Lense Types

Wide angle
A lens whose focal length is substantially shorter than an average lens.

Zoom
Lens with the ability to adjust its focal length.

Long focus
Able to take photos of very distant subjects.

Telephoto
A long focal length lens in which the physical length of the lens is shorter than the focal length.

Retro Focus
A wide-angle lens design that uses an inverted telephoto configuration.

Quasi fisheye
Produces an image that covers the entire frame.

Fisheye
A wide-angle lens with an angle of view exceeding 100 degrees.

Catadiptric / mirror lens
A lens where the light bending is done with mirrors rather than lenses.


Supplementary / close up
Used in front of the camera lens to enable it to focus at close range.

Macro
A lens that allows a camera to focus at very close range to photograph small objects.

Teleconverter
A secondary lens which is mounted between the camera and lense to increase the focal length.

PC / tilt shift
A perspective control lens allows the photographer to control the appearance of perspective in the image.