fisheye lens
A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view and producing images that are…A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.
Meaning
1 sensesA wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.
Fischaugenobjektiv, Fischaugen-Objektiv, Fischauge
ры́бий глазrýbij glaz
a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Coined in 1906 by the American physicist Robert W. Wood.Coined in 1906 by the American physicist Robert W. Wood.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: fisheye lensesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery:wide-angle lens