This is a special set of Cooke Speed Panchros S2/S3 with all the serial numbers above 700.000 which are the most desireble and reliable set within the Panchros.
The Cooke Speed Panchros are legendary with its beautiful and unique vintage look.They are known for how well they render faces, and for their painterly quality. These are the lenses responsible for the term "The Cooke Look." They are as sharp as you need a lens to be, but still very flattering. They have a gentle focus roll-off and are just a little warm. They have the perfect amount of barrel distortion and vignette. These are often the lens of choice for shooting close-ups of faces.
The Cooke Cooke Speed Panchro S2/S3 (TLS) were designed in the 1920’s and were heavily used between the 1930’s and 1950’s due to its fast aperture. The character and texture created by the vintage nature of these lenses are now becoming more popular due to the high resolving power of today’s digital cinema sensors and the demand for ways to add personality to the clean look provided by digital.
Mechanically speaking the TLS housings are as good as it gets, with incredibly smooth focus movement and very close minimum focus distances for every focal length. These lenses are a joy to work with, and they will give your project a unique look, that makes it stand out from the pack.
