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Lens properties and fields of applications

Taking lenses for analog photography

 
Super-Angulon Classic Classical wide-angle lens with an angle of view of 100° at working aperture, offers high resolution, brilliant contrast and extreme shift potential. Designed for landscape and architecture photography as well as for advertising photography.
 
Super-Angulon XL Universal ultra-wide-angle lens with an extreme angle of view of 120° at working aperture without any barrel-shaped distortion. Most suitable for landscape and architectural photography.
 
Super-Symmar XL
    Asperic
Universal taking lens of the latest generation of aspherical technology: high maximum aperture, compact design and very low weight. The exceptional angle of view of 105° offers extreme camera movements, required for both architectural and dynamic studio photography.
 
Apo-Symmar L Apochromatic lens with an angle of view of up to 75° at working aperture. The insensitivity to scale makes possible close-up photos up to about 1:3. Universal standard lens for almost every type of professional application.
 
Makro-Symmar HM Special macro lens with a recommended working range of 1:4 up to 4:1 for shooting and enlarging technique.
 
Apo-Tele-Xenar Extremely compact and light large-format telephoto lens for excellent image quality. Partly modular with an interchangeable rear component. Fields of application: landscape, industrial and architectural photography.
 
PC Super-Angulon Lens with perspective control for 35 mm SLR cameras. Easy fitting to all common systems by changeable mounts.
 
Fine Art XXL Fine Art XXL lenses for very large cut-film formats between 8" x 10" and 20" x 24". Because of the huge entire image circle of 900 mm even suitable for the popular 7" x 12" and 8" x 20" panorama formats.
 
Taking lenses for digital photography

 
Digitar The Schneider Digitar series are lenses with electronic shutter developed for the professional digital photography with chip-back. Wide-angle and macro lenses are also available as medium and long focal lengths constructions.
 
Accessories Accessories for Apo-Digitar lenses: Centerfilter for Apo-Digitar 24 mm, 35 mm and 47 mm, electronic shutters and remote control for electronic shutters.
 
Enlarging lenses

 
Componar - S The Componar-S is a series of excellent budget priced enlarging lenses with outstanding in high contrast and brilliance. The best performance of this 4-element design will be reached at magnification ratio 6:1 to 10:1. All lenses with illuminated iris window, disengageable click stop and preset iris.
 
Componon - S Schneider Compnon-S is a range of top-performance professional enlarging lenses. The flat field corrected, 6 elements in 4 groups constructed lenses are designed for high range of magnification ratio. The 135 mm and 150 mm lenses are equipped with a luminous iris scale and focus length from 50 mm to 100 mm with preset iris and disengageable click stop.
Apo - Componon HM The 6-element apochromatically corrected enlarging lenses perfectly meets the highest demands and quality standards for the whole range of magnification. All lenses with illuminated iris window. The 40, 45, 60 and 90 mm lens is also equipped with preset iris.
 
Photo lens accessories

 
Lens shutter Mechanical shutters as well as electronic shutters and remote control.
 
Magnifier High performance magnifiers with 3x, 4x, 6x and 10x magnification. Ergonomic tools for studio, editorial office and agency. The 10x magnifier is also available with integrated illumination.
 
Centerfilter Centerfilter to compensate for the natural fall-off in brightness of the wide-angle lenses: Super-Angulon XL, Super-Symmar XL Asperic and Apo-Digitar XL.
Helical mount Adjustable helical mount needed with cameras without intrinsic focusing mechanism (e. g., in panoramic cameras). To fit most lenses with Copal and Copal Press size 0.
 
Software Interactive optical software for calculation of optical solutions in three coordinate system (FF', HH' and SS'). Automatic algebraic sign adjustment! Depth of field with iris matching, format-/coverage control, diffraction control and many more ..
Older photo lenses

 
  Please note: Lenses of this category we have crossed off the effective delivery program. It's only just for information (German).
Apo-Symmar, G-Claron, Xenar, Super-Angulon(old),
Componon, Betavaron

Photo filter for analog and digital photography

 
Photo filter Particularly in digital photography, B+W filters are important tools for improving image quality. A polarizing filter, for example, provides more saturated colors and high color contrasts because the bluish-gray haze typical of sunny days is filtered before the image sensor generates the data record. If UV or IR radiation causes haze or blur a UV/IR blocking filter in front of the lens can ensure more brilliance and detail sharpness without the necessity for coarsening re-sharpening in the image program. Protection filter are becoming increasingly important. Its only function is to keep dirt, sand or splashes away from the front lens. Filters solve problems before they occur in the image sensor.
   
Super-Angulon Classic Super-Angulon XL Super-Symmar XL Aspheric APO-Symmar L Makro-Symmar HM APO-Tele-Xenar HM PC Super-Angulon Fine Art lenses Digitar Accessories Digital Centerfilter Componar S Componon S Apo-Componon HM Shutters Magnifiers Center filter Helical mount Program download Apo-Symmar G-Claron Xenar Super-Angulon (old) Componon Betavaron