Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH is a manufacturer of industrial and photographic optics. The company was founded on 18 January 1913 by Joseph Schneider as Optische Anstalt Jos. Schneider & Co. at Bad Kreuznach in Germany. The company changed its name to Jos. Schneider & Co., Optische Werke, Kreuznach in 1922, and to the current Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH in 1998.
Samsung HD camcorder from 2012 with Schneider Varioplan zoom lens (30x)
B+W UV filter from Schneider Kreuznach
1:2.8/35mm Curtagon lens in M42 screw mount
1:4/35mm PA-Curtagon lens
Rolleiflex is the name of a long-running and diverse line of high-end cameras originally made by the German company Franke & Heidecke, and later Rollei-Werke.
A Rolleiflex 2.8 F
Swiss writer and photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach holding the Rolleiflex Standard 621 (1938).
The camera is held at the waist, with the viewfinder mounted on top (here, a Rolleiflex SLX).
Rolleiflex Original with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/3.8