Includes: 
Angle of view and area coverage.
Understanding lens specifications-including MTF diagrams.
Covering power and image circle.
Lens aberrations.
Determining lens quality.

Whether you work with traditional film or in digital photography, with movie or video cameras, the image in the camera is created by a lens. The selection and use of a lens can help you produce more effective images in any visual media. Lens selection determines to a great extent what you can do with the camera, and how easily desired results can be achieved. The camera lens also determines, to a great extent, the quality of the image produced in any camera and must be a major, perhaps the most, important consideration when selecting a camera and lens for serious work.

In this book, readers will first learn about the characteristics and optics of lenses. This includes understanding terminology, how different types function, advantages and disadvantages of various models, and how the angle of view, aperture, shutter and focusing abilities impact the photos taken with it.

Wildi approaches the topic of lenses and optics not from a scientific perspective, but from a photographer's point of view. This helps target the information precisely to the needs of photographers who want to create images of the highest possible quality. Don't miss this book!