Cooke 100mm T2.3 Anamorphic/i 1.8x Plus Lens for PL Mount

Take your filmmaking and photography to the next level with the high-quality, professional 100mm T2.3 Anamorphic/i 1.8x Plus Lens for PL Mount. This lens is a product of Cooke's innovative technology and craftsmanship, offering superb optical and mechanical performance. It's designed to control flare, distortion, veiling glare, and spherical aberrations at full aperture, ensuring crisp and clear images every time.

This versatile lens features a balanced coverage circle that fully covers a 24 x 36 still size sensor with a 1.8 squeeze, providing the perfect sweet spot for large format production. It's equipped with eight different focal lengths, each offering the coveted Cooke Look, making it a reliable choice for various shooting needs.

The lens is also equipped with /i Technology, a feature that captures frame by frame digital information. This technology automatically collects detailed lens data, providing production, VFX, and post-production teams with insights into everything from lens setting to hyperfocal distance. This information includes focus distance, aperture, depth-of-field, owner data, and focal length in both metric and footage measurements. It also gathers inertial tracking data, shading, and distortion data.

The lens is handcrafted with classic polishing techniques to ensure maximum accuracy. It undergoes a meticulous process of grinding, polishing, metrology, coating, cementing, edging, cleaning, and assembly. This process ensures that the lens delivers the best possible end result.

The Anamorphic/i series comprises of 10 Anamorphic Prime Lenses, all optimized for film and digital film cameras. They reduce lateral color aberration and provide an organic bokeh look. The optics feature a 2x squeeze factor for super35 formats in a 2.4:1 aspect ratio. All lenses in the series are color balanced and color matched, ensuring consistency across the series.

The Anamorphic/i series of prime lenses feature an eleven-leaf linear module iris assembly, providing an aperture range of T2.3-T22. The focus movement is ergonomically designed for smooth and accurate travel, utilizing precision mechanics for a consistent feel in operation through the entire focus movement. All lenses have factory calibrated focus scales with clearly identifiable distance marks.

The lens is designed with a precision PL Mount with /i Technology and electrical contacts. All Anamorphic/i series Lenses have standardized 0.8 MOD focus and Iris drive gears. Most lenses in the series also feature a fixed common front diameter of 110mm. The external finish is durable and hard-wearing, designed to meet the needs of the most demanding environmental conditions. The weight/size ratio is optimized for the series, ensuring full performance and reliability with a minimum of downtime.