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Company Summary
Cooke Optics
Company Website: https://www.cookeoptics.com/
Duclos Page: https://www.ducloslenses.com/pages/cooke
A legacy of superior and innovative lens design and manufacture under the Cooke name that continued throughout the 20th century beginning with still portrait, telephoto and process lenses, through the development of acclaimed Cooke cine and television lenses, and continues today by Cooke Optics Limited, with award winning 35mm cine prime and zoom lenses.
Lens Models
Speed Panchro
24mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro
28mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro
32mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro
35mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro
40mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro
50mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro
75mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro
108mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro
Speed Panchro - Series II
18mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro S2
25mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro S2
32mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro S2
40mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro S2
50mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro S2
75mm f/2.0 Speed Panchro S2
100mm f/2.5 Deep Field Panchro S2
Mini S4/i
18mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
21mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
25mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
32mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
40mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
50mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
65mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
75mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
100mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
135mm T2.8 Mini S4 /i
Panchro/i Classic
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 18mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 21mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 25mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 27mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 32mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 40mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 50mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic Macro 65mm T2.4
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 75mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 100mm T2.6
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 135mm T2.8
Cooke Panchro/i Classic 152mm T3
Panchro/i Classic FF
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 18mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 21mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 25mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 27mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 32mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 40mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 50mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF Macro 65mm T2.4
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 75mm T2.2
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 100mm T2.6
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 135mm T2.8
Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF 152mm T3
S4/i
Cooke S4/i 12mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 14mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 16mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 18mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 21mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 25mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 27mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 32mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 35mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 40mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 50mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 65mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 75mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 100mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 135mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 150mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 180mm T2.0
Cooke S4/i 300mm T2.8
5/i
Cooke S5/i 18mm T1.4
Cooke S5/i 25mm T1.4
Cooke S5/i 32mm T1.4
Cooke S5/i 40mm T1.4
Cooke S5/i 50mm T1.4
Cooke S5/i 65mm T1.4
Cooke S5/i 75mm T1.4
Cooke S5/i 100mm T1.4
Cooke S5/i 135mm T1.4
S7/i
Cooke S7/i 16mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 18mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 21mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 25mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 27mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 32mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 40mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 50mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i FF Macro 60mm T2.5
Cooke S7/i 65mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 75mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i FF Macro 90mm T2.5
Cooke S7/i 100mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 135mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i FF Macro 150mm T2.5
Cooke S7/i 180mm T2.0
Cooke S7/i 300mm T3.3
S8/i FF
Cooke S8/i 18mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 21mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 25mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 27mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 32mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 35mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 40mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 50mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 65mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 75mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i Macro 85mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 100mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 135mm T1.4
Cooke S8/i 180mm T1.8
Cooke S8/i 250mm T2.5
Cooke S8/i 350mm T2.8
Anamorphic/i
Cooke Anamorphic/i 25mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i 32mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i 40mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i 50mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i 65mm T2.6
Cooke Anamorphic/i 75mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i 100mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i 135mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i 180mm T2.8
Cooke Anamorphic/i 300mm T3.5
Anamorphic/i FF
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF 32mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF 40mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF 50mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF 75mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF Macro 85mm T2.8
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF 100mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF 135mm T2.3
Cooke Anamorphic/i FF 180mm T2.9
Zoom Lenses
9-50mm T2.5 Varokinetal
10.4-52mm T2.8 Super 16 Varokinetal
10-30mm T1.6 Varopanchro
10.4-52mm T2.8 Varokineta
14-70mm T3.1 Wide Angle Varotal
Cooke S4/i CXX 15-40mm T2.0
20-60mm T3.1 Varopanchro
18-100mm T3.0 Varotal
20-100mm T3.1 Varotal
25-250mm T3.9 Super Cine Varotal (mkI)
25-250mm T3.9 Cine Varotal (mkII)
25-250mm T3.7 Cine Varotal (mkIII)
35-140mm T3.1 Anamorphic/i
45-450mm T4.5 Anamorphic/i
Key Figures
Les Zellan - Chairman
Robert Howard - CEO & Finance
Alan Merrills - COO
History
1893
As optical manager of T. Cooke & Sons of York, makers of astronomical telescopes, H. Dennis Taylor attempted to eliminate the optical distortion or aberration at the outer edge of lenses. In 1893 he designed and patented the revolutionary, and now famous, triplet design (British patent no. 1991). The Cooke Triplet concept was a simple and elegant solution to design issues that plagued lens designers of the era.
1913
Clarence White and Alfred Stieglitz, master impressionist photographers, among others, used a Taylor, Taylor & Hobson lens known as “The Rapid View” or “Portrait Lens” (brass lens engraved “R.V.P.”) produced by TT&H in the late 1880s. By 1913, because of the influence of these acclaimed photographers, the company received numerous requests for the RVP lens that predated the sharp Cooke Anastigmat. In response to an avalanche of requests, they reproduced the single lens RVP as the “Cooke Achromatic Portrait Lens f/7.5” (as engraved) in four focal lengths: 10.5 inch for 4×5, 12 inch for 5×8, 15 inch for 6.5×8.5 and 18 inch for the 8×10 format. The “new” versions of these lenses included an iris diaphragm.