Cooke XVa?

**Diane Maher** · 2-Mar-2010, 10:06

Sorry, but I haven't had the time to develop my first images made with the lens.

Been too busy during the day and too tired at night.

**r.e.** · 2-Mar-2010, 10:23

What is the difference between the Cooke XVa that was being discussed in this thread five years ago and the XVa that Cooke has apparently been shipping only since last fall: http://www.cookeoptics.com/cooke.nsf/products/xva.html?

**Robert Hughes** · 2-Mar-2010, 10:26

Uh... five years?

**r.e.** · 2-Mar-2010, 10:39

Originally Posted by Robert Hughes

Uh... five years?

On my screen, the first post in this thread was made on July 3, 2005.

**IanG** · 2-Mar-2010, 10:53

As Robert says 5 years, and this is a new production run.

Ian

**r.e.** · 2-Mar-2010, 10:55

Ah, got it. I read the Cooke web site as saying that this was a new product:

We are in production and first deliveries of Cooke XVa lenses will be Fall 2009.

The same classic lines, format and focal length combinations as the original Cooke Series XV lens. Cooke's redesign of this still popular classic maintains the favorite characteristics of the original lens while incorporating new features requested by contemporary photographers:...

Retail appears to be $2550, presumably without a shutter. Anyone know what a Copal 3 sells for?

it would indeed be interesting to see some photographs made with this lens.

**ederphoto** · 2-Mar-2010, 12:05

I've been waiting to see some pics too for a long time .This is either a bad lens for black and white due to coating or has to be something else ,or nobody here has one !

**CarstenW** · 2-Mar-2010, 12:57

IIRC Jack Flesher had one, and liked it well enough. I don't think he hangs around here any more, since he sold his LF stuff and bought a Mamiya/Phase setup, but you could ask him on his own forum:

http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=22