Lens Technologies & the Human Eye 12.3 Image: http://cdna.allaboutvision.com/i/news/asian-lady-applying-cls-280x179.jpg
Refracting Telescopes: Galileo and Kepler
Reflecting Telescope - Newton Image: http://www.bro.lsu.edu/telescope/Classroom/2.How%20Telescopes%20Work/Reflecting.gif Reduces chromatic aberration
Binoculars 2 refracting telescopes Reflection through prisms lengthens the light path, increasing magnification Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Binocularp.svg/300px-Binocularp.svg.png
Microscopes Image: http://bolvan.ph.utexas.edu/~vadim/Classes/10f/Microscope2.jpg
Structure – Human Eye
Focussing – Human Eye Ciliary muscles make the lens shorter and thicker to focus a nearby object Relaxed eye lens focusses on a distant object
Eye vs. Camera
Correcting Vision Using Lenses Image: http://www.visionexcellence.com.au/WP1/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/myopia-verses-myopia-corrected.png Near-sightedness; eyeball too long, so image forms in front of retina.
Hyperopia Image from: http://www.visionexcellence.com.au/common-eye-conditions/hypermetropia-hyperopia-long-sightedness-reading-glasses/ Far-sightedness; eyeball too short, so rays reach retina before they meet.
Presbyopia Lenses become stiff with age, cannot change shape Can’t focus on nearby objects.
Astigmatism Blurred or distorted vision caused by incorrectly shaped cornea. Part of an image may be in focus, but the rest is blurry. Image: http://www.visionexcellence.com.au/WP1/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/astigmatism.jpg