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defect of optical systems

  • reflection of light
    In optics: Coma

    The S2 term in the OPD expression represents the aberration called coma, in which the image of a point has the appearance of a comet. The x′ and y′ components are as follows:

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occurrence in photographic lenses

  • (Micro Print) Several types of aberration: Spherical Aberration, Coma, Astigmatism, Curvature of Field, Distortion, Chromatic Aberration. (Online) Spherical Aberation (only).
    In aberration

    Coma, so called because a point image is blurred into a comet shape, is produced when rays from an off-axis object point are imaged by different zones of the lens. In spherical aberration, the images of an on-axis object point that fall on a plane…

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  • sequence of negative–positive process
    In technology of photography: Aberrations

    Another aberration, called coma, makes image points near the edges of the film appear as irregular, unsharp shapes. Distortion is present when straight lines running parallel with the picture edges appear to bow outward (barrel distortion) or inward (pincushion distortion).

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