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Old 31-01-2006, 01:33 PM
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It is often difficult to differentiate all the errors an optical system has. An illustration field curvature can be seen in the first picture below. If in a good optical system all aberrations have been minimised as the field of view increases field curvature becomes more obvious. A specially designed field flattener near the image can minimise this. It will not correct tangential or saggital errors(astigmatism).

Bert
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