Cooke 32mm T2.2 Panchro/i Classic Prime Lens for PL Mount, Feet

You can now experience the timeless charm of vintage photography with the 32mm T2.2 Panchro/i Classic Prime Lens for PL Mount, Feet. This high-quality lens is a modern redesign of the iconic Cooke Speed Panchro lenses that were popular from the 1920s to 1960s. It retains the coveted Cooke Look aesthetic while incorporating the benefits of contemporary glass and technology.

This professional lens features an adapted and upgraded design of the vintage classic, using modern glass for superior image quality. It is color balanced, color matched, and compatible with Cooke 5/i, S4/i, miniS4/i, and Anamorphic/i, making it a versatile addition to your photography gear.

The lens is equipped with /i Technology, a feature that allows for frame by frame digital information capture. This intelligent technology enables cameras to automatically record key lens data for every frame shot, providing post-production teams with digital access to crucial information like lens setting, focusing distance, aperture, depth-of-field, hyperfocal distance, and serial number. This streamlines the production and post-production process, saving time and cost by eliminating guesswork.

The lens is expertly crafted using traditional grinding and polishing techniques to achieve the highest level of precision. More insights and measurements are taken than ever before to ensure superior quality. The glass is coated and cemented with minerals evaporated at high temperatures in a vacuum to create a thin film. The glass diameters are perfectly round, thanks to meticulous edging. The lenses are then thoroughly tested, checked, modified, cleaned, and rechecked to ensure reliability and durability.

The Panchro/i Classic series comprises of 12 Prime Lenses, all optically designed to provide the classic and infamous vintage Speed Panchro look of the 1920s, as well as the Cooke Look. The lens provides a super35 version of the famous Cooke Speed Panchro lenses of the past, combining the vintage look with modern opto-mechanical design.

The lens features a smooth and accurate focus movement, designed ergonomically for precision mechanics to provide a consistent feel in operation through the entire focus movement. The Cooke /I Technology ecosystem provides critical lens metadata such as focus and Iris position, as well as individually calibrated lens distortion and shading maps, making it suitable for the most modern VFX applications such as Virtual Production shooting.

All Panchro/I Classic series Primes have standardized 0.8 MOD focus and Iris drive gears. They also feature a fixed common front diameter of 110mm. The lens is compact and suitable for all shooting applications. It is color balanced and color matched, ensuring consistency across the series. The lens features a nine-leaf linear module iris assembly, providing an aperture range of T2.2-T22. All lenses have factory calibrated focus scales with clearly identifiable distance marks.

The lens comes with a precision PL Mount with /i Technology Electrical Contacts. It has a durable and hard-wearing surface finish to meet the needs of the most demanding environmental conditions. All Panchro/I Classic series prime lenses are designed for full performance and reliability with a minimum of downtime, making them a reliable choice for professional photographers.