Lens mounts · ARRI PL
ARRI PL mount: cameras, lenses & what adapts
ARRI PL is a full frame cine / pl mount introduced in 1982.
Full frame imaging circle· 52.00mm flange distance· Cine / PL, since 1982
Cameras on ARRI PL
Every body in the catalogue that takes ARRI PL lenses, newest first. Prices are the best new price from a UK retailer we track.
Lens range
15 ARRI PL lenses in the catalogue. Native means made by a company that also makes ARRI PL bodies; third-party is everyone else.
Best ARRI PL lenses by genre
Top three per genre from the lens engine, scored on this lens's own format. The same scores you see on each lens page; Gear Builder re-scores them for the exact body you pick.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for portrait.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for street.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for travel.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for weddings & events.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for vlogging.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for sports & action.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for landscape.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for wildlife.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for casual.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for architecture.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for astro.
No ARRI PL lens in the catalogue qualifies for underwater.
Flange distance & adapting
A plain adapter is a spacer: it can only add distance between lens and sensor. Glass from a mount with a longer flange distance adapts cleanly onto ARRI PL; glass from a shorter one needs corrective optics.
- Type
- Cine / PL
- Coverage
- Full frame
- Crop factor
- 1.00×
- Maker
- ARRI
- Introduced
- 1982
Lenses you can put on a ARRI PL body
5 other mounts adapt onto ARRI PL without corrective glass. Focus and framing only; autofocus and aperture control depend on the adapter.
Where ARRI PL lenses can go
Current camera mounts that accept ARRI PL glass: 9 with a plain or thin adapter.
How deep is the ARRI PL lens range?
The lens-ecosystem scores Camera Match uses when it ranks ARRI PL bodies for wildlife, sports, portrait, macro, food, architecture and astro. Scored 0–10 from the native lenses buyable new, with the reasoning shown.
No ecosystem scores recorded for ARRI PL yet.
Batteries, cards & filters for ARRI PL
The battery models and card types ARRI PL bodies use, and the most common filter threads on ARRI PL lenses. Each links to the cameras or lenses that share it and what to buy.
Next step
Lens counts and picks come from the catalogue and the lens engine, so they change as lenses are added. Ecosystem scores are researched per mount with a source and feed Camera Match's lens-range feature. How scoring works · All mounts