The ARRI Ultra Prime series, co-developed with ZEISS, remains one of the most versatile and widely used sets of cinema lenses in the industry. Known for their “clean” look—marked by high contrast, sharpness, and minimal distortion—they serve as the standard-speed counterpart to the high-speed Master Prime series.
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Key Features and Benefits
Vast Focal Range: Offers one of the widest selections in the industry, ranging from the extreme wide-angle 8R (T2.8) to the 180mm (T1.9) telephoto.
Superior Optical Precision: Delivers high resolution and contrast across the entire Super 35 frame, even when shooting wide open or at close-focus distances.
Floating Elements: Utilizes an internal focus design with floating elements to eliminate “breathing” (image shift when focusing) and ensure sharpness at every distance.
Mechanical Consistency: Most lenses in the set feature a uniform 95mm front diameter and consistent gear positions, allowing for lightning-fast lens swaps without moving matte boxes or follow-focus motors.
Color Matching: Perfectly color-matched to other ARRI/ZEISS lenses, ensuring a seamless look when cutting between different focal lengths or lens series.
Compact & Lightweight: Their relatively small footprint makes them ideal for handheld work, gimbals, and Steadicam configurations.
Technical Snapshot
Feature Specification
Sensor Coverage Super 35
Standard Aperture T1.9 (most focal lengths)
Aperture Range T1.9 to T22
Lens Mount PL Mount (LDS versions available)
Front Diameter 95mm (Standard); 114mm/134mm/156mm (Select Wide/Tele)
Cost : asking price for the UP set is 22k
Santa Monica, California
Benjamin Strang
443-875-5896
strang.benjamin@gmail.com
Prices
Justcinemagear: 27,900 – 24,950 – 19,500
newlifecine: 22,000 –
AI: In the current second-hand market, a used Arri/Zeiss Ultra Prime Set of 5 lenses generally sells for between $28,000 and $33,000 USD.
While individual lenses can vary in price based on focal length (with wider and longer lenses typically fetching a premium), these sets are almost always sold in standard “kits” of five.
The Leica Summilux-C (now under the Leitz Cine brand) represents the pinnacle of high-speed prime lenses for cinematography. This set of 8 lenses is engineered to deliver a “creamy sharpness” that captures subjects with a natural, organic feel while maintaining extreme clarity and technical precision. Originally honored with a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, these lenses are a favorite for high-end feature films and commercials due to their unique combination of speed, compact size, and telecentric optical design.
Key Features:
T1.4 High-Speed Aperture: Offers exceptional low-light performance and ultra-shallow depth of field, allowing for dramatic subject separation from the background.
“Creamy Sharpness” Rendering: Delivers high contrast and resolution on fine details while maintaining a soft, natural, and flattering look for human skin tones.
Patented Focus Mechanism: Features an expanded focus scale in the most critical range (close focus), providing 300° of rotation for high-precision focus pulling.
Telecentric Optical Design: Minimizes chromatic aberration and ensures illumination stays consistent from the center to the extreme corners of the frame.
Compact & Lightweight Build: Averaging just 1.7 kg (3.7 lbs) and 142mm (5.6″) in length, these are among the smallest high-speed primes, making them perfect for gimbals, drones, and handheld rigs.
Zero Breathing: Engineered to eliminate “breathing” (shifts in the field of view) when racking focus, ensuring clean, professional transitions.
Titanium PL Mount: Uses high-grade titanium for a lens mount that is significantly stronger and more thermally stable than standard steel.
Matched Physical Specs: Uniform 95mm front diameters and aligned gear positions allow for lens swaps without needing to move matte boxes or follow-focus motors.
Cost: $120,000
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Asif Limbada
asiflimbada@icloud.com
+1 647 786 6722
2-18-2026
The Kowa 6mm T2.1 Cine Lens is an ultra wide-angle prime designed for Super 35 sensors, delivering expansive coverage with minimal distortion and strong edge-to-edge sharpness. Known for Kowa’s classic optical character, this 6mm lens produces a pleasing balance of contrast and natural color rendition while maintaining a compact, lightweight form factor ideal for handheld, gimbal, and drone work. Its fast T2.1 aperture allows for reliable low-light performance and creative depth control, making it a versatile choice for narrative filmmaking, commercials, music videos, and immersive visual storytelling where dramatic perspective is key.
Key Features:
Ultra wide 6mm focal length for dramatic perspective
Fast T2.1 aperture for low-light performance
Super 35 coverage
Compact and lightweight housing
Minimal distortion for its class
Consistent cine-style focus and iris gearing
Durable all-metal construction
Smooth, precise manual focus control
Cost: 7000 GBP
February 17, 2026
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Lee Patel
lee@lightningmedia.co.uk
+44 (0) 7966 100600
London
Includes:
Fitting Case
The Cooke S7/i Full Frame Plus set of six lenses provides cinematographers with a versatile range of focal lengths, including the ultra-wide 16mm, the wide-angle 21mm and 27mm, the versatile 40mm “standard” wide, and the powerful telephoto capabilities of the 75mm and 135mm primes. Designed specifically to cover the emerging trend of full-frame cinema camera sensors up to VistaVision, these lenses deliver the legendary “Cooke Look,” characterized by a smooth, round, and organic dimensionality with a soft, pleasing fall-off. Each lens in this set is engineered to provide peak optical performance at full aperture with superior control over flare, distortion, and spherical aberration, ensuring that high-resolution digital sensors maintain a cinematic, skin-tone-friendly aesthetic across the entire focal range.
Key Features:
Full Frame Plus Coverage: Designed to cover sensors up to 46.31mm image circle, including RED V-Raptor, ARRI Alexa Mini LF, and Sony VENICE 2.
Consistent T2.0 Aperture: Fast T2.0 stop across the entire set for excellent low-light performance and consistent exposure when swapping focal lengths.
/i Technology: Equipped with Cooke’s digital metadata system to record vital lens settings like focus, iris, and depth-of-field for VFX and post-production.
The “Cooke Look”: Renowned for high contrast and sharpness while maintaining a natural, warm, and smooth aesthetic that is exceptionally flattering for faces.
Standardized Mechanics: Uniform focus and iris gear positions allow for quick lens changes without repositioning follow focus motors.
Circular Bokeh: Nine-leaf linear module iris assembly ensures beautiful, natural-looking out-of-focus highlights.
Cost: EUR 45.426
Price: EUR 54.000 FOB
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Alexandru Dorobantu/SquadRental
ate@squadrental.com
+40724283005
Rumania
2-16-2026
Includes:
Fitting Case
The Cooke S7/i FF Plus (Full Frame Plus) series represents the pinnacle of modern large-format cinematography, designed specifically to cover full-frame sensors up to a 46.31mm image circle (including RED V-Raptor/Weapon 8K, ARRI Alexa LF, and Sony VENICE). These primes deliver the legendary “Cooke Look”—a warm, organic aesthetic characterized by smooth focus fall-off, natural skin tones, and a gentle roll-off in the highlights—while providing the clinical precision required for high-resolution 8K digital sensors.
Key Features:
True T2.0 Aperture: Provides consistent speed across almost the entire focal range (except the 300mm), ensuring lighting setups remain unchanged when switching lenses.
The Cooke Look®: Offers a unique, “dimensional” image quality that feels more human and less “digital” than many modern competitors.
Integrated /i Technology: Captures frame-by-frame lens metadata (aperture, focus, depth-of-field, etc.), which is vital for streamlining VFX and post-production workflows.
Award-Winning Focus Mechanism: Features a cam-style focus movement that provides smooth, backlash-free adjustment, with 270° of rotation for high-precision pulls.
Unified Physical Specs: Most lenses in the set share a common 110mm front diameter and standardized gear positions, allowing for rapid swaps without adjusting matte boxes or follow-focus motors.
Comprehensive Focal Range: A massive selection of focal lengths (from 16mm to 300mm) that are color-matched to other Cooke series like the Anamorphic/i and Panchro/i Classic.
Cost: 37,855/ sales: 45,000
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Alexandru Dorobantu/SquadRental
ate@squadrental.com
+40724283005
Rumania
2-16-2026
Key Features:
Aspherical Elements: Reduces spherical aberration and distortion, providing exceptional sharpness even when shot wide open.
S.S.C. (Super Spectra Coating): Delivers excellent color balance and minimizes ghosting/flaring while maintaining a warm, nostalgic “golden” tint.
Full Frame Coverage: Naturally covers large-format sensors (like the Alexa LF or Sony Venice) without vignetting.
Fast Apertures: The “Aspherical” trio (24mm, 55mm, 85mm) allows for incredible low-light performance and shallow depth of field.
K-35 DNA: They share the same optical designs as the Academy Award-winning Canon K-35 cinema lenses, offering a similar look at a fraction of the cost.
Pleasing Bokeh: Features a distinct, smooth out-of-focus rendering that feels more “painterly” than modern clinical lenses.
Cost: 90,000 euro
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luke menges
lukemenges@me.com
London
2-16-2026
The TLS-rehoused Cooke Speed Panchro set is a premium marriage of 1950s/60s vintage glass and modern mechanical precision. True Lens Services (TLS) takes the legendary Series II and Series III optical blocks and updates them with robust, production-ready housings that resemble the mechanics of modern Cooke S4s. These lenses are the definitive source of the “Cooke Look”—a painterly, organic aesthetic characterized by warm skin tones and a smooth focus roll-off. While the glass is vintage, the TLS rehousing ensures they can withstand the rigors of modern film sets, including the use of high-torque wireless follow-focus systems.
Key Features:
Cam-Driven Focus: Replaces the original thread-based movement with a precision cam system, eliminating image shift and backlash during focus pulls.
Standardized Mechanics: All lenses feature a consistent 110mm front diameter and unified 0.8 MOD gear positions for focus and iris.
Enhanced Build: Housings are CNC-machined from aircraft-grade aluminum, brass, and stainless steel with a native PL mount.
Super 35+ Coverage: Primarily designed for Super 35 sensors, though the longer focal lengths (40mm and up) often cover Full Frame sensors.
Dual Scales: Highly visible, large focus scales available in both Imperial and Metric markings.
The “Cooke Look”: Delivers a “creamy” texture and romantic flare that takes the clinical edge off modern digital sensors.
Production Efficiency: Standardized diameters and gear positions mean no need to reposition matte boxes or follow-focus motors when swapping lenses.
Flattering Portraits: Renowned for rendering faces with a gentle, forgiving sharpness that hides skin imperfections.
Mechanical Reliability: Provides the tactile feel of a modern cinema lens while preserving the soul of 70-year-old optics.
Cost: 39,000 USD / Sales: 45,000 USD
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Camilo G Collazos
2-12-2026
Includes:
Fitting Case
The Cooke S7/i Full Frame Plus Prime series is a flagship set of cinema lenses designed to meet the rigorous demands of large-format cinematography. Covering an image circle of at least 46.31mm, these lenses are optimized for Full Frame, VistaVision, and Super 35 sensors. They are renowned for delivering the “Cooke Look”—a signature aesthetic characterized by a smooth, organic fall-off, pleasing skin tones, and a balanced, three-dimensional image.
The set of 11 focal lengths (16, 18, 21, 25, 27, 32, 40, 50, 75, 100, and 135mm) provides a consistent T2.0 aperture across the range, ensuring uniform exposure and depth-of-field control. Each lens is color-matched not only within the S7/i series but also with other Cooke lines like the S4/i and Anamorphic/i, allowing for seamless intercutting during production.
Key Features:
Large Format Coverage: Specifically built to cover sensors up to the RED V-RAPTOR XL and Sony VENICE 2 without vignetting.
The “Cooke Look”: Provides a sharp yet “creamy” aesthetic that renders skin naturally and produces a cinematic, organic bokeh.
Next-Gen /i Technology: Captures frame-by-frame metadata (aperture, focus, and depth-of-field), streamlining VFX and post-production workflows.
Mechanical Precision: Features an Academy Award-winning cam-style focus mechanism for smooth, backlash-free adjustments and 270° of rotation.
Standardized Design: Most lenses in the set share a common 110mm front diameter and standardized gear positions, enabling rapid lens changes without repositioning follow-focus or matte box motors.
Exceptional Optical Control: Engineered to minimize lateral color aberration, flare, and distortion, even when shooting wide open at T2.0.
Durability: Finished with a scratch-resistant PTFE hard anodized coating to withstand harsh onset environments.
Update Feb 16th 2026
Price changed from EUR 126.000 FOB to EUR 80.000 FOB
Cost changed from EUR 120.000 to EUR 70.000
Adam’s request
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Cost: 70,000 EUROS
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Alexandru Dorobantu/SquadRental
ate@squadrental.com
+40724283005
Rumania
2-12-2026
The Cooke S8/i FF (Full Frame) set represents the pinnacle of modern cinema glass, evolving the legendary “Cooke Look” for the high-resolution demands of digital sensors. This set of 8 primes is engineered with an all-spherical design, emphasizing organic textures and a signature “painterly” bokeh while providing a super-fast T1.4 aperture across the entire range.
Key Features:
Supercharged T1.4 Aperture: One of the fastest full-frame lens sets available, allowing for exceptional low-light performance and razor-thin depth of field.
The “Cooke Look” Evolution: Delivers a warm, natural aesthetic with smooth skin tones and a high degree of dimensionality without the “clinical” feel of modern digital lenses.
All-Spherical Design: Purely spherical elements eliminate “onion-ring” artifacts in the bokeh, ensuring smooth, round highlights.
Advanced /i Technology: Captures real-time metadata including focus/iris position, motion inertial data, and distortion maps—essential for modern VFX and virtual production.
Lightweight & Ergonomic: Significantly lighter and more compact than the previous S7/i series, optimized for use on gimbals, drones, and Steadicams.
Consistent Mechanics: All lenses (except the 18mm) share a unified 104mm front diameter and standardized gear positions, enabling lightning-fast lens swaps on set.
Cost: $140k / Sales: $165k
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Christine Cooke
Adam Fox
2-10-2026
Includes:
Fitting Case
The Zeiss Super Speed MKII set is a legendary collection of cinema prime lenses that defined the look of 1980s and 90s cinema. Renowned for their incredible speed and compact form factor, these lenses remain a staple for cinematographers seeking a vintage aesthetic without sacrificing mechanical reliability.
The MKII set is distinctive for its uniform T1.3 aperture across the range, making it one of the fastest vintage sets available.
Key Features:
Ultra-Fast T1.3 Aperture: Provides exceptional low-light performance and a razor-thin depth of field for superior subject isolation.
Signature “Zeiss Look”: Delivers a “creamy” rendering with lower contrast when wide open, sharpening significantly when stopped down to T2.8.
Compact & Lightweight: Their small footprint makes them the preferred choice for handheld, gimbal, and Steadicam work.
Mechanical Consistency: Each lens features a standard 80mm front diameter and integrated 0.8 pitch gears, allowing for rapid lens changes without repositioning follow-focus motors or matte boxes.
Vintage Character: Known for producing pleasing flares and a gentle “glow” around highlights, adding a filmic texture that modern digital sensors often lack.
7-Blade Iris: Unlike the earlier “B-Speed” version (which had triangular apertures), the MKII features a more conventional iris for smoother, more natural bokeh.
Cost: 38,500 USD
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Lucas Wyatt
luke@orangerobotla.com
+18123459400
2-10-2026
