The Cooke Varotal/i FF 30-95mm T2.9 is the standard zoom and the heart of Cooke’s Varotal/i FF family — the most versatile and all-purpose lens in Cooke’s three-lens next-generation Full Frame zoom system: it covers the most widely used focal range in Full Frame professional production — from moderate wide angle to short telephoto —, with a constant aperture of T2.9, full Full Frame and Vista Vision coverage, and the unmistakable Cooke Look™ at every millimetre of the focal range. Designed completely from scratch to eliminate the historic compromise between zoom and image quality, the 30-95mm delivers resolution for 8K and beyond, virtually zero focus breathing, virtually zero chromatic aberration, and minimal distortion — an image absolutely comparable to that of a prime. Matched in resolution, colour, and fall-off to the S7/i FF and S8/i FF prime series at T2.8, the 30-95mm is the definitive lens for the cinematographer working in Full Frame who needs the most cinematically rich standard zoom on the market.
Its 9-blade iris — designed specifically to match the iris of the S7/i FF primes — delivers the circular, creamy, and deeply cinematic bokeh that defines the Cooke Look™ in its most classic expression: unmatched skin tones, organic warmth, and a natural and flattering sharpness that has defined cinema since the 1930s. The lens in the set that never leaves the camera — the 30-95mm in Full Frame is the equivalent of having a complete set of Cooke primes in a single lens, with the total chromatic and contrast consistency that only a Cooke system can offer. With interchangeable PL and LPL mounts, 280° of focus rotation, 111.7° of zoom rotation, a 112mm screw-in front filter thread, industry-standard M0.8 gears, Cooke /i technology with mount contacts and a 4-pin connector, a minimum focus distance of 1.25m, a length of 255mm, and a weight of 4 kg.
Perfect for: cinematographers seeking the most complete, modern, and cinematically rich Full Frame standard zoom on the market — constant T2.9 from 30mm to 95mm, full FF coverage, 8K resolution, zero breathing, 9-blade iris, the unmistakable Cooke Look™, /i technology, and matched to S7/i FF and S8/i FF primes —, as the natural companion to the 19-40mm for continuous Full Frame coverage from 19mm to 95mm, or as the central axis of the complete Varotal/i FF system alongside the 19-40mm and 85-215mm for total coverage from 19mm to 215mm, for feature films, series, commercials, documentaries, Steadicam, and any Full Frame production where Cooke visual character, 8K resolution, and standard-range versatility are the definitive single-zoom tool.
