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Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 69, Issue: 8, August 1960)
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The Development of the Zoom Lens

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Publisher
SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type
Journal Article
Content Type
Original Research
Abbreviated Title
J SMPTE
Volume
69, No. 8, pp. 534–544
Abstract
Zoom, or varifocal, lenses have been known since 1930, but they were seldom used until after the second world war, when they became generally applied to television cameras. The past ten years have seen the development of several types of zoom lens for 8mm and 16mm motion-picture cameras. These are either mechanically or optically compensated, and necessarily contain many lens elements. The optical design is difficult, and it is only recently that zoom lenses comparable to ordinary cine lenses have become available.
Publication Date
1960-08-01
DOI
10.5594/J15571
ISSN
Print: 0361-4573
Link
https://doi.org/10.5594/J15571
Author(s)
Rudolf KingslakeEastman Kodak Co., Apparatus and Optical Div; Hawk-Eye Works, Rochester 4, N.Y.
Copyright
© 1960 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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