Cooke mini s4 or canon cne? One set of nice glass

[Mike McMillin]

Have you shot with Contax Zeiss glass?

Hi Francisco,

Ok, thank you for your answer. Still looking for some affordable cine glass, as you are so convinced it seems I have to rent the Cookes and see if they do the same magic for me ;-)

Cheers,

Ulf

 

[Ulf Krentz]

Hi Mike,

Nope. Tried CP2s though and also Schneiders CineXenarIII. I use Nkon Ai (s) glass for a softer "vintage" look and EF for a clean look. Not sure if I like to add a third still glass set, I really enjoyed the cine mechanic of the Schneiders but imagewise there was something that spoiled it all when racking focus. Not sure how to say what I´m looking for, the EF glass is nice and clean but kind of lacking soul. But thanks for your input

Cheers,

Ulf

 

[Ryan Patrick O'Hara]

Fransisco,

Glad to hear you love your Mini's!

I own multiple sets and I can't get enough of them either!

 

[Christopher Mills]

Used Cooke Zooms (20-100 and 25-250 and older Angenieux 25-250 t3.9 lenses look quite nice on a Red.. but are pretty much 4k to 4.5k coverage at best on wide side.

 

[Sinh Tran]

the only thing I can say is that it makes what in focus pop…Not an anamorphic pop either more of a 3d pop Im going to upload a r3d trip so you can see.

Here's the reason https://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/2014/03/why-do-we-want-flat-glass/

 

[Hal Long]

The mini S4s are nice lenses. I've shot often with the S4s and the minis look pretty damned close to an S4 at 2.8. I've had them on several shows with great results. One nice thing about the Cooke look is the gradual softening in out of focus areas.

 

[francisco santos]

I had a set of nikkor ais older ones as well as some nikkor H which I actually prefer. I still love them but theres def some mojo in these cookes that I love. excited to get them test out with some light this weekend.