Uncoated Lenses

[David Ellison]

Has anyone heard much about this? My local rental house says there's been some article printed somewhere (this could be UK only, I don't know) that's sudenly pushed loads of DP's into demanded old uncoated lenses.

I have a set of Cooke Speed Panchro's converted by Panavision that are uncoated so hopefully it should mean a greater demand for them.

Anyone else heard anything about this?

[martinnoweck]

vantage film (hawks) made so many improvements in optical quality they build a special set of lenses (or filters) to get a kind of vintage look ;-)

[ng smith]

I know of a couple of rental houses in the UK with uncoated lenses. Mainly Zeiss Superspeeds that have had the lens coating taken off, making them easy to flare.

Have your Panchros had their coatings stripped off?

Unless they have been stripped the Panchros have an older and 'less sophisticated" coating and therefore more prevalent to flares and internal reflections.

[David (dudi) Namir]

We also carry them. We have a set of Zeiss Superspeed T1.4 18mm 25mm 35mm 50mm 85mm also 180mm and a Cooke zoom 25-250mm MK3 T3.7, All uncoated.
http://www.dnkarentals.com/uncoated/

[Phil Holland]

There are a few lenses over at Panavision that I recall had coatings removed for a certain look.

[Mario Contini]

speeds are already easy to flare! doesnt anyone know how to point a light at a camera! :p

[Christopher Mills]

Q: How do you determine the difference between a flare and a highlight?
A: Dop's dayrate!

[Timur Civan]

The new Cooke iPanchros have interchangeable uncoated front and back elements.

I will be testing the uncoated fronts on my set very soon. Will post up my findings here.

[Yousuf Abbasi]

What is the beat way to strip coating without harming the lens? I want to uncoat my extra set of K35's

[David (dudi) Namir]

What is the beat way to strip coating without harming the lens? I want to uncoat my extra set of K35's

You can't do it yourself you need a lens technician to do that.
There was a whole discussion about AR and the way to do that on the CML few months ago. It included some bizarre and ridiculous technique of boiling the elements...
http://www.dnkarentals.com/uncoated/