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Cooke S4 Prime Lenses

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The Cooke S4 Prime Lenses were designed and developed in close technical collaboration with Clairmont Camera and Otto Nemenz in Hollywood. They are colour-matched and compatible with Cooke's 18-100mm T3.0 and 25-250mm T3.7 zoom lenses. The S4 lenses represent a major advance in fixed focal length lenses for 35mm format professional cinematography.

Cooke Awards

1998 - Cinec Award for Technical Excellence, Germany

1999 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Engineering Award for Optical and Mechanical Design

2000 - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development

2001 - Two Queen's Awards for Enterprise - International Trade and Innovation, England

2001 - Winner, Exporter of the Year, 2001 International Business Award, Export Times and Trade Partners UK

2001 - Winner, Product Innovation, 2001 International Business Award, Export Times and Trade Partners UK

Optical Design: The optics are designed to give maximum performance at full aperture with superior control of flare, distortion and spherical aberration.

/i Electronics: The S4/i system is designed for use with LDS equipped cameras and for use with any professional film camera -- 16mm or 35mm -- using a /i Lens Display unit, provided by Cinematography Electronics. All new Cooke S4 lenses incorporate /i technology.

/i dataLink: to save considerable time and money in post.

Colour Balance: All Cooke S4 prime lenses are colour balanced to a specification within parameters approved by Kodak.

T2 Aperture: All Cooke S4 primes have a true T2 aperture and cover Super 35mm format.

Index Marks: Every index mark is labelled. More detailed markings allow for more detailed focus control.

Focus Movement: Our Academy Award® winning cam-style focus movement coupled with the added benefit of a large lens barrel diameter, has allowed for an increased number of focus markings, particularly at close focus. Spherical aberration has been controlled throughout the range of focal lengths to eliminate compensation of changes in back focus with aperture. A four-point contact bearing provides a smooth positive backlash-free movement.

Camera Mounts: Arriflex PL Mount

Focus Scaling: Large, clear numerals on both sides of the focus barrel benefit the focus puller when shooting under difficult lighting conditions.

Compatibility: All Cooke S4 primes 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 114T x 0.8

External Finish: A scratch resistant PTFE hard anodised finish is provided on all Cooke lenses, providing a durable, hard-wearing surface to meet the most demanding environmental conditions.

Iris: A new eight-leaf linear module iris assembly is fitted into the Cooke S4 primes with an aperture range of T2 to T22.

Weight/Size Ratio: The lenses are designed for all shooting applications, including handheld and Steadicam, providing comfortable balance ratio with the latest compact cameras.

Reliability and Service: The Cooke S4 prime lenses are designed to meet a market requirement for fully reliable performance with a minimum of downtime.

Cooke /i Technology: Using a Metadata Capture and Sharing Workflow

With schedules tighter than ever and demands for higher image quality, the need for production and post to work closely together has never been more important. A new protocol is improving efficiency and quality across the entire workflow, saving significant time and cost -- /i Technology from Cooke Optics.

/i enables film and digital cameras to automatically record key lens and camera data for every frame shot and provide it to post-production teams digitally. It streamlines production and post, saves time and cost, and eliminates guesswork while enabling greater creative freedom. 

Capture: Use any PL mounted camera* – digital or film – to capture focus, zoom and iris settings of each take, synced to timecode. No manual data recording, no errors.

Record: /i records the information (directly into the camera or via /i dataLink*) for every frame at any frame rate up to 60 fps, film or digital, and stores it as metadata.

Share: Metadata is passed through to post-production** to improve VFX creation and DI calibration.

Improve Accuracy & Speed: Artists create visual effects and 3D models that are more accurate, with much greater speed. 

*Supporting Cameras and Devices:

RED has built-in /i support utilizing contacts in the RED camera lens mount for direct metadata capture.

Aaton has built /i support into the Penelope 2 35mm camera, for direct metadata capture.

Cooke’s /i dataLink device is a small box that mounts easily to any camera to record lens data from any /i enabled lens, records it on an SD card, and stores settings as metadata for post-production.

/i is also supported by devices from

ARRI

Cinematography Electronics

Preston Cinema Systems

CMotion 

Service Vision

Mark Roberts Motion Control

Supporting lenses:

Cooke S4/i Prime Lenses

Cooke S4/i 15-40mm CXX T2.0 Zoom 

NEW! Cooke RED Set

RED 18-50mm Zoom

RED 50-150mm Zoom 

**Supporting Software: 

Avid editing systems take lens metadata captured with /i and pass it through to VFX. Stay tuned for news of additional editing system support. The Pixel Farm’s PF Track tracking software fully supports /i, synching lens data with 3D camera data.

Specifications

40mm
S4/i
50mm
S4/i
65mm
S4/i
65mm SF 75mm
S4/i
100mm
S4/i
135mm
S4/i
150mm
S4/i
180mm
S4/i
300mm
S4/i
T-stop Range T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2.8-T22
Angular Rotation of Iris Scale94939292929192929478
Miniumum Marked Object Distance400
16
500
20
700
27
700
27
750
30
900
36
800
30
1050
42
1300
51
2100
84
Close Focus from Lens Front 216
8.5
330
13
473
20
453
19.2
584
23
724
28.5
564
20.7
841
33.8
1063
41.7
1846
74
Angular Rotation to MOD Endstop 300300300300300300340300300300
Maximum Diagonal Angle of View for Super 35 Format 4134262622171311.59.55.7
Length from Front of Lens to Lens Mount 141
5.5
125
4.9
125
4.9
145
5.7
125
4.9
141
5.5
184
7.3
157
6.2
185
7.3
202
7.95
Max Front Diameter 110110110110110110110125136136
Total Weight 2.0
4.4
1.5
3.3
1.60
3.55
2.25
4.95
1.75
3.85
2.0
4.4
2.25
4.95
3.5
7.7
4.3
9.45
4.7
10.35

 

Units 12mm
S4/i
14mm
S4/i
16mm
S4/i
18mm
S4/i
21mm
S4/i
25mm
S4/i
27mm
S4/i
32mm
S4/i
35mm
S4/i
T-stop Range T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22T2-T22
Angular Rotation of Iris Scaledegrees969696969696969695
Miniumum Marked Object Distancemm
inches
225
9
250
9
225
9
250
9
250
9
250
9
250
10
300
12
350
14
Close Focus from Lens Front mm
inches
47
2.0
50
2.0
47
2.0
64
2.5
85
2.5
64
2.5
110
4.5
152
6.0
170
6.9
Angular Rotation to MOD Endstop degrees270270270270270270270300300
Maximum Diagonal Angle of View for Super 35 Format degrees1039486807162585046
Length from Front of Lens to Lens Mount mm
inches
126
5.0
126
5.0
126
5.0
113
4.5
113
4.5
113
4.5
113
4.5
128
5.0
128
5.0
Max Front Diameter mm156110110110110110110110110
Total Weight kg
lbs
3
6.5
2.2
4.8
2.45
5.40
1.75
3.85
2.0
4.4
1.6
3.5
1.60
3.55
1.85
4.0
1.90
4.20