Observed arrival · 2026-10-23
Stigmatica: offline lens design from first principles
Stigmatica describes optical design software that builds and analyzes lenses from user specifications, then exports designs for other optical tools.
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- Optical designers working on imaging systems and lenses
- Worth noticing
- The page reports a 0.28 µm worst spot size for a freeform prism camera example, at 555 nm.
Field notes
The described workflow accepts specifications such as focal length, F-number, field, sensor, track length, and element count, then moves from computed aspheres to ray-traced refinement. The page lists analysis outputs including PSF, MTF, distortion, colour, and field curvature, and names .zmx and .seq exports. Its sample phone-camera design is specified as seven lenses at F/2.4 with a 64° field; the reported measurements remain claims on the product page.
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