Great cinematographers are notoriously detail oriented, but they're not necessarily perfectionists. Look at the Oscar-nominated films from last year that embraced visual artifacts — wide-angle distortions that skewed every shot of The Revenant, thick Super 16 grain that layered a dreamy period haze over Carol, and unique image characteristics bestowed by vintage glass on The Hateful Eight and Ex Machina.

Yes, some DPs will run extensive tests to determine which lenses will deliver absolutely clean and precise images. But for those who really embrace the idiosyncracies of anamorphic optics, Cooke Optics has announced a new Anamorphic/i lens range that's designed for extra "funkiness."

"We've been playing with coatings to provide even more of the anamorphic funkiness that people like, while maintaining the Cooke look," Les Zellan, chairman and owner of Cooke Optics said in a prepared statement. "We see the Anamorphic/i SF set as an addition to the cinematographer's arsenal, so they have the option of creating classic anamorphic shapes or kicking the flares, bokeh and other aberrations up a notch."

Cooke's new Anamorphic/i SF lenses will be on show at NAB 2016 and are expected to ship shortly thereafter. Also new from Cooke at the show will be Anamorphic/i wide-angle zooms.