A Cooke Anamorphic/i SF (“Special Flare”) lens is a premium cinema lens designed to produce traditional, high-end anamorphic, widescreen images with enhanced, characteristic flares, oval bokeh, and high-quality aberration control. These lenses offer the classic “Cooke Look”—warm, smooth, and, skin-tone friendly—while maximizing artistic, dramatic flaring.
Key Features of Cooke SF Anamorphic Lenses:
- Special Flare (SF): Manufactured with a special coating to create increased, artistic blue flares and lens aberrations, distinguishing them from the standard, cleaner Cooke Anamorphic/i lenses.
- 1.8x Squeeze: The Anamorphic/i FF Full Frame SF lenses (e.g., 40mm, 50mm) feature a 1.8x squeeze, designed to cover full-frame sensors while providing a classic anamorphic look.
- The “Cooke Look”: Known for producing a warm color palette, soft contrast, and excellent skin rendering, providing a “filmic” texture.
- Optical Performance: Despite the flare, they are designed with high-quality, modern optics to correct for distortions and astigmatism, providing sharp images, especially in the center.
- Technology: They come with /i Technology to record crucial lens metadata (focus, iris, etc.) directly to digital cinema cameras.
