Difference between revisions of "Optical Lens"
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The phrase Optical Lens (or variants of this, such as "Color Optical Lens"), despite a grandly scientific sound, is most often seen on low-quality cameras with rudimentary, one-element lenses. It is strongly suggestive that the camera is a trashcam, or perhaps might be considered a toy camera. The "Olympia" camera (under its many guises) often displays the phrase as part of its deceptive attempts to resemble a better grade of camera.
By definition, any refractive lens obeys the rules of optics[1]. Thus the phrase is without meaniful content.
Notes
- ↑ In fact, even a lensless pinhole camera is affected by diffraction; and thus it also obeys the laws of optics.
