Phase One Lenses

Medium Format Lenses by Phase One

Exceptional image capture begins with outstanding optics. Phase One's lenses are designed in collaboration with renowned German optics experts, Schneider Kreuznach, and built by Phase One using precision Japanese manufacturing. Designed for expanding digital camera technology, Schneider Kreuznach lenses enable and support the highest standard of professional photography.

Designed in Denmark

Danish design is known for functionalism, simplicity, and elegance. For over ten years, Phase One Denmark has led the design of the Phase One Camera System lenses, driving the finest engineering and manufacturing partners to create a higher standard of lens to support the creative ambitions of professional photographers.

German Optics Engineering

Founded in 1913, Schneider Kreuznach is a worldwide leader in optics and precision engineering. Building on a century of German optics expertise, the Blue Ring Lenses for the XF Camera are unmatched in quality, with a unique individual focus calibration making unprecedented autofocus precision possible.

Japanese High-Tech Manufacturing

The manufacturing home of our lenses in Japan is where lenses are built by hand, each handled from start to finish by a single expert who oversees every component is flawlessly assembled. Established over a century ago, the Japanese optics industry is the optimal location for manufacture of the Phase One lenses.