Cooke 18mm T2.2 Panchro/i Classic FF Prime Lens for PL Mount, Meter

With a nod to the iconic vintage Speed Panchro look of the 1920s, the 18mm T2.2 Panchro/i Classic FF Prime Lens for PL Mount, Meter is a full-frame version of Cooke's popular lenses, reimagined for modern full-frame capture. This high-quality, professional lens is meticulously crafted to deliver the renowned Cooke Look, offering a unique blend of vintage aesthetic and contemporary opto-mechanical design.

The lens features an optical design engineered for maximum performance at full aperture, ensuring superior control of flare, distortion, and spherical aberration. The wide-angle focal length of 18mm makes it a versatile choice for a variety of photography and filmmaking applications, including landscape, architecture, and interior photography.

The lens boasts a fast maximum aperture of T2.2, allowing for a shallow depth of field and the creation of stunning bokeh effects. This makes it an excellent choice for portrait, wedding, and other types of photography where a blurred background is desired.

The Panchro/i Classic FF Prime Lens is color balanced and color matched, ensuring consistency across the series. It is built to withstand the most demanding environments, making it a reliable choice for professional photographers and filmmakers.

The lens features /i Technology, which records key lens data for every shot, removing uncertainty from set-to-post information. This lens also includes a four-point contact bearing for smooth, positive, backlash-free focus movement. The focus scale marks are ergonomically designed, changing from conventional focus scale distance marks to magnification ratio marks through the movement.

The lens is designed for all shooting applications, including handheld and Steadicam, providing a comfortable balance ratio with the latest compact cameras. All Panchro/i Classic FF lenses have a common fixed front diameter of 110mm, with a focus drive gear of 140T x 0.8 mod and an iris drive gear of 134T x 0.8.

The lens also features a nine-leaf linear module iris assembly, housed in the series. It is compatible with PL mounts with /i Technology contact pins. This durable, versatile, and reliable lens is a true icon in the world of photography and filmmaking, offering the perfect blend of vintage charm and modern performance.