Unit 1.7 Flashcards
(6 cards)
What usually causes lines that bend or curve at the image plane?
Lens distortion
What forms color fringes around image points?
Chromatic aberration
What causes horizontal lines to be out of focus when vertical lines are in focus?
Astigmatism
What’s is caused by the inability of a lens to bring oblique rays of light to a common point with equal magnification and brightness?
Coma
Why does a lens manufacturer incorporate spherical aberration into a portrait lens?
To give softness to the image.
Which type of distortion causes straight lines to give a barrel effect?
Curvilinear distortion