Ebook: Optics in photography

Explains fundamental optical principles that apply to photography, cameras, and lenses. Intended for professionals and serious amateur photographers as well as lens designers and optical engineers.

Contents

- Preface

- Perspective

- Light Rays and Lens Aberrations

- Light Waves and How They Behave

- Definition and Resolution

- Depth of Field

- The Brightness of Images

- Types of Photographic Objectives

- Lens Attachments

- Enlarging and Projection Systems

- Stereoscopic Photography

- Shutters and Flash

- Camera Viewfinders and Rangefinders

- Index