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Dave Wooten · Aug 8, 2010

I ve posted a couple of threads "Where are the examples of Cooke PS945 portraits"...no answer....silence. This is of course an analog site, it is what we are all about! Do you think those PS lenses are perching in front of a multi meg D%$#@tal back?:eek:

Ian Grant · Aug 8, 2010

There are some online shot on Fujichrome

So you need to go & look for them, I think Fujichrome's still a film not yet a sensor Unfortunately the production runs are quite small and the lenses rather expensive so you need to find images from the small number who bought one.

Ian

Christopher Walrath · Aug 8, 2010

You just might be onto something here, Dave.

Dave Wooten · Aug 8, 2010

Ian Grant said:
There are some online shot on Fujichrome

So you need to go & look for them, I think Fujichrome's still a film not yet a sensor Unfortunately the production runs are quite small and the lenses rather expensive so you need to find images from the small number who bought one.

Ian

Ian I have and am looking. Some of the posts from various venues past are up but the photos are gone. Even the Cooke site is quite dearth of portrait examples and some are not of portraits etc.

Ian Grant · Aug 8, 2010

Someone on the UK Large Format site has one, not seen any images though.

But there are links to 5x4 transparencies on Cooke's own website.

Ian

michael9793 · Aug 8, 2010

I have the cook XVb convertible lens and it is hard to find anyone having images with. But both lens are elite lens and see any imges on the web won't make it look good.

Dave Wooten · Aug 8, 2010

Per Volquartz, uses the Cooke convertible quite effectively, he posts on this forum. I think side by side examples of the Cooke P945 and other SF lenses would indeed be quite beneficial and and the nuances noted. Clive has some lovely portraits on his website, possibly some of these are the Cooke...I have sent him an e mail.

Ian Grant · Aug 8, 2010

Wasn't one production run just a 100 of one of the Cooke lenses recently ? I think that's what I read, many will get bought by collectors and never used.

Ian

Dave Wooten · Aug 8, 2010

I found Clive's site. He has a section with info on both the convertible 8 x 10 and the 4x 5 P945. A definitive portrait on this site is the one titled "Alex" it is however taken at f/8 and is quite sharp. The background is a "defining characteristic" at f/8. I have also found quite a lot of flower arrangements in color showing the soft side quality at wider f stops. A portrait photographer is probably most interest in how at these wider stops the lens affects the tonal contour of the face, don't you think?

Ian Leake · Aug 8, 2010

Dave Wooten said:
Per Volquartz, uses the Cooke convertible quite effectively, he posts on this forum. I think side by side examples of the Cooke P945 and other SF lenses would indeed be quite beneficial and and the nuances noted. Clive has some lovely portraits on his website, possibly some of these are the Cooke...I have sent him an e mail.

The Cooke XVb Triple Convertible is a wonderful lens

Ian Grant said:
Wasn't one production run just a 100 of one of the Cooke lenses recently ? I think that's what I read, many will get bought by collectors and never used.

I managed to get hold of one of these PS945s but haven't been able to use it in anger yet. Will post when I've something to show...

Dave Wooten · Aug 8, 2010

Ian Leake said:
The Cooke XVb Triple Convertible is a wonderful lens

I managed to get hold of one of these PS945s but haven't been able to use it in anger yet. Will post when I've something to show...

That's great Ian. You do such beautiful work. If anyone can make the "Cook" sing and dance, it is you!

Ian Leake · Aug 8, 2010

Thank you Dave. I borrowed a PS945 a few years ago and have wanted one ever since. I hope it will be worth the wait.

Dave Wooten · Aug 9, 2011

Ian has posted some lovely color photos with the lens. Thanks Ian.

Mustafa Umut Sarac · Aug 9, 2011

I watched few movies shot with Cooke Cinema lenses with digital backs and evertyhing was terrible. Colors were so dull , frames were unsharp , even an Holga is better. If I were you , I would invest in XVa and sleep well. There are hundreds of pictures by Adams used these lenses.
You can find online and be sure your investment in every angle safe.

BradS · Aug 9, 2011

I don't know Dave. I mean...the lens is breathtakingly expensive...and not many were made...maybe the precious few who do own one just don't hang out 'round these parts...????

I personally cannot even imagine blowing that kind of money on a specialty optic (but, I have no talent to earn a living doing photography).

Athiril · Aug 10, 2011

Mustafa Umut Sarac said:
I watched few movies shot with Cooke Cinema lenses with digital backs and evertyhing was terrible. Colors were so dull , frames were unsharp , even an Holga is better. If I were you , I would invest in XVa and sleep well. There are hundreds of pictures by Adams used these lenses.
You can find online and be sure your investment in every angle safe.

That doesn't sound like either a lens or digital back issue. But a subjective creative post-production choice by the people resonsible.

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