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The '''Telecentric''' is an early telephoto lens made by [[Ross]] of London. It was introduced around 1912<ref>The Telecentric is described as new in the [http://www.cineressources.net/images/ouv_num/173.pdf 1912 Ross catalogue] at [http://www.cineressources.net/recherche_t.php Ciné-Ressources], though not given the same prominence as the Xpres, which is given the front pages of the catalogue, perhaps suggesting the Telecentric was not ''that'' new. The [http://www.cineressources.net/images/ouv_num/181.pdf 1914 catalogue], also at [http://www.cineressources.net/recherche_t.php Ciné-Ressources], still describes the Telecentric as new.</ref> and was sold until at least 1922.<ref>The lens still appears in the [http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/ross_1.html Ross catalogue ''The Choice of a Lens''], around 1922 (the date December 1922 is given in a price-reduction announcement stuck on the front cover) at [http://www.cameraeccentric.com Camera Eccentric].</ref> It was replaced with the Teleros soon after this, however.
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The '''Telecentric''' is an early telephoto lens made by [[Ross]] of London. It was designed by William Bielicke<ref name=Clay>Clay, Reginald S. "The photographic lens from the historical point of view", lecture given at a meeting of the Royal Photographic Society, 10 October 1922. Reported in the ''British Journal of Photography'', Vol. 69, No. 3258 (13 October 1922), p.624.</ref> and introduced around 1912<ref>The Telecentric is described as new in the [http://www.cineressources.net/images/ouv_num/173.pdf 1912 Ross catalogue] at [http://www.cineressources.net/recherche_t.php Ciné-Ressources], though not given the same prominence as the Xpres, which is given the front pages of the catalogue, perhaps suggesting the Telecentric was not ''that'' new. The [http://www.cineressources.net/images/ouv_num/181.pdf 1914 catalogue], also at [http://www.cineressources.net/recherche_t.php Ciné-Ressources], still describes the Telecentric as new.</ref> and was sold until 1922.<ref>The lens still appears in the [http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/ross_1.html Ross catalogue ''The Choice of a Lens''], around 1922 (the date December 1922 is given in a price-reduction announcement stuck on the front cover) at [http://www.cameraeccentric.com Camera Eccentric].</ref> It was replaced with the Teleros soon after this, however.<ref name=Clay></ref>
  
The Telecentric was made in lengths of 9, 11, 12, 13 and 17 inches, and in maximum apertures f/5.4 and f/6.8. Both of these have the same back focus, which is half the focal length. As can be seen in the illustration, the lens comprises five glass elements in two groups.
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The Telecentric was made in lengths of 9, 11, 12, 13 and 17 inches, and in maximum apertures f/5.4 and f/6.8. Both of these have the same back focus, which is half the focal length. As can be seen in the illustration, the lens comprises five glass elements in two groups. In his lecture to the RPS, Clay<ref name=Clay></ref> referred to the Telecentric in connection to the use of cemented groups of glasses of different refractive indices, saying that then fairly new types of glass available from Schott in Jena allowed improved correction of aberrations.
  
 
''Telecentric'' has come to mean something very specific in optics<ref>[http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/pdf/div/optical_measurement_techniques_with_telecentric_lenses.pdf ''Optical measurement techniques with telecentric lenses''] at [http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/ Schneider].</ref>; telecentric lenses are used in machine vision and measuring applications, but are not of much interest in general photography. The Telecentric is not a telecentric lens.
 
''Telecentric'' has come to mean something very specific in optics<ref>[http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/pdf/div/optical_measurement_techniques_with_telecentric_lenses.pdf ''Optical measurement techniques with telecentric lenses''] at [http://www.schneiderkreuznach.com/ Schneider].</ref>; telecentric lenses are used in machine vision and measuring applications, but are not of much interest in general photography. The Telecentric is not a telecentric lens.

Revision as of 20:27, 20 May 2011

The Telecentric is an early telephoto lens made by Ross of London. It was designed by William Bielicke[1] and introduced around 1912[2] and was sold until 1922.[3] It was replaced with the Teleros soon after this, however.[1]

The Telecentric was made in lengths of 9, 11, 12, 13 and 17 inches, and in maximum apertures f/5.4 and f/6.8. Both of these have the same back focus, which is half the focal length. As can be seen in the illustration, the lens comprises five glass elements in two groups. In his lecture to the RPS, Clay[1] referred to the Telecentric in connection to the use of cemented groups of glasses of different refractive indices, saying that then fairly new types of glass available from Schott in Jena allowed improved correction of aberrations.

Telecentric has come to mean something very specific in optics[4]; telecentric lenses are used in machine vision and measuring applications, but are not of much interest in general photography. The Telecentric is not a telecentric lens.



Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clay, Reginald S. "The photographic lens from the historical point of view", lecture given at a meeting of the Royal Photographic Society, 10 October 1922. Reported in the British Journal of Photography, Vol. 69, No. 3258 (13 October 1922), p.624.
  2. The Telecentric is described as new in the 1912 Ross catalogue at Ciné-Ressources, though not given the same prominence as the Xpres, which is given the front pages of the catalogue, perhaps suggesting the Telecentric was not that new. The 1914 catalogue, also at Ciné-Ressources, still describes the Telecentric as new.
  3. The lens still appears in the Ross catalogue The Choice of a Lens, around 1922 (the date December 1922 is given in a price-reduction announcement stuck on the front cover) at Camera Eccentric.
  4. Optical measurement techniques with telecentric lenses at Schneider.
  5. Wilkinson, M, and C Glanfield. 2001. A Lens Collector's Vade Mecum, CD-rom Version 3F. Edited by A. N. Wright. Cornwall, UK: David Matthews Associates. Chapter 11, Pages 87-88. Cited in the article on Ross serial numbers.