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A Pencil of Rays

Put things in focus.

Are you a lens designer learning on the job?
Are you a lens designer in a specific field looking to expand your expertise?
Are you a lens designer in looking to boost your skills?

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I can help. Click on the link to access our guide to Lens Design Forms, from concepts as simple as singlets and doublets to the concepts behind zoom lenses and freeforms.

The Specification Cheat Sheet

-Make lens design an effortless breeze, by following the step by step items you need
-Cover all your tracks, and avoid missing critical steps that may make you kiss your lens design goodbye
-Whip out when negotiating critical lens specifications with your most demanding clients, and take control of your lens design

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Click on the link to access our specification cheat sheets.

In optical lens design, it’s easy to fall into a single discipline, or become very good at a few subsets of lens design. Especially when you’re just starting out. Very few things beat on-the-job training for learning.

If you are single-disciplined or close to it, it’s possible to feel limited or vulnerable. You might feel like an impostor, only knowing a small scope of optics or lens design, when you know there is so much more to learn.

It’s my mission to make the nitty-gritty of lens design accessible and applicable, and I’d be thrilled if you could join me on my journey.




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Classic Lens Design Using the Spreadsheet Method

-Figure out the essential concepts behind the lens to take control of your lens design
-Get the fundamentals of lens design in an accessible format
-P.S. Working on version 2.0!

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Click on the link to access our guide on the classic method of lens design using spreadsheets.

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