Don't Try This at Home

Stephen Green | 8:48 AM on April 10, 2008

So I found this page of historical Nikon stuff. Not of interest to many, I know, but there was one little item which might just blow your mind.

Talking about the 1950s design of one of the world’s first superfast lenses, the author notes, “The designers back then used only an abacus and a sheet of logarithms to conduct ray tracing calculations.”

And that was just for a normal 50mm lens. No wonder we didn’t get really good zooms until much later.

Steve launched VodkaPundit on a well-planned whim in 2002, and has been with PJ Media since its launch in 2005. He served as one of the hosts of PJTV, a pioneer in internet broadcasting. He also cohosts "Right Angle" with Bill Whittle and Scott Ott at BillWhittle.com. He lives with his wife and sons in the wooded hills of Monument, Colorado, where he enjoys the occasional adult beverage.

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