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A lens with a curved, non-spherical surface. Used to reduce aberrations and achieve a more compact lens size. With a spherical lens, rays travelling from the lens periphery create the image before ...
Domain: Photography; Category: Lenses;Photography techniques
The aperture is the opening formed by the blades of the iris or diaphragm in the lens, through which light passes to expose the film. Aperture size is usually given in f-numbers, the larger the ...
Domain: Photography; Category: Lenses;Photography techniques
The area of a scene that a lens can cover. The focal length of the lens determines the angle of view. A wide-angle (short-focal-length) lens includes more of a scene than a standard ...
Domain: Photography; Category: Lenses;Photography techniques
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