The book introduces geometrical optics, optical instruments and. Principles of atoric lens design darryl meister, abom lens talk sola technical marketing vol. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering, warren j. Note that this compact reference is not a substitute for a. Field, aperture, pupil, magnification, infinity cases, lens makers. By examining the examples of relatively simple lens designs, it is actually easier. 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. With practical zemax examples by joseph m geary online at alibris. Lens design prescription lenses for eyes optometrist. Every step from setup specifications to finalizing the design for production is discussed in a straight forward, tangible way. Its helped me make some of my favorite images in years. Before the introduction of lens coating technology the fourelement tessar, with slightly inferior image quality, was preferred due to its better.
Lens design we strive to incorporate all the latest designs and uv protection coatings into the lenses we supply to our patients. Automatic and quasiautonomous computational methods and techniques is the first book that interactively describes the newest modern lens design tools. You could probably custom design them to what you want size wise. Even though there has been much progress in optical design software since the book was written, the principles are timeless. Nasse wrote a series of technical papers for carl zeiss detailing their modern lens history and genealogy. A course in lens design is an instruction in the design of imageforming optical systems. Lenses produced under the name metrogon also cite the us patent of the topogon design. Patent 3,748,015 was the subject of perkinelmer vs. We are proud to work with some of the most advanced and innovative spectacle lens manufacturing companies in australia.
From simple thin lens design, clear overview of optical aberrations, designing in zemax and professional production and tolerancing, this book can. Not a must have book, but nice to have on your bookshelf. Although i have taken a great deal of effort to assure accuracy, the user of any of. The zeiss planar is a photographic lens designed by paul rudolph at carl zeiss in 1896. The handbook of optics, from the optical society of america, is a tremendously valuable resource for all optics practitioners. Exposed on fujichrome slide film using a contax g2 rangefinder with 16mm hologon lens. The original hologon 15 mm f 8 exhist in fixed version on the special contarex without reflex vision and in leica m version, both extremely rare and very very expensive. Lens design crc press book there is no shortage of lens optimization software on the market to deal with todays complex optical systems for all sorts of custom and standardized applications. In this version, the lens is fixed focus and aperture. The invention of the camera in the early 19th century led to an array of lens designs intended for photography.
A practical guide optical sciences and applications of light kindle edition by sun, haiyin. The initial design patented by richter was for a f66mm f 6. Lens design was more conceptual in the early days of lens design since computational lens design had not been developed. But all of these software packages share one critical flaw. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering. The carl zeiss hologon 16mm f8 has to be the most eccentric lens ive used to date. Cutaway drawing of an early photographic lens design, the petzval portrait. This book is superb because it lays out different lens design forms suitable for different fnumber and fov. Chapters relevant to lens design include doug goodmans chapter on generic principles of geometric optics, glenn boremans chapter on transfer function techniques, barry johnsons.
The contarex hologon is another oddity among the many zeiss ikon cameras. The book presented here has the title a course in lens design. The german optical systems manufacturer, carl zeiss, has had a 168 year legacy in creating some of the worlds best lenses. The book begins with an outline of the general process before delving into aberrations, basic lens design forms, and optimization. A comprehensive guide to camera lens design and zeiss nomenclature.
Hologon topogon metrogon hypergon pleogon biogon triplet triplets inverse triplet heliar hektor pentac. A recurrent theme of this book is that lens types invented in the 19th century are just as useful in the 21st century. The original hologon contarex hologon 815mm was first released in 1969 as a f15 mm f 8 lens affixed to a dedicated camera, the zeiss ikon contarex hologon. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lens design. 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. This book is an exploration and appreciation of cameras and their optics, covering all major lens types from the earliest to the most recentincluding those roving the surface of mars. A practical guide to lens design focuses on the very detailed practical process of lens design. Detailing design methods for a variety of lens forms, this book shows that fixed focus and zoom lenses can be optimized, starting from planeparallel surfaces. Field guide to lens design spie press field guide fg27. They are the planar, the tessar, the biogon, the distagon, and the hologon click on these links to download the original pdf files.
In each design, the first and third hemispherical elements are made of optical glass with. We learned how great design, great research, and profitability convergethrough four keynote presentations, six panels, 4 trend moments with industry leading building product companies, three lively roundtables, and hours of networking discussions. Handbook of lens design optical science and engineering. Lens design fundamentals, second edition, is the most comprehensive treatise to be published on the subject of lens design. This book holds a unique place in the optics literature. Ray tracing and aberration theory was invented during this period. Its possibly one of the most rare lenses ive used too. Yet this split isnt so much a reflection on the lens itself, rather a.
The percival philosophy is similar to that used in modern spectacle lens design. The hologon was designed by erhard glatzel and others at zeiss in 1966 and patented in 1972. Anyone can master the fundamentals of game designno technological expertise is necessary. Different versions of the class of lenses are presented and can be used to form a practical startingpoint base for many types of lens. In spite of that, a lot of lens design books and textbooks that i have read rely. It was sold with a special 15mm viewfinder included. Lens design optical sciences and applications of light. Good game design happens when you view your game from many different perspectives. 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. Conrady in applied optics and optical design and rudolph kingslake in lens design fundamentals, first edition. Unless otherwise specified in the notes section of your order we will assume the bifocal will be to correct distance and near vision. I believe the op is capable of tinting a lensthe question is about the book, or holder for the samples. Two of these projector models are based on patents from important court cases regarding lens design.
The 16mm ultra wideangle lens is the revival of a masterpiece of lens design invented by dr. Rudolphs original was a sixelement symmetrical design. Optical system classification summer term 2012 herbert gross 1. Topogon is a wide field originally 100 degrees field of view, symmetrical photographic lens designed by robert richter in 1933 for zeiss carl fa. In his three part series, he discussed 5 lens designed that changed the world. This edition has been thoroughly updated and contains integral coverage of soft lenses. A lowkey textbook that covers material most graduate students would learn before moving on to computeraided optical design.
While very sharp, early versions of the lens suffered from flare due to its many airtoglass surfaces. The camera is best used when mounted on a grip that keeps the hands beneath the camera rather than on the sides, where its all too. A comprehensive guide to camera lens design and zeiss. A practical guide optical sciences and applications of light. The fact its rare, as a result of being a commercial failure, doesnt mean its a failure in design. Further, 50% of these wearers have corrections with over 0. Largely because of its rarity and eccentric nature, its also a lens ive wanted to try for quite some time too. The carl zeiss contax g mount planar 45mm f2 prime lens is, without bluster, amazing. Of all the normal production lenses ever made to grace the business end of a leica mmount rangefinder, none other is more unique than the zeiss 15mm f8 hologonm. Neglecting very primitive systems, such as a one or twomirror system, or a singleelement lens, such a technique is presently not possible. Zeiss hologon 15mm f8 on leica m4p modern lens design techniques have presented us with a relatively large number of super wide angle lenses of 15, and even 12mm focal length. Design examples of several widely used modern lenses are provided. In fact, moderate wideangle lenses have been made with the design structure of the conventional lens types like tessar and planar.
Each chapter is a great introduction for a specific optics subspecialties. Because the optical design process is historically and quite practically closely related to ray optics, this book is intended as a companion to the field guide to geometrical optics, in which firstorder optics, thin lenses, and basic optical systems are treated in more detail. Bifocal lens design offer a full field of view in the upper portion and either 28 or 35 millimeter width for the lower portion. The modern hologon 16 mm f 8 you can mount only on contax g1 or g2. It also doesnt help that the 15 hologon is a quirky lens. It teaches how a satisfactory design can be obtained in a straightforward way. Rather, it just means its not properly appreciated. It is a largely symmetric triplet with a fixed aperture. All of them are very complicated, multi element designs in order to avoid visible distortion and lack of sharpness due to under corrected optical aberrations. On february 2021, 2020, we gathered for the third time to discuss the latest trends and tackle the industrys biggest challenges. This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the united states.
Modern lens design techniques have presented us with a relatively large number of super wide angle. The first three chapters cover gaussian beam characteristics, system lens design, and image quality, forming a framework that clarifies and serves the scanning process. By this procedure, based upon the experience of the designer, a basic lens type is. This book by jesse schell is a godsend for anyone that is planning on becoming, is currently studying, or even has studied and is working with the field of design. Here is a series of product photos featuring the gspec carl zeiss t hologon 16mm f8. Theory is limited to a minimum, and used to support the practical design work. It adds impressive building blocks to the foundation established by a. The zeiss hologon is an ultra wideangle f15mm f8 triplet lens, providing a 110 angle of view. The systematic method of lens design in use today is an iterative technique. Fortunately, the 15 hologon is much more substantive than an arbitrary assignment of value. A book of lenses shows that the same basic principles of psychology that work for board games, card games and athletic games also are the keys to making topquality video games.
The distance from the hologons rear element to the film was only 4. Design for near and distant viewing distances is essentially identical. Modern lens design is an excellent textbook in optical design using personal computer software. The reader is urged to follow the logic of these examples and be sure that he understands what is happening, noticing particularly how each available degree of freedom is used to control. Subsequent chapters cover the physical scanning methods holographic, polygonal, galvanometric, resonant, acoustooptic, electrooptic. Having tested this lens for almost a month, i know it should be appreciated. Not only is this a great book for an optical engineer to have at their fingertips, it is the most concise and informative book to quickly approach the professional use of modern optical software. However, the three lens types, distagon biogon and hologon also display major differences along with this common feature. The carl zeiss unique revised 5e3g lens design aims to reduce the distance from the rear of the lens to the film plane enhanced the improvement of the contrast of this lens.
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