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Author Topic: Schneider purchases Isco. Alan Gouger Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 501 From: Bradenton, FL, USA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-22-2008 08:57 AM                        Looks like Schneider purchases Isco. http://www.gafno.com/2008/08/19/schneider-group-acquires-isco/ I heard these were two brothers that split off into two companies at one time is that true.  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 08-22-2008 09:55 AM                     I too was under the impression that at one time these two were one company. Q> Where do old lenses go? A> To the old focus home.....  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 08-22-2008 10:24 AM                        I remember reading somewhere that ISCO was an acronym for Jos. Schneider & Co. with the J changed to an I, ISCO being Schneider-Goettingen.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-22-2008 10:32 AM                     It seems they are keeping the ISCO as a brand though  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-22-2008 11:07 AM                     Thank God... Now there is finally a chance that the stupid lock ring on the Isco Anamorphics will get the proper overhaul it needs! Mark  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 08-22-2008 12:08 PM                        isco: International Schneider Corp ('bout time!) Louis  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-22-2008 12:25 PM                     So now there is no competition in this market? --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-22-2008 01:20 PM                        Sure there is....there's Sankor. Oh, wait...you mean in the QUALITY lens market; your'e right -- no competition.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 08-22-2008 04:28 PM                       Have a cup of Sankor... it's decaffinated.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 08-22-2008 04:40 PM                     ..And Sankor is good to the last drop...  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-22-2008 05:08 PM                  I think you're thinking Maxwell House My favorite coffee is FOLGER'S  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 08-22-2008 08:40 PM                     The market for 35mm lenses has dropped, so it makes sense to pool resources. I know they make lenses for other applications, but motion picture lenses were most likely the biggest part of each company's business 10 years ago. But today .... !  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-22-2008 08:50 PM                     Schneider has always been diverse (as has ISCO). I think the realitiy of the situation is that neither badge was developing new Cinema lenses (for film). They had competed each other to the current crop of Ultra-Star Plus and Cinlux Premiere. Note the features are similar though the latter, the Premiere has variable iris for f/1.7 - f/4...ISCO required one to remove/install f-stop rings to attain f/1.7, f/2.1, f/2.4, f/2.7. Personally, I think this is a good thing. As Mark said, maybe they'll put a proper locking ring on the Blue-Star, add the ISCO line of lenses to the Scheider Lens program, drop the "ISCOMOT" anamorphic lens from the Ultra-Star Pluses (Integrated anamorphics) and use the Schneider ES anamorphic instead....etc. There are definitely some things they can consolidate on and there are definite strengths that the other didn't have. It maybe just me, but I think the more recent ISCOs have had some manufacturing inconsistancies. They definitely have not improved since their bankruptcy. I hope things work out for the best.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-23-2008 10:58 AM                     Be it known that the glass factory that produced Konica-Minolta's glass is in the earthquake region of Shengdou, China. The glass factory survived the quake but the power plant didn't and it's expected to be out of operation for at least a few years. This gives Schneider who is in the midst of a DLP lens program time to catch up. The majority of the lenses being designed are all based on 1.2" DMD optics, not so much the .98 stuff and I have to wonder if the purchase of ISCO has something to do with producing these optics. Keep in mind that Cinema Lenses are but a tiny corner of soemeone's desk at Schneider... their Government contracts being the largest part of the optics biz. The designer at Schneider I know told me that since the intro of the faster DMD's to allow full frame 3-D they feel the need to concentrate primarily on optics for this size DMD... ya still can't put over a 3kw lamp on a .98" chip so there is still a huge linmiting factor there for ultimate screen size and 3-D brightness capabilities. Mark  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 08-23-2008 12:03 PM                       I just installed a Barco DP-2000 with a .98 chip and takes a 4k bulb.  |  IP: Logged

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