portrait lens

American

noun

Photography.

a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.

Etymology

Origin of portrait lens

First recorded in 1860–65

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portrait lens

Accompanying this announcement are two new Fujinon lenses: the $999.95 XF 56mm f/1.2 fast-aperture portrait lens and the $2,499.95 medium format GF 20–35mm f/4 ultrawide-angle zoom.

From The Verge ● Sep. 8, 2022

But your pictures that go beyond 3x zoom will be much sharper than before, and it should make for a better portrait lens.

From The Verge ● Sep. 15, 2021

The edges of the photo are blurred, suggesting there wasn’t time to swap out a portrait lens for a landscape lens.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2018

With it I got a portrait lens and a boxed roll of 120 film from 1953.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2015

The first photographic compound portrait lens, made by Andrew Ross, 1841.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

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