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Angular aperture

The angular aperture of a lens is the appearant angle of the lens aperture as seen from the focal point:

a = 2 \arctan \frac {A} {2 f}

where f is the focal length, and A is the diameter of the aperture.

See also: f-number, numerical aperture

Last updated: 10-24-2005 04:41:56
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