"Modern Lens Design" 2nd Edition by Warren J. Smith 9]1-J5iO
&AUL]:<s
Contents of Modern Lens Design 2nd Edition kxThtjgv
Itj|0PGd
1 Introduction V6BCW;
1.1 Lens Design Books EG7ki0
1.2 Reference Material u9N?B* &{
1.3 Specifications 3ZC to[Y
1.4 Lens Design }1N)3~
1.5 Lens Design Program Features h"#^0$f
1.6 About This Book .7+_ubj&,
Fm*n>^P@Y
2 Automatic Lens Design XH1so1h
2.2 The Merit Function pOlQOdl
2.3 Local Minima &nZ=w#_
2.4 The Landscape Lens 2EQ:mjxk
2.5 Types of Merit Function rM=Q.By+\
2.6 Stagnation goIn7ei92
2.7 Generalized Simulated Annealing rZ w&[ G
2.8 Considerations about Variables for Optimization YpL{c* M
2.9 How to Increase the Speed or Field of a System and Avoid Ray Failure Problems N%_-5Q)so
2.10 Test Plate Fits, Melt Fits, Thickness Fits and Reverse Aberration Fits o+/x8:
2.11 Spectral Weighting _S2QY7/
2.12 How to Get Started Z;7f
D
%mtW-drv>
3 Improving a Design ^0~?3t5
3.1 Lens Design Tip Sheet: Standard Improvement Techniques UMx>n18;f9
3.2 Glass Changes ( Index and V Values )
p,]Hs{R
3.3 Splitting Elements e,`+6qP{
3.4 Separating a Cemented Doublet !_l W#feR
3.5 Compounding an Element afGb}8
Q9
3.6 Vignetting and Its Uses
c.KpXY
3.7 Eliminating a Weak Element; the Concentric Problem N''9Bt+:
3.8 Balancing Aberrations Kdik7jL/J
3.9 The Symmetrical Principle 3$(1LN
3.10 Aspheric Surfaces }4A+J"M4y
j=
]WAjT
4 Evaluation: How Good is This Design &qMSJ
4.1 The Uses of a Preliminary Evaluation oKA8)~Xqou
4.2 OPD versus Measures of Performance FyZw='D
4.3 Geometric Blur Spot Size versus Certain Aberrations %$!}MxUM
4.4 Interpreting MTF - The Modulation Transfer Function jP@H$$-=wH
4.5 Fabrication Considerations v(h
fo4j^,`
5 Lens Design Data + :iNoDz
5.1 About the Sample Lens Designs c5R58#XK=
5.2 Lens Prescriptions, Drawings, and Aberration Plots kX+y2v(2++
5.3 Estimating the Potential of a Redesign .QRQvtd.
5.4 Scaling a Desing, Its Aberrations, and Its MTF Z fL\3Mn
5.5 Notes on the Interpretation of Ray Intercept Plots J3S@1"
5.6 Various Evaluation Plot K}&|lCsb
ASR"<]
6 Telescope Objective sW3-JA]
6.1 The Thin Airspaced Doublet MFiX8zwhx+
6.2 Merit Function for a Telescope Objective q`"gT;3S
6.3 The Design of an f/7 Cemented Doublet Telescope Objective x_2
[+Ol
6.4 Spherochromatism )z2Tm4>iql
6.5 Zonal Spherical Aberration ) i.p[
6.6 Induced Aberrations <M7@JgC &
6.7 Three-Element Objectives FUvZMA$
6.8 Secondary Spectrum (Apochromatic Systems) 7MOjZD4?
6.9 The Design of an f/7 Apochromatic Triplet "Z& {
6.10 The Diffractive Surface in Lens Design 0rsdDME[
6.11 A Final Note na(@`(j[
B~jl1g|
7 Eyepieces and Magnifiers k8 ,.~HkU
7.1 Eyepieces m~(]\
7.2 A Pair of Magnifier Designs _dmgNbs
7.3 The Simple, Classical Eyepieces A^bg*t,
7.4 Design Story of an Eyepiece for a 6*30 Binocular tm#T8iF
7.5 Four-Element Eyepieces ]wER&/v"
7.6 Five-Element Eyepieces Do=*bZ;A
7.7 Very High Index Eyepiece/Magnifier [ -{L@
7.8 Six- and Seven-Element Eyepieces mI@E>VCV[
kbM 4v G
8 Cooke Triplet Anastigmats `5=0f}E
8.1 Airspaced Triplet Anastigmats Gv?'R0s
8.2 Glass Choice mxGa\{D#y
8.3 Vertex Length and Residual Aberrations _F;(#D
8.4 Other Design Considerations 2|qE|3&{'
8.5 A Plastic, Aspheric Triplet Camera Lens Y3mATw 3Wh
8.6 Camera Lens Anastigmatism Design “from Scrach” – The Cooke Triplet `.#e4 FBW
8.7 Possible Improvement to Our “Basic” Triplet ^z"90-V^
8.7 The Rear Earth (Lanthanum) Glasses n;xtUw6\
8.9 Aspherizing the Surfaces TStu)6%`
8.10 Increasing the Element Thickness }f; Zx)!
iNT 1lk
9 Split Triplets IgG@v9'
)o
SFHf
10 The Tessar, Heliar, and Other Compounded Triplets [JO'ta
10.1 The Classic Tessar .px*.e s
10.2 The Heliar/Pentac m!$"-nh9
10.3 The Portrait Lens and the Enlarger Lens s@jzu
10.4 Other Compounded Triplets 5A>W;Q\4
10.5 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Tessar and Heliar J2v=b?NE
% )i?\(/
11 Double-Meniscus Anastigmats 0^?3hK
11.1 Meniscus Components BYqDC<Fq
11.2 The Hypergon, Totogon, and Metrogon 1Ty{k^%
11.3 A Two Element Aspheric Thick Meniscus Camera Lens hE/gul?|_
11.4 Protar, Dagor, and Convertible Lenses s~Ni\SF
11.5 The Split Dagor %$~?DDNM
11.6 The Dogmar "F7g8vu
11.7 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Dogmar Lens KNic$:i
di
"rvw;R
12 The Biotar or Double-Gauss Lens )^|zuYzN
12.1 The Basic Six-Element Version dp&4G6Y<A
12.2 28 Things You Should Know about the Double-Gauss/Biotar Lens k10dkBoEX
12.3 The Seven-Element Biotar - Split-Rear Singlet CGbW]D$@
12.4 The Seven-Element Biotar - Broken Contact Front Doublet Vx~[;*{,C9
12.5 The Seven-Element Biotar - One Compounded Outer Element 7 1z$a
12.6 The Eight-Element Biotar ${8 1~
12.7 A “Doubled Double-Gauss” Relay c}U&!R2p{
OU]!2[7c
13 Telephoto Lenses ";J1$a
13.1 The Basic Telephoto Y@c!\0e$
13.2 Close-up or Macro Lenses l=Jbuc
13.3 Telephoto Designs B;SYO>.W
13.4 Design of a 200-mm f/4 Telephoto for a 35-mm Camera from Scratch Ja4O*C<
'%. lY9D
zF>|
9JU
14 Reversed Telescope (Retrofocus and Fish-Eye) Lenses &\F`M|c
14.1 The Reverse Telephoto Principle XTG*56IzL
14.2 The Basic Retrofocus Lens h:Q*T*py
14.3 Fish-Eye, or Extreme Wide-Angle Reverse Telephoto, Lenses c]P`U(q9TV
p,* rVz[Y
15 Wide Angle Lenses with Negative Outer Lenses 4l@*x^F
^.&