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- Cooke Panchro 65/i 30mm T2.8
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 40mm T2.8
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 55mm T2.5
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 75mm T2.5
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 100mm T2.5
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 152mm T2.9
Cooke Panchro 65/i
Prime - Spherical - Medium (65)
product details
The Cooke Panchro 65/i lenses bring the classic Panchro aesthetic into the large-format era. Designed to extend the look of the beloved S4/i and Panchro/i Classic series to full-frame and beyond, these lenses deliver the signature Cooke Look—gentle contrast, smooth focus falloff, and natural color rendition—while covering 65mm and VistaVision sensors. Built with modern Cooke/i lens metadata technology, they integrate seamlessly into today’s digital workflows while maintaining the warmth and dimensionality that have defined Cooke optics for generations. Precision-crafted with consistent housings and mechanics across the set, the Panchro 65/i lenses continue Cooke’s legacy of optical artistry, now optimized for large-format cinematography. Available soon to rent or sub-rent from Cine Visuals.
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 30mm T2.8
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 40mm T2.8
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 55mm T2.5
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 75mm T2.5
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 100mm T2.5
- Cooke Panchro 65/i 152mm T2.9
| Set Includes |
30mm – 152mm (6 Lenses)
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| Type | - |
| Format | - |
| Lens Mount | - |
| Iris Blades | - |
| Metadata | - |
| Per Focal Length | |
| Focal Length | - |
| T-Stop | - |
| Close Focus | - |
| Front Diameter | - |
| Weight | - |
| Length | - |
| Era / Generation | |
| Contrast & Tonal Character | |
| Sharpness & Resolution | |
| Focus Fall-Off / Transition | |
| Iris & Bokeh Quality | |
| Flare & Highlight Behavior | |
| Handling & Ergonomics | |
| Build & Modifications | |
| Cinematic Heritage & Credits |
*Refer to the Technical Specifications table
Blogs
Image Fidelity & Focus
Gentle focus fall-off and controlled imperfections add a subtle and romantic character. Cooke Panchro 65/i lack the surgical sharpness that comes with many modern Full Frame or Medium Format glass. Instead, they bring the Panchro painterly quality into the image that brings warmth into skin-tones and a graceful nature to faces. Focus transitions softly from the center without any clear hard wall that brings a poetic quality that without distracting from the subjects. Hailing to their vintage ancestors, the Panchros 65/is are low to medium contrast that allows for the capture of a smooth latitude of colors across the image that help bring out a richness of depth from the capture format for cinematographers.
Flare & Bokeh
Bokeh has a swirly and contained cat-eyed roundness. Gently shifting from circles in the center to bent crescents on the edges without drawing attention to themselves. Their beauty and legacy is unmatched and calls back to the early days of classic Hollywood. Creamy in the center with a childlike limbal circle on the edges, the bokeh is distinctive without being distracting. Chromatic aberrations within the lens are most apparent in the flaring, which brings a charismatic glow through the image without dissolving into a milky blob. Carefully crafted neutral coatings bring flares that are white with a touch of the color of light they come from, giving cinematographers an elegance in their frames.
Handling & Adaptability
With the lenses having an average weight of about 4 lbs, these robust lenses with large enough glass to cover 65mm formats come in an incredibly lightweight setup. The length of the lenses averages out from end-to-end at 6 inches, giving plenty of room for Camera Assistants to work while also being in a nice compact size for how much glass is in these lenses. The Panchro 65/is have a consistent 110 front diameter across all focal lengths. Cooke is also known for their incredible embedded metadata technology, which is especially useful in VFX, color, and other post production workflows. Cooke has provided this same tech into the Cooke Panchros 65/i.
Image Circle
Now covering a true 65mm format, the image circle is 59.86mm. That covers a wide range of 65mm medium format cameras including the ARRI Alexa 65 and Alexa 265 which have sensor sizes of 54.12 x 25.58mm. The Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 (available here at Cine Visuals for rental) with a sensor size of 43.8 x 23.32mm. And traditional 5-Perf 65mm film with an area of 52.63 x 23.01mm.
Cinematic Heritage
As large format cinematography has become increasingly in demand, while also pleas for lenses that can bring an organic feel to the clinical world of digital sensors, Cooke brought an answer to these needs to the film industry. Released in late 2025, the Cooke Panchros 65/i came forth. Returning to their roots, Cooke took their classic Speed Panchro glass and went to work. Tweaking until they found the balance in focus falloff, warmth, and organic touch - they brought that classic Cooke Look to the world of 65mm.
Blogs
Image Fidelity & Focus
Gentle focus fall-off and controlled imperfections add a subtle and romantic character. Cooke Panchro 65/i lack the surgical sharpness that comes with many modern Full Frame or Medium Format glass. Instead, they bring the Panchro painterly quality into the image that brings warmth into skin-tones and a graceful nature to faces. Focus transitions softly from the center without any clear hard wall that brings a poetic quality that without distracting from the subjects. Hailing to their vintage ancestors, the Panchros 65/is are low to medium contrast that allows for the capture of a smooth latitude of colors across the image that help bring out a richness of depth from the capture format for cinematographers.
Handling & Adaptability
With the lenses having an average weight of about 4 lbs, these robust lenses with large enough glass to cover 65mm formats come in an incredibly lightweight setup. The length of the lenses averages out from end-to-end at 6 inches, giving plenty of room for Camera Assistants to work while also being in a nice compact size for how much glass is in these lenses. The Panchro 65/is have a consistent 110 front diameter across all focal lengths. Cooke is also known for their incredible embedded metadata technology, which is especially useful in VFX, color, and other post production workflows. Cooke has provided this same tech into the Cooke Panchros 65/i.
Flare & Bokeh
Bokeh has a swirly and contained cat-eyed roundness. Gently shifting from circles in the center to bent crescents on the edges without drawing attention to themselves. Their beauty and legacy is unmatched and calls back to the early days of classic Hollywood. Creamy in the center with a childlike limbal circle on the edges, the bokeh is distinctive without being distracting. Chromatic aberrations within the lens are most apparent in the flaring, which brings a charismatic glow through the image without dissolving into a milky blob. Carefully crafted neutral coatings bring flares that are white with a touch of the color of light they come from, giving cinematographers an elegance in their frames.
Image Circle
Now covering a true 65mm format, the image circle is 59.86mm. That covers a wide range of 65mm medium format cameras including the ARRI Alexa 65 and Alexa 265 which have sensor sizes of 54.12 x 25.58mm. The Fujifilm GFX Eterna 55 (available here at Cine Visuals for rental) with a sensor size of 43.8 x 23.32mm. And traditional 5-Perf 65mm film with an area of 52.63 x 23.01mm.
Cinematic Heritage
As large format cinematography has become increasingly in demand, while also pleas for lenses that can bring an organic feel to the clinical world of digital sensors, Cooke brought an answer to these needs to the film industry. Released in late 2025, the Cooke Panchros 65/i came forth. Returning to their roots, Cooke took their classic Speed Panchro glass and went to work. Tweaking until they found the balance in focus falloff, warmth, and organic touch - they brought that classic Cooke Look to the world of 65mm.
Technical Specs Table
T-Stop
Type
Format
Front Diameter
Lens Mount
Metadata
Close Focus (ft)
Close Focus (m)
Weight (lbs)
Weight (kg)
Length (in)
Length (mm)
Iris Blades
Image Circle
Front Filter
Rear Filter
Horizontal Angle of View (Full Frame)
Horizontal Angle of View (S35)
Focus Rotation
T2.8
Spherical
FF / Medium (65)
125 mm
LPL
/i
16"
0.40 m
4.90 lbs
2.20 kg
6.20"
157.00 mm
–
59.86 mm
–
–
–
–
–
T2.8
Spherical
FF / Medium (65)
110 mm
LPL
/i
18"
0.45 m
4.20 lbs
1.90 kg
5.60"
144.00 mm
–
59.86 mm
M105 x 0.75
–
–
–
–
T2.5
Spherical
FF / Medium (65)
110 mm
LPL
/i
20"
0.50 m
3.70 lbs
1.70 kg
5.50"
139.50 mm
–
59.86 mm
M105 x 0.75
–
–
–
–
T2.5
Spherical
FF / Medium (65)
110 mm
LPL
/i
2'
0.60 m
3.70 lbs
1.70 kg
5.70"
143.90 mm
–
59.86 mm
M105 x 0.75
–
–
–
–
T2.5
Spherical
FF / Medium (65)
110 mm
LPL
/i
2'3"
0.70 m
3.70 lbs
1.70 kg
6.50"
166.10 mm
–
59.86 mm
M105 x 0.75
–
–
–
–
T2.9
Spherical
FF / Medium (65)
110 mm
LPL
/i
4'3"
1.30 m
4.00 lbs
1.80 kg
6.70"
169.10 mm
–
59.86 mm
M105 x 0.75
–
–
–
–
Blogs
PROJECTS
To Fly or Float (2025)
Director: Charlotte Peters
DP: Ben Saffer
Lenses: Cooke Panchro 65/i
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