rectilinear lens — noun : a lens specially corrected for distortion so that straight lines are reproduced accurately even on the margins of the pictures … Useful english dictionary
Rectilinear — may refer to:* Rectilinear grid, a tessellation of the Euclidean plane * Rectilinear lens, a photographic lens * Rectilinear locomotion, a form of animal locomotion * Rectilinear polygon, a polygon whose edges meet at right angles * Rectilinear… … Wikipedia
rectilinear — [rek΄tə lin′ē ər] adj. [< LL rectilineus < recti (see RECTI ) + linea,LINE1 + AR] 1. moving in a straight line 2. forming a straight line 3. bounded or formed by straight lines … English World dictionary
rectilinear — [ˌrɛktɪ lɪnɪə] (also rectilineal nɪəl) adjective 1》 contained by, consisting of, or moving in a straight line or lines. 2》 Photography (of a wide angle lens) corrected so that straight lines in the subject appear straight in the image.… … English new terms dictionary
Rapid Rectilinear — Infobox lens design scheme = Rapid rectilinear.svg elements = 4 groups = 2 author = John Henry Dallmeyer year = 1866 aperture = f/|6 (original) f/|3.5 (portrait Aplanat)The Rapid Rectilinear also named Aplanat is a famous photographic lens design … Wikipedia
Wide-angle lens — In photography and cinematography, a wide angle lens is a lens whose focal length is substantially shorter than the focal length of a normal lens for the image size produced by the camera, whether this is dictated by the dimensions of the image… … Wikipedia
Fisheye lens — In photography, a fisheye lens is a wide angle lens that takes in an extremely wide, hemispherical image. Originally developed for use in meteorology [Hill, R. 1924. A lens for whole sky photographs. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological… … Wikipedia
Photographic lens — A photographic lens (also known as objective lens or photographic objective) is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media… … Wikipedia
History of the single-lens reflex camera — The history of the single lens reflex camera predates the invention of photography in 1826/27 by one and a half centuries with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura first described in 1676. Such SLR devices were popular as drawing aids… … Wikipedia
Canon EF 14mm lens — Infobox photographic lenses name = EF14mm f/2.8L USM maker = Canon feat is = n feat usm = y feat sbf = n feat macro = n feat special = type = ultra wide angle prime lens application = architectural, interiors, general flength = 14 mm fov = 1.0… … Wikipedia
