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Contents of Modern Lens Design 2nd Edition y]f| U-f:~
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1 Introduction z3-AYQ.H
1.1 Lens Design Books ~w RozV
1.2 Reference Material SkA"MhX
1.3 Specifications fBt7#Tc=U
1.4 Lens Design OAz-w
1.5 Lens Design Program Features #Y<b'7yJ
1.6 About This Book aMjCqu05
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2 Automatic Lens Design pG:)u
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2.2 The Merit Function FKB)o7
2.3 Local Minima $(%t^8{a~G
2.4 The Landscape Lens D$c4's`5
2.5 Types of Merit Function "A9 c]
2.6 Stagnation \7,'o] >M-
2.7 Generalized Simulated Annealing 5bKn6O)K
2.8 Considerations about Variables for Optimization jDc5p3D&[]
2.9 How to Increase the Speed or Field of a System and Avoid Ray Failure Problems |4a#O8d
2.10 Test Plate Fits, Melt Fits, Thickness Fits and Reverse Aberration Fits _&m
2.11 Spectral Weighting ;q$O^r~
2.12 How to Get Started Q}jl1dIq
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3 Improving a Design lq!l{[Xp
3.1 Lens Design Tip Sheet: Standard Improvement Techniques c
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3.2 Glass Changes ( Index and V Values ) VIxcyp0X
3.3 Splitting Elements CR$5'#11)
3.4 Separating a Cemented Doublet ];go?.*C
3.5 Compounding an Element Ws`P(WHm
3.6 Vignetting and Its Uses z<mU$<
3.7 Eliminating a Weak Element; the Concentric Problem C,D~2G
3.8 Balancing Aberrations w~g)Dz2G
3.9 The Symmetrical Principle Z`b{r;`m8
3.10 Aspheric Surfaces R#Bdfmldq
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4 Evaluation: How Good is This Design f/qG:yTV`
4.1 The Uses of a Preliminary Evaluation X;0DQnAI8j
4.2 OPD versus Measures of Performance !(Y23w*
4.3 Geometric Blur Spot Size versus Certain Aberrations *^u5?{$l(
4.4 Interpreting MTF - The Modulation Transfer Function qzqv-{.h
4.5 Fabrication Considerations `D%bZ%25c
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5 Lens Design Data gI^*O@Q4{b
5.1 About the Sample Lens Designs o3l_&?^
5.2 Lens Prescriptions, Drawings, and Aberration Plots U.G** v
5.3 Estimating the Potential of a Redesign !}^{W)h[
5.4 Scaling a Desing, Its Aberrations, and Its MTF ]f q.r
5.5 Notes on the Interpretation of Ray Intercept Plots .Eg>)
5.6 Various Evaluation Plot LdAfY0
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6 Telescope Objective S:Ne g!`
6.1 The Thin Airspaced Doublet jC<!Ny-$
6.2 Merit Function for a Telescope Objective GKwm %A
6.3 The Design of an f/7 Cemented Doublet Telescope Objective |L4K#
6.4 Spherochromatism m>'sM1s
6.5 Zonal Spherical Aberration MI@id
6.6 Induced Aberrations ,m:YZ;J(Xd
6.7 Three-Element Objectives DEL#MD!
6.8 Secondary Spectrum (Apochromatic Systems) xS`>[8?3<T
6.9 The Design of an f/7 Apochromatic Triplet :d-+Z%Y
6.10 The Diffractive Surface in Lens Design s7<x~v+^
6.11 A Final Note F%x8y
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7 Eyepieces and Magnifiers `2?9eXC
7.1 Eyepieces nj~1y')
7.2 A Pair of Magnifier Designs W^q;=D6uh
7.3 The Simple, Classical Eyepieces IXugnvyV
7.4 Design Story of an Eyepiece for a 6*30 Binocular ;z>)&F
7.5 Four-Element Eyepieces _d&FB~=
7.6 Five-Element Eyepieces ,&!Txyye
7.7 Very High Index Eyepiece/Magnifier QOkPliX
7.8 Six- and Seven-Element Eyepieces @
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8 Cooke Triplet Anastigmats #!KbqRt
8.1 Airspaced Triplet Anastigmats XU .FLNe
8.2 Glass Choice b&Qj`j4]ZM
8.3 Vertex Length and Residual Aberrations s3W )hU)
8.4 Other Design Considerations Be+vC=\K
8.5 A Plastic, Aspheric Triplet Camera Lens *S_eYKSl
8.6 Camera Lens Anastigmatism Design “from Scrach” – The Cooke Triplet B8:_yAv o
8.7 Possible Improvement to Our “Basic” Triplet 70l" [Y
8.7 The Rear Earth (Lanthanum) Glasses `6b!W0$
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8.9 Aspherizing the Surfaces <DCrYt!1}c
8.10 Increasing the Element Thickness Ym5q#f)|
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9 Split Triplets INsc!xOQ
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10 The Tessar, Heliar, and Other Compounded Triplets g6k@E,cI_
10.1 The Classic Tessar XS]=sfN
10.2 The Heliar/Pentac PWOV~`^;
10.3 The Portrait Lens and the Enlarger Lens |Z<NM#1
10.4 Other Compounded Triplets 6yKr5t H4
10.5 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Tessar and Heliar ;Id%{1
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11 Double-Meniscus Anastigmats T&I*8 R~
11.1 Meniscus Components c.Pyt
11.2 The Hypergon, Totogon, and Metrogon JGp~A#H&
11.3 A Two Element Aspheric Thick Meniscus Camera Lens ! q!
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11.4 Protar, Dagor, and Convertible Lenses |<P]yn
11.5 The Split Dagor Hm4:m$=p4
11.6 The Dogmar 1K&z64Q5J
11.7 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Dogmar Lens |0ahvsrtW
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12 The Biotar or Double-Gauss Lens .OVIQxf
12.1 The Basic Six-Element Version
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12.2 28 Things You Should Know about the Double-Gauss/Biotar Lens ^$DpdzI
12.3 The Seven-Element Biotar - Split-Rear Singlet <*~vZT i(
12.4 The Seven-Element Biotar - Broken Contact Front Doublet Z+@"
12.5 The Seven-Element Biotar - One Compounded Outer Element xXM`f0s@+]
12.6 The Eight-Element Biotar C ".&m
12.7 A “Doubled Double-Gauss” Relay <P7f\$o~
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13 Telephoto Lenses .G#S*L
13.1 The Basic Telephoto a1]k(AuQrC
13.2 Close-up or Macro Lenses !-%i" a
13.3 Telephoto Designs V=BF"S;-'
13.4 Design of a 200-mm f/4 Telephoto for a 35-mm Camera from Scratch PmO utYV
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14 Reversed Telescope (Retrofocus and Fish-Eye) Lenses `UL#g![J
14.1 The Reverse Telephoto Principle as-
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14.2 The Basic Retrofocus Lens K_',Gd4L
14.3 Fish-Eye, or Extreme Wide-Angle Reverse Telephoto, Lenses ~sshhuF
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15 Wide Angle Lenses with Negative Outer Lenses V}=9S@$o
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16 The Petzval Lens; Head-up Display Lenses 33DP0OBL^
16.1 The Petzval Portrait Lens G0Smss=K
16.2 The Petzval Projection Lens 7OG=LF*V-
16.3 The Petzval with a Field Flattener \T'uFy9&a
16.4 Very Height Speed Petzval Lenses n;)!N
16.5 Head-up Display (HUD) Lenses, Biocular Lenses, and Head/Helmet Mounted Display(HMD) Systems <ZxxlJS)6
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17 Microscope Objectives Q5b?-
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17.1 General Considerations $&