I need to chat with someone a lil that has lots of knowledge with optics, like an engineer. BTW: It's not Fiero related.

Define "a lot"...

I've built telescopes?

Designed light guides?

By a lot I need someone that can look at very special lens-like design thing and tell me if it would function the way I hope it will, thus the engineer ref. Yeah Im being a lil vauge, I just dont want ot throw a drawing out there.

I would suggest ray tracing it

quote Originally posted by ryan.hess: I would suggest ray tracing it

You can ask a company for a "sample" lens to see if it fits your application. Sometimes a lazer pointer and a white sheet of paper will tell you what you want to know.

I'm in the R&D department for a company that builds 3D stereo vision headsets. Also the primary installer/Maintenance for our microscopes and camera's. Not an engineer but i've pushed my way through quite a bit of lenses and applications of said lenses.

You can learn the basics here.

http://www.ehow.com/how-doe...436_optics-work.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(optics)