Schneider 4x5.65" Classic Soft # 1/4 Professional Glass Filter

Find the perfect balance of softness and clarity with the 4x5.65" Classic Soft # 1/4 Professional Glass Filter. This high-quality filter is embedded with hundreds of Micro-Lenslets, evenly distributed to create a unique softening effect. This effect is ideal for smoothing out blemishes and minimizing wrinkles, while the stronger grades (1 & 2) can add a gentle, glowing mood to your scene.

Crafted with precision, this filter is diamond cut from crystal-clear, water-white optical glass. Each Schneider filter is meticulously ground and polished to achieve precise flatness and plane-parallelism, ensuring an exact parallel relationship between the front and back filter surfaces. The perfection of each filter is verified by a laser interferometer, checked with a densitometer for consistent density, and tested with a spectrophotometer for optimal light transmission. This rigorous process ensures ultra-high consistency, allowing cinematographers to swap like filters mid-shoot without any discernible variation in color or effect.

Schneider filters are renowned for their unprecedented purity, color saturation, and repeatability, virtually eliminating the need for lab color timing correction. They are designed to withstand the most rigorous demands on set or location. Many of our filters feature Schneider's specially formulated hard anti-reflective (AR) coating, which resists flaking, peeling, and scratching. This proprietary coating also reduces light loss and flare to less than 1% per surface, a significant improvement over untreated glass that has a light loss of 4% per surface.

Our screw-on filters feature virtually jam-proof brass precision mounting rings, while our unmounted Schneider laminated filters are protected against delamination and edge-chipping by Schneider's unique Edge Seal. This innovative seal also reduces edge reflection and edge flare.

Contrary to the common perception, Schneider filters can be used in front of even the longest lenses without compromising image quality. Our filters are diamond-cut from high-quality optical glass, then ground and polished to precise lens-making standards. This ensures unsurpassed clarity, light transmission, and color saturation with absolutely no visible compromise of image quality. Even when stacked, Schneider filters are the clear choice for use with any lens, making them an essential tool for photographers and cinematographers alike.