[LargeFormat] New Cooke Convertible Series XVa Lens!

[Huib Smeets]

Hi Clive and list,

Great to see that a new lens is introduced into the marketplace in these
times (against all odd's?)! 

Maybe you can persued Cooke to elaborate a bit on this list about how
and why they decided the create this lens. Isn't the viewcamera redeemed
(even with a digital back attached)?. Seeing the focallength it looks
like it is targeted at 8x10 camera's.

What's up next from Cooke? A 75-90mm + 90-150mm + 150-300mm f5.6 zoom
triplet ??? :-) :-)

Huib
www.huibsmeets.com






> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: largeformat-admin@f32.net 
> [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net] Namens Clive Warren
> Verzonden: dinsdag 13 april 2004 23:57
> Aan: largeformat@f32.net
> Onderwerp: [LargeFormat] New Cooke Convertible Series XVa Lens!
> 
> 
> Thought you might like to have the first glimpse of the new Cooke 
> Convertible Series XVa lens. Omigod this is a really 
> beautiful lens and an 
> object of desire!
> 
> Combined: 311.4mm
> Front only: 645.9mm
> Back only: 476.2mm
> 
> You can also use two sets together to get 365.7mm (front + 
> front), and 
> 271.6mm (back + back).
> 
> It's a novel design with a dialable aperture ring with 3 sets 
> of f stops, 
> in lieu of markings on the shutter itself, allowing you to 
> use any shutter 
> (made after 1950). The lens will be available with or without 
> a new Copal 
> #3 shutter.
> 
> The multi coating is the same formula used on the Cooke S4 
> cine lenses. No 
> ghosting or flaring.
> 
http://www.f32.net/cgi-local/discus/show.cgi?tpc=6&post=7819#POST7819

Cooke Optics are lending f32 one of the new lenses for the forthcoming
f32 
UK Spring Large Format Workshop.

More information soon.

Cheers, Clive 



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