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Notes from building CircleSFR: measurement method, chart design, and what a camera lab can learn from a lens model.

FoundingJuly 25, 2026

Why CircleSFR measures circles, not slanted edges

It started with Richard Baer's 2004 circular-edge paper and the case he made to our imaging team at what became Aptina. The circle super-samples the pixel grid better than a slanted edge, and it separates sagittal from tangential MTF the way lens designers actually simulate them.

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