wide-angle lens

noun

1. a lens system on a camera that can cover an angle of view of 60° or more and therefore has a fairly small focal length See also fisheye lens

Example Sentences

But his address looked at it through a wide-angle lens, surveying a landscape, as Russia sees it, of Western countries’ efforts to cling to outsized influence in global affairs.

From Seattle Times

In more than 10 books and anthologies, Pratt carved out a distinctive niche with narrative-driven poetry that had a restless energy and a wide-angle lens.

From Seattle Times

Even as the Falcons keep a wide-angle lens on this season, Nazzaro has emphasized enjoying every victory.

From Washington Post

The picture was taken with a wide-angle lens with a remote shutter release, so as not to disturb the fox.

From BBC

It takes a wide-angle lens to allow that trick, and only if it’s installed on the kind of technical view camera whose bellows lets lens and film slide in opposite directions.

From New York Times