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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Bowdoin_College/Phys1140%3A_Introductory_Physics_II%3A_Part_2/02%3A_Geometric_Optics_and_Image_Formation/2.07%3A_The_Camera
      Cameras use combinations of lenses to create an image for recording. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the optics of a camera. Characterize the image created by a camera.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Introductory_Physics_II_(1112)/10%3A_Geometrical_Optics/10.14%3A_The_Camera
      Even a short object distance such as the length of your hand is two orders of magnitude larger than the lens’s focal length, resulting in minute variations of the image distance. (The 50-micron differ...Even a short object distance such as the length of your hand is two orders of magnitude larger than the lens’s focal length, resulting in minute variations of the image distance. (The 50-micron difference is smaller than the thickness of an average sheet of paper.) Such a small difference can be easily accommodated by the same detector, positioned at the focal distance of the lens.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Grand_Rapids_Community_College/PH246_Calculus_Physics_II_(2025)/11%3A_Electromagnetic_Waves/11.10%3A_Geometric_Optics_and_Image_Formation/11.10.07%3A_The_Camera
      Cameras use combinations of lenses to create an image for recording. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the optics of a camera. Characterize the image created by a camera.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/University_Physics_(OpenStax)/University_Physics_III_-_Optics_and_Modern_Physics_(OpenStax)/02%3A_Geometric_Optics_and_Image_Formation/2.07%3A_The_Camera
      Cameras use combinations of lenses to create an image for recording. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the optics of a camera. Characterize the image created by a camera.
    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Muhlenberg_College/Physics_122%3A_General_Physics_II_(Collett)/11%3A_Geometric_Optics_and_Image_Formation/11.07%3A_The_Camera
      Cameras use combinations of lenses to create an image for recording. By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the optics of a camera. Characterize the image created by a camera.

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