Schneider Optics Inc.

Schneider Optics, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of the celebrated German lens maker Schneider Kreuznach. Since 1913 Schneider has been a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of extraordinary lenses, filters, and accessories for the still photography, television broadcasting, cinematography, and cinema/digital projection.

Schneider acquired Century Precision Optics in 2000. Century Optics brand of film and video lens accessories has been a worldwide industry leader for more than 60 years itself. Century’s line of professional lenses and accessories for television and film production remove obstacles, expand creative choices, and make the seemingly impossible shots a reality.

Our Motion Picture & Television (MPTV) filters have been engineered with major improvements in motion picture and broadcast television image quality. Diamond cut from crystal-clear, water-white optical glass, Schneider filters are ground and polished to a precise flatness and plane-parallelism.