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Contents of Modern Lens Design 2nd Edition
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1 Introduction 39m8iI%w[
1.1 Lens Design Books ^?_MIS`4N
1.2 Reference Material d}
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1.3 Specifications PdEPDyFk h
1.4 Lens Design W0;QufV
1.5 Lens Design Program Features v-8{mK`9\
1.6 About This Book S?zP;
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2 Automatic Lens Design o6RT 4`
2.2 The Merit Function QE pCU)
2.3 Local Minima %__ @G_M
2.4 The Landscape Lens r oPC
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2.5 Types of Merit Function R%~~'/2V
2.6 Stagnation ++UxzUd
2.7 Generalized Simulated Annealing fT{jD_Q+3
2.8 Considerations about Variables for Optimization [VLq/lg*
2.9 How to Increase the Speed or Field of a System and Avoid Ray Failure Problems :#\jx
2.10 Test Plate Fits, Melt Fits, Thickness Fits and Reverse Aberration Fits JvEW0-B^l,
2.11 Spectral Weighting 9=FH2|Z
2.12 How to Get Started 4=%,0.yt
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3 Improving a Design $m-C6xC/
3.1 Lens Design Tip Sheet: Standard Improvement Techniques lYS "
3.2 Glass Changes ( Index and V Values ) aK(e%Ed t"
3.3 Splitting Elements >l=jJTJ;q
3.4 Separating a Cemented Doublet P8H2v_)X&
3.5 Compounding an Element Q );}1'c
3.6 Vignetting and Its Uses A/&u/?*C
3.7 Eliminating a Weak Element; the Concentric Problem O>I%O^
3.8 Balancing Aberrations G^z>2P
3.9 The Symmetrical Principle M04u>|
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3.10 Aspheric Surfaces @\:@_}Z`_}
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4 Evaluation: How Good is This Design VZe'6?#
4.1 The Uses of a Preliminary Evaluation %{UW!/
4.2 OPD versus Measures of Performance ]ncK M?'O
4.3 Geometric Blur Spot Size versus Certain Aberrations ~]Av$S
4.4 Interpreting MTF - The Modulation Transfer Function /XA*:8~!
4.5 Fabrication Considerations \ [M4[Qlq
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5 Lens Design Data I~E&::,
5.1 About the Sample Lens Designs 0'Qvis[kt
5.2 Lens Prescriptions, Drawings, and Aberration Plots ~eS/gF?
5.3 Estimating the Potential of a Redesign ug'^$geM
5.4 Scaling a Desing, Its Aberrations, and Its MTF .Iz
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5.5 Notes on the Interpretation of Ray Intercept Plots J9f]=1`
5.6 Various Evaluation Plot <[T{q
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6 Telescope Objective a<]vHC7
6.1 The Thin Airspaced Doublet #)i+'L8
6.2 Merit Function for a Telescope Objective X)=m4\R
6.3 The Design of an f/7 Cemented Doublet Telescope Objective Su[(IMw
6.4 Spherochromatism {$pi};
6.5 Zonal Spherical Aberration =s*4y$%I
6.6 Induced Aberrations W6r3v)~
6.7 Three-Element Objectives 5|`./+Ghk
6.8 Secondary Spectrum (Apochromatic Systems) c>T)Rc
6.9 The Design of an f/7 Apochromatic Triplet ]GsI|se
6.10 The Diffractive Surface in Lens Design <]_[o:nOP
6.11 A Final Note F7/%,vf
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7 Eyepieces and Magnifiers JV8*;n%}-
7.1 Eyepieces J l{My^I5
7.2 A Pair of Magnifier Designs 32y 9r z
7.3 The Simple, Classical Eyepieces '#oH1$W]
7.4 Design Story of an Eyepiece for a 6*30 Binocular #;+SAoN
7.5 Four-Element Eyepieces -G'3&L4
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7.6 Five-Element Eyepieces t!u>l
7.7 Very High Index Eyepiece/Magnifier cxFyN;7
7.8 Six- and Seven-Element Eyepieces ccx0aC3@I
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8 Cooke Triplet Anastigmats ;#8xRLW
8.1 Airspaced Triplet Anastigmats -a"b:Q
8.2 Glass Choice 5^CWF|
8.3 Vertex Length and Residual Aberrations (yeWArQ
8.4 Other Design Considerations i=hA. y`
8.5 A Plastic, Aspheric Triplet Camera Lens K( ?p]wh
8.6 Camera Lens Anastigmatism Design “from Scrach” – The Cooke Triplet \.GA"_y
8.7 Possible Improvement to Our “Basic” Triplet " ub0}p4V
8.7 The Rear Earth (Lanthanum) Glasses gNkBHwv
8.9 Aspherizing the Surfaces K$s{e0
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8.10 Increasing the Element Thickness >svx
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9 Split Triplets TN08,:k
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10 The Tessar, Heliar, and Other Compounded Triplets 4af^SZ)l
10.1 The Classic Tessar v`Ja Bn
10.2 The Heliar/Pentac _Kh8
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10.3 The Portrait Lens and the Enlarger Lens v-"nyy-&Z
10.4 Other Compounded Triplets /YvwQ
10.5 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Tessar and Heliar -zzT:C
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11 Double-Meniscus Anastigmats V^><
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11.1 Meniscus Components Q)8I(*
11.2 The Hypergon, Totogon, and Metrogon G
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11.3 A Two Element Aspheric Thick Meniscus Camera Lens 9Sa6v?sRor
11.4 Protar, Dagor, and Convertible Lenses ?+%bEZ`
11.5 The Split Dagor 5Q8s{WQ
11.6 The Dogmar RX^Xtc"
11.7 Camera Lens Anastigmat Design “from Scratch” – The Dogmar Lens axK/YE7t
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12 The Biotar or Double-Gauss Lens *_HF %JYMZ
12.1 The Basic Six-Element Version ZXIz.GFy+
12.2 28 Things You Should Know about the Double-Gauss/Biotar Lens TQ%F\@"
12.3 The Seven-Element Biotar - Split-Rear Singlet t8.3
12.4 The Seven-Element Biotar - Broken Contact Front Doublet Bo'v!bI7
12.5 The Seven-Element Biotar - One Compounded Outer Element r029E-
12.6 The Eight-Element Biotar ZqjLZ9?q
12.7 A “Doubled Double-Gauss” Relay &]A0=h2{P*
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13 Telephoto Lenses 8_O?#JYi
13.1 The Basic Telephoto hDBo
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13.2 Close-up or Macro Lenses x0%@u^BF
13.3 Telephoto Designs 3BF3$_u)o
13.4 Design of a 200-mm f/4 Telephoto for a 35-mm Camera from Scratch ''q#zEf6
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14 Reversed Telescope (Retrofocus and Fish-Eye) Lenses 8,e%=7h_e
14.1 The Reverse Telephoto Principle (rq(y$N
14.2 The Basic Retrofocus Lens mHH>qW{`
14.3 Fish-Eye, or Extreme Wide-Angle Reverse Telephoto, Lenses 'tjqfR
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15 Wide Angle Lenses with Negative Outer Lenses YlR9
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16 The Petzval Lens; Head-up Display Lenses 1S yG
16.1 The Petzval Portrait Lens hZ"Sqm]
16.2 The Petzval Projection Lens m3&