (for models supplied with an EF mount). An interesting feature is the ability to magnetically attach (optional) ND filters to the rear of the lenses.

Official frame from the manufacturer’s test material for the Vespid Prime series. It illustrates the family’s image character and is not represented as output from this specific 16 mm EF-mount lens.
| Manufacturer: | DZO Optics |
| Category: | Lenses |
| Minimum Focusing Distance | 250mm |
| Number of aperture blades | 16 |
| Lens diameter | 80mm |
| Lens Length | 87mm |
| Bayonet | EF |
| Lens color | Black |
| Lens Type | Cine prime lens |
| Lens suitable for | Full frame |
| Aperture (f) | 2.8 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| Optical stabilisation | No |
| Auto focus | No |
| Zoom | No |
| Anamorphic | No |
| Macro | No |
| Weight | 930g |
| Series | DZOFilm Vespid |
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