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- From: TSOS@uni-duesseldorf.de (Detlef Lannert)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Sharpness (Part II)
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 10:49:35 GMT
- Organization: Universitaetsrechenzentrum, Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet, Duesseldorf
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- Message-ID: <TSOS.171.721910975@uni-duesseldorf.de>
- References: <1992Nov9.184158.12404@cs.mun.ca> <PHILG.92Nov11165637@zug.ai.mit.edu>
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- In article <PHILG.92Nov11165637@zug.ai.mit.edu> philg@zurich.ai.mit.edu (Philip Greenspun) writes:
-
- >Sometimes lenses expand or contract due to heat or age and the
- >"infinity" focus mark is no longer accurate. That is why the big
- >Nikon honkers (80-200/2.8, 300/2.8, etc.) all contain some room past
- >the infinity mark.
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- All lenses with special glass elements (fluorite, metal oxide or other
- special low-dispersion materials) and catadioptrics should provide an
- extra bit of focusing beyond infinity because they are strongly
- affected by temperature changes. (With shorter focal lengths << 300 mm
- this effect might be small enough to remain unnoticed.)
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- Detlef Lannert DC3EK E-Mail: tsos@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
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