- 126-year old British lens manufacturer moves into new leadership phase -

Leicester, UK – 26 October, 2020 – Cooke Optics announced today that its Chairman, Les Zellan, will be stepping down from the company, and its CEO, Robert Howard, will be retiring, both effective from 31 October 2020. Tim Pugh will take over as CEO, while Kees van Oostrum, currently a Cooke Optics board member, becomes Non-Executive Chairman.

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- Perfectly matched primes and zoom give cinematographer Simon Rowling the perfect anamorphic look -

Leicester, UK – 28 September 2020 – Cinematographer Simon Rowling tested a number of anamorphic lenses for Writer/Director Adrian Bol’s Legacy of Lies to get the perfect anamorphic look without distracting the audience from the on-screen story. The Cooke Optics Anamorphic/i range of prime lenses and a 4:1 Anamorphic/i zoom gave Rowling and Bol the exact look they were hoping to get.



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How /i technology provides a powerful method to help retain focus while shooting full frame with Cinematography Electronics’ market leading CINETAPE 2

Leicester, UK - 14 September 2020 - One of the focuses for Cooke Optics for the remaining months of 2020 will be on demonstrating to its customers how its /i technology enables new technical solutions to age old problems. And few problems have been given as much of a twist in recent years as the problem of keeping focus while shooting full frame.

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