Clearly superior

Schneider Optics has engineered a major improvement in motion picture and broadcast television image quality with the Schneider filter line.

Diamond-cut from crystal-clear, water-white optical glass, Schneider filters are ground and polished to a precise flatness and plane-parallelism (the exact parallel relationship between the front and back filter surfaces is so important to optical performance). Then, to ensure perfection, this is verified by a laser interferometer. Schneider filters are also checked with a densitometer for consistant density, and tested for proper light transmission with a spectrophotometer. Because all Schneider filters are designed and manufactured with the highest possible degree of consistency, you can swap like filters mid-shoot with no discernable variation in color or effect. The unprecedented purity, color saturation and repeatability of Schneider filters virtually eliminate the need for lab color timing corrections caused by other filters. This puts more creative control where it belongs, in your hands.

Schneider filters stand up to the most rigorous demands on the stage and on location. On appropriate filters, Schneider's hard anti-reflective (AR) coating offers protection specially formulated to resist flaking, peeling and scratching. This proprietary AR coating also reduces light loss and flare to less than 1% per surface, compared to untreated glass which has a light loss of 4% per surface. Schneider screw-on filters feature virtually jam-proof brass precision mounting rings, while unmounted Schneider laminated filters are protected against delamination and edge-chipping by Schneider's unique Edge Seal, which also reduces edge reflection and flare.

Schneider filters allow you to shoot with total confidence. Testing under everyday motion picture production conditions, using standard film stocks, has confirmed their superior performance. To ensure that Schneider filters continue to meet your needs, we encourage Directors of Photography to submit suggestions and ideas for new products. In fact, several Schneider filters featured on this site were created to address the specific requests of leading cinematographers.

Held to the same high optical standards that have made Schneider lenses among the world's finest, and available in all professional sizes, Schneider filters are the absolute clear choice for superior results.