I love lenses. I love the ray diagrams I can build with the specs, I love the history, and I love all the possibilities that lenses can do for the betterment of the world. I also love the lens names themselves, because the names engraved on the front rings of the lenses we use every […]
Sonnar
Comparison of the Double Gauss and Sonnar lens designs.
Do you think that lens design is all math, with complex equations and multiple calculations? That’s only partly true. There is another aspect of lens design that requires intuition, experience, and an “eye” for good performance. A more qualitative approach to the lens design that is a bit lost. I want to compare two lens […]