COOKE S4 series lenses

COOKE S4

SPHERICAL
PRIMES
COOKE
The Academy awarded Sci-Tech plaques for “the Cooke S4 range of xed focal length lenses for 35mm motion picture pho- tography” to James Moultrie for the mechanical design and to Mike Salter and Mark Craig Gerchman for the optical design. In 2000, Cooke S4 lenses were awarded a Technical Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. By 2012, the Cooke S4 set consists of 18 or 20 lenses, depending on whether you count the two SF (So Focus) attachments: 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 25, 27, 32, 35, 40, 50, 65, 65SF, 75, 75SF, 100, 135, 150, 180 mm T2 and 300mm T2.8.