Michael Schroers Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Hello, which are the significat differences between the speed panchros Ser. 1 and 2 ? Most of the lenses you can find are Ser. II lenses. I think, the Ser 1, the original Speed Panchros, are from the 40s or 30s, aren't they ? How is the image quality and the 'look' of this older lenses ? Mich And what's about the kinetal lenses (made for 16mm). What's the difference between the glass of the Panchros and the Kinetal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dom Jaeger Posted August 16, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hi Michael, Have you read this history of Cooke lenses: http://www.fdtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Cooke-Book-2013-FDTimes.pdf Lots of interesting info. According to that, Series I Speed Panchros came out in the 30s, cover a smaller image circle than Ser II and III, are f1.8 rather than f2, and are uncoated. Ser II came out in 45, and we're redesigned by Gordon Cook to cover a larger frame, Ser III from 54 are only the 18 and 25 mm. I haven't used or projected Ser I Panchros, but I imagine they would look similar to the later series, just with less contrast and more flare and they're probably not quite as well corrected. You'd also find the mount options a bit obscure, Newman Sinclair or early Mitchell (plate) or Debrie sort of mounts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Schroers Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hi Michael, Have you read this history of Cooke lenses: http://www.fdtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Cooke-Book-2013-FDTimes.pdf Lots of interesting info. According to that, Series I Speed Panchros came out in the 30s, cover a smaller image circle than Ser II and III, are f1.8 rather than f2, and are uncoated. Ser II came out in 45, and we're redesigned by Gordon Cook to cover a larger frame, Ser III from 54 are only the 18 and 25 mm. I haven't used or projected Ser I Panchros, but I imagine they would look similar to the later series, just with less contrast and more flare and they're probably not quite as well corrected. You'd also find the mount options a bit obscure, Newman Sinclair or early Mitchell (plate) or Debrie sort of mounts. Thanks. That's very interresting. Until which time were the panchros Ser.II/III made ? The 70s ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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