Resolving Optical Design/Manufacturing Hang-Ups

William H. Price

doi:10.1117/12.959115

16 September 1980 Resolving Optical Design/Manufacturing Hang-Ups

William H. Price

Proceedings Volume 0237, 1980 International Lens Design Conference; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959115
Event: 1980 International Lens Design Conference, 1980, Oakland, United States

Abstract

When the lens designer asks of the manufacturer, "Why didn't you make my lens right?" the stock answer is often another question: "Why didn't you design something I could make?" Now we all know that this is not what we would call making progress. There are a number of lens design factors - we call them rules of thumb - that, from experience, the lens designer imposes on himself, because he knows that violating them produces thunder and lightning from the shop, and thunder and lightning are not what we are trying to produce. This paper deals with some of these constraints and the trade-offs faced by the lens designer in dealing with them.

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William H. Price "Resolving Optical Design/Manufacturing Hang-Ups", Proc. SPIE 0237, 1980 International Lens Design Conference, (16 September 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959115

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