Field flattener lens

Field flattener lens is a type of lens used in modern binocular designs and in astronomic telescopes to improve edge sharpness. Field flattener lenses counteract the Petzval field curvature of an optical system, mitigating the field-angle dependence of the focal length of a system.

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