Back Scheimpflug AST Scheimpflugsche Regel German قانون شایم فلوگ Persian Loi de Scheimpflug French Regola di Scheimpflug Italian シャインプルーフの原理 Japanese Scheimpflug-principe Dutch Reguła Scheimpfluga Polish Regra de scheimpflug Portuguese Принцип Шаймпфлюга Russian
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The Scheimpflug principle is a description of the geometric relationship between the orientation of the plane of focus, the lens plane, and the image plane of an optical system (such as a camera) when the lens plane is not parallel to the image plane. It is applicable to the use of some camera movements on a view camera. It is also the principle used in corneal pachymetry, the mapping of corneal topography, done prior to refractive eye surgery such as LASIK, and used for early detection of keratoconus. The principle is named after Austrian army Captain Theodor Scheimpflug, who used it in devising a systematic method and apparatus for correcting perspective distortion in aerial photographs, although Captain Scheimpflug himself credits Jules Carpentier with the rule, thus making it an example of Stigler's law of eponymy.