lensed

Shot on camera

Lensed describes something equipped with or viewed through a lens.

A lensed camera has optics attached; lensed sunglasses have prescription or specialty glass.

In astronomy, a lensed galaxy appears distorted because its light has bent around a massive object between it and the observer—gravitational lensing.

The word also works as a verb: to lens is to film or photograph: The documentary was lensed in black and white.

magnification

enlarge

Increase in size

  • amplifyIncrease in strength
  • zoomRapid movement or magnification
  • magnifyIncrease perceived size

closeup · macro · telephoto · loupe · jeweler · watchmaker · specimen · detail

vision

glasses

Corrective eyewear or tumblers

trifocals · corrective · prescription · myopia · hyperopia · astigmatism · presbyopia · ophthalmology · optometry · retina

optical

telescope

Instrument magnifying faraway objects

eyepiece · refractor · prism · aperture · f-stop · sensor · shutter · exposure · zoom · photography

curvature

convex

Curved outward externally

  • concaveCurving inward, not outward
  • curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
  • bentCurved; also dishonest

arched · spherical · cylindrical · meniscus · biconvex · ground · polished · warped · distorted

focus

sharpness

Keenness of edge, mind, or image

  • clarityState of being understandable
  • bokehAesthetic quality of defocus
  • crispFirm and breakable

blur · foreground · background · autofocus

perspective

framing

Structural or contextual shaping

distortion · fisheye · vantage · cinematic · composition · crop

Opposites
optical apparatus

lensedunlensed

Without a lens attached

lensless · unfilmed · unphotographed · naked-eye · unrecorded

recording medium

lensedunrecorded

Not written down

undocumented · transcribed

visual representation

lensedunseen

Not perceived visually

unviewed · uncaptured · unobserved · invisible · hidden

Phrases
Family

lens, lenses, convex lens, lensing, lensless, zoom lens, lensman, camera lens, contact lens

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G