tupp Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Mexican physicist Rafael Gonzalez has found the solution to spherical aberration in optical lenses, solving the 2,000-year-old Wasserman-Wolf problem that Isaac Newton himself could not solve. Now would be a good time to get a Fujian 35mm, f1.7 -- before they all become as clinically sharp as Summicrons! webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mgee Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Quote Mexican Solves Spherical Aberration What does him being Mexican have anything to do with it? Perhaps "Physicist Solves Spherical Aberration" is a better headline. Mmmbeats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thephoenix Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 maybe tupp is from mexico and is proud that it is a mexican that solves this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupp Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 35 minutes ago, Mike Mgee said: What does him being Mexican have anything to do with it? It is the nationality of the physicist who found the solution to a long standing optical problem. 8 minutes ago, thephoenix said: maybe tupp is from mexico and is proud that it is a mexican that solves this. I'm not from Mexico, but no doubt some Mexicans are proud of this significant accomplishment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inazuma Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Looks like the quality of PetaPixel's journalism has improved. When I stopped reading their site, it was because they would merely post links to other sites/videos with little commentary and click baitey titles. Now they're writing gems like "Afterwards, the duo ran a simulation and calculated the efficacy with 500 rays, and the resulting average satisfaction for all examples was 99.9999999999%. Which, of course, is great news for gear reviewers on YouTube, as they will still be able to argue about the 0.0000000001% of sharpness difference among lens brands." Also have a look at the algebraic formula in the article. Holy smokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurijTurnsek Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 So how does apply to moving elements (focusing and zoom) if the distance between elements has to be exact? Curved sensors dead before they even appeared in a real product? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Now that is one hell of a formula! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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