An introduction to the science & practice of photography (1891)
Jones, H. Chapman (Henry Chapman), 1854- · London : Iliffe & Son · leaf 125
wed through the eyepiece of a telescope is smaller than the objective itself, while the picture produced in the camera is often required to cover a comparatively large area. The rays that pass obliquely through the objective in a telescope are not utilised, but in the camera the oblique rays… … Fig. 16. produced is not perfect enough over a sufficient area to satisfy modern requirements. The diaphragm obviously diminishes the light, and it also distorts the image, as will be subsequently shown. With such an arrangement, also, the image of a flat object is curved, like the inside of a…
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