With most wide-angle lenses, distortion is a way of life. Warped edges and a bulging center are often byproducts of a wide field of view, but Venus Optics created its new Laowa 12mm f/2.8 lens with a ...

We typically don’t test equipment that comes from a Kickstarter campaign, but we were intrigued by the newest offering by Venus Optics (full name: Anhui ChangGeng Optical Technology Company), the full ...

Highly experienced in vision applications, Resolve Optics is a leading developer of application optimised Large Format lenses that offer low distortion and uniform high performance across the entire ...

Usually when we hear the term “progressive optics” it’s in reference to bi- or trifocal glasses, that don’t have sharp lines between the different focal zones of the lenses. A group of scientists from ...

The four most basic parameters in specifying the optics for a vision system are field of view, resolution, working distance, and depth of field. Other specifications to consider in advanced ...

Machine-vision integrators and designers, faced with challenging hardware, software, and electronic issues, often overlook optical performance specifications. Without understanding how to assess the ...

An exciting prospect in modern optics is to exploit patterns of light — how the light looks in its many degrees of freedom — often referred to as “structured light.” Each distinct pattern could form ...