{"id":22905,"date":"2020-05-28T11:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=22905"},"modified":"2020-05-28T19:21:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T17:21:34","slug":"glass-types-for-optics","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/fachwort\/glassorten-fuer-optik\/","title":{"rendered":"Optics Glass types for optical devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Influences of different glass qualities such as BK7 or BAK4 in binoculars and riflescopes<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Glass quality or glass type<\/strong>\u00a0is next to the coating of\u00a0<strong>Optics one of the most important quality factors<\/strong>\u00a0for binoculars and riflescopes<br \/>\nThe optical system of binoculars consists of\u00a0<strong>Glass lenses or possibly plastic lenses in the case of cheap optics<\/strong>\u00a0constructed. A manufacturer can choose from many different types of glass (qualities).<\/p>\n<h3>ED Glass<\/h3>\n<p>Extra\u00a0<strong>Low dispersion glass<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0<strong>Special glass<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>with very low refractive power and\u00a0<\/strong>one\u00a0<strong>low dispersion<\/strong>This makes it easier to eliminate problems caused by chromatic aberration.<\/p>\n<h3>BK7 and BAK4 glass<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Prisms in a telescope can be made from BK7 glass<\/strong>\u00a0exist. This is\u00a0<strong>ordinary barium crown glass,<\/strong>\u00a0which is perfectly suitable for the production of an average quality prism.<\/p>\n<p>Much better and therefore used for the highest quality optics (which are unfortunately also much more expensive) is the\u00a0<strong>much more powerful BAK4 barium crown glass.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>The choice of glass for binoculars is therefore largely determined by the optical requirements.<\/strong>\u00a0determined. Of course, the\u00a0<strong>Choice of glass type has a direct influence on the price<\/strong>\u00a0of the end product.\u00a0<strong>The manufacture of binoculars remains a compromise!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But the difference in quality between binoculars with inferior optics and binoculars with top-of-the-range optics cannot be overlooked.\u00a0<strong>Contrast and detail reproduction can be worlds apart.<\/strong>\u00a0lie.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the coating of optics, the glass quality or type of glass is one of the most important quality factors for binoculars and riflescopes<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8826,"parent":0,"template":"","glossary-cat":[950],"class_list":["post-22905","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","glossary-cat-optik-wiki"],"related_terms":"ED,BK7,BAK4,Glas,Glassorten,Glassorte","external_url":"","internal_reference_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/22905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/22905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23036,"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/22905\/revisions\/23036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ddoptics.shop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-cat?post=22905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}