fisheye lens


nounPhotography.
  1. 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.

Origin of fisheye lens

1
First recorded in 1960–65

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British Dictionary definitions for fisheye lens

fisheye lens

/ (ˈfɪʃˌaɪ) /


noun
  1. photog 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

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