BPS 398: Inside the World of Cooke Optics with Les Zellan

Today on the show we have the chairman of the legendary Cooke
Optics empire. For over 100 years, Cooke has been at the
centre of the filmmaking business. We've been listening to the
community of which we are a part. We lead by introducing new
products such as /i Technology, and we remember our success is
built on a simple idea – do what the filmmaker needs.From Cooke
Optics website:Our factory in Leicester, England has generations
from the same family working side by side. That experience is
un-beaten anywhere. We manufacture a full range of primes and zooms
for 35mm, digital and Super 16mm photography, plus a range of large
format stills lenses.We know our customers, and they know us, as
individuals. Our rental partners do their training next to the
craftsman who built their lenses. There are no barriers. We meet
our customers at our factory, at trade events, distributors and
rental houses and of course on the set.We're intolerant when it
comes to tolerances. We research continuously to drive innovation.
Our lenses are dependable and practical in use on the set; our
optics superb. The lenses are straightforward to maintain – which
is why so many rental facilities carry our products. Our
manufacturing and testers keep going until we get each lens within
our very tight specification. We get it right, whatever it takes.
At the heart of what makes Cooke special is the “Cooke Look”. The
Cooke Look is about the science of creating beautiful images for
the motion picture industry.As a result, for over a century,
cinematographers have chosen Cooke lenses for a smooth roundness
and dimensionality to the picture and for the velvety skin tones
that flatter.

Enjoy my conversation with Les Zellan.

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