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Lenses
A lens is an optical device which is capable of transmitting and refracting light.
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Long focal length
Photography; Lenses
A lens, like a telephoto lens, which can mangify the subject to a large degree.
Wide angle of view
Photography; Lenses
A lens, like a fisheye lens, which can capture a wide subject area, but has limited focal length.
Narrow angle of view
Photography; Lenses
A lens, like a telephoto lens, which can only capture a limited field, but can provide large magnification of the subject.
Low optical quality
Photography; Lenses
A lens which suffers any of the following: loss of contrast, chromatic abberation, vignetting, blurring or distortion.
Focal length
Photography; Lenses
Inversely proportionate to the angle of view, focal length determines how much the subject will be magnified. Telephoto lenses have long focal length, while fisheye lenses have very short focal ...
Angle of view
Photography; Lenses
The angle which can be captured by a lens. Fisheye lenses have extremely wide angles of view, while telephoto lenses have narrow angles of view. The width of the angle of view is inversely ...
Short focal length
Photography; Lenses
A lens which has limited magnification of the subject, but a wide angle of view.
