Cooke Optics of Leicester has a strong claim to having actually invented the first practical zoom lens in the 1930s, but that\u2019s a story for another time.<\/p>\n
First presented in September of 1970 at Photokina in Cologne, and released to the market the next year, many consider it to be the first modern approach to a cine zoom.<\/p>\n
The Varotal was the first fully contained zoom, meaning the front didn\u2019t move or rotate, so you could use convenient clip-on matte boxes and filter holders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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