The Cooke S4i lenses are a world-renowned lens manufactured here in the UK. They have become a hugely popular lens for feature films, giving warm and pleasing skin tones alongside smooth contrast and a pleasant amount of sharpness. Cooke have been making lenses for over 100 years and their ‘Cooke Look’ has always been sought after by DP’s.

“What is the Cooke Look? Cooke’s have a sharpness, a presence to the image, a roundness, a feeling of giving depth and shape to the image. It’s sharp edge-to-edge but the image has more presence -a depth and shape that’s pleasing to the eye.”

Ed Lachman, ASC on Erin Brockovich

One of the workhorses of the film industry, beautifully crafted, these lenses have superb optical qualities and mechanical performance.

Standard Set Includes:
— 18, 25, 32, 50, 75mm

Single Lenses Available:
– 12mm
– 40mm
– 100mm
– 135mm

For some great examples of how they look on camera, check out some of these films:
12 Years a Slave
Zero Dark Thirty
A Prophet
Inside Llewyn Davis

Roger Deakins BSC also got some impressive images from them on The Assassination of Jesse James.