The strangest thing is that it is considered to be news. Diffractive lenses have been known for a long time, though sometimes confused with Fresnel lenses. Only down side is flexibility with respect to focussing distance, contrast and zoom.
DagT Den 26. aug. 2012 kl. 15:28 skrev Godfrey DiGiorgi: > fascinating. maybe in the future all lenses will be pancake lenses. > will there be enough syrup to go around? ;-) > > G > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/flat-lens-offers-perfect-image >> >> What a neat idea. >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
