Cooke Optics launches SP3 prime lens series for mirrorless cameras, bringing a cinematic look to the videography market
Cooke Optics, the leading developer and manufacturer of high-end cine lenses and intelligent lens technology, has announced the launch of the SP3 range of full-frame prime lenses for mirrorless cameras that are set to transform the pro-video market. The T2.4 range features five focal lengths, a choice of user-changeable mounts and is of small, lightweight […]
PBS Food’s Original Fare Gets a New Look with the Cooke Varotal/i FF Zoom Lens
July 27, 2022 The recently introduced Cooke Optics Varotal/i FF 30-95mm zoom lens played a key role in the re-introduction of Original Fare. Since 2013, Original Fare has been a staple on PBS Food, one of the US public broadcast service’s web streaming channels – as well as being distributed internationally by TVF to China, […]
Cooke Optics 5/i Primes Bring an “Organic, Magical Quality” to Pretty Hard Cases
January 26, 2022 The CBC/IMDb TV original crime drama series Pretty Hard Cases – now in its second season – was shot in Toronto; not as the typical stand-in for New York, but for Toronto itself, as the series embraces the Canadian city and makes it a character as part of the storylines. Using Cooke […]
Cooke S7/i primes add dimensionality and heightened genre moments in comedy thriller TV series, Flight Attendant
November 27, 2020 The Flight Attendant, the Max original series from WarnerMedia Entertainment for the new HBO Max streaming service in the U.S., relied on Cooke Optics’ S7/i Full Frame Plus prime lenses to bring the emotions of the characters to life for cinematographers Brian Burgoyne and Adrian Peng Correia, who shared duties for most […]
Cooke Optics says goodbye to Les Zellan and Robert Howard
October 27, 2020 Cooke Optics announced that its Chairman, Les Zellan, will be stepping down from the company, and its CEO, Robert Howard, will be retiring, both effective from 31 October 2020. Tim Pugh will take over as CEO, while Kees van Oostrum, currently a Cooke Optics board member, becomes Non-Executive Chairman. Cooke, which is […]
Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Brings 1938 Los Angeles to Viewers’ Homes with Cooke S4/i Primes
(May 2020) – When it came time for cinematographer John Conroy to develop the look for Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels spin-off, he already had eight episodes of lensing the original Penny Dreadful under his belt. A major part of the look for the spin-off would come from using Cooke Optics’ S4/i prime lenses […]
Netflix’s French-Language Original Series Osmosis Shot with Cooke S7/i
Imagine that in the not too distant future, a dating app could match you with your soulmate by mining the data in your brain. That’s the premise of Osmosis, the French-language original series from Netflix; however, things don’t always go as planned. Cinematographer Jean-François Hensgens was chosen by Netflix to shoot the first six episodes […]
Joe Anderson Helps Resurrect Top Boy with Cooke S7/i Prime Lenses
When the original two mini-series of Top Boy ended on the UK’s Channel 4 in 2013, few people thought the critically-acclaimed drama about two London street gangs would ever come back. Enter the Canadian rapper Drake (Aubrey “Drake” Graham), who discovered the series on YouTube and was so enamoured that he purchased the rights in […]
Cooke Optics opens Chinese location to further boost international support
Cooke Optics has recently opened its long-awaited Chinese office in Shanghai. As with all other international offices, Cooke China will provide full lens servicing and testing. This new office further strengthens Cooke Optics’ dedication to worldwide service and support. Les Zellan, Chairman, Cooke Optics, said, “We’re thrilled to have permanent presence in the Asia and […]
Two new lenses from Cooke Optics make Worldwide debut at IBC2019
Cooke Optics today announced that two new lenses will be making their worldwide debut at IBC2019, giving cinematographers and directors of photography more ways to achieve “The Cooke Look”® for their projects. The new S7/i Full Frame Plus T2.0 16mm prime lens is currently the widest focal length lens in the S7/i range of […]
The Replacement shot with irreplaceable Cooke lenses
Cooke Optics, the multi-award winning manufacturer of precision lenses for film and television, is pleased to reveal that The Replacement, the new three part drama that starts on BBC 1 on 28 February 2017, was shot with Cooke S4/i lenses by Nick Dance BSC. Written and directed by Joe Ahearne and starring Morven Christie and […]
