fish-eye lenses

Extreme wide-angle attachments

Fish-eye lenses are ultra-wide-angle camera lenses that capture an extremely broad field of view—often 180 degrees or more—by curving straight lines into dramatic distortion.

The effect mimics how a fish might see the world looking up through water.

Photographers use them for artistic effect, architectural interiors, and skate videos: The fish-eye lens made the half-pipe look enormous.

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angle of view · distortion · optics · underwater photography · peephole · door viewer · surveillance cameras · convex mirror · GoPro · action camera · extreme sports · skate videos · light refraction · aperture · focal length · mirrorless cameras · virtual reality · field of view

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focal length and field of view

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Magnifying camera optics

long lenses · zoom lenses

perspective distortion

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Non-zoom camera optics

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