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What’s cookin’? Plenty! British manufacturer of (very high) quality cine glass, Cooke Optics, just announced five new lenses to its FF+ (Full Frame Plus) range of primes. Four of them sit in the S7/i category, the Anamorphic/i lineup snaps the fifth new prime lens.
Cooke has quite the reputation in the high-end cine production, the Cooke Look is something many cinematographers are after and –like me– Cooke claims that crazy-high resolution is not everything, looks matters! Now, since NAB 2020 is not gonna happen, at least not the way we know and love, Cooke decided to announce their 2020 lineup via zoom webinar. The company announces five new lenses and the press release comes along with a statement of Cooke Optics Chariman Les Zellan:
We’re disappointed that we are unable to see many of our international friends at NAB this year, but this webinar will give people the opportunity to hear more about the new lenses, find out what else we are working on including Cooke Optics TV and #ShotOnCooke, and ask the questions that they would have been able to discuss on the stand.
Hopefully the filmmaking community will be able to lay hands on these new lenses in real-life productions rather sooner than later!
With the addition of the new 300mm T3.3 prime, the whole S7/i FF+ lineup now sports an impressive total of 14 lenses:
All 14 lenses of the Cooke S7/i FF+ lineup.
Furthermore, Cooke announced three new 1:1 MAKRO lenses for a new branch of the S7/i lineup as well: 60mm, 90mm, and 150mm. If you happen to have all these lenses available for a given shoot, I don’t think there is any excuse not to get that perfect shot anymore!
Happy days for anamorphic shooters! Along with the release of the four new lenses above, Cooke also announced a fresh Anamorphic/i lens: the 180mm T2.3.
Anamorphic/i 180mm T2.3
That lens expands the whole Anamorphic/i lineup to a total of eight lenses:
Lineup of Anamorphic/i prime lenses
Of course, Cooke glass is not exactly cheap, it’s much more of a rental item but if you’re serious about cinematography, you should try and get your hands dirty with a set of these! The Cooke Look still is a thing many A-list DoPs around the world are after. But never forget: even with inferior gear great results can be achieved!
Links: Website
Did you ever shot on Cooke? Share your experiences in the comments below!
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Olaf von Voss is a freelance cameraman who is in business for well over a decade. He is living in Berlin, Germany but has traveled the world as well while shooting mostly documentaries.