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Of and relating to the specifics of lens construction and manufacture.

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Is it possible to commission a custom lens that would significantly outperform stock lenses?

Lens design is always a compromise and typically you can't improve something without degrading another aspect of the performance, but since you specifically said: achieve a full stop of additional …
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Could a phone-camera have a medium-telephoto lens and still fit in a phone?

There is a patent where the mirror helps fitting quite a complex optical system inside the phone: https://www.google.com/patents/US20130063629
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What tiny lens to shorten the focus on a tiny camera?

Any converging lens will bring you closer to the target, you need to find a small magnifying glass or loupe (available online everywhere for a dollar or two). In fact, the conditions are equivalent t …
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