Schneider's name is now owned by Samsung I believe, like Yashica and Zeiss,
and following Yashica's use of Zeiss in the T series point and shoots,
Samsung has now fitted Schneider lenses to its high end p&s.
Andrew
>At 20:51 12/19/00 , Les Clark wrote:
>>In 1962 I acquired a Rollei 3.5F with a Xenotar, and find that I reach
>>for it more often than the Technika these days, probably because I'm
>>just getting old and lazy. Its lens is a blood-letting twin of the
>>Technika one. No lust for Zeiss from me...
>
>Schneider-Kreuznach is perhaps the second best German lens maker; very hot
>on the heels of Carl Zeiss. The S-K name is not well known among still
>camera users, unless you are into Rollei TLR's or M/F SLR's. They are
>probably better known today for superb cinema and projection lenses . . .
>within those circles that use such lenses. S-K's Xenotar is really a
>"brother" of the CZ Planar. "Cousin" wouldn't be strong enough to describe
>it. If you look at cross-section drawings of the two, you can see a very,
>very strong similarity. Among the Rolleiflex users, the consensus is the
>Xenotar and Planar are equivalent in quality and performance. It's just
>the CZ name that commands higher prices for those that have the CZ Planar.
>I'm not surprised at your Xenotar performance.
>
>Similarly, the S-K Xenar is a CZ Tessar clone. The Rollei 35's were lensed
>with both and the same observation applies. The Xenar is every bit equal
>to Tessar performance. Likewise, without the CZ name associated with it,
>they do not command the price of one with a Tessar.
>
>BTW, B+W filters are made by Schneider-Kreuznach. An entangled oddity is
>B+W's use of Schott glass. Schott is a major part of the Carl Zeiss
>Foundation (Stiftung).
>
>-- John
>
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