Modern Prime
Zeiss
Zeiss CP.2 Super Speed
Compact Prime Super Speeds. T1.5 Full Frame.
- Focal
- 35–85mm
- T-stop
- T1.5
- Mount
- PL
Modern Prime Set
Cooke · Leicester, UK
Cooke SP3
6 primes 25 – 100mm T2.4 Sony E
The Cooke Look, democratised.
A new optical design inspired by the Speed Panchro lenses that defined motion pictures for a century. Sharp on-axis with deliberate fall-off: the Cooke dimensionality no filter replicates. Smooth round bokeh. Warm skin. Organic flaring. Colour-matched to Panchro/i Classic FF, so SP3 intercuts cleanly as B/C glass alongside larger PL primes. The lightest full-frame Cooke lenses ever built: perfect for gimbals, drones, and mirrorless run-and-gun.
Character profile
How this lens renders.
Warm skin tones. Mirrorless-light. Cooke Look.
Five axes plotting how this set behaves wide-open vs a neutral modern reference. Larger area = more pronounced trait.
Focal lengths
6 focal lengths in this set
- 18.5mm†
- 25mm T2.4
- 32mm T2.4
- 50mm T2.4
- 75mm T2.4
- 100mm T2.4
| Focal | T-Stop | Close focus | Weight | Front Ø |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.5mm† | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 25mm | T2.4 | 10"* sources disagree | 575g | 64mm |
| 32mm | T2.4 | 13"* sources disagree | 520g | 64mm |
| 50mm | T2.4 | 20"* sources disagree | 500g | 64mm |
| 75mm | T2.4 | 3'* sources disagree | 520g | 64mm |
| 100mm | T2.4 | 3'* sources disagree | 690g | 82mm |
† Hired separately, not part of the kit. Add it beside either kit and we'll price it with your quote.
Talking points
Why DPs pick this set
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The Cooke Look at a fraction of the size and cost.
Warm skin, edge fall-off, dimensionality
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Colour-matched to Cooke Panchro/i Classic FF: intercut cleanly as B/C camera glass
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The lightest full-frame Cooke lenses ever made: 500–690g per lens
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OFG Customs 18.5mm adapter widens the 25mm to an 18.5mm T2.4: no IQ loss
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Available in RF or E mount.
User-swappable in the field: no tools, no service centre visit
Technical
Full specifications
- Mount
- Sony E (fitted) or Canon RF. User-changeable. L-mount and M-mount also available
- Coverage
- Full Frame (43.3mm image circle) + Super 35
- Iris
- 9-blade, non-linear scale with finer control toward wider apertures
- Focus Throw
- 160°, non-linear (finer control near MFD). Dual imperial/metric scales
- Front Diameter
- 64mm (25–75mm) · 82mm (100mm). 58mm filter thread (77mm on 100mm)
Some figures here are marked *. Our sources disagree on those, so we're checking them against the lenses themselves. Ask us and we'll measure it for you.
Heritage
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Heritage
Launched September 2023 as Cooke’s first lenses built for mirrorless cameras. The 18mm followed a year later at IBC 2024, completing the 6-lens range. The SP3 name honours the Speed Panchro (SP), Horace W. Lee’s 1920s design for Cooke that became the dominant cinema prime through Hollywood’s golden age and beyond. “SP3” denotes the third generation of that lineage. These are pure analogue glass: no autofocus, no electronic contacts, no metadata. The optics do the talking. Cooke CEO Tim Pugh framed the launch around a blurring boundary between videography and cinematography, and a chance to offer “truly cinematic glass to the traditional pro-video market at an accessible price point”.
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