Hi, Rod, Thanks for the reply. Regarding the second question, I didn't make it very clear in my wording. What I meant is if two projector lenses of different focus lengths but with the same f-stop number, e.g. a 50/2 lens and a 100/2 lens, project the same image source onto the same screen at the same distance, do their images have the same brightness? If not, at what f-stop can I get the same brightness from the 100mm lens as the 50mm lens at f/2?
I'm asking for this because I'm setting up two different projectors to project images side by side. I know the image sizes and distances from the images to the two projectors, the light output in lumens of the two projectors, and the f stop numbers of the two lenses, and I need to know the difference in the brightness of their images if the projector screen is identical, so that I can determine what kinds of reflective paint with what difference in gain number I should apply to the projection surfaces to make the two images look to have the same brightness, or perhaps I can somehow find a neutral density filter for one of the lenses, or make an adjustable diaphram, or sort of things like this. Thanks again! Yefei > > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:07:57 +1000 > From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: OT projector lens questions > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > Content-description: Mail message body > > > > 2. If two lenses of different focus length have the > same working > > aperture, do the images they generate have the same > brightness on an > > identical screen at > > the same distance? > > No, because the projected image is spread over a larger > surface area in the > case of the shorter FL lens. > > > If so, then the lens that generates the larger image > > passes more light since brightness is amount of light on > unit area, right? > > Now this gets me confused assuming my guess to the first question is > > correct, > > as for example, a 20mm/2 lens has a theoretical aperture > size of 10mm, and > > a 40mm/2 lens has a theoretical aperture size of 20mm, and > the 20mm lens > > actually passes more light??? > > No. > > > 3. What I really should ask is that, there is a > projector with a > > lens > > that's f=20.0mm/2.0 to 40.0mm/2.8, and I'd like to know, > does the image > > brightness stay the same when I change the focal length > from 20mm to 40mm > > and keep the screen at the same place? Obviously the image > size will change > > so light spreads out more in one case but does the > different aperture > > cancel that out? > > You really need to determine the required magnification > first, there is no > point getting the fastest lens if the magnification is too > large or small. > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >