A Fresnel incoherent correlation holography (FINCH) system for producing a hologram, comprising: - a collimation lens configured to receive incoherent light emitted from an object at a focal plane of the collimation lens; - a spatial light modulator configured to display a combination of a constant valued mask and a diffractive positive lens pattern, said diffractive positive spherical lens having a focal length (f d), said spatial light modulator being further configured to receive the incoherent light from the collimation lens and split the incoherent light into a plane wave and a first converging spherical wave; - a glass positive spherical lens configured to receive the first converging spherical wave from the spatial light modulator and the plane wave reflected from the spatial light modulator and to modify the first converging spherical wave and convert the plane wave into a second converging spherical wave which interferes with the modified first converging spherical wave; and - a camera configured to record an interference pattern obtained from the first and second converging spherical waves to create the hologram, wherein: - the glass spherical positive lens is configured to focus the modified first converging spherical wave onto a point before the camera; - the glass spherical positive lens is configured to focus the second converging spherical wave onto a point beyond the camera; - a ratio between a distance (z h) from the spatial light modulator to the camera and the focal length (f d) of the positive diffractive spherical lens is greater than 1; and - the plane wave and the converging spherical waves are coaxial. - a collimation lens configured to receive incoherent light emitted from an object at a focal plane of the collimation lens; - a spatial light modulator configured to display a combination of a constant valued mask and a diffractive positive lens pattern, said diffractive positive spherical lens having a focal length (f d), said spatial light modulator being further configured to receive the incoherent light from the collimation lens and split the incoherent light into a plane wave and a first converging spherical wave; - a glass positive spherical lens configured to receive the first converging spherical wave from the spatial light modulator and the plane wave reflected from the spatial light modulator and to modify the first converging spherical wave and convert the plane wave into a second converging spherical wave which interferes with the modified first converging spherical wave; and - a camera configured to record an interference pattern obtained from the first and second converging spherical waves to create the hologram, wherein: - the glass spherical positive lens is configured to focus the modified first converging spherical wave onto a point before the camera; - the glass spherical positive lens is configured to focus the second converging spherical wave onto a point beyond the camera; - a ratio between a distance (z h) from the spatial light modulator to the camera and the focal length (f d) of the positive diffractive spherical lens is greater than 1; and - the plane wave and the converging spherical waves are coaxial. - the glass spherical positive lens is configured to focus the modified first converging spherical wave onto a point before the camera; - the glass spherical positive lens is configured to focus the second converging spherical wave onto a point beyond the camera; - a ratio between a distance (z h) from the spatial light modulator to the camera and the focal length (f d) of the positive diffractive spherical lens is greater than 1; and - the plane wave and the converging spherical waves are coaxial.