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ACTIVITY 2: CAMERA LENSES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS

TYPES OF LENS ILLUSTRATION CHARACTERISTICS BEHAVIOR OF LIGHTS

1. DOUBLE Double convex lenses Light bends towards the
CONVEX have focal points on both normal when entering
sides of the lens; these and away from the
and the points at twice the normal when exiting the
focal length are used to lens.
locate objects and
images. When the object
is outside 2F, the image
will be between F and 2F
on the other side and will
be inverted, diminished,
and real.
2. PLANO CONVEX Plano-Convex lenses are Convex lens makes
the best choice parallel light rays
for focusing parallel rays converge (come
of light to a single point. together) at the focal
They can be used to point or focus. ... The
focus, collect and focal point is on the
collimate light. The opposite side of the lens
asymmetry of these to that from which the
lenses minimizes light rays originate.
spherical aberration in Convex lenses are used
situations where the in things like telescopes
object and image are and binoculars to bring
located at unequal distant light rays to a
distances from the lens. focus in your eyes.
3. CONCAVO- A convex lens is thicker in Light rays passing
CONVEX the middle than at the through a lens always
edges. This causes rays bend toward the thickest
of light to converge. The part of the lens. Light
light forms a real or virtual waves bend toward the
image depending on the thick center in a convex
distance of the object lens. They bend out
from the lens. toward the thick edge in a
concave lens. Because it
can focus light, a convex
lens can form a real
image.
4. DOUBLE Lenses have equal radius Because of the negative
CONCAVE of curvature on both sides focal length for double
of the lens and concave lenses, the light
function similarly to rays will head towards the
plano-concave lenses by focal point on the
causing collimated opposite side of the lens.
incident light to diverge. ... As the light rays enter
into the denser lens
material, they refract
towards the normal; and
as they exit into the less
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dense air, they refract
away from the normal.
5. PLANO A plano concave lens Bend parallel input rays
CONCAVE is an optical lens with one to diverge from one
concave surface and one another on the output
flat surface. It has a side of the lens and
negative focal length, and hence have a negative
can be used for light focal length.
projection, beam
expansion, or to increase
focal length of an optical
system. ... Our facility
produces lenses from
2.33 mm to 1000 mm in
diameter.
6. CONCAVO- Concavo-convex lens is a It is a diverging lens,
CONCAVE type of convex lens in meaning that it spreads
which one side is convex out light rays that have
(bulged out) and other been refracted through it.
side is concave such This is the point onto
that it is thick in the which the collimated light
middle and thin at its that moves parallel to the
edges (which is as like as axis of the lens is
the shape of a crescent focused.
moon).