home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!ka1gt
- From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
- Subject: Re: What does ED glass really buy you?
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: na
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:38:24 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.003824.1054@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- References: <1993Jan21.094446.12281@sactoh0.sac.ca.us> <1993Jan21.173218.28028@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- Lines: 45
-
- In article <1993Jan21.173218.28028@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins) writes:
- > In article <1jmhnoINNqbr@cronkite.Central.Sun.COM>, dbernard@clesun.Central.Sun.COM (Dave Bernard) writes:
- > > My understanding is that the ultra-expensive telephoto and
- > > zoom lenses featuring ED-type elements allows colors in
- > > whatever wavelength to focus on a single plane. My question
- > > is, if you take a non-ED lens of the same focal length, and
- > > stop it down several stops, would not the inherent depth of
- > > focus at the film plane have much the same effect, esp. with
- > > a subject focussed at infinity? In other words, would the
- > > ED type lenses really come into their own when used at near
- > > fully open apertures... which kind of implies that the photographer
- > > wanted to either hand hold, or for some other reason wanted to
- > > maximize shutter speed (sports, nature)? What it comes down to,
- > > for tripod-mounted landscape use, with small apertures, is there
- > > any advantage to ED?
- > >
- >
- > Some aberations are improved by stoping down a lens, but some are not.
- > Stoping down won't help chromatic aberation or distortion (pincushion
- > or barrel effects). ED and fluorite lenses do eliminate chromatic
- > aberation, but their use is only really required for telephoto lenses,
- > wher chromatic aberation can be very strong. Most landscape work is
- > done with wide angle lenses (though certainly not all), which really
- > don't need ED glass (but it certainly doesn't hurt). If you want to do
- > landscape work with a stopped down telephoto, you still need ED glass.
- >
-
- I should point out that there are two types of chromatic aberation.
- One is longitudinal chromatic aberation which results in a different
- focus for each wavelength. I need to think about this some more, but
- maybe stopping down does reduce this?? I'm not sure.
-
- The second is lateral chromatic aberation (lateral color) in which the
- difference in focal length for each color results in a different
- magnification for different colors. This is not influenced by aperture
- and so stopping down doesn't help.
-
- Good question though. Makes me think I should read up on the subject
- a bit more.
-
- ===============================================================
- Bob Atkins AT&T Bell Labs email (direct) att!clockwise!rma
- ===============================================================
-
-
-