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Innovation has a long tradition

Since the beginning in 1913, SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH has made lenses for professionals. Names
such as SYMMAR, XENAR, ANGULON and COMPONON are well known all over the world.

Super-Symmar 5.6/210 XL-100° Aspheric
1914 Brandnames SYMMAR and COMPONAR
1926 TELE-XENAR
1930 ANGULON, large format lens with 72°
1960 SUPER-ANGULON with 105°
1993 SUPER-ANGULON XL with 120°
1996 APO-DIGITAR digital lenses for 
professional use ( 2.8/28 up to 5.6/150 )
1999 SUPER-SYMMAR XL ASPHERIC, first large format lens with aspherical surface
2002 APO-DIGITAR 5.6/24 XL - 100°

Experience in zoom lenses

1957 Starting calculation of zoom-lenses
1959 VARIOGON 2.8/10-40 mm for 8-mm film 
first SCHNEIDER-VARIOGON
1969 COLOR-TV-VARIOGON 2.1/18-200 mm 
first SCHNEIDER Television Zoom-lens
1985 TV-VARIOGON 1.4/11-385 mm
first SCHNEIDER Zoom-lens without cams ( electronic steering )
1989 TV-VARIOGON 1.7/6-70 mm with two aspherical lenses
now Zoom-lenses for industrial applications ( VARIOGON and BETAVARON )

Television Zoom Lenses

Experience with aspherical elements

 

 Aspheric surface
1976 Aspherical lens for VARIOGON 1.8/7-56 mm
( placed in front, it reduced the short focal length from 7mm to 4 mm )
1989 High quality glass aspherical lens in 
TV-VARIOGON 1.7/6-70 mm
1996 First aspherical lens in large format lens 
SUPER-SYMMAR XL asperic
1999 Starting production of high quality grinded and polished aspherical glass lenses


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