Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

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Table I. Pro-Raptars Table III. Mirrotel (Catadioptric Tele Focal length Diagonal Type and No. of //No. coverage elements ) Focal length Diagonal No. of //No. coverage elements 25 35 50 75 101 152 mm mm mm mm mm mm //2.3 //2.3 //2.3 //2.3 //2.3 //2.7 61.2° 46.4° 33.0° 22.2° 16.8° 11.2° 6 6 6 6 6 4 Gaussian type cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc Modified Petzval 20 40 80 in. in. in. //5.6 //14 3.4° 1.7° 0.85° 3 3 2 Table IV. Wide-Angle Lenses for 16mm Table II. Raptar Telephotos Focal length //No. Diagonal No. of coverage elements 10 in. //4.5 6.8°* 4 12 in. //4.5 5.6°* 4 14 in. //4.5 4.8°* 4 15 ;n. //4.5 4.4°* 4 16 in. //4.5 4.2°* 4 18 in. //5.6 3.8°* 4 20 in. //5.6 3.4°* 4 24 in. //5.6 2.8°* 4 * Lenses marked with asterisk cover more than the angle specified for 35mm single frame with same high-quality performance. Film Focal length //No. Diagonal No. of coverage elements 3.7 mm 5.4 mm 12.7 mm //I5 //1. 5 //1. 5 142° 84° 56° 8 8 11 Table V. Wide-Angle Lenses for 35mm Film Focal length //No. Diagonal No. of coverage elements 8.3 mm 11.2 mm //1. 5 //2.0 142° 84° targets used. Strict control of the variables affecting the measurement is very necessary. Other ways to evaluate lens performance have been discussed also.11"13 Since the subject is well covered by these authors, no attempt will be made to discuss any of the methods as applied to the lenses which are the subject of this paper other than to state that the "Rayleigh-Conrady" tolerances14 were used as the basis for the comparison of these lens designs with other similar designs, as well as extensive photographic and optical bench comparisons. Spherical Mirror Optics (Mirrotels) Since catadioptric photographic objectives are recent developments in the field it is felt that some discussion of the spherical mirror is necessary. The advantages of the spherical mirror as an image-forming device have been known for many years. The spherical aberration of a single concave mirror is eight times smaller than that of a single lens of equal aperture and focal length even when the lens has the most favorable bending for minimum spherical aberration.2 Where high resolution is desired, spherical aberration is objectionable. Therefore, spherical mirrors have been made aspheric by hand correction to minimize the spherical aberration to acceptable limits. To have the advantage of large-aperture spherical mirrors with minimum spherical aberration, Schmidt1 in 1930 Gilkeson and Turula: Optical Aids 499