The Basic Shapes of Imaging Systems: Part 1

This video covers the Basic Shapes of Imaging Systems: how imaging systems perform, what limits their performance, and what to do if you need better performance. I’ll be using Zemax OpticStudio to demonstrate all this. 00:00 Start 01:29 Neat Corporate Jingle 01:38 Magnifiying Lens 02:26 Landscape Lens 03:24 Color-Corrected Doublet 04:50 Cooke Triplet 07:33 Double Gauss 09:19 Petzval Lenses 10:19 Basic Shape Evolution 10:39 Tessar 10:58 Heliar 11:06 How to Improve a Lens Design 12:00 Summary Part 2 of this series is here:    • Part 2: Auxiliary Optics for the Basic Shapes   and looks at some auxiliary shapes that get used with the Basic Shapes to extend their usefulness. Zemax and OpticStudio are registered trademarks of Zemax LLC. https://www.zemax.com/