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12.11.2024 | Lenses

Ruggedized lenses

These lenses are engineered to resist shock and vibration, perfect for demanding industrial environments.

12.11.2024 | Lenses

Stabilized lenses

Designed for precise measurement applications, minimizing image shift in challenging setups.

12.11.2024 | Lenses

Temperature-stabilized lenses

Temperature-stabilized lenses deliver precise imaging even under extreme temperature fluctuations.

15.10.2024 | Events

The Lens as a Key Factor in Challenging Imaging Applications

By Steffen Mahler

Understand the important role of a lens in a vision system and the parameters influencing the lens selection for best performance in demanding applications as 3D measurement and surface inspection.

15.10.2024 | Events

Custom Lens Solutions: Boosting Precision in High-Tech Industries

By Magnus Greger

Discover how industrial lenses, customized for diverse industries, enhance precision and efficiency in machine vision, semiconductors, and more.

01.09.2024 | Technical paper

Get to know the Optical Aberrations present in your Image

By Stuart W. Singer and Jim Sullivan

This article explains why simply looking at a Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) plot is not enough to fully evaluate a lens or diagnose imaging issues. While MTF data accounts for all optical aberrations, it doesn’t reveal which specific aberrations are affecting the image. To achieve optimal optical performance, understanding individual aberrations is crucial. The article also discusses various types of aberrations like spherical and chromatic, how they vary with lens settings, and the importance of using ray aberration plots for more accurate analysis.

01.08.2024 | General

Optics for pharmaceutical and medical imaging applications

For pharmaceutical and medical imaging applications there are unique challenges for optics and lens manufacturers. Starting from product lifecycles to DIN ISO Norms.

12.11.2024 | Lenses

Liquid focus lenses

Innovative wear-free lenses for fast-changing focal shifts in challenging industrial applications.

01.08.2024 | Filters

A wide spectrum of optical filters

Learn how filters like absorption, interference, and polarizer types work by transmitting, absorbing, or reflecting specific wavelengths.

11.07.2024 | Event: 16.-18. July 2024

VISION Spectra

Magnus Greger at VISION Spectra conference.

11.07.2024 | Event: 17. September 2024

Understanding Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Lens Tolerances - Webinar with Stuart Singer.

Compare the data sheets from Japanese, German, and U.S. lens manufacturers side by side. They have almost nothing in common. But the problem isn’t rooted in cross-cultural issues. Compare data sheets from three lens makers in the same country, and the result is the same. Each company uses its own format and nomenclature. Each company essentially is reinventing the wheel, but it is the buyer of the lens who faces the prospect of misinformation.

Fixed magnification lenses

Explore our precision-crafted fixed magnification lenses for industrial and scientific applications.

Lenses for light sheet microscopy

The ExA-SPIM method represents a significant breakthrough in microscopy. It enables the visualization of centimeter-sized brain tissue with nanometer resolution without tissue sectioning. This is achieved through advanced tissue processing in combination with state-of-the-art fluorescence microscopy. Our DIAMOND Lenses play a decisive role in this.

12.11.2024 | Lenses

Motorized iris lenses

Enhanced flexibility and performance under varying light, ideal for industrial needs.

02.03.2024 | Lenses

Liquid Lenses - chance and challenge

In typical industrial applications, a common challenge arises with the fluctuating working distances from the object to the lens. This frequent variation demands adaptability. A fixed focus lens falls short in maintaining continuous focus on the object due to these rapid changes.

09.09.2023 | Lenses

Optical imaging formulas

Discover the formulas that form the basis for the precision and performance of our lenses. Learn how these formulas shape our lens technology and drive our lenses for machine vision.