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Distortion (optics)

In geometric optics, distortion is a deviation from rectilinear projection; a projection in which straight lines in a scene remain straight in an image. It is a form of optical aberration that may be distinguished from other aberrations such as spherical aberration, coma, chromatic aberration, field curvature, and astigmatism in a sense that these impact…

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Distortion (optics)

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spherical aberrationinstance ofIt is a form of optical aberration that may be distinguished from other aberrations0.80text
comainstance ofIt is a form of optical aberration that may be distinguished from other aberrations0.80text
chromatic aberrationinstance ofIt is a form of optical aberration that may be distinguished from other aberrations0.80text
field curvatureinstance ofIt is a form of optical aberration that may be distinguished from other aberrations0.80text
and astigmatism in a sense that these impact the image sharpness without changing an object shape or structure in the imageinstance ofIt is a form of optical aberration that may be distinguished from other aberrations0.80text
the Nikon 18instance ofand more recently on large-range zooms0.80text
approximatinginstance ofStandard approaches0.80text
locally linearizinginstance ofStandard approaches0.80text
iterative solvers all applyinstance ofStandard approaches0.80text

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