Question

In photography, lenses in a camera use refraction to form an image on a light-sensitive surface. Ideally, you want all the colors in the light from the object being photographed to be refracted by the same amount. Of the materials shown in the figure, which would you choose for a single-element camera lens?

In photography, lenses in a camera use refraction to form an image on a light-sensitive surface. Ideally, you want all the colors in the light from the object being photographed to be refracted by the same amount. Of the materials shown in the figure, which would you choose for a single-element camera lens? (a) crown glass, (b) acrylic, (c) fused quartz, (d) impossible to determine 1.54 Crown glass 1.52 1.50 Acrylic 1.48 Fused quartz 1.46 400 500 600 (nm) 700

Please explain why C is the correct answer.

Answer 1