Digital Cinematography, 2nd Edition

Lenses 201

Cooke

A

Lenses

Figure 7.173 Cooke A 40mm Lens.

Available in 25mm, 32mm, 40mm, 50mm,

65mm macro, 75mm, 100mm, 135mm 180mm,

and 300mm with 2x squeeze and T2.3 aperture,

Cooke’s A lenses offer anamorphic

characteristics including 2:1 oval bokeh for out

of focus highlights, the “Cooke Look”, and color

matching with all other Cooke lenses. When the

SF “Special Flair” coating is applied, it enables

an exaggerated are that gives yet more choice to

cinematographers.

Distortion, veiling glare, ares, and all aberra-

tions are controlled at all apertures over the whole

eld of view. Cooke’s Academy Award winning

cam-style f