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object distance

American  

noun

Photography.
  1. the distance between the lens of a camera and an object being photographed.


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We define do to be the object distance, the distance of an object from the center of a lens.

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A specific object distance and the image distance associated with that object distance.

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The object distance is the distance of the first image from the eyepiece.

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What data must the student collect in order to make such a prediction for any object distance?

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The object distance is given to be do = 6.20 mm , but the image distance di is not known.

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