Company:Century Precision Optics
Century Precision Optics is an American lens manufacturing firm. It was founded in 1948 in North Hollywood, California as Century Photo Optics. Steven Manios Sr.[1] purchased the company in 1973 and created many of the optics.[2][3] Century Optics makes a variety of digital, broadcast, projection, and industrial lenses. They have offices in Hauppauge, New York and Van Nuys, California.[3]
The company received a Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 1991.[4][2] Manios Sr. sold the company to Tinsley Laboratories in 1993.[5][2] In 2000 it was then acquired by Schneider Optics, the U.S. subsidiary of the German firm Schneider Kreuznach.[3] The Century name continues as a Schneider brand.
Manios Sr. died in January 2021 from COVID-19 at age 82.[2]
References
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Steven Manios Sr. (1938-2021)" (in en). https://theasc.com/news/in-memoriam-steven-manios-sr.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ramos, Dino-Ray (2021-01-07). "Steven Manios Sr. Dies From Covid-19: Former Owner Of Century Precision Optics Was 82". Deadline. https://deadline.com/2021/01/steven-manios-sr-dead-covid-19-former-owner-century-precision-optics-1234666617/#!.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "About Schneider". Schneider Kreuznach. https://www.schneideroptics.com/about/about.htm. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ↑ [%2230%22,%2231%22,%2232%22,%2233%22,%2234%22,%2235%22,%22Sort%22:%223-Award%20Category-Chron%22,%22Search%22:%22Basic%22%7D "The Academy Awards Database"]. awardsdatabase.oscars.org. https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/GetResults?query=%7B%22AwardCategory%22:[%2230%22,%2231%22,%2232%22,%2233%22,%2234%22,%2235%22],%22Sort%22:%223-Award%20Category-Chron%22,%22Search%22:%22Basic%22%7D. "1991: To CENTURY PRECISION OPTICS for the opto-mechanical design and development of the Canon/Century Precision Optics Zoom Lens. [Lenses and Filters]"
- ↑ Fauer, Jon (6 January 2021). "Steven Manios Sr. 1938-2021 - Film and Digital Times". Film and Digital Times. https://www.fdtimes.com/2021/01/06/steven-manios-sr-1938-2021/.
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