Cinematographers loved the Cooke Speed Panchros, but had issues. The main issue was inconsistent color matched and inconsistent color balanced sets of lenses. Due to the long history of the lenses. The Speed Panchros were made through the 1920s to the 1960s. 40 years of different manufacturing techniques and different chemical processes for coatings. The lenses would be sourced individually throughout the years, through different sets, and different wearing on coatings. It would be rare to get a set that was made so close to each other in manufacturing time, while having the same amount of wear on the coatings so the lenses were consistently color matched.
Cooke has brought back the exact same design and technical specs from the Speed Panchros. Now the new lenses are all color matched across all lenses within the series. With the benefits of modern manufacturing processes, housed in the same anodized aluminum housing as the renowned S4, and now lens data for post production. Now productions are able to save time and money by not having to chase white balance on set constantly or spending too much time in color grading. The filmmaking process has been streamlined and results in the lenses ability to meet the demand of today’s productions. Allowing Cinematographers to spend less time fixing and more time achieving their vision.
Cooke’s /i Technology enables cameras to automatically record key lens data for every frame shot, allowing post-production teams to access it digitally. Featuring key information on lens setting, focusing distance, aperture and depth-of-field, hyperfocal distance, serial number and more, it streamlines production and post and saves time and cost to eliminate guesswork.
- Lenses
- 100mm T2.6 - CF 2'
- 18mm T2.2 - CF 8"
- 25mm T2.2 - CF 8"
- 32mm T2.2 - CF 9"
- 40mm T2.2 - CF 13"
- 50mm T2.2 - CF 16"
- 75mm T2.2 - CF 2' 6"
- Feet
- 110mm
- /i Technology
- PL Mount
- 31.1mm
- Super 35
- 3.3-3.9 lbs
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