Cooke Anamorphic/i SF
Cooke's premium full-frame anamorphic answer: warm skin, front-anamorphic depth cues, and Special Flair coatings that add blue streaks without total chaos.
Package Read
GLM can use this profile as a starting point for lens strategy, sourcing, or adjacent package recommendations.
Price Tier
Elite
Character Lane
wild
Coverage
Super 35 / Full Frame
Introduced
2017
Optical Profile
Character
High
Flare
High
Contrast
Balanced
Warmth
Forward
Focus Control
Forward
Distortion Control
Forward
The SF line is not trying to imitate broken vintage glass; it gives you genuine anamorphic distortion and oval bokeh with more consistency, metadata, and backlight control than older classics.
Best Use Cases
- Premium narrative anamorphic
- Digital sensors that need warmth and flare behavior
- Projects wanting anamorphic scope without losing control
Why Choose It
- Premium narrative anamorphic
- Digital sensors that need warmth and flare behavior
- Projects wanting anamorphic scope without losing control
Tradeoffs
- Still expensive and specialist
- Not as unruly as vintage anamorphic families if that's the goal
Technical Strip
- Focal Range
- 32mm-180mm
- Speed Range
- T2.3-T2.9
- Mounts
- PL, LPL
- Image Circle
- 46.3mm
- Introduced
- 2017
Reference Work
This launch profile leans more on lens behavior and DP preference than a featured film list.
Cinematographer Read
No launch DP reference is attached to this family yet.
Source Stack
- Major Manufacturers Comprehensive
- Old Fast Glass Research
- Lens Testing and Performance Data
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