MYSIMULATOR / PRECISION LAB

ROTATE · ZOOM · ADJUSTPREPARING 3D SCENE

ENGINEERING / OPTICAL MECHANISMS

APERTURE / 09

The anatomy of light

Nine individually mounted spring-steel leaves sweep around precision pivots to form a variable optical opening. Explore the mechanical geometry that regulates the light reaching a camera's image plane.

IRIS DIAPHRAGM 28%

f / 3.0NINE-BLADE
MECHANICAL IRIS

WIDE OPEN · f/1.4STOPPED DOWN · f/22

LEAVES: 09 / tempered steel
DIAMETER: 95.3 mm
WORKING ARC: 36° per blade
MECHANISM: Pivoted leaf iris
RELATIVE LIGHT: 21.8%
SEED: 938572

3D precision demonstrator · Illustrative geometry, not a lens engineering specification

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