fisheye lens

fish·eye lens

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Definitions of fisheye lens words

noun fisheye lens a hemispherical plano-convex lens for photographing in a full 180° in all directions in front of the camera, creating a circular image having an increasing amount of distortion from the center to the periphery. 1
noun fisheye lens convex, very wide-angle lens 1
noun fisheye lens a lens of small focal length, having a highly curved protruding front element, that covers an angle of view of almost 180°. It yields a circular image having considerable linear distortion 0
noun fisheye lens a camera lens designed to record up to a 180-degree field of vision 0

before 1960

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First recorded in 1960-65

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