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fisheye

fisheye

7.4
Having a very wide, curved view that bends straight lines
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪʃaɪ/
translation icon : ojo de pez
  • He captured an extraordinary landscape photo using a fisheye lens that distorted the edges.

I hope this GoPro wasn't too annoying with like the fisheye wide angle and then like my shaking.

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Examples

  • That it is shot with a fisheye lens that makes the guy look larger than he actually is.

    The Minimalists

  • Or whether or not you were in this panoramic sort of whole environment mode, this kind of fisheye lens or wide angle lens mode.

  • I have fisheye, which like it's really cool here.

  • This is done with a fisheye lens and you end up with, and I'm not a huge fan of fisheye in general.

  • It is a little bit fisheye if I'm too close as you can see.

  • It's like using the universe's best fisheye lens.

  • That's the Max and that would look like a fisheye like nonsense lens under normal circumstances that might actually not even close to wide enough.

  • So once again, I can move from mega fisheye wide to a more familiar focal range there.

  • I hope this GoPro wasn't too annoying with like the fisheye wide angle and then like my shaking.

    Edward Avila

  • They had a camera outside a selfie Cam with a fisheye lens outside the the Hatch, the nose cone.

Synonyms

wide-angle
vsfisheye
  • Specialized
11 4.3

A lens or camera shot that shows more of a scene than usual

produces extreme barrel distortion to create panoramic or hemispherical images

Compounds

fisheye lens
1 5.0

A camera lens that makes a very wide view look curved and distorted

How Distorted

fisheye
7.4
wide-angle
  • Specialized
11 4.3

Surface Forms

fisheye positive

Morphology

fisheye = fish + eye (semi-transparent) = fish + eye

The components 'fish' + 'eye' are clear, but the specific technical meaning 'a wide-angle lens producing strong distortion' is a conventionalized metaphor that may not be fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Fisheye comes from fish + eye, because the lens gives a view like a fish's 'wide, round sight'. So a fisheye lens makes a very wide, curved picture that bends straight lines, like looking through a fish's eye.