An apparatus comprising a movable optical element having an optical axis
and including one or more focusing elements, an image sensor positioned
along the optical axis and substantially normal thereto, and a radiation
source attached to the movable optical element, wherein the radiation
source directs a beam of radiation onto the sensor at a selected angle
relative to the optical axis. A process comprising positioning a sensor
along, and normal to, an optical axis of a movable optical element,
projecting a radiation beam onto the sensor from a radiation source
attached to the movable optical element, wherein the radiation beam is at
a selected angle relative to the optical axis, and adjusting the position
of the movable optical element until the position where the radiation
beam falls on the sensor corresponds to the position where the radiation
beam is expected to fall on the sensor when the movable optical element
is in focus. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.