CHAPTER 4 Flashcards
A disc of transparent glass generally bounded by two spherical surfaces capable of transforming an image.
Lens
The eye of the camera is also the heart of the camera.
Lens
A piece of transparent material made of glass or plastic with 2 opposite symmetrical surfaces or at least one curved surface.
Lens
composed of 1 lens.
Simple Lenses
- A lens that is thicker at the middle than at the edge.
Convex Lens (converging lens/ positive lens)
- It gathers light rays and refracts them to meet in a certain point.
Convex Lens (converging lens/ positive lens)
- It is thicker at the edges than at the center; light rays passing through a diverging lens are vent outward.
Concave Lens (diverging/negative lens)
- It consists of two or more simple lenses fitted together.
compound lenses
- Simple lenses generally produce aberrated (imperfect) images which can be corrected using
compound lenses
is the largest opening of the diaphragm that the light can pass through.
Lens Speed
- A lens with larger maximum aperture (that is, a smaller f-number) ; it delivers more light intensity to the focal plane
Fast Lens
- A smaller maximum aperture (larger maximum f – number) ; it delivers less light intensity
Slow Lens
- This refers to the lens that is focused on an object at infinity, the distance from the lens to the nearest object in sharp focus
Hyperfocal Distance
- This refers to the distance from the optical center of the lens to the focal plane, when the lens is focused on infinity.
Focal Plane
- This refers to the distance so far away that rays are considered parallel when they reach the camera.
Infinity
- This refers to the point of convergence of the light rays.
Real Focus
- This refers to the point where diverging rays would meet if their directions were reversed.
Virtual Focus
- The distance between the lens (technically from its rear nodal point) and the focal plane when the lens is focused on infinity.
Focal Length
- The size of the image formed by the lens.
Magnification
- The amount of the scene shown on a given size of film.
Angle of view
- A lens with a focal length equal to the diagonal measure of the image area.
Standard or Normal Lens