A doublet lens has four surfaces with radii r 1 to r 4. The top figure depicts the pointspread function of a lens with spherical aberration at marginal focus. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. It was the first factory size camera business in switzerland. Lens design optical sciences and applications of light. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering. The book not only covers theory of lens design but the author also delves into the math using practical examples.
With practical zemax examples joseph geary, are all great books, just to name a few. Parameters include surface profile types spherical, aspheric, holographic, diffractive, etc. We shall use the term aplanat for a relatively thin spherically corrected achromat that is also. Barry johnson, updates kingslakes bestselling work for modern times, revising all chapters, including more examples and references, and augmenting all subject content to reflect the many changes in design that. The speed and performance of petzvals design was nearly perfect for the purpose and literally gave birth to commercial photography, which started with the taking of portraits. Lens design fundamentals edition 2 by rudolf kingslake, r. Lens design fundamentals, second edition 2010 kingslake. Goes through the design of the tessar, double gauss etc. Uses an equiconvex crown glass lens with r 1 r 2, and a second flint glass lens with r 3 r 2. The zemax code in the book is a bit dated by now but most users should be able to still use it for newer editions of the software. This book holds a unique place in the optics literature. A practical guide to lens design focuses on the very detailed practical process of lens design.
I dont need the lenses, just the books, and my supplier stopped making them. While advancements in the field over the past two centuries have done much to transform it from the former category to the latter, much of the lens design process remains encapsulated in the experience and knowledge of industry veterans. Petzvals landscape lens, the orthoskop, featured a double combination of lenses, which allowed for greater sharpness and flatness of field than the ordinary single lens of the day. This lens is characterized by a triplet construction followed by a rear element that is strongly meniscusshaped, convex to the image plane. Delving deep into the mechanics of lens design, optics legend warren j.
This book is superb because it lays out different lens design forms suitable for different fnumber and fov. Lomo zh25 2100 m42 or for nikon, movie lens, unique design from russia. Optical design of microscopes books pics download new. Practical computeraided lens design by gregory hallock smith. It has already been mentioned that abbe used the term aplanatic to refer to a lens system corrected for both spherical aberration and osc. This book provides a foundation for developing design expertise through education, practice, and exploration. Unlike the first edition, which was more a collection of lens designs for use in larger projects, the 2nd edition of modern lens design is an optical howto. This design was some twenty times faster than the original chevalier lens, and about a stop and a half faster than chevaliers f5. Different versions of the class of lenses are presented and can be used to form a practical startingpoint base for many types of lens. I am looking for few new lens tint books, the kind you show patients how each type of tint looks. The invention of the camera in the early 19th century led to an array of lens designs intended for photography. Design examples of several widely used modern lenses are provided. While the petzval portrait lens forever changed photography almost instantly, the landscape design sat dorment until about 1856. It is suitable for lens designers, optical engineers, and students with a basic knowledge of microscope structure.
A good understanding of the optical principles behind contact lenses and their surface design is essential for successful contact lens fitting. Introduction to lens design with practical zemax examples pdf. Get brushed up on your mathematics before you start. The integration of modern computer optimization with classical qualitative and quantitative analysis makes this book an essential part of any optical designers library, from. A large part of this book is devoted to a study of possible design procedures for various types of lens or mirror systems, with fully worked examples of each. Method of constructing a twosurface aplanat with refractive media. The symmetry of the design greatly reduces radial distortion. Products purchased from third party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements.
You will have to know some mathematics but if you want to try your hand at some lens design then this is a good place to get started. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering, warren j. But all of these software packages share one critical flaw. Optical design concepts basic microscope concepts geometric optics aberrations basic physical optics fluorescence. Field guide to lens design 2012 bentley publications.
Use this book along with julie bentleys online course. The art of game design a book of lenses jesse schell carnegie mellon university amsterdam boston heidelberg london new york oxford paris san diego san francisco singapore sydney tokyo morgan kaufmann publishers is an imprint of elsevier. Rudolf kingslake 19032003 is widely considered to be the father of lens design in the united states. The rapid rectilinear also named aplanat is a famous photographic lens design. Lens design is, therefore, a strong component of a wellrounded education in optics, and a skill valued by industries employing optical engineers. Haiyin sun has 30 years industrial and academic experienced in optics and lasers obtained in usa, china and germany. In this book, rudolf kingslake traces the historical development of the various types of lenses from daguerres invention of photography in 1839 through lenses commonly used today. The problems of photographic lens design, creating a lens for a task that would cover a large, flat image plane, were well known even before the invention of photography due to the development of lenses to work with the focal plane of the camera obscura.
The rapid rectilinear is a lens that is symmetrical about its aperture stop with four elements in two groups. This book provides an ideal introduction and in clear and straightforward terms, covers the topics in order to increase the awareness of what is being attempted and what can be achieved in clinical practice. The process of designing lenses is both an art and a science. Design for near and distant viewing distances is essentially identical. Jan 01, 2006 this title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the united states. There are also many useful figures to help visualize the main issuesconsiderations of lens design. It should be noted that there are additional software packages that. He is the leading optical engineer and sole optical designer of xm25, ct2ws, ngcd, verovision and many other optical systems. Barry johnson, in lens design fundamentals second edition, 2010.
Suter was a lens and camera maker, founded in 1878 in basel, switzerland. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. We shall use the term aplanat for a relatively thin spherically corrected achromat that is also corrected for osc and thus satisfies the abbe sine condition. He was the author of modern optical engineering, modern lens design, and practical optical system layout and use of stock lenses. From an early lens still being manufactured for use in lowcost cameras to designs made possible through such innovations as lens coating, rare. Oreilly members get unlimited access to live online training experiences, plus. Lens design fundamentals, second edition, is the most comprehensive treatise to be published on the subject of lens design. As i described in a paper at the 2014international optical design conference, this class of optics is interesting be they are of a reasonable complexity that the designs are likely to be instructive, they offer a small range of design constraints because of the standardization of cmos imager sizes. Smith, and optical system design robert fischer, introduction to lens design. All are for folded zooms, which provide an interesting study. A littrow doublet can produce a ghost image between r 2 and r 3 because the lens surfaces of the two lenses have the same radii. Fundamental optical formulae book chapter iopscience.
The following lists of lens design programs and books are intended to provide additional material that may be helpful to the lens designer using any of the various software packages. The percival philosophy is similar to that used in modern spectacle lens design. An aplanatic lens is defined as a lens that is free of spherical aberration and coma. Conrady in applied optics and optical design and rudolph kingslake in lens design fundamentals, first edition. This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the united states.
From an early lens still being manufactured for use in lowcost cameras to designs made possible through such innovations as lens coating. Make offer nos mint genuine 10x carl zeiss jena magnifying aplanatachromat 10times vintage carl zeiss ophthalmologist astigmatism angle. It adds impressive building blocks to the foundation established by a. Depending on the final aberration content of the lens design, the optimized image. Download complete pdf book, the epub book or the kindle book. The lens is generally the most expensive and least understood part of any camera. This lens has much less astigmatism than either conventional triplets or tessars and can. Optical lens design is the process of designing a lens to meet a set of performance requirements and constraints, including cost and manufacturing limitations. The large numerical aperture of a microscope is essential for small spot size and high brightness. In lens design with large computers, proceedings of the conference, institute of optics, government superintendent, rochester, new york.
Lens design program an overview sciencedirect topics. Lens pointers aplanatic lenses are designed to produce the minimum focal spot size at a particular wavelength by eliminating coma and spherical aberrations. Lens design fundamentals rudolf kingslake, applied optics and optical design part 1 and part 2 a. From an early lens still being manufactured for use in lowcost cameras to designs made possible through such innovations as lens. Continuing the bestselling tradition of the authors previous books, lens design, fourth edition is still the most complete and reliable guide for detailed design information and procedures for. Click on document introduction to lens design with practical zemax examples pdf. Buy lens design fundamentals 2 by rudolf kingslake isbn. An interesting new wideangle lens type is a fourcomponent form found commonly on the socalled compact 35mm cameras. As we have seen, a cemented doublet has three degrees of freedom, which are typically used to maintain the focal length and control the spherical and chromatic. Practical computeraided lens design finds that magical balance between technical depth and accessible discussion of the journey from concept to finished optical design.
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