Results for “Bokeh”
9 terms
Bokeh
The aesthetic character of the out-of-focus areas of an image, as distinct from how much of the image is out of focus.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersCat's-eye Bokeh
The lens-shaped, off-round rendering of out-of-focus highlights near the frame corners, caused by optical vignetting.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersOnion-ring Bokeh
Concentric rings visible inside out-of-focus highlights, caused by tooling marks on a moulded aspherical element.
Motion, Video & Creative TechniquesShaped Bokeh
Rendering out-of-focus highlights as a chosen shape by placing a cut-out mask over the lens.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersAnamorphic Lens
A lens containing cylindrical elements that squeeze a wide field horizontally onto a standard frame, to be unsqueezed on projection.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersAspherical Element
A lens element whose surface departs from a simple sphere, correcting aberrations that spherical glass cannot.
Cameras, Formats & SystemsElectronic First-curtain Shutter
A hybrid shutter that begins the exposure electronically and ends it with a physical curtain.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersLongitudinal Chromatic Aberration
Colour fringing caused by different wavelengths focusing at different distances, producing purple in front of focus and green behind it.
Optics, Lenses & FiltersOptical Vignetting
Corner darkening caused by the lens barrel physically clipping the light cone reaching off-axis parts of the frame.