fisheye lens
Noun: A specialized camera lens that captures an extremely wide-angle hemispherical image, typically producing a visual effect where straight lines appear curved and the center of the image is foreshortened while the periphery becomes increasingly distorted.
The term "fisheye lens" is used to describe the physical lens itself and the distinctive type of photography it enables. It is commonly used in contexts involving photography, videography, and cinematography. - The photographer attached a fisheye lens to capture the entire interior of the small chapel. - Videos shot with a fisheye lens can create a unique, immersive perspective.
- Noun:
- For this artistic project, she exclusively used a fisheye lens to warp the cityscape.
- The security camera uses a fisheye lens to monitor a 180-degree field of view.
- "fisheye perspective/view": Refers to the characteristic distorted, ultra-wide-angle image produced by such a lens.
- The music video is famous for its opening shot, which uses a fisheye perspective to disorient the viewer.
- Fisheye (noun/adjective): Can be used informally to refer to the lens or its effect.
- That shot has a strong fisheye effect.
- Ultra-wide-angle lens: A more technical category that includes fisheye lenses, though not all ultra-wide-angle lenses produce the same circular distortion.
- Full-frame fisheye / Circular fisheye: Specific types of fisheye lenses that project a circular image within the frame or cover the entire rectangular sensor, respectively.
- Ultra-wide lens: A general term for lenses with a very wide angle of view.
- Hemispherical lens: A more technical term emphasizing the 180-degree coverage.
While "fisheye lens" itself is a technical term, it can be used metaphorically. - "Through a fisheye lens": Describing a distorted or exaggerated perspective on a situation. - He views corporate politics through a fisheye lens, seeing conspiracies in every meeting.
- 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