The Taylor, Taylor & Hobson 12.5mm f/1.8 T/2 Cooke Kinetal is a wide-angle cine lens from the British Cooke Kinetal series, designed for 16mm professional motion-picture cameras. With its fast f/1.8 aperture (T/2) and 12.5mm focal length, it was intended for documentary, news, and television work where low-light capability and a wide field of view mattered.

UK auction data for this lens is thin: a single recorded hammer result at £101 in March 2025 sets the only firm reference point for what a 12.5mm Cooke Kinetal is worth at saleroom level today. Because that figure is a wholesale auction-hammer price rather than a dealer asking price, retail listings for clean, working examples typically sell for more, and condition, mount compatibility, and originality of the focus and aperture rings drive most of the variation in value.