Smith reveals timetested methods for designing topquality lenses. Handbook of optical design optical science and engineering. 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. For 35mm film and full frame cameras, that translates to 24x36mm with a diagonal of 43. The invention of the camera in the early 19th century led to an array of lens designs intended for photography. Smith modern optical engineering, graw hill 2000 5. Kellner type oculars generally have an apparent field of view of about 40degrees, with moderate eye relief. The art of computer game design by chris crawford preface to the electronic version. Presents over 100 sets of questions, or different lenses, for viewing a games design. This book is different from most other books on lens. This text was originally composed by computer game designer chris crawford in 1982.
He deals with lens design software, primarily oslo, by far the current market leaders. Panoramic fullframe imaging with monocentric lenses and. Page 2 of 4 making and using a monocentric eyepiece from commercial parts posted in eyepieces. Modern lens design is an excellent textbook in optical design using personal computer software. A widefieldofview monocentric light field camera ieee. Patent of the month monocentric lens the triz journal. When searching for literature on the nature of gaming and its relationship to narrative in 1997, prof. If you flip a monocentric lens over to the other side of its common center of curvature nothing changes about the systems aberrations. Buy lens design fundamentals 2 by rudolf kingslake isbn. In 1958, kingslake and wife hilda edited an unfinished manuscript by conrady and published a sequel to conradys book, applied optics and optical design. Optical engineers working in lens design will find this book an invaluable guide to lens design in traditional and emerging areas of application. The reader is urged to follow the logic of these examples and be sure that he understands what is happening, noticing particularly how each.
The optical design employed monocentric objective lens design combined with the unique arrangement of multiaperture array, which empowers the system of good tradeoff between imaging performances and structural complexity. This book is superb because it lays out different lens design forms suitable for different fnumber and fov. 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. Good game design happens when you view your game from many different perspectives, or lenses. Both fantastical and practical, methodical and wonderfull, this book and deck will have you looking at and dreaming up games with a fresh vision. The field of optical lens designing has many variables including the function the lens or group of lenses have to perform, the limits of optical glass because of the index of refraction and dispersion properties, and design constraints including realistic lens element center and edge thicknesses, minimum and maximum air. Books we recommend for optical design opticalsoftware. Bentley field guide to lens design, spie press, 2012 7. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. In order to meet the requirement of miniaturization, high image quality and large field of view of monitor lens, based on the characteristics of monocentric lenses, and the development of curved image sensors, we designed a monitor lens optical system and all refraction surfaces and its curved image surface have the same spherical center. He is the author of three prior books on lens design, including the first edition of this one, and the classics, modern optical engineering and practical. This list covers optical lens designs grouped by tasks or overall type. The book begins with an outline of the general process before delving into aberrations, basic lens design forms, and optimization. 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.
The book is an excellent resource for mechanical and optomechanical engineers who design systems that contain optics. A book of lenses is a tool chest crossed with a kaleidoscope. In monocentric designs with the stop at the center of curvature and a monocentric image surface, the performance is the same for any field angle. I would like to analyze this design for use in telescopes. Superwideangle mobile lens design based on monocentric. 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 book s strength lies in delivering a vast amount of knowledge on optical lens design in a succinct manner. Based on personal experience, this book gives enough information on practical lens design for the optical novice to design one. They have good center sharpness, but exhibit some field curvature. Monocentric imaging system with wide field of view and. It comprehensively describes the fundamental optical theory and stateoftheart of lens design, including aberrations, achromatic doublets, and lens tolerances. Delving deep into the mechanics of lens design, optics legend warren j.
There is no shortage of lens optimization software on the market to deal with todays complex optical systems for all sorts of custom and standardized applications. Automatic and quasiautonomous computational methods and techniques is the first book that interactively describes the newest modern lens design tools. A legacy in lens design and optical engineering, 586508 18 august 2005. Different versions of the class of lenses are presented and can be used to form a practical startingpoint base for many types of lens. I read my copy late last year and read it straight through, cover to cover. Written by respected researchers, the book has been extensively classroom tested and developed in their lens design courses. The mobile phone lens is composed of 4 monocentric lenses. Does anyone has a design for monocentric eyepieces. This is beyond the current spatial resolution and communications bandwidth of a single costeffective sensor, e. But all of these software packages share one critical flaw.
The design uses a planoconvex, two cementedelement eye lens and a large convex field lens. 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. Half of its content is devoted to the design of sixteen types of lenses, described in detail from beginning to end. This book provides the skills and knowledge to move into the exciting world of contemporary lens design and develop practical lenses needed for the great variety of 21 stcentury applications. The design of miniaturization and super wide angle monitor. This book provides all the essential and best elements of kidgers many courses taught worldwide on lens and optical design. Create, publish, and share magical augmented reality experiences with lens studio for windows and mac. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering, warren j. They have good center sharpness, but exhibit some field curvature and astigmatism. Filled with sage advice and completely illustrated, lens design, fourth edition supplies handson guidance for the initial design and final optimization for a plethora of commercial, consumer, and specialized optical systems. It is written in a direct style that is compact, logical, and to the pointa tutorial in the best sense of the word. Field guide to lens design spie press field guide fg27.
Packed with jesses realworld experience and humorous insight, the art of game design. A normalstandard lens means its focal length is about the diagonal length of the image capturing area. Making and using a monocentric eyepiece from commercial. Continuing to focus on fundamental methods and procedures of lens design, this revision by r. 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. This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the united states.
The books key feature is its astounding presentation of a wide range of practical design examples, covering such problems as secondary spectrum correction, high numerical aperture designs, lasers, zoom lenses, tilted or decentered optical systems, and price and performance requirements. An imaging system with wide field of view fov and high resolution is proposed in this paper. This classic, superbly designed text is perfectly suited for health care professionals, providing all of the essential. The mojocentrics are my favorite eyepieces by far fixed my signature to. With practical zemax examples 9780943396750 by geary, joseph m. Geary lens design with practical examples, willmannbell 6. Introduction to lens design with practical zemax examples. Lens design is, therefore, a strong component of a wellrounded education in optics, and a skill valued by industries employing optical engineers. Malacaramalacara handbook of lens design, dekker 1994 3. A comprehensive guide to camera lens design and zeiss. Even though there has been much progress in optical design software since the book was written, the principles are timeless. The final design shows that the mtf is larger than 0.
Here are two monocentric exactly concentric designs with exactly identical aberrations, to all orders. No computer design info in this edition, if you need to design a specialty lens, get the second edition which would have one more star. Anyone can master the fundamentals of game design no technological expertise is necessary. In this work we describe a novel, compact optical design that couples a monocentric lens with multiple sensors using microlens arrays, allowing lf capture with an unprecedented fov. This spie field guide provides a working reference for practicing physicists, engineers, and scientists for deciphering the nuances of basic lens design. Continuing the bestselling tradition of the authors previous books, lens design, fourth edition is still the most complete. Lens design fundamentals by kingslake, rudolf ebook.
Sue peabody learned of the art of computer game design, which was then. Smith is chief scientist at kaiser electrooptics as well as an independent consultant. Kingslakejohnson lens design fundamentals, spie press, 2010 8. Ive made mirrors and hand figured large lenses but a ball lens is something ive. Modern lens design mcgrawhill professional engineering. For example, solving this lens design only leads to a secondary design constraint, in that the total resolution of such wide angle lenses may easily exceed 100 megapixels. Completely revised with the latest advances, evidence, and standards needed for everyday practice, contact lenses, 6th edition, remains a definitive work on this multifaceted topic, ideal for optometrists, dispensing opticians, ophthalmologists, and contact lens practitioners.
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