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Re: [OM] Plastic Lens question

Subject: Re: [OM] Plastic Lens question
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:25:55 -0400
I'm lost.  My plastic lenses are easily 1/3 as thick as comparable glass
lenses for the same prescription --- at about 10% the weight.  What do you
mean glass is less than 1/2 thick?

Tom

> Sorry, slightly OT, but I was wondering, does anybody know the resolving
> limit on plastic lenses?
>
> One of my students went on a trip and just got back; well, the pictures
> were horrible; taken with a P&S camera that had a plastic lens..
>
> She said she was frustrated after seeing my pics as far as clarity and
> resolution.  I'm just curious if anybody knows just how big of a
> difference glass vs. plastics is.
>
> I know based on glasses; glass is less than 1/2 as thick..  So I don't
> know if that's linear or exponential, but that should mean that it at
> least resolves 2x as well vs. plastic??
>
> Albert



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