New Cooke SP3 cine lens!

Sep 08 2023

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Cooke is the most reputed Cinema Lenses which had been a premium brand to produce quality images, cinematographers used to prefer “Cooke Look” that is the special one for its optical design.

Now bridge between Cinema Cameras and Prosumer Cameras are fading out,and full frame sensor cinema cameras line up increasing.

Cooke has come up with a light weight full frame sensor coverage lenses named as SP3 is real surprise package.

Highlights

  • Covers Full-Frame Sensors, T2.4 Aperture
  • User-Changeable Mounts
  • Matches Cooke Panchro/i Classic Lenses
  • Produces the Classic Cooke Look
  • Consistent 0.8 MOD Gearing Across Series
  • Lightweight and Compact Design
  • 82mm Front Diameter, 77mm Filter Thread
  • 9-Blade Aperture
  • Smooth, Accurate Focus and Iris Feel
  • Focus Scales in Feet and Meters

This Cooke lens definitely a welcome one especially it’s light weight quality will help to put on gimbals and 3D filming rigs.

The Cooke Look

The SP3 primes are closely based on the classic Cooke Look popularized in Hollywood films.

Outstanding definition and resolution are complemented by a classic fall-off towards the frame edge.

Proprietary Cooke optical coatings ensure flare control and color matching across the series.

Images are rendered with greater realism thanks to heightened dimensionality and contrast performance.

Facial images feature optimal skin tone and character.

Consistent T2.4 Aperture

Designed with a fast T2.4 aperture that is consistent across the series.

The 9-blade aperture features smooth and accurate adjustments with finer control towards the wider end.

Interchangeable Mount

This Sony E-mount lens features an interchangeable mount that can be changed by the user.

Available mounts will include Canon RF and Leica L and M options.

The RF-mount will be available soon after launch; purchasers will be able to redeem one free of charge by following the instructions in the packaging. The Leica M-mount will be available in early 2024.

Focus Control

Non-linear focus scales provide more exact control as you approach minimum focus.

Industry-standard 0.8-MOD focus and iris gears are compatible with third-party FIZ systems.

Focus scales are marked in both feet and meters.

There are five SP3 primes: 25, 32, 50, 75 and 100 mm.

All are reasonably priced …The Cooke Optics SP3 lenses Pricing for a single SP3 lens is $4,500; a complete five-lens set with hard case, mounting hardware, shims and other accessories will retail for $21,375.

Article by

CJ Rajkumar

Author/ Cinematographer

 

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