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'''Schneider''' is a German optical company, that has made high quality lenses until today. They equipped many brands of cameras, German and other. Their lenses were often proposed as the second best choice, just behind [[Carl Zeiss]], both firms were considered of equal quality, with Schneider a little less expensive.
 
'''Schneider''' is a German optical company, that has made high quality lenses until today. They equipped many brands of cameras, German and other. Their lenses were often proposed as the second best choice, just behind [[Carl Zeiss]], both firms were considered of equal quality, with Schneider a little less expensive.
  
Famous Schneider lens names include:
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== Schneider lens names ==
* the '''Xenar''' four element design, copy of the [[Carl Zeiss]] Tessar
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* '''Radionar''': triplet lenses
* the '''Xenon''' six element design, for high aperture lenses
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* '''Xenar''': four element design, copy of the [[Carl Zeiss]] Tessar
* the '''Radionar''' triplet lenses
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* '''Xenon''': six element design, for high aperture lenses
  
[[Category:Lens makers]]
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== See also ==
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The links go directly to the Schneider section:
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* [[39mm screw lenses#Schneider lenses|39mm screw lenses]]
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* [[42mm screw lenses#Schneider lenses|42mm screw lenses]]
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* [[Exakta lenses#Schneider lenses|Exakta lenses]]
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* [[Hasselblad]]
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* [[Leicaflex / Leica R lenses]]
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* [[Rolleiflex SL35 lenses#Schneider|Rolleiflex SL35 lenses]]
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== Cameras with a fixed Schneider lens ==
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* [[Adox 300]]
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* [[Balda Baldaxette]]
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* [[Balda Super Baldina]] (folding)
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* [[Balda Super Pontura]]
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* [[Certo Dollina I]], [[Dollina II]], [[Dollina III]], [[Super Dollina]]
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* [[Kodak Regent II]]
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* [[Nagel Pupille]] and [[Vollenda]] 3x4
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* [[Makina|Plaubel Makina IIa]]
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* [[Welta Weltini]]
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* [[Welta Weltur]]
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[[Category: Lens makers]]
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[[Category: Germany]]

Revision as of 23:17, 12 March 2006

Schneider is a German optical company, that has made high quality lenses until today. They equipped many brands of cameras, German and other. Their lenses were often proposed as the second best choice, just behind Carl Zeiss, both firms were considered of equal quality, with Schneider a little less expensive.

Schneider lens names

  • Radionar: triplet lenses
  • Xenar: four element design, copy of the Carl Zeiss Tessar
  • Xenon: six element design, for high aperture lenses

See also

The links go directly to the Schneider section:

Cameras with a fixed Schneider lens