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A 5 megapixel label on a lens box is a format claim, not a resolution guarantee, so put one question to the...
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A camera head that still images sharply after a knock into the fixture has not cleared itself. The impact can decenter an...
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Ask for a few hundred custom lenses a year in the wrong words and you get filtered out as a volume customer...
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A lens kept aside is a check standard, not a master. Its job is narrower than most teams assume. It shows that...
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Close the window at the last gate that still leaves you time to re-test, not at the launch date. For a March...
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Ask for four lens-side items, and ask for them as measured values with a stated datum rather than as nominal drawing tolerances:...
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Ask for one package before you approve any redesign: a measured transmission curve for the exact lens at your two bands, plus...
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Answer the field of view question with the error budget, not with whichever option is easiest to buy. If a catalog lens...
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You cannot assign blame from the symptom, and no number of remounts will produce the answer. A lens that binds in one...
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