L’azienda tedesca, meglio conosciuta semplicemente come Schneider (il cui nome completo è Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH), è infatti entrata nel Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group, allargando di fatto la propria ottima offerta per ottiche per fotocamere.
E’ stato lo stesso Amministratore Unico di Schneider-Kreuznach ad annunciare che il lavoro per lo sviluppo dei nuovi obiettivi con questo standard è a pieno regime, aggiungendo inoltre che la tecnologia Micro Quattro Terzi è “un grande potenziale, che semplifica e migliora le opzioni per le fotocamere digitali compatte e offre un’eccellente opportunità per l’industria nel suo complesso, così come per noi come produttore di lenti”.
Un’ottima notizia dunque, per la quale potete trovare di seguito il comunicato stampa ufficiale:
SCHNEIDER KREUZNACH now a member of the “Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group”
BAD KREUZNACH, 4 February 2011. Schneider-Kreuznach has joined the “Micro Four Thirds System Standard Group” – a consortium of companies with the objective of improving the possibilities and quality of compact digital cameras. Developed by Olympus and Panasonic, “Micro Four Thirds” is a standard for lens mounts that is tailored to digital system cameras. “This standard has great potential. It simplifies and improves the options for compact digital cameras and offers an excellent opportunity for the industry as a whole, as well as for us as a lens manufacturer. We are working intensively on a corresponding series of lenses,” says Dr. Josef Staub, CEO of the Schneider Group.
The standard defines the sensor size, the lens mount together with the communication protocol, the aspect ratio and the flange back distance, as well as the optical requirements for production and construction. The industry standard has been developed deliberately without taking into account conventional lenses, cameras or sensor sizes. In this way, compatibility problems with older components are avoided as is the need to compromise when designing new components.
The forum standard policy means that any member company can make and distribute accessories for the system that meet the standard. It is therefore possible to combine components from different manufacturers.
About the Schneider Group: The Schneider Group specializes in developing and producing high-performance photographic lenses, cinema projection lenses, as well as industrial optics and precision mechanics. The group comprises Jos. Schneider Optische Werke, founded in Bad Kreuznach in 1913, and its subsidiaries Pentacon (Dresden), Schneider Kreuznach Isco Division (Göttingen), Schneider-Optics (New York, Los Angeles), Schneider Bando (Seoul), Schneider Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) and Schneider Optical Technologies (Shenzhen). The company’s main brand is “Schneider-Kreuznach”. It has around 620 employees worldwide, with 330 based in its German headquarters. For years now the group has been a world market leader in the area of high-performance lenses.