Applied Photographic Optics Book

	Acknowledgements
	Abbreviations and symbols used in text
1	Introduction	1
2	The role of the lens in photography	2
3	Optical requirements	4
4	Light and energy	9
5	Properties of light	15
6	Image formation by simple optical systems	34
7	Image formation by compound lenses	43
8	Combinations of elements	47
9	Optical components and their imaging roles	56
10	Thin-layer coatings	72
11	Aberrations - defects in imaging systems	82
12	Optical materials	99
13	Colour correction of lenses	112
14	The speed of a lens	122
15	Lens and camera flare	138
16	Resolving power of lenses and imaging systems	145
17	Physical optics of lens systems	155
18	Design, manufacture and testing of a lens	169
19	Evaluation and calibration	181
20	Focusing an optical system	192
21	Autofocus and focus maintenance methods	201
22	Depth of field and depth of focus	215
23	Perspective and projection	234
24	Evolution of the photographic lens	247
25	General properties of a lens	263
26	The standard lens	280
27	Large-aperture lenses	288
28	Medium long focus lenses	294
29	Extreme long focus lenses	297
30	Telephoto and stabilized lenses	302
31	Convertible lenses	310
32	Short focus wide-angle lenses	313
33	Retrofocus wide-angle lenses	321
34	The fisheye lens and immersed optics	326
35	Catoptric systems	333
36	Catadioptric systems	337
37	Zoom lenses	342
38	Enlarging lenses	357
39	Macro lenses	364
40	Process lenses	372
41	Copying lenses	377
42	High-resolution lenses	382
43	Underwater lenses	390
44	Aerial lenses	395
45	Projection lenses	400
46	Anamorphic systems	407
47	Soft focus lenses	412
48	Perspective control lenses	415
49	Ultra-violet lenses	420
50	Infra-red lenses	423
51	Lenses for cinematography	428
52	Video lenses	432
53	Lens attachments and accessories	443
54	Viewfinder systems	457
55	Direct viewfinder systems	464
56	Screen viewfinder systems	471
57	Viewfinder focusing	484
58	The optics of camera movements	494
59	Optics of systems with moving film	505
60	Scanning optics	514
61	Optics of close-up photography and photomacrography	522
62	Optics of copying systems	534
63	Optics of printing systems	542
64	Optics of projection systems	554
65	Optics of stereoscopic systems	573
66	Optics of light metering systems	591
67	Optics of lighting systems	602
68	Optics for video systems	612
69	Optical filters	620
70	The optics of digital cameras	632
	Index	641