Biotar lens design book pdf

Flaws in the design there may have been but mine works fine even if the shutter is a little noisy. The zeiss ikon contax camera repair website services for. 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. These optics were designed at 50s and 60s, produced all the way till. A comprehensive guide to camera lens design and zeiss nomenclature. Biotar planar double gauss ii celor compact special plastic aspheric ii ir camera lens. I learned a lot from you guys and very thankful for that. Why so i cannot say that the tessar is a quasi symmetrical lens, too.

Panasonics premium compact dczs200 tz200 outside of north america boasts a 24360mm equiv. Nasse wrote a series of technical papers for carl zeiss detailing their modern lens history and genealogy. The site for zeiss ikon contax camera restoration, repairs, parts, maintenance, custom. In his three part series, he discussed 5 lens designed that changed the world. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the koristka flickr tag. They are the planar, the tessar, the biogon, the distagon, and the hologon click on these links to download the original pdf files.

A comprehensive guide to camera lens design and zeiss. Zeiss international, optical and optoelectronic technology. Apr 28, 2015 i have covered the ms super triplet perar 3. Because of that effect, 58mm zeiss biotar acts like a 116mm lens on the pen, and like an 87mm lens on the nex, which is. If you are still wondering how to get free pdf epub of book the art of game design. It contains just about everything there is to know including the design, specifications, angle of coverage, image size about every focal length and type of zeiss lens made as. It was sold usually with zeiss tessar, biotar or meyer primoplan, primotar lenses. The legendary zeiss biotar lens is coming back from the dead. Photography its principles and practice lens optics. Two thin lenses close together with different materials 2.

Ive being reading ru since maybe 2007 and simply love it. The course will utilize a modern optical design program and examples carried out on a number of types of lenses to illustrate how the process of design is carried out. The double gauss lens consists of two backtoback gauss lenses a design with a positive meniscus lens on the object side and a negative meniscus lens on the image side making two positive meniscus lenses on the outside with two negative meniscus lenses inside them. It was a six elements in four groups formula meant to update the famous biotar. Microscop lens with an iris for stopping down, morfa en dirkon, camera made with paper, pinhole. It is very saught after by collectors and therefore can be quiet expensive compared to other lenses in its focal length. A book of lenses by jesse schell pdf epub without registration. Pdf optimization of the petzval objective with the. A 7element, 6group gauss design with a 6bladed diaphragm, it was in production until 1962 when nikon introduced its iconic 50mm f1. The lens crosssections show that these two distagons.

Lenses and depth of field prepared by behzad sajadi. Prior to about 1930 all lenses were designed by logarithms, and prior to about 1930 all lenses were. Curiously, in his notable book, a history of the photographic lens, rudolf kingslake head of the eastman kodak lens design department 19371968, makes only a single passing comment on. Zeiss solutions contribute to world optics development and technological progress. My camera is fitted with a carl zeiss jena pancolar 50mm. The biotar objective in its basic form consists of a single positive lens, followed by a negative meniscus doublet that is concave to the. Circle of confusion from basic photographic materials and processes, stroebel et al. The carl zeiss jena biotar 258 is a classic lens design that dates back all the way to the 1920s. Carisbad, california and consultant in optics and design third edition. Does anyone have any doubt that pancolar and biotar are quasi symmetrical lenses derived from the original symmetrical double gauss.

This lens has been produced after over a year of research by miyazaki san, and he has learned a lot about how to overcome problems that he. The symmetry of the system and the splitting of the optical power into many elements reduces the optical aberrations within the. For example, gregory hallock smith author of the book practical computeraided lens design says. Optical system classification summer term 2012 herbert gross 1. It has to be manually opened to focus and compose at full aperture, and an internal mechanism stops the diaphragm down when firing the.

The prakina and all of its variants are historically significant cameras, being the first modern 35mm slr camera aimed at the professional photographer. The tessar is probably the most classical and copied formula ever. Lens design without a computer lens design without a computer kingslake, rudolf 19781201 00. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Zeiss an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. Philip swanson published on 2005 by blackwell publishing this book introduces readers to the evolution of mode. This is a praktina fx 35mm single lens reflex camera made by kamerawerke niedersedlitz kw between the years of 1953 and 1958. Perhaps the most famous radioactive lenses of all were the kodak aeroektars. The 10 best vintage slr lenses to use on dslrs shutterbug. Access free changing lenses a new focus for crime and justice changing lenses a new focus for crime and justice when people should go to the ebook stores, search establishment by shop, shelf by shelf, it is in point of fact problematic. The hasselblad lens was followed in 1958 by a 35 mm f4 distagon for the contarex figure 2b. The zeiss archives contain original documents, files, photos, patents, registered designs, product literature, technical documentation, and instruments from more than 150 years of company history. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The nex is about 12 the area of a 35mm frame, so its apparent magnification is 1. I start with m39 reflex mirror and m42 zenit slr photo lenses. Kmz did a good job copying the german design, and although the helios 44 became a very capable lens on its own, it ended up being the only lens available for the start. Wideangle lenses also share at least two design challenges. The sigma dp quattro series in practice in reply to ines and mark apr 16, 2016 many thanks to all for the helpful hints and comments after one week offline due to an ongoing problem with the metadata, the book is now back in the local ibooks stores. With our passion for excellence, we create value for our. Automatic and quasiautonomous computational methods and techniques is the first book that interactively describes the newest modern lens design tools. The contax s a technical triumph and business disaster. Smith reveals timetested methods for designing topquality lenses. This zeiss article posted on the carl zeiss web site is a 33 page pdf document explaning everything you ever wanted to know about photographic lenses and what makes a good or bad lens. Another favorit of mine is the m2450mm constant f3.

Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Pdf optimization of the petzval objective with various evolution strategies and the damped least squares is presented. There are tradeoffs that come with that big lens, however. It made reference to biotar another name for planar as. First is the obliqueness of angle the light rays hit the focal plane. X indicates the lens mount m for m42 thread, k for pentax k bayonet, for zenitd bayonet. Lens design without a computer, proceedings of spie 10. Click on below buttons to start download the art of game design. Optimization of the cooke t riplet with the various evolution. Our top 10 vintage lenses to use on digital cameras.

The double gauss objective optimizations springerlink. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Scroll down to the bottom of this story to read my tips on choosing and using vintage lenses on digital cameras. 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. This version is very rare with its 22mm in diameter milled knob for film tranport and shutter tensioning. Lens having an m42 mount, the praktica fx could be fitted with different lenses. The tessar is a famous photographic lens design conceived by the german physicist paul rudolph in 1902 while he worked at the zeiss optical company and patented by zeiss in germany. When it was new, the only lens available was the kmz helios 44 which was based off the carl zeiss biotar 582 lens. Optimization of the doublegauss objective with the various evolution strategies and the. Here is my pentacon fm from the contax s family of cameras.

It is fitted with semiautomatic czj biotar f258mm serial no 5632361. Toronto i chose this lens over a zeiss biotar for the standard lens of my late 1950s exaktavx iia. Both tubes may be used together fo obtain natural size images. Field guide to lens design julie bentley, craig olson. Delving deep into the mechanics of lens design, optics legend warren j. Ricoh has released two posters charting the history of pentax cameras, both in downloadable highresolution pdf formats. Other lenses for the contax included the biotar, biogon, orthometar, and various tessars and triotars.

Photography its principles and practice free ebook download as pdf file. Modern optical engineering the design of optical systems warren j. Pdf optimization of the doublegauss objective with the. Now i join ru to share my experience and knowledge of russian photo and cine glass. Automatic lens design, merit functions, and optimization are applied to real design problems. This is a comprehensive book of 47 pages that completely covers the subject of lens selection and use.