[LargeFormat] New Cooke Convertible Series XVa Lens!

[Clive Warren]

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