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'''Schneider''' or '''Schneider Kreuznach''' is the popular abbreviated name of a manufacturer of industrial and photographic optics.
  
'''Schneider''' or Schneider-Kreuznach (Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH) has been designing and manufacturing high quality lenses for cameras and other optical instruments since 1913. Over 14 million precision Schneider lenses have been sold worldwide. Schneider camera lenses are renowned for their quality, and have equipped many fine cameras, including the [[Alpa]] 12WA and 12/SWA, Rollei 6006, and the Linhof [[Technorama]] panoramic camera. As lens supplier for [[Kodak]] Schneider is also present in the mass market. Schneider even meets highest demands with its lenses for [[repro camera]]s and for television cameras.  
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When the company was founded at Bad Kreuznach in Germany on 18 January 1913 by Joseph Schneider, the name was '''Optische Anstalt Jos. Schneider & Co.''' In 1922 the name was changed to '''Jos. Schneider & Co., Optische Werke, Kreuznach''', and in 1998 to the current '''Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH'''.
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Over 14 million Schneider lenses have been sold worldwide. Schneider camera lenses are renowned for their quality and have equipped many luxury cameras to this day, including the recent [[Alpa]] 12WA and 12/SWA, Rollei 6006, and the Linhof [[Technorama]] panoramic camera. They continue to offer a full line of [[view camera]] lenses, including specialized ones for digital capture backs. As lens supplier for [[Kodak]] and [[Samsung]], Schneider is present in the mass market too. Schneider also makes lenses for [[repro camera]]s and for television cameras, as well as a range of industrial optics.  
  
 
== Schneider lens names ==
 
== Schneider lens names ==
 
* Angulon and Super Angulon
 
* Angulon and Super Angulon
* Radionar: triplet lenses
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* Radionar and Isconar: triplet lenses
* Tele Arton
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* Tele Xenar (4 element) and Tele Arton (5 element) Telephoto lenses
* Xenar: four element design, copy of the [[Carl Zeiss]] Tessar
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* Symmar: Initially a 3+3 [[Dagor]]-type sold as [[convertible lens|triple convertible]], later a Plasmat sold as convertible
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* Variogon: range of zoom lenses
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* Xenar: mostly four element designs, copies of the [[Tessar|Carl Zeiss Tessar]], though some f/2.8 Xenars were a five element design (5 elements in four groups)
 
* Xenon: six element design, for high aperture lenses
 
* Xenon: six element design, for high aperture lenses
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Radionar lenses were assembled in the 1930s by the Japanese company [[Neumann & Heilemann]], certainly from loose elements supplied by Schneider. See [[Serial_numbers | here]] for dating the serial numbers of Schneider lenses.
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
 
The links go directly to the Schneider section:
 
The links go directly to the Schneider section:
* [[39mm screw lenses#Schneider lenses|39mm screw lenses]]
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* [[39mm screw lenses#Schneider|39mm screw lenses]]
 
* [[42mm screw lenses#Schneider|42mm screw lenses]]
 
* [[42mm screw lenses#Schneider|42mm screw lenses]]
 
* [[Exakta lenses#Schneider|Exakta lenses]]
 
* [[Exakta lenses#Schneider|Exakta lenses]]
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== Cameras with a fixed Schneider lens ==
 
== Cameras with a fixed Schneider lens ==
 
* [[Adox 300]]
 
* [[Adox 300]]
* [[Balda Baldaxette]]
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* [[Agfa Karat|Agfa Karat 36 and Karat IV)]]
* [[Balda Super Baldina]] (folding)
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* Balda [[Baldaxette]], [[Baldina|Baldina, Super Baldina, Jubillete, Baldalette, Baldini, Baldinette, Super Baldinette]], [[Super Pontura]], [[Baldessa]]
* [[Balda Super Pontura]]
 
 
* [[Certo Dollina I]], [[Dollina II]], [[Dollina III]], [[Super Dollina]]
 
* [[Certo Dollina I]], [[Dollina II]], [[Dollina III]], [[Super Dollina]]
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* [[Franka Solida]], Super Frankarette
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* [[Perla|Gamma Perla]]
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* [[Duo Six-20|Kodak Duo Six-20 (various models)]]
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* [[Kodak Easyshare DX6490]]
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* [[Kodak Instamatic 500]]
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* [[Kodak_AG#35mm|Kodak Retina]] and [[Kodak Retinette|Retinette]] (various models)
 
* [[Kodak Regent II]]
 
* [[Kodak Regent II]]
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* [[Linhof]] [[Technorama]] 617 and 617S
 
* [[Nagel Pupille]] and [[Vollenda]] 3x4
 
* [[Nagel Pupille]] and [[Vollenda]] 3x4
* [[Makina|Plaubel Makina IIa]]
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* [[Plaubel Makina|Plaubel Makina IIa]]
* [[Welta Weltini]]
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* [[Rollei 35]] (1972-1973 only)
* [[Welta Weltur]]
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*  Rollei [[Rolleicord]] and [[Rolleiflex]] (various models)
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* [[Welti|Welta Welti]], [[Weltini]], and [[Weltur]]
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* [[Contina|Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 522/24]]
  
==Links==
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== Links ==
* [http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com the company's website]
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* Homepage of Schneider Kreuznach, [http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/en/homepage/ in English] and [http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/startseite/ in German]
* [http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/archiv/archiv.htm the company's archive]
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<!--Commented out link, page no longer present/availabe, please remove if not returned by 03/2016 * [http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/archiv/archiv.htm Company's archive] in German -->
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* [http://www.schneideroptics.com/info/age_of_lenses/ Schneider lens age by serial number] in English
  
 
[[Category: German lens makers]]
 
[[Category: German lens makers]]
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Revision as of 15:17, 4 December 2015

Schneider or Schneider Kreuznach is the popular abbreviated name of a manufacturer of industrial and photographic optics.

When the company was founded at Bad Kreuznach in Germany on 18 January 1913 by Joseph Schneider, the name was Optische Anstalt Jos. Schneider & Co. In 1922 the name was changed to Jos. Schneider & Co., Optische Werke, Kreuznach, and in 1998 to the current Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH.

Over 14 million Schneider lenses have been sold worldwide. Schneider camera lenses are renowned for their quality and have equipped many luxury cameras to this day, including the recent Alpa 12WA and 12/SWA, Rollei 6006, and the Linhof Technorama panoramic camera. They continue to offer a full line of view camera lenses, including specialized ones for digital capture backs. As lens supplier for Kodak and Samsung, Schneider is present in the mass market too. Schneider also makes lenses for repro cameras and for television cameras, as well as a range of industrial optics.

Schneider lens names

  • Angulon and Super Angulon
  • Radionar and Isconar: triplet lenses
  • Tele Xenar (4 element) and Tele Arton (5 element) Telephoto lenses
  • Symmar: Initially a 3+3 Dagor-type sold as triple convertible, later a Plasmat sold as convertible
  • Variogon: range of zoom lenses
  • Xenar: mostly four element designs, copies of the Carl Zeiss Tessar, though some f/2.8 Xenars were a five element design (5 elements in four groups)
  • Xenon: six element design, for high aperture lenses

Radionar lenses were assembled in the 1930s by the Japanese company Neumann & Heilemann, certainly from loose elements supplied by Schneider. See here for dating the serial numbers of Schneider lenses.



See also

The links go directly to the Schneider section:

Cameras with a fixed Schneider lens

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