Fish Eye Lens
Created on : January 4, 2024 13:17
Denotation
An extremely wide-angle lens called a fisheye lens creates significant optical distortion with the goal of producing a wide, panoramic, or hemispherical image.Wider angles of vision are possible with fisheye lenses than with rectilinear lenses. Fisheye lenses employ a unique mapping that gives images a distinctive convex non-rectilinear appearance rather than straight lines of perspective.
Description
A Fish Eye Lens is a wide-angle lens that provides an extremely broad and panoramic view of film. This type of lens is characterized by its distinct distortion which gives a spherical or hemispherical appearance to the image. The name fish eye comes from the way the lens can capture a film scene resembling the distorted and curved perspective one might see through a fishbowl.
Fish eye lenses are often used in filmmaking to create unique visual effects of a film scene especially in situations where a conventional wide-angle lens may not be sufficient to capture film the entire scene. These lenses are popular for shooting extreme sports, film music videos and experimental films as they can add a dynamic and immersive quality to the visuals of a movie .
The distortion introduced by fish eye lenses can be both a creative tool and a challenge for filmmakers. It can create a sense of exaggeration and surrealism but filmmakers need to carefully consider how the distortion may affect the storytelling and overall aesthetic of the film. Some filmmakers use fish eye lenses sparingly for specific shots while others embrace the distorted look for artistic impact of film.
It's worth noting that fish eye lenses come in different variations including circular fish eye lenses that capture a complete circular image within the frame and full-frame fish eye lenses that fill the entire rectangular frame with a distorted wide-angle view.