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I. Spherical aberration

2. Out-of-focus character

3. Concluding remarks

II. Astigmatism and field curvature

1. Spoked wheel

2. Curved surfaces

3. Astigmatism in practice

4. Final remarks

III. Distortion

2. How to read a distortion graph

3. Distortion in practice

IV. Chromatic aberrations

1. Longitudinal and transverse chromatic aberration

3. Secondary spectrum

4. Achromatic lenses

5. Purple fringing: lens or sensor?

1. Optical vignetting

2. Cat's eye effect

3. Natural vignetting

4. Mechanical vignetting

1. Size of the hood

2. Influence of hood length on vignetting

3. Shape of the hood

4. Final remarks

1. The bright sun

2. Aperture ghosting

3. Veiling glare

4. Filter flare

5. Final remarks

XIII. Filter flare

IX. Depth of field

1. The concept of DOF

2. Viewing conditions

3. Circle of confusion

5. Visual acuity

6. DOF versus distance

7. DOF versus focal length

8. DOF at constant magnification I

9. Background blur

10. DOF at constant magnification II

11. Foreground blur

12. Macro depth of field

13. DOF at constant magnification III

14. Digital depth of field

15. Flashlight and ghosts

16. Hyperfocal distance

17. Depth of field preview

18. Depth of focus

19. Conclusions

X. Derivation of the DOF equations

1. Pupil magnification

2. Geometry of image formation

3. The equations

4. Hyperfocal distance

5. Image magnification

6. Depth of focus

7. Background blur

8. Symmetrical lenses

XI. VWDOF calculator

1. Characterization of the blur disk

2. Amount of blur

3. Shape of the blur patch

4. Lens aberrations

5. Concluding remarks

XIII. Spurious resolution

XIV. Misconceptions

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