Notes from February 2008

Cooke CVK service

I was hoping Charlie would give my CVK a clean bill of health, but apparently it's ailing a bit. Front focus issue was deep inside the lens... one of the elements was actually loose. Screw heads were stripped and interior dirty. The last person to poke around inside this lens did a hack job. Charlie is working on a s16 conversion for the lens, making it a 10.8-60mm T3. Also getting a new delrin cap made for the front to replace the not-so-good Cooke factory lens cap. I would ideally like to put an Aaton mount on this lens, for FFD accuracy and to keep the lens from sticking out so far from the mount, but I think I'll end up leaving it with its current B mount.

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