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, in a brief time on a modern fast pc compared to traditional tools that require many days or weeks of tedious work. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Thus here with my xenotar lens is has better corners at f5. Decision is made to market both models simultaneously. As an example, contributions of each of the lenses in a thin lens design are listed in table 10. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Lens design fundamentals, second edition, is the most comprehensive treatise to be published on the subject of lens design. An article on wikipedia on planar design lenses symmetrical. Photographers also look through slrs, or single lens reflex cameras. The book introduces geometrical optics, optical instruments and aberrations. Anyone can master the fundamentals of game designno technological expertise is necessary. Conrady in applied optics and optical design and rudolph kingslake in lens design fundamentals, first edition.
Lenses for design describes and explains the unique, creative process of american industrial designer and educator, josh owen. Automatic and quasiautonomous computational methods and techniques is the first book that interactively describes the newest modern lens design tools. Xenotar has been said to be a planar equivalent or design copy. On february 2021, 2020, we gathered for the third time to discuss the latest trends and tackle the industrys biggest challenges. Books we recommend for optical design opticalsoftware. Konica lenses in leica screw mount camerapedia fandom. John, your xenar is a tessar type lens, 4 elements in 3 groups. The computer program oslo was used to design the work, but the writeups are programneutral. Owning to this more advanced design the planar and xenotar are more highly corrected for abberations and have lower distortion.
The history of optical design has engendered theoretical work originating in different countries, and using different nomenclature and sign conventions. Jul 17, 20 the new lens the cameras most important feature is its new 80mm, airspaced fiveelement f2. The lenses were described as l mount type by konica, notably on the original boxes and user manuals. Help im new to rollei xenotar, tessar, xenar, planar. 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. When it comes to optical and precision mechanical components for machine vision, we set the standard.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The first of these lenses was the hexanon 352, released in spring 1996 in a limited edition of 1,000 units. Nikko also means sunlight and is the name of a japanese town. The makers of the rolleiflex claim this trouble has been eliminated in the xenotar lens. Explanation of triplets from fundamental optical design. All are for folded zooms, which provide an interesting study. The book not only covers theory of lens design but the author also delves into the math using practical examples. See konishiroku lenses in leica screw mount for the screw mount lenses made by konicas predecessor konishiroku in the 1950s. A 5element, 4group design, giving a 60 angle of coverage. A singlelens reflex camera slr is a camera that typically uses a mirror and prism system that permits the photographer to view through the lens and see exactly what will be captured. This book is superb because it lays out different lens design forms suitable for different fnumber and fov. Bentley field guide to lens desifn, spie press, 2012 7. This edition has been thoroughly updated and contains integral coverage of soft lenses. Jan, 2009 the leica lens compendium by irwin puts, published by hove books, is one of the most valuable photographic books that i have added to my library in recent years.
Click on document introduction to lens design with practical zemax examples pdf. Therefore, this book can be used with any lens design software. The cameras most important feature is its new 80mm, airspaced fiveelement f2. Kinglslakejohnson lens design fundamentals, spie press, 2010 8. It is said that the 1,000 units were sold in two months. The nikkor brand was introduced in 1932, a westernised rendering of an earlier version nikko, an abbreviation of the companys original full name nippon kogaku japan optics.
Half of its content is devoted to the design of sixteen types of lenses, described in detail from beginning to end. Marc, the information can be found in prochnows book. His designs combine clarity of purpose and functional efficacy with emotive and tactile qualities that will prove instructive and. The leica lens compendium by irwin puts, published by hove books, is one of the most valuable photographic books that i have added to my library in recent years. This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the united states. Optical excellence for analog and digital photography made in germany. Model k7f4, january 1973 october 1981, with xenotar lens, without flat glass provision and 1224 frame counter. This is a 100 year old lens design, a design today like the nikon 45mm f2. Different versions of the class of lenses are presented and can be used to form a practical startingpoint base for many types of lens. It adds impressive building blocks to the foundation established by a.
In 1933, nikon marketed its first camera lens under the nikkor brand name, the aeronikkor, for aerial. This is an article about one of my favourite vintage lenses, there is a whole story about how i found this lens, but the article will deal with why its unique. Take plenty of pictures and enjoy life for it passes right before your very eye. Lens design fundamentals edition 2 by rudolf kingslake, r. But the planar is probably the epic highquality lens design, and its reworking in the early 1950s by sauer was extremely successful. Most tessarsxenars have a real sharp central core region, and just moderate coverage. The reason for this was that it allegedly improved the resolving power of the lens. Each chapter is a great introduction for a specific optics subspecialties. The handbook of optics, from the optical society of america, is a tremendously valuable resource for all optics practitioners. This book holds a unique place in the optics literature. Three different designs were offered, in a total of four versions. The old standard was originally known as simply the standard until the introduction of the new standard in 1939. List of nasa cameras on spacecraft wikimili, the best. Jan 01, 2006 this title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the united states.
A course in lens design is an instruction in the design of imageforming optical systems. It teaches how a satisfactory design can be obtained in a straightforward way. The book introduces geometrical optics, optical instruments and. In this book, rudolf kingslake traces the historical development of the various. Its lens was made by paris opticians charles and vincent chevalier in a planoconvex design curved on one side, flat on the other that gave a focal length of 15. Prior to approximately 1976, most nikon lenses had a suffix appended directly after the nikkor name that was used to denote the number of optical elements in the lens design. Theory is limited to a minimum, and used to support the practical design work.
Geary lens design with practical examples, willmannbell 6. Design examples of several widely used modern lenses are provided. Chapter 18 lens design optometry v631 with brooks at. 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 videogames. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, konica made limited edition hexanon lenses in leica screw mount.
The zeiss planar is a photographic lens designed by paul rudolph at carl zeiss in 1896. As an example, contributions of each of the lenses in a thinlens design are listed in table 10. Whether in the studios, in the large premiere theater or in the home cinema our products always set standards in taking and projection of films. With twin lens reflex and rangefinder cameras, the viewed image could be significantly different from the final image.
All rollei rolleiflex rolleicord tlr cameras by year. This first rolleiflex was introduced in 1929 after three years of development, and was the companys first medium format rollfilm camera, which was used with unpopular 117 b1 film. It is a book that every photographer interested in lenses and optical theory should immediately add to his or her collection, whether they are a leica owner or not. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering, warren j. The new lens the cameras most important feature is its new 80mm, airspaced fiveelement f2. 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. And reflex means that the photographer looks through the lens to view the reflected image of an object or scene on the focusing screen. Project by project, owen illustrates and decodes his philosophy and approach to design invention and problem solving. It was distributed by fujisawa shokai, which perhaps suggested the project to konica. The process of designing lenses is both an art and a science. 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. They set the standard for tlr twin lens reflex cameras and had great success with them, especially during the 1950s when almost every newspaper photographer used a rolleiflex. 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. There are also many useful figures to help visualize the main issuesconsiderations of lens design.
In pantheon of lens manufacturers there are the wellknowns such as leitz and zeiss, but i think schneiderkreuznach deserves to be right up there along with them. Lens design fundamentals edition 2 by rudolf kingslake. The lens was bound in brass, while a pivoting cover plate on the front acted as a crude shutter. Malacaramalacara handbook of lens design, dekker 1994 3. There isnt a huge amount written about this lens online, nor in fact its collapsible predecessors, but what is out there talks of an optic thats up there with the highest quality lenses ever produced in leica ltm or mmount. With practical zemax examples by joseph m geary online at alibris. Good game design happens when you view your game from many different perspectives.
Smith modern optical engineering, graw hill 2000 5. A practical guide to lens design focuses on the very detailed practical process of lens design. The xenotar is a similar lens and one which enjoys its own virtues and fans. This book is different from most other books on lens. Introduction to lens design with practical zemax examples pdf. Rudolphs original was a sixelement symmetrical design. Rollei gmbh originally franke and heidecke is a german camera manufacturer with an impressive line of cameras and a history that is closely connected with the history of photography. This definitive and authoritative textbook brings together contributions from internationally recognized experts within the field of contact lens practice.
Over the years we have found a number of books to be very useful, so we hope that you will benefit from these. 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. Chapters relevant to lens design include doug goodmans chapter on generic principles of geometric optics, glenn boremans chapter on transfer function techniques, barry johnsons. Good game design happens when you view your game from many different perspectives, or lenses. Every step from setup specifications to finalizing the design for production is discussed in a straight forward, tangible way. In the case of the nikkor wides, w just means wide. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering. We can see that for each of the even aberrations, s 1, s 3, s 4, and c 1, the outer, positive lenses have a positive coefficient, and the inner, negative, lens has a negative coefficient. In the 1990s i read a book called medium format photography by the late great lief ericksenn and he stated. A single lens reflex camera slr is a camera that typically uses a mirror and prism system that permits the photographer to view through the lens and see exactly what will be captured. When the shutter button is pressed on most slrs, the mirror flips out of the light path. 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. Field guide to lens design 2012 bentley publications.
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