Lenses

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 ...