Markus Fraunholz

I am preparing a feature film (2- or 3-perf, 1:2,35) and I am looking for a Zoom lens, which is mixing in the best possible way with Cooke S4 lenses, that I love to use. As the producer asked me to give him an equivalent list of equipment in Super 16 (for budgetary reasons) as well, its the same question for a Super 16 Zoom (like the Canon 6-66). As I love the special look of the Cooke lenses, the softness - compared to the Zeiss Ultra 16 - it really is my goal to get the same performance from a zoom lens. Maybe someone here has already used a combination of Cooke S4 lenses and a fitting zoom lens. I would appreciate any advice!

Thank you very much ! This explanation regarding resolution seems to be very logical. So, I will use my Classic Softs as I always did, but now I know WHY!

Hi, I am a german Cinematographer prepping a TV Mini Series with an older actress (60) performing the main part. I own a set of Schneideroptics "Classic-Soft-Filters", which I intend to use for the two films. In the past I used these filters more "unconscious" in this way: for wide shots the smaller numbers, an eighth or quarter, for close ups, the one or even the two. Interestingly enough, there are a lot of colleagues, who are doing the opposite: Using the bigger numbers on wide shots and the smaller on close-ups. What makes more sense and WHY? Every explanation will apreciated! Thanks