Re: [APML] (OT) IC1396 CCD with Schmidt-like FOV

["Joseph O'Neil" <joneil@multiboard.com>]

At 16:28 8/6/02 +0100, you wrote:
>I was even thinking of the 300mm f/2.8 (Nikon).  Modern ones are about as 
>good as they come, I believe, but still far short of AP refractor class.

-snip-
         Technically, there are camera lenses in AP quality, IMO, but you 
are also paying AP prices (or greater) too.  For example, I read on another 
photo mailing list a couple years ago about a specialty lens Nikon made 
(105mm I think?) that was apparently fully apochromatic, not only in the 
three visible light, but also into either UV or IR by a coupel hundred 
anaonmeters, so you could say it was a  colour crossing lens.  I forget the 
exact price at the time, but I remember thinking to myself at that time the 
cost of this little 105mm lens - about the size of a man's fist - was about 
the same as a brand new Dodge Neon.  :)  There are other examples i can 
think off too, but noen of them are easily found in the average camea 
store, and none of them are cheap.
         More realistically, and more accurate to the point you made, I 
would have to agree -  let's say for sake of argument, you just won a 
lottery, and money was no object, the quesiton them becomes - where do you 
find such a lens?      I am not sure such an animal - that is, an "off the 
shelf" lens even exists.  At least no suitable for this kind of work.  I 
know of some large format camera lenses that optically would fit the bill, 
but have an image circle to cover 5x7 or 8x10 inch sheet film, and maybe 
that's a wee bit too big.  :)
         The only problem is, as I see it, if you do convince Rolland to 
add such a lens to his arsenal of items for sale, isn't that going to add 
another year (or three) to his waiting list?
:)
joe





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