Hologon lens design books

It features a layout with practical tips, worked examples and practical pearls that help the frontline eyecare professional to provide patients with researchbased clinical care and rehabilitation. Parameters include surface profile types spherical, aspheric, holographic, diffractive, etc. In spite of that, a lot of lens design books and textbooks that i have read rely. In each design, the first and third hemispherical elements are made of optical glass with. Converted contax g lens for leica m packages japan exposures.

The triplet, an embarrassment of riches, 1988 slideshare. Arriving near the end of the companys existence, the contarex hologon offered a 110degree angle of view with this special triplet lens. Further, 50% of these wearers have corrections with over 0. It is a largely symmetric triplet with a fixed aperture.

Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering. First is the obliqueness of angle the light rays hit the focal plane. I had forgotten what the old zeiss sharp looked like some of my images are so sharp. Choose from a wide range of used rangefinder camera lenses and expand your collection. This book is different from most other books on lens design because it stresses the importance of the initial phases of the design process. This books does not delve too much into the physics and mathematics, and gives a good and very comprehensible overview. Each chapter is a great introduction for a specific optics subspecialties. 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. Each lens design consist of multiple curves as small as 10 microns.

If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming, or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. Every step from setup specifications to finalizing the design for production is discussed in a straight forward, tangible way. The handbook of optics, from the optical society of america, is a tremendously valuable resource for all optics practitioners each chapter is a great introduction for a specific optics subspecialti. The hologon was designed by erhard glatzel and others at zeiss in 1966 and patented in 1972. Suitable for those professionals involved with the visually impaired, this book covers various things a practitioner needs on a daytoday basis. Any other suggestions on how to show lens tints in a way that looks profesional. The problems of photographic lens design, creating a lens for a task that would cover a large, flat image plane, were well known even before the invention of photography due to the development of lenses to work with the focal plane of the camera obscura. A practical guide to lens design focuses on the very detailed practical process of lens design. The contarex hologon is another oddity among the many zeiss ikon cameras. If you find this as helpful as a book you might have had to buy or a workshop you may have. The first three chapters cover gaussian beam characteristics, system lens design, and image quality, forming a framework that clarifies and serves the scanning process. I am looking for few new lens tint books, the kind you show patients how each type of tint looks.

A schematic diagram is not good enough in my opinion, i want to see the rays passing through the system. 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. But all of these software packages share one critical flaw. In fact, moderate wideangle lenses have been made with the design structure of the conventional lens types like tessar and planar. It also doesnt help that the 15 hologon is a quirky lens. Contax 16mm f8 carl zeiss hologon t lens for contax g system. I have used zemax, pyzdde, and ipython notebook for creating these. The book begins with an outline of the general process before delving into aberrations, basic lens design forms, and optimization. The process of designing lenses is both an art and a science. One of the more interesting entries is the zeiss ikon hologon pictured below. 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. All of wave design controls are available with single vision design except the multifocal. The book presented here has the title a course in lens design. Half of its content is devoted to the design of sixteen types of lenses, described in detail from beginning to end.

Not a must have book, but nice to have on your bookshelf. A large part of this book is devoted to a study of possible design procedures for various types of lens or mirror systems, with fully worked examples of each. This lens type has an variable focal length which can replace a series of lenses for a certain picture format. Rather, it just means its not properly appreciated. Continuing the bestselling tradition of the authors previous books, lens design, fourth edition is still the most complete and reliable guide for detailed design information and procedures for a wide range of optical systems. This book holds a unique place in the optics literature. Principles of atoric lens design darryl meister, abom lens talk sola technical marketing vol. However, the three lens types, distagon biogon and hologon also display major differences along with this common feature. I got mentors in different fields to help me with lens designs that i wasnt familiar with. The two gseries cameras have titaniumclad bodies and use the contax gmount, an electronic autofocus mount. Unlike the first edition, which was more a collection of lens designs for use in larger projects, the 2nd edition of modern lens design is an optical howto. A comprehensive guide to camera lens design and zeiss. Anyone can master the fundamentals of game designno technological expertise is necessary.

Fortunately, the 15 hologon is much more substantive than an arbitrary assignment of value. The variosonnar is a carl zeiss photographic lens design named in relation to the zeiss sonnar. This repository contains my own notes made from the book introduction to lens design by joseph m. Field guide to lens design spie press field guide fg27. Subsequent chapters cover the physical scanning methods holographic, polygonal, galvanometric, resonant, acoustooptic, electrooptic. Nov 10, 2019 home file exchange site for lens designs. Whats the best design using a doublet 2 lenses of different material stuck together. Jesse schells new book, the art of game design, is a marvelous introduction to game design by a true master of the form. The fact its rare, as a result of being a commercial failure, doesnt mean its a failure in design. Note that in this case the evaluation plane is before the lenses to show a virtual image, and the second lens shape is locked to the first lens. Biogon and hologon also display major differences along.

A lowkey textbook that covers material most graduate students would learn before moving on to computeraided optical design. In fact, moderate wideangle lenses have been made with the design. Automatic and quasiautonomous computational methods and techniques is the first book that interactively describes the newest modern lens design tools. Lens design fundamentals, second edition, is the most comprehensive treatise to be published on the subject of lens design. Having tested this lens for almost a month, i know it should be appreciated. It incorporates classic aspects of lens design along with important modern methods, tools, and instruments, including contemporary astronomical telescopes, gaussian beams, and computer lens design. Since this lens was loaned to me to compare to the hologon, that is exactly what i am going to do. My notes from the book introduction to lens design by. I dont need the lenses, just the books, and my supplier stopped making them. It was in fact cosina voigtlanders first ltm camera and was designed to be used with a series of ultra wide angle lenses voigtlander had on the market contemporary to the cameras release. Handbook of lens design optical science and engineering. Wideangle lenses also share at least two design challenges. The contax g system offers seven interchangeable lenses, fast autofocus, autoexposure. Optical lens design is the process of designing a lens to meet a set of performance requirements and constraints, including cost and manufacturing limitations.

They are the planar, the tessar, the biogon, the distagon, and the hologon click on these links to download the original pdf files. Net books we recommend for optical design video how tos, hint, tips and secrets for lens design software from qioptiq linos photonics optical design is a highly complex subject. The reader is urged to follow the logic of these examples and be sure that he understands what is happening, noticing particularly how. The zeiss hologon is an ultra wideangle f15mm f8 triplet lens, providing a 110 angle of view. Figure 7 is much closer to the hologon design of fig. The invention of the camera in the early 19th century led to an array of lens designs intended for photography. The computer program oslo was used to design the work, but the writeups are programneutral.

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. Conrady in applied optics and optical design and rudolph kingslake in lens design. Free version of the winlens3d optical design package, which provides serious design and analysis tools for optical engineer, student or designer. Aug 29, 2015 since this lens was loaned to me to compare to the hologon, that is exactly what i am going to do. Nasse wrote a series of technical papers for carl zeiss detailing their modern lens history and genealogy. Compared to the 16mm hologon, on face value the voigtlander 15mm f4.

In spite of that, a lot of lens design books and textbooks that i have read rely heavily on the derivations of mathematical equations, without actual lens design data and figures and graphs, especially lens design diagrams. Therefore, this book can be used with any lens design software. However it is a well traveled lens design having made it to mars on the the nasa mars rovers. Due to its wide angle coverage, and the small distortion, it and the metrogon became the standard aerial lens until it was displaced in 1952. Meet the man who documented the entire history of zeiss. Lens design fundamentals edition 2 by rudolf kingslake. For the uninitiated, the voigtlander bessa l is a manual only, throughthelens metered, leica thread mount camera. Full text of zeiss historica volume 34 issue 01 internet archive.

In his three part series, he discussed 5 lens designed that changed the world. Otto deems the creation, an absolute milestone in camera design. Hologon designs are incompatible with todays flat digital sensors because of an extreme image. The handbook of optics, from the optical society of america, is a tremendously valuable resource for all optics practitioners. The hologon is a modification of the biogon lens design. You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason. Lens design fundamentals edition 2 by rudolf kingslake, r. This edition has been thoroughly updated and contains integral coverage of soft.

Perfect glass, but the box and accessories are usually not included. An excerpt of this fundamental book is available as the photographic lens. These are monochromatic designs and use lens thicknes. There are also many useful figures to help visualize the main issuesconsiderations of lens design. Although not required, you are encouraged to explain why you object to the deletion, either in your edit summary or on the talk page.

The rating of the equipment is at 97 to 99 percent of original condition. Of all the normal production lenses ever made to grace the business end of a leica mmount rangefinder, none other is more unique than the zeiss 15mm f8 hologon m. Thankfully, there are a multitude of books on lens design, starting with the optics theory, optical system design, manufacturing technology, and yes, lens design methods too. Handbook of optical design optical science and engineering. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. A comprehensive guide to camera lens design and zeiss nomenclature. Thats because the zeiss lens appears not to be a retrofocus design, while this leica lens is. Order of dan lenson books dan lenson is a fictional character who is the protagonist in a series of naval thrillers by american author david poyer.

The book not only covers theory of lens design but the author also delves into the math using practical examples. I have news of a new book being published by dr wimmer of the carl zeiss. Hologon t 816 29 to film 53 11 contax g mount using the traditional hologon ultrawideangle lens as a basis, carl zeiss has designed a 16 mm hologon f8 lens for the contax g compact cameras. Rangefinder lenses use a proven focusing technology. The reader is urged to follow the logic of these examples and be sure that he understands what is happening, noticing particularly how each available degree of freedom is used to control one aberration. Lens design, materials, color options, lens enhancements and environment should all be considered when designing your new lenses. On first inspection, you may wonder why anyone would give the 15 hologon a second look. The book begins with an outline of the general process before delving into. Geary, some miscellaneous notes on zemax, and some notes based on zemax knowledgebase articles with proper links and attribution of course. Only the closest inspections will reveal slight wear. Handbook of optical design, third edition covers the fundamental principles of geometric optics and their application to lens design in one volume. This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the united states.

Compare the resulting 100s of curves to other labs 3, 4, 5 or 6 curves and you appreciate the difference wave makes. If you want to spend the money converted contax g lens for leica m packages. In fact, comparing the same lens to itself can prove that it is both better and worse than itself, depnding on very subtle shifts in focus one reason that making real images the only realiable way to assess lens performance and a compelling reason to be skeptical of casual lens tests you might find on the web. An ode to vintage lenses and how i stopped giving a damn about sharpness. Get the best deals on manual focus fisheye camera lenses 16mm focal when you shop the largest online selection at. It adds impressive building blocks to the foundation established by a. 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. Even a standard aspheric lens is simple compared to a wave design. This spie field guide provides a working reference for practicing physicists, engineers, and scientists for deciphering the nuances of basic lens design. Manual focus fisheye camera lenses 16mm focal for sale ebay. Good game design happens when you view your game from many different.

In a photo system, the lens is most critical lenses are characterized by prime vs. Naval officer whose code of ethics sometimes conflicts with his line of duty. Converted contax g lens for leica m packages carl zeiss g biogon 212. Design examples of several widely used modern lenses are provided.

Field guide to lens design 2012 bentley publications. The biogon and hologon designs take advantage of the large negative elements to limit the light falloff of regular wide angle lenses. With practical zemax examples by joseph m geary online at alibris. Just hit optimize 23 times and watch the diagram and ray plot as the lenses take on. Dan lenson is a fictional character who is the protagonist in a series of naval thrillers by american author david poyer. Contax 16mm f8 carl zeiss hologon t lens for contax g.