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Cooke S4 Lenses

Cinema prime lenses with the warm, slightly soft "Cooke Look" that flatters skin tones and organic textures.

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Artists who use this(5)

Vittorio Storaro
Vittorio Storaro

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"The lenses that I love the most: the Cooke S4 primes." Used on multiple later productions
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Bradford Young
Bradford Young

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Primary lenses on Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), shot on 35mm film
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Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

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"The Cooke S4 35mm was close enough for the close-ups and wide enough to frame the characters in relation to one another." Sole lens for the entire film
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Robert Yeoman

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Primary spherical lenses from Grand Budapest Hotel onward. Yeoman: "Wes and I both love them. I like how these lenses render faces"
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Lance Acord
Lance Acord

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Used on Being John Malkovich (1999)
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Last updated March 24, 2026