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Meeting the standards set by the High Definition format requires a level of precision and excellence found only in select optics. With this in mind, Century, a leader in quality optics manufacturing for over 50 years, proudly offers the following accessories for shooting in HD.
HD Collimator
Essential tool for checking back focus 
This convenient and easy to use accessory ensures fast and accurate backfocus adjustment. The Century HD Collimator is ideal for checking backfocus when changing lenses on the set and for confirming that backfocus has not shifted due to temperature changes.

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HD precise internal filters
High tolerances yield superior performance
Renowned filter-maker, Schneider Optics introduces a set of optically superior filters to replace factory-supplied filters in the two internal filter wheels on Sony HDW-F900 & F950 cameras. The set of 8 features consistant thickness from filter to filter to strict tolerances far exceeding the stock set. This filter consistancy ensures that backfocus settings will remain constant when changing internal filters- especially when using wide angle lenses.

 

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Telephoto Primes
Modifications of popular prime Lenses
The new Mark II Century/Canon conversions are modifications of Canon's renowned EOS SLR lenses. Features include integrated focus and iris gears, integrated adjustable support interface to Arri bridgeplate systems and internal focus design. Each S2000 Mark II lens comes complete in its own hard case.
Products in this category:
  • Century/Canon 200 T2, Mark II
  • Century/Canon 300 T3, Mark II
  • Century/Canon 400 T3, Mark II

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Tilt Focus Lenses
for total focus control
Angle your camera's plane of focus to match your subject with out Tilt-Focus lenses. Each provides 360° of rotation and 8° of tilt in any direction, offering remarkable control of the subject focus plane in 16mm, Super 16, and 35mm cinematography.
Products in this category:
  • Century/Canon 24mm T4
  • Century/Canon 45mm T2.8
  • Century/Canon 90mm T2.8

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Periscope
ideal for shooting miniatures
Ideal for shooting miniatures and tabletop setups, the Periscope is equally at home on location — where lighting conditions are less easily controlled.

 

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Low Angle Prism
Low angle shots made easy
The Low Angle Prism will take you down to points of view as low as 2" above the floor. Plus, when the situation calls for a high-angle but restricted shot, such as shooting above the driver's shoulder in a car, the Low Angle Prism also inverts to cover high-angle shots as easily as low angles.

 

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Clairmont Swing - shift
Unparalleled image control
Century has exclusive license to manufacture and sell this patented system for encorporating bellows, swings, tilts, rises, falls & shifts for a variety of effects.

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