Re: Simple question of English spelling.

[Peter Alling]

Hey, guys (and Girls) a single element lens is called (gasp), a lens. A multi element lens is called
a compound lens, (among other things). By the way this was my first thought but I took a few minutes
to do some research on the net and wasn't able to find anything to contradict this definition.

At 12:43 PM 1/3/2003 -0600, you wrote:

On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 11:54  AM, Boris Liberman wrote:

Hi!

I have a lens that was loaned to me by my friend who actually made it.
He took old Helios 44K-4 lens (58mm f/2) and took out all but front
element. How is it called in English: monocle? monocular?

Please, this is just a simple question of language...

Thanks in advance.

Boris

I wouldn't think 'monocular' because that is what we use to describe a 'half' binocular.

'Broken' is what springs to mind but, since it hasn't ended up in the trash, it must be working, so that wouldn't be right either. I'd probably refer to it as a custom single-element lens and leave it at that.

Dan Scott

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