: being, having, or produced by a wide-angle photographic lens that has a highly curved protruding front, that covers an angle of about 180 degrees, and that gives a circular image
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By our count, there are six cameras on the front, first a horizontal line of four cameras, then a giant fish-eye lens, then one more small camera.
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Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
And then Niland brings up dessert, which at his Sydney restaurant can often mean fish-eye ice cream.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
His exaggerated, fish-eye lens suggests pornographic Monty Python drawings (or Tim Burton for pervs).
—Armond White, National Review, 23 Feb. 2024
The ultra-wide camera does a good job of fixing fish-eye distortion for inanimate objects, but people on the edge of the frame sometimes show stretching.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
Robbie Ryan’s cinematography captures all this with an attention to color and light that’s magical, along with Lanthimos’ customary penchant for the intermittent skewed view of a fish-eye lens.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
The first mobile-phone cameras lacked the resolution and quality of stand-alone digital cameras, often taking distorted, fish-eye photographs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2020
Visitors could peer into the room through fish-eye lenses in its exterior walls.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2023
Twist in the fish-eye hook from the top to secure the paint sticks together.
—Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
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Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2024
And then Niland brings up dessert, which at his Sydney restaurant can often mean fish-eye ice cream.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
His exaggerated, fish-eye lens suggests pornographic Monty Python drawings (or Tim Burton for pervs).
—Armond White, National Review, 23 Feb. 2024
The ultra-wide camera does a good job of fixing fish-eye distortion for inanimate objects, but people on the edge of the frame sometimes show stretching.
—PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
Robbie Ryan’s cinematography captures all this with an attention to color and light that’s magical, along with Lanthimos’ customary penchant for the intermittent skewed view of a fish-eye lens.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
The first mobile-phone cameras lacked the resolution and quality of stand-alone digital cameras, often taking distorted, fish-eye photographs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 June 2020
Visitors could peer into the room through fish-eye lenses in its exterior walls.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2023
Twist in the fish-eye hook from the top to secure the paint sticks together.
—Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
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“Fish-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fish-eye. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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