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  • 1History of the single-lens reflex camera — The history of the single lens reflex camera predates the invention of photography in 1826/27 by one and a half centuries with the use of a reflex mirror in a camera obscura first described in 1676. Such SLR devices were popular as drawing aids… …

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  • 2Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera — MILCs feature a large sensor in a small body (Olympus PEN E P2) A mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC) is an emerging class of digital system cameras, intermediate between compact digital cameras and digital single lens reflex cameras… …

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  • 3Fresnel lens — A Fresnel lens (pronounced [ frɛz.nəl] or [freɪ nɛl] ) is a type of lens invented by French physicist Augustin Jean Fresnel. Originally developed for lighthouses, the design enables the construction of lenses of large aperture and short focal… …

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  • 4Digital single-lens reflex camera — Nikon D700 full frame (FX) digital SLR camera …

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  • 5Telephoto lens — Portal|Photography|Large format camera lens.jpg created by a telephoto lens is the same as that created by an ordinary lens of the same specified focal length. Construction If a camera lens were to be constructed from a single lens of 200 mm… …

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  • 6Single-lens reflex camera — The single lens reflex (SLR) camera uses an automatic moving mirror system which permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to non SLR cameras where the view through the… …

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  • 7Contact lens — Contacts redirects here. For the software application, see Address book. A pair of contact lenses, positioned with the concave side facing upward …

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  • 8Kerr-lens modelocking — (KLM) is a method of modelocking lasers via a nonlinear optical process known as the optical Kerr effect . This method allows the generation of pulses of light with a duration as short as a few femtoseconds.The optical Kerr effect is a process… …

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  • 9Nonimaging optics — (also called anidolic optics)[1][2] is the branch of optics concerned with the optimal transfer of light radiation between a source and a target. Unlike traditional imaging optics, the techniques involved do not attempt to form an image of the… …

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  • 10radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …

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