Applied photographic optics [electronic resource] : lenses and optical systems for photography, film, video, electronic and digital imaging / Sidney F. Ray.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Ray, Sidney F., 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Focal, 2002.
Edition:3rd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The role of the lens in photography
  • 3. Optical requirements
  • 4. Light and energy
  • 5. Properties of light
  • 6. Image formation by simple optical systems
  • 7. Image formation by compound lenses
  • 8. Combinations of elements
  • 9. Optical components and their imaging roles
  • 10. Thin-layer coatings
  • 11. Aberrations
  • defects in imaging systems
  • 12. Optical materials
  • 13. Colour correction of lenses
  • 14. The speed of a lens
  • 15. Lens and camera flare
  • 16. Resolving power of lenses and imaging systems
  • 17. Physical optics of lens systems
  • 18. Design, manufacture and testing of a lens
  • 19. Evaluation and calibration
  • 20. Focusing an optical system
  • 21. Autofocus and focus maintenance methods
  • 22. Depth of field and depth of focus
  • 23. Perspective and projection
  • 24. Evolution of the photographic lens
  • 25. General properties of a lens
  • 26. The standard lens
  • 27. Large-aperture lenses
  • 28. Medium long focus lenses
  • 29. Extreme long focus lenses
  • 30. Telephoto and stabilized lenses
  • 31. Convertible lenses
  • 32. Short focus wide-angle lenses
  • 33. Retrofocus wide-angle lenses
  • 34. The fisheye lens and immersed optics
  • 35. Catoptric systems
  • 36. Catadioptric systems
  • 37. Zoom lenses
  • 38. Enlarging lenses
  • 39. Macro lenses
  • 40. Process lenses
  • 41. Copying lenses
  • 42. High-resolution lenses
  • 43. Underwater lenses
  • 44. Aerial lenses
  • 45. Projection lenses
  • 46. Anamorphic systems
  • 47. Soft focus lenses
  • 48. Perspective control lenses
  • 49. Ultra-violet lenses
  • 50. Infra-red lenses
  • 51. Lenses for cinematography
  • 52. Video lenses
  • 53. Lens attachments and accessories
  • 54. Viewfinder systems
  • 55. Direct viewfinder systems
  • 56. Screen viewfinder systems
  • 57. Viewfinder focusing
  • 58. The optics of camera movements
  • 59. Optics of systems with moving film
  • 60. Scanning optics
  • 61. Optics of close-up photography and photomacrography
  • 62. Optics of copying systems
  • 63. Optics of printing systems
  • 64. Optics of projection systems
  • 65. Optics of stereoscopic systems
  • 66. Optics of light metering systems
  • 67. Optics of lighting systems
  • 68. Optics for video systems
  • 69. Optical filters
  • 70. The optics of digital cameras.