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LATERALLY REVERSED IMAGE [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Optical Instruments
  • Optics
OBS

the image on the screen is seen upright, free from parallax error and in the actual size it will appear on the negative although laterally everything is reversed from left to right.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Optique
OBS

les rayons en provenance de l'objectif (...) forment l'image sur le verre dépoli. Elle est droite, c'est-à-dire non renversée; par contre elle est inversée latéralement.

Key term(s)
  • inversé latéralement

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Optics
DEF

... an image which is reversed from right to left as, for instance, the image in a mirror.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Optique
DEF

Image inversée de gauche à droite, telle qu'elle apparaît dans certains viseurs d'appareils-photo.

Spanish

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