: 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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Her own straight-talking but peripatetic prose zags provocatively from Clintonian economic policy in Russia to her own eating disorder; from the gulf war to bling rap videos shot through a fish-eye lens. Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025 The cameras can record up to 2K, and footage is crisp and detailed enough to zoom in on, though there is a mild fish-eye effect. Simon Hill, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025 It’ll be shot medium format with a fish-eye lens all perfect — that alone is a craft in itself. Lee Spielman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024 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. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fish-eye was in 1943

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“Fish-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fish-eye. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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