Cooke 20-100/T3.1 PL Varotal zoom

Cooke vintage 20-100mm/T3.1 PL zoom.

The Varotal 20-100mm was a staple lens amongst the leading filmmakers of the time. Stanley Kubrick employed thirty six zoom shots in Barry Lyndon (1975, cinematographer John Alcott BSC) utilising the 20-100mm on this shoot. The most common type was the reverse zoom, beginning in a close up and then pulling back slowly to gradually reveal more and more context. Visually this reduces the character’s significance as the shot develops.

Note that this only covers S-35 and may vignette at the widest 20mm point on Alexa Mini/Alexa-35.