COOKE PANCHRO/i CLASSICS

All 12 focal lengths now available at MPS Studios: 18, 21,  25, 27, 32, 40, 50, 65mm macro, 75, 100, 135, 152mm.

The growing demand for vintage Cooke Speed Panchro lenses from the 1920s to 1960s prompted the introduction of a modern redesign of the vintage classic: the Cooke Panchro/i Classic, T2.2 to T3.2 Prime lenses.

The new Cooke Panchro/i, that is true to the original look of the now legendary Speed Panchro, recreates the same look and feel of the original with the advantage of modern glass mounted for today’s cameras. And, the new lenses come equipped with /i Technology for frame by frame digital information capture, as do all modern Cooke cine lenses for film and digital capture.

The original Cooke Speed Panchro, designed by Horace W. Lee in the 1920s, was a cine prime lens that chromatically enhanced an image when filming under restricted illumination. Cooke Speed Panchros combined a relative aperture as wide as f2.0 with an angular field of view and definition previously impossible with much smaller apertures. They quickly gained a worldwide reputation for quality cinema production and were widely used throughout the 20th century.

The coveted Cooke Look, defined by Cooke as “sharp, subtle, smooth rendering that provides dimensionality, high contrast, and pleases the eye” that produces “warm and natural visuals”.

The Cooke Panchro/i Classics feature:

• The same coveted Cooke Look aesthetic as the now legendary Cooke Speed Panchro
• An adapted and upgraded design of the vintage classic featuring modern glass
• Equipped with /i Technology for frame by frame digital information capture
• Cooke’s /I Technology, enabling cameras to automatically record key lens data for every frame shot, allowing post-production teams to access it digitally
• Precision PL Mount with /i Technology Electrical Contacts
• Quality and consistency that Cooke is known for
• Soft, subtle flairs even when pointing directly at a light source
• Warm color palette

The Cooke Panchro/i Classics are color matched to most Cooke lenses – our Cooke S7’s, Cooke Anamorphic Primes, Cooke S4’s, and Cooke Mini S4’s.

Cooke’s /i Technology enables cameras to automatically record key lens data for every frame shot, allowing post-production teams to access it digitally. Featuring key information on  lens setting, focusing distance, aperture and depth-of-field, hyperfocal distance, serial number and more, it streamlines production and post and saves time and cost to eliminate guesswork. AC loves this technology in combination with remote follow focus systems.