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- From: dp@world.std.com (Jeff DelPapa)
- Subject: Re: Resolution of Lens ???
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- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <Uf2JFiO00iV1M5dkha@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:12:55 GMT
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- When I have had lenses tested, they were used in projection - an
- etched resolution test reticle was placed at the film plane, with a
- collimated light source behind it (the reticle was a peice of
- aluminized glass - it looked a whole lot like a mask from an IC shop).
- That was projected onto a screen, with the distance varied to get it
- all to fit. The person then examined the projected image to see what
- the smallest clearly projected portion of the chart was. He could make
- judgement about field flatness, chromatic aberration, flare, and
- lens alignment in addition to resolution. No math or measurment was
- required to come up with the resolution number - you just read off the
- number next to the last clearly resolved pattern.
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