35mm Lenses

[Black Fission Productions]

Guys, where can I buy Cooke, Zeiss or Panavision lenses for 35mm cameras; preferably a reliable, less expensive place where I could also buy previous series, e.g. Cooke S2, S3, as well as S4, etc. - are these lenses rent only?

[Max Jacoby]

You cannot buy Panavision lenses as they are for rental only.

 

For Cooke lenses, go to www.cookeoptics.com/

 

For Zeiss glass, go to www.arri.com

 

But modern lenses are pricey, Zeiss Master Primes are over ? 14K, Ultra Primes at least ? 11K. The older Zeiss Superspeeds should be less expensive.

 

Otherwise it might be worth calling around rental companies, if they are interested in selling some of their older lenses.

[Adam Frisch FSF]

Visual Products at www.visualproducts.com is a good bet for used equip in North America. For Europe there's a German trade mag which I forgot the name of now, but they have tons of stuff to sell.

[Paul Bruening]

Bruce at Aranda has some fine lenses waiting for a good home. Google "aranda".

[Black Fission Productions]

Cheers. Does anybody know of a retailer in the UK?

[Max Jacoby]

Eh, well Cooke are based in the UK, as are Arri Media.