Twisted Lens
Lens in the optical devices must be placed exactly parallel and
having its axis in the dead center. —– That was what I thought.
But the photo above may demonstrate otherwise.
It was taken by the casually improvised 2 convex lens = one was
the rear element of Canon EF Zoom 28~70 and the other —–
thin convex lens from somewhere. And those lenses were
temporally stacked on front of bellows on DSLR body. I expected
to see rather blurred poor image though, much of my surprise,
even annoyance, that lens produced pretty decent image.
= They were 2 convex lenses = even not an achromatic
convex-concave structure, still shows no chromatic aberration.
It’s not fare ! Why cheap junk couldn’t produce junk image ?
So, I mounted those two lenses in angle = say one lens got
its top downward and the other was its bottom upward.
(Ref; center of collage photo bellow)
Front lens was off the axis 15° and the other (inside) was 10°.
Though, the image was NOT destroyed. (Like a photo above)
The image here was almost intentionally created blurred
image made by the Twisted lens mounted on a bellows.
The photo here gave rather requisite over soft image. 😀
The photo above left is the same “Test shot”
Center photo shows how the Lens were mounted.
Now you must be convinced that the myth of precise
engineering of optics may not necessary be true.
(That’s the reason how manufacturer produce flimsy
plastic zoom lens without showing any hesitation.)
PS : Later, I noticed that the rear element of
Canon Zoom showed 3 internal reflection and
a Newton-ring = they are the indication of that
the optics was the 2 element construction =
convex and concave lenses stacked together =
achromatic design.
(= that’s why the images had no chromatic aberration)
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