Recent Articles on Optics and Machine Vision

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Telecentric Lenses - Hype or not?

Telecentric lenses get a lot of press in the machine vision industry. We look at the science behind telecentric lenses and help you determine if a telecentric lens is right for your application.

Approaching Machine Vision from the Optical Point of View

In this article we cover the basic questions that should be addressed by every vision system designer whenever an image is to be acquired through a lens/camera combination.

How to Select a Stock Lens

Okay, so how do you go about selecting a stock lens? You'll need no more than some basic numbers and that old trusty calculator.

Hamlet's Optical Parable

To refurbish or not to refurbish old lenses; cost is the question. Reworking existing lenses is often seen as an attractive alternative to the manufacture of a brand new lens.