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Cooke 40mm T2.8 miniS4/i Cine Lens for PL Mount, Meter
SKU: COCKEP4M MFR: CKEP 40M
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- Capture stunning visuals with this 40mm Cooke Cine Lens, known for its beautiful image quality.
- Achieve cinematic excellence using the precise manual focus of this PL Mount lens.
- Enjoy a bright T2.8 aperture, perfect for low-light shooting and creative depth of field.
- Built for durability, this Cooke miniS4/i lens ensures reliability on any film set.
- Get optimal coverage with a Super 35 format, maximizing your camera's sensor area.
- Experience smooth focus pulls with the lens's 300-degree rotation to MOD endstop.
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About Cooke 40mm T2.8
What sets the Cooke miniS4/i Primes (T2.8 to T22 aperture) apart is their ability to meet the demands of modern filmmakers for compact, lightweight lenses without compromising on resolution, optical quality, or reliability. These lenses, operating at a T2.8 speed, are the perfect match for the high-speed capabilities of today's digital cameras, making T2.8 the new, cost-effective T2.0.
The Mini S4/i lenses are fully interchangeable with the S4/i and 5/i lenses, making them versatile tools for capturing both film and digital images. They are designed to deliver superior performance even beyond a 4K resolution. The current Mini S4/i series includes focal lengths of 18, 25, 32, 40, 50, 65, 75, 100, and 135mm.
Each Cooke miniS4/i Prime lens comes equipped with /i Technology, making them compatible with all PL mounted professional motion picture film and electronic cameras. This innovative technology provides cinematographers and camera operators with crucial lens setting information, including focusing distance, aperture, depth-of-field, hyperfocal distance, serial number, owner data, lens type, and focal length. This data is available in both metric and footage measurements. For zoom lenses, the zoom position is also displayed, adding another layer of convenience and control for the user.
In essence, the Cooke 40mm T2.8 miniS4/i Cine Lens for PL Mount, Meter is a powerful tool that combines advanced technology with user-friendly features to meet the needs of today's filmmakers.
Cooke 40mm T2.8 Features
- Optical Design: The optics are designed to give maximum performance at full aperture with superior control of flare, distortion and spherical aberration.
- i Electronics: Accessible via contacts in PL mount that sync with /i compatible cameras.
- Colour Balance: All miniS4/i prime lenses are colour balanced to a specification within parameters approved by Kodak.
- Aperture: All miniS4/i primes have a true T2.8 aperture and cover Super 35mm format.
- Index Marks: Every index mark is labelled. More detailed markings allow for more detailed focus control.
- Focus Movement: Cooke cam-style focus movement coupled with the added benefit of a large lens barrel diameter, has allowed for an increased number of focus markings, particularly at close focus. Spherical aberration has been controlled throughout the range of focal lengths to eliminate compensation of changes in back focus with aperture
- Camera Mounts: Arriflex PL Mount
- Focus Scaling: Large, clear numerals on both sides of the focus barrel benefit thefocus puller when shooting under difficult lighting conditions. Plus the the Entrance Pupil position is engraved on the lens.
- Compatibility: All Cooke miniS4/i primes have a common fixed front diameter of 87mm, with a focus drive gear of 121T x 0.8 mod and an iris drive gear of 119T x0.8.
- External Finish: A scratch resistant PTFE hard anodised finish is provided on all Cooke lenses, providing a durable, hard-wearing surface to meet the most demanding environmental conditions.
- Iris: An eight-leaf linear module iris assembly is fitted into miniS4/i primes with an aperture range of T2.8 to T22.
- Weight/Size Ratio: The lenses are designed for all shooting applications, including handheld and Steadicam, providing comfortable balance ratio with the latest compact cameras.
- Reliability and Service: miniS4/i prime lenses are designed to meet a market requirement for fully reliable performance with a minimum of downtime.