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Meaning of "soft-focus lens" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFT-FOCUS LENS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFT-FOCUS LENS

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Soft-Focus lens is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOFT-FOCUS LENS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of soft-focus lens in the English dictionary

The definition of soft-focus lens in the dictionary is a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFT-FOCUS LENS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFT-FOCUS LENS

achromatic lens
anamorphic lens
contact lens
detachable lens
fisheye lens
Fresnel lens
gas-permeable lens
gravitational lens
hard lens
lens
macro lens
magnetic lens
mirror lens
portrait lens
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soft lens
telephoto lens
telescopic lens
toric lens
wide-angle lens
zoom lens

Synonyms and antonyms of soft-focus lens in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «soft-focus lens» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFT-FOCUS LENS

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The translations of soft-focus lens from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soft-focus lens» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

软焦点透镜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

objetivo de enfoque suave
570 millions of speakers

English

soft-focus lens
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नरम फोकस लेंस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدسة لينة التركيز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мягкая линза
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lente de focagem suave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরম ফোকাস লেন্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lentille de flou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanta fokus lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Weichzeichner
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ソフトフォーカスレンズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소프트 포커스 렌즈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lensa fokus alus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ống kính mềm tập trung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையான-கவனம் லென்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सॉफ्ट-फोकस लेन्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yumuşak odaklı mercek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

obiettivo soft-focus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

miękkie soczewce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´яка лінза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lentile soft- focus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φακού soft-focus
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sagte - fokus lens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soft - lins
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soft- fokus objektiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soft-focus lens

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT-FOCUS LENS»

The term «soft-focus lens» is regularly used and occupies the 74.410 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFT-FOCUS LENS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soft-focus lens

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFT-FOCUS LENS»

Discover the use of soft-focus lens in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soft-focus lens and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Portrait Photographer's Handbook
... which every facial detail is visible. Soft-focus images have also come to connote a romantic mood. There are four ways to diffuse an image for soft-focus effects. First, you can use a soft-focus lens, which is a lens designed to produce a sharp ...
Bill Hurter, 2007
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Abel's Photographic Weekly
sional photographers of acknowledged leadership have adopted it almost unanimously. The advertising pages of our magazines are illustrated and beautified by soft focus illustrations. The soft focus lens has even invaded the movies, and the ...
Charles Abel, 1922
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Abel's Photographic Weekly
sional photographers of acknowledged leadership have adopted it almost unanimously. The advertising pages of our magazines are illustrated and beautified by soft focus illustrations. The soft focus lens has even invaded the movies, and the ...
Juan C. Abel, 1922
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The Medium Format Advantage
Using a soft focus lens also means that all soft focus images must be produced at the focal length of that particular lens. A similar and equally pleasing softness, can be added to an image by attaching a soft filter to the front of an ordinary sharp ...
Ernst Wildi, 2001
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The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography ...
To use the soft-focus lens effectively one must know thoroughly their distinctive attributes; also what one desires, or should desire, to do with them. Attributes Many — perhaps most — photographers believe that the only special quality ...
‎1920
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Advanced Photography
Figure 3.29 Left to right: normal lens in focus; soft focus lens; normal lens out of focus. Soft focus gives a combination of sharp and unsharp detail, and lowered contrast (see also Figure 5.7). fol" Spherlcal aberratlon, accept interchangeable ...
Michael Langford, 1998
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By Candle Light Photography: With 24 Chapters of ...
Some of the newer soft focus lenses are made by Canon such as the Canon Ef 135mm f/2.8; make sure that if you want a soft focus lens that it says so on the box , instructions etc. A soft focus lens introduces spherical aberration over the entire  ...
L.E Gonzalez, 2014
8
Creating Mood & Special Effects
Some of the newer soft focus lenses are made by Canon such as the Canon Ef 135mm f/2.8; make sure that if you want a soft focus lens that it says so on the box , instructions etc. A soft focus lens introduces spherical aberration over the entire  ...
Luis E. Gonzalez, 2012
9
Popular Photography
Don't be confused by circles of confusion (A miniglossary of depth-of-field terms) You can actually increase sharpness with a soft-focus lens! Normal lens, nonnal depth of field: With an 85mm f/2 SMC Pentax lens set to fl2.8, at a subject ...
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The American Annual of Photography
I have tried for many years to enlarge direct from an anastigmatic negative by the use of a soft-focus lens in my enlarging camera, and I have failed every time in producing an enlargement which would meet my expectations. I make my ...
‎1915

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFT-FOCUS LENS»

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Lena Dunham talks boyfriend and leaving acting -- maybe -- in …
So I was like, I'd like to make something that shows my twenties through that beautiful soft-focus lens.” Dunham didn't want the show's characters to look like TV ... «Entertainment Weekly, Mar 14»
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From Pictorialism to Modernism, With Little Notice
Her images were heavily influenced by Pictorialism, in which soft-focus lenses created a dreamy effect, rendering reality as if seen by a painter (or a Photoshop ... «New York Times, May 13»
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Soft-focus lens on seedy side of 70s
'Last year it was vampires; this year it's '70s porn. Why?'' asked one weary Berlinale journalist as we waited in one of the Berlin film festival's innumerable ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 13»
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TV Q&A: TV writers don't want your ideas
A I suppose it's possible that "NCIS" is using a soft-focus lens, but my guess is that the different look of the show has more to do with the fact that "NCIS" switched ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 12»

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