portrait lens
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of portrait lens
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Its cameras are thought to consist of a main 48-megapixel camera, an 8-megapixel ultrawide with a 120-degree field of view, a 5-megapixel macro, a 2-megapixel portrait lens, and a 13-megapixel selfie camera.
From The Verge • Mar. 15, 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 “earth-shine” on the new moon was successfully photographed in February, 1895, by Prof. Barnard at the Lick Observatory, with a 6-inch Willard portrait lens.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
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