With Cooke lenses it’s the separation that they’re famous for. Adjust your T stop so your subject is in focus to the edges, for example the ear and hairline. Make sure your subject has got at least a 5 to 1 ratio of background to foreground. Then you’ll see the 3d like separation between subject and background. That’s the Cooke look. I think the Cooke lenses have a built in aberration that makes bokeh seem different or wrong and creates this “character”. Good examples are street night scenes in Mr. Robot. The characters sometimes look like 3d cutouts. Cheers…
The real difference is the smoothness of focus falloff. As for added warmth, it's irrelevant to anyone who realizes that you can just add a touch of warmth in post, very very very easily, and that aspect can be matched identically with any lens.
I was really expecting to have no idea but the Cookes stood out immediately. People always talk about the 3D pop, which I assume is some sort of distortion. But it makes the subject pop forward on the screen which I noticed immediately on the second set. I do think in the context of a film in the varying shots and conditions, without a side by side the difference is very minor.
I'm pretty into the cooke look but I'll 100% agree that its vague as hell, the older Ser I, II & III lenses & their vintage zooms are what really made cooke such a strong brand, and those lenses are pretty flawed, CA, breathing, busy bokeh, many of them are pretty soft & and a huge lack of consistency. But one thing I always like about cooke lenses that this video kinda gets at is that they just look nice on people and their design today still centers on making people look good over optical perfection
הכל הרבה יותר פשוט: אם, אתן לך 10 סרטים אקראיים לצפייה. האם תוכל להגיד על איזה סט עדשות צולם כל אחד מהסרטים? ברור לכולם מה תהיה התוצאה. אם אתה לא מסוגל להבדיל את המוצר המועדף עליך מיתר המוצרים מה בעצם הופך אותו למיוחד. המראה של הקוק…כן המראה שלא תזהה ותוכל להצביע עליהם בוודאות…. נ.ב על תסתכל למעלה צולם על עדשות אטלס. מה ההפרש בין אטלס לעדשות hawk?
I liked the Zeiss Super speeds better. I didn't like this yellow tint (even if it's easy to get rid of in post) and the bokeh of the zeiss was funky. Also, I don't think you achieved the famous cooke look in that footage. Is it overrated? Well, if you want to get a great look you don't need such pricey lenses in this era, that's the truth.
cooke is def not overrated. out of my range forsure! Canon fd sets about to carry me tho :D & eventually the nisi athenas bc that's all i can afford hehe.
All film-making equipment is "overrated" until we're lucky enough to own it.🙃
This might be my favorite comment on these videos 🤝
I'm just gonna subscribe cuz you're one of the few people who actually talk about cinematography tools
ayyy much appreciated!
With Cooke lenses it’s the separation that they’re famous for. Adjust your T stop so your subject is in focus to the edges, for example the ear and hairline. Make sure your subject has got at least a 5 to 1 ratio of background to foreground. Then you’ll see the 3d like separation between subject and background. That’s the Cooke look. I think the Cooke lenses have a built in aberration that makes bokeh seem different or wrong and creates this “character”. Good examples are street night scenes in Mr. Robot. The characters sometimes look like 3d cutouts. Cheers…
Bro really let this one Cooke😂😂😂
No, this was a good comparison, please don’t block me!
If you want to make puns go over to Potato Jet's videos or something
Set number 2 before you reveal. I nailed it. But I have used Cooke's for 30+ years. Jsut subscribed as well.
The real difference is the smoothness of focus falloff. As for added warmth, it's irrelevant to anyone who realizes that you can just add a touch of warmth in post, very very very easily, and that aspect can be matched identically with any lens.
Great analysis! Very helpful
Thank you sir! Were you able to discern which images were from the Cookes?
I was really expecting to have no idea but the Cookes stood out immediately. People always talk about the 3D pop, which I assume is some sort of distortion. But it makes the subject pop forward on the screen which I noticed immediately on the second set.
I do think in the context of a film in the varying shots and conditions, without a side by side the difference is very minor.
I feel like the first set is def the cookes image was super clean!!
Oh shit super speed damnnn. They look so clean! Love em!
Haha yes the Super Speeds did look super good too@@artdoneus
I'm pretty into the cooke look but I'll 100% agree that its vague as hell, the older Ser I, II & III lenses & their vintage zooms are what really made cooke such a strong brand, and those lenses are pretty flawed, CA, breathing, busy bokeh, many of them are pretty soft & and a huge lack of consistency.
But one thing I always like about cooke lenses that this video kinda gets at is that they just look nice on people and their design today still centers on making people look good over optical perfection
The first set of lenses seemed to be more color accurate and detailed. The second set seemed a dull and less detailed.
הכל הרבה יותר פשוט: אם, אתן לך 10 סרטים אקראיים לצפייה. האם תוכל להגיד על איזה סט עדשות צולם כל אחד מהסרטים? ברור לכולם מה תהיה התוצאה. אם אתה לא מסוגל להבדיל את המוצר המועדף עליך מיתר המוצרים מה בעצם הופך אותו למיוחד. המראה של הקוק…כן המראה שלא תזהה ותוכל להצביע עליהם בוודאות….
נ.ב
על תסתכל למעלה צולם על עדשות אטלס. מה ההפרש בין אטלס לעדשות hawk?
I just want them… 😂 I don’t want to know why or why not 😂
If you don't know how to identify the Cooke Look then you are not a cinematographer. It's the most distinguishable lens you will find in cinema.
I liked the Zeiss Super speeds better. I didn't like this yellow tint (even if it's easy to get rid of in post)
and the bokeh of the zeiss was funky.
Also, I don't think you achieved the famous cooke look in that footage.
Is it overrated? Well, if you want to get a great look you don't need such pricey lenses in this era, that's the truth.
3:48 whats your playback monitor?
Panasonic BT-LH1710
cooke is def not overrated.
out of my range forsure!
Canon fd sets about to carry me tho :D
& eventually the nisi athenas bc that's all i can afford hehe.
Thank you for watching!! Yea……not cheap haha. I haven’t tried the Athenas I’ll check them out
gonna subscribe because of the krabby patty reference
And the Bull Shitz wasted everybodys precious lifes time video. Goes to.....
Wow, this experiment is so fucking whack. I need this how many minutes of my life.
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