Applied Photographic Optics

Applied Photographic Optics

Selected by the American Library Association's 'Choice' magazine as "best technical book," the first edition of this book soon established itself as the standard reference work on all aspects of photographic lenses and associated optical systems. This is unsurprising, as Sidney Ray provides a complete, comprehensive reference source for anyone wanting information on photographic lenses, from the student to the practitioner or specialist working with visual and digital media worldwide.
This third edition has been fully revised and expanded to include the rapid progress in the last decade in optical technology and advances in relevant electronic and digital forms of imaging. Every chapter has been revised and expanded using new figures and photographs as appropriate, as well as extended bibliographies. New chapters include details of filters, measurements from images and the optical systems of digital cameras. Details of electronic and digital imaging have been integrated throughout. More information is given on topics such as aspherics, diffractive optics, ED glasses, image stabilization, optical technology, video projection and new types of lenses.
A selection of the contents includes chapters on: optical theory, aberrations, auto focus, lens testing, depth of field, development of photographic lenses, general properties of lenses, wide-angle lenses, telephoto lenses, video lenses, viewfinder systems, camera movements, projection systems and 3-D systems.
Everything you need to know about still and moving image lenses in one handy volume
Be completely up-to-date with vital new information on optics for digital imagingBenefit from the expertise of this award-winningtechnical author

Main description:
Selected by the American Library Association's 'Choice' magazine as "best technical book", the first edition of this book soon established itself as the standard reference work on all aspects of photographic lenses and associated optical systems. This is unsurprising, as Sidney Ray provides a complete, comprehensive reference source for anyone wanting information on photographic lenses, from the student to the practitioner or specialist working with visual and digital media worldwide.

This third edition has been fully revised and expanded to include the rapid progress in the last decade in optical technology and advances in relevant electronic and digital forms of imaging. Every chapter has been revised and expanded using new figures and photographs as appropriate, as well as extended bibliographies. New chapters include details of filters, measurements from images and the optical systems of digital cameras. Details of electronic and digital imaging have been integrated throughout. More information is given on topics such as aspherics, diffractive optics, ED glasses, image stabilization, optical technology, video projection and new types of lenses.

A selection of the contents includes chapters on: optical theory, aberrations, auto focus, lens testing, depth of field, development of photographic lenses, general properties of lenses, wide-angle lenses, telephoto lenses, video lenses, viewfinder systems, camera movements, projection systems and 3-D systems.

Everything you need to know about still and moving image lenses in one handy volume
Be completely up-to-date with vital new information on optics for digital imagingBenefit from the expertise of this award-winning technical author

Review quote:
Reviews of the first edition:
'Thorough, comprehensive, and well organised, this book deserves a place in any technical university or large public library. Highly recommended.'
American Library Association .....

'For any establishment involved with photographic, projection or video technology, and for anyone concerned with the teaching of photographic optics, as well as for the dedicated photographic enthusiast, this is an essential.'
British Journal of Photography .....

'There can hardly be any aspect of photography that is not mentioned somewhere and all photographers should find this a useful reference for recent developments..'
The Photographic Journal ......

'Applied Photographic Optics is a tour de force. For students and those technically minded, it is a book well worth having.'
Hotshoe International .....

Table of contents:
Introduction; The role of the lens in photography; Optical requirements; Optical theory; Optical materials; Design, manufacture and testing of a lens; Lens types and properties; Photographic optical systems.

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Senior Lecturer in Digital and Photographic Imaging, University of Westminster, photographer and Imaging Consultant.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The role of the lens in photography
Optical requirements
Light and energy
Properties of light
Image formation by simple optical systems
Image formation by compound lenses
Combinations of elements
Optical components and their imaging roles
Thin-layer coatings
Aberrations - defects in imaging systems
Optical materials
Colour correction of lenses
The speed of a lens
Lens and camera flare
Resolving power of lenses and imaging systems
Physical optics of lens systems
Design, manufacture and testing of a lens
Evaluation and calibration
Focusing an optical system
Auto focus and focus maintenance methods
depth of field and depth of focus
Perspective and projection
Lens types and properties
General properties of a lens
The standard lens
Large-aperture lenses
Medium long focus lenses
Extreme long focus lenses
Telephoto and stabilized lenses
Convertible lenses
Short focus wide-angle lenses
Retrofocus wide-angle lenses
The fisheye lens and immersed optics
Catoptric systems
Catadioptric systems
Zoom lenses
Enlarging lenses
Macro lenses
Process lenses
Copying lenses
High-resolution lenses
Underwater lenses
Aerial lenses
Projection lenses
Anamorphic systems
Soft focus lenses
Perspective control lenses
Ultraviolet lenses
Infra-red lenses
Lenses for cinematography
Video lenses
Lens attachments and accessories
Viewfinder systems
Direct viewfinder systems
Screen viewfinder systems
Viewfinder focusing
The optics of camera movements
Optics of systems with moving film
Scanning optics
Optics of close-up photography and photomacrography
Optics of copying systems
Optics of printing systems
Optics of projection systems
Optics of stereoscopic systems
Optics of light metering systems
Optics of lighting systems
Optics for video systems
Optical filters
The optics of digital cameras. Index.