Cooke’s Panchro heritage spans decades of cinematic excellence, from Hitchcock’s VistaVision classics to today’s digital epics. The Panchro 65/i preserves those distinctive optical characteristics—gentle aberrations, natural skin tones, dimensional depth—across true large format coverage.

Portraits to panoramas

Six precisely crafted focal lengths translate the beloved Panchro aesthetic to 65mm sensors. From intimate portraiture to sweeping landscapes, each lens maintains consistent character whilst delivering the resolution and clarity today’s digital cinematography demands.

A Panchro ecosystem

The Panchro ecosystem now spans every format, budget and creative ambition. From SP3 on the latest gimbals for innovative camera movement to Panchro 65/i on the largest digital sensors capturing cinematic spectacle.
Emerging cinematographers can establish their visual signature on accessible platforms, then seamlessly scale that same distinctive look to flagship productions. One aesthetic DNA, infinite creative possibilities

Panchro foundation

Gentle focus fall-off and controlled imperfections add subtle character without overwhelming subjects, maintaining the delicate balance between precision and poetry. Panchro 65/i delivers authentic 65mm coverage with these characteristics expertly distributed across a super-sized image circle that respects traditional format standards.

Distinctive character

The Panchro look combines natural and gentle aberrations with exceptional skin tone rendering, creating dimensionality that transforms technical capture into emotional storytelling. Trusted by award-winning cinematographers worldwide, the distinctive focus fall-off and organic character has shaped decades of cinematic excellence.

Timeless identity

Where modern lens design pursues clinical correction, Panchro 65/i preserves classic optical characteristics across expanded 65mm image circles. These skilfully integrated aberrations create the dimensional storytelling that establish cinematic artistry. Building on decades of Panchro calibration knowledge, the 65/i positions its signature characteristics precisely relative to established Super35 and Full Frame sets, ensuring consistent visual language across the complete Cooke ecosystem.

Large format coverage

The Panchro 65/i delivers full coverage of a 59.86mm image circle, ensuring outstanding illumination and minimal shading across the frame even on the largest sensors. This allows cinematographers to maximise their image size, as the Panchro 65/i is designed to support the latest large-format cameras from leading manufacturers, including the Alexa 65, Alexa 265 and Fujifilm ETERNA GFX 55.

Handcrafted perfection

Panchro 65/i lenses are expertly crafted at Cooke’s Leicester facility where traditional optical techniques are combined with modern large format precision. Advanced manufacturing methods achieve exceptional performance across the massive 65mm image circle. Each lens undergoes rigorous testing and quality control to ensure it meets the needs of demanding cinema production.

/i Technology inside

Panchro 65/i lenses feature Cooke’s advanced /i Technology integration. Comprehensive metadata streams through lens mount connections or cabled interfaces.
Live data encompasses focus distance, focal length and aperture settings.
/i Technology delivers exceptional advantages for large format VFX workflows, alongside seamless virtual production integration and enhanced post-production efficiency.

*Please refer to the product page of the specific focal length you are interested in.
Technical Specifications (100mm):

• T-Stop Range: T2.5 - T22
• Angular rotation of iris scale: 90°
• Min. marked object distance: 700mm / 2ft 3in
• Angular rotation to MOD endstop: 270°
• Length from front of lens to PL lens mount: 166.1mm / 6.5in
• Max. front diameter: 110mm / 4.3in
• Max. diagonal angle of view for SP65 format (Alexa 65, 54.12 x 25.58mm = 59.86mm diagonal): 33.6°
• Max. diagonal angle of view for FF format (36 x 24mm = 43.27mm diagonal): 24.6°
• Max. diagonal angle of view for S35 format (30mm diagonal): 17.2°
• Total weight with lens mount (with front/rear caps): 1.9kg / 4.2lbs
• Total weight with lens mount (without caps): 1.7kg / 3.7lbs
• Maximum format cover: Alexa 65, 54.12 x 25.58mm = 59.86mm diagonal
• Focus scales: Dual Focus scales - Imperial and Metric, scales marked from Infinity to MOD
• Iris scales: Two opposing linear T-scales - whole and third stops marked
• Iris drive gear: 134 teeth 0.8 metric module
• Screw-in filter: M105 x 0.75 all except 30mm (no filter thread for 30mm)
• Mount: LPL