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LENS FLARE [4 records]

Record 1 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Cinematography
CONT

Diffusion causes bright areas to bleed or flare into dark areas. When a diffusion filter is placed over the camera lens, the bright highlight areas flare into the dark shadow areas, producing a pleasant, sort of natural diffusion effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Effet produit par l'emploi d'un verre spécial permettant d'obtenir des contours flous, plutôt que nets, lorsque des zones claires ont tendance à s'étendre dans les zones sombres.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
  • Cinematografía
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Record 2 1999-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

A lens hood is intended to shade the lens from light just outside its angle of view-light which might otherwise flare into the picture area.... A hood is shaped to suit one angle of view.

Key term(s)
  • sunshield

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

Le parasoleil est un simple cône en métal noirci. Placé sur l'objectif, il ne laisse pénétrer que les rayons lumineux utiles.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Flou visuel caractérisé par la présence d'une image secondaire ou image parasite.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

Light, reflected and re-reflected from airglass surfaces, that finally falls on the image plane. The effect in the camera is a reduction in contrast of the dark (shadow) areas ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie

Spanish

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