[rollei_list] Re: Patents and Lens Designs
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:01:26 -0700
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From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:11 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Patents and Lens Designs
At 06:27 PM 10/5/2009, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> There are not a lot of books on lens design, as
>contrasted with general optics. Optics books abound, some
of
>them very good. The best known books on lens design are
the
>series written by Rudolf Kingslake, of Kodak, and, oh
hell,
>I've just drawn a blank on a name, will come back to me
>later.
Try MODERN LENS DESIGN: A RESOURCE MANUAL, by
Warren J Smith. I believe that this is the
accepted standard in the field today. Or so
folks on this List chided me a few years back.
Mac
That's it! I can't believe the the stuff that sometimes
falls right off the edge. Smith's book is in at least its
second edition but the first is still valuable.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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