Examples of focal length in a Sentence
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The Pro Max camera boasts a 5x optical zoom, and allows for 120mm focal length.
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Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
Because digital sensors are much smaller, a shorter focal length is required, demanding in turn a much smaller pinhole.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
There’s noticeable natural bokeh (depth-of-field blur) in photos due to the focal length, image sensor size (1/1.3-inch) and fast f/1.5 aperture.
—Ben Sin, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
This creates enough separation between the lens and the sensor to enable the longer focal length.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2023
For you camera geeks, it’s got a 120 millimeter focal length and f/2.8 aperture.
—WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
Traditional pinhole cameras have relatively long focal lengths because of the size of a frame of film, allowing for larger and easier-to-make pinholes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
Telephoto lenses offer a longer focal length than standard lenses and provide a narrower field of view.
—Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
Alongside its 1-inch-type 50-megapixel main sensor with 23mm focal length, the X90 Pro also has an additional 50-megapixel sensor with a longer 50mm-equivalent focal length for portraits, and a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2023
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Byrachyl Jones, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023
Because digital sensors are much smaller, a shorter focal length is required, demanding in turn a much smaller pinhole.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
There’s noticeable natural bokeh (depth-of-field blur) in photos due to the focal length, image sensor size (1/1.3-inch) and fast f/1.5 aperture.
—Ben Sin, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
This creates enough separation between the lens and the sensor to enable the longer focal length.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2023
For you camera geeks, it’s got a 120 millimeter focal length and f/2.8 aperture.
—WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
Traditional pinhole cameras have relatively long focal lengths because of the size of a frame of film, allowing for larger and easier-to-make pinholes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2023
Telephoto lenses offer a longer focal length than standard lenses and provide a narrower field of view.
—Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
Alongside its 1-inch-type 50-megapixel main sensor with 23mm focal length, the X90 Pro also has an additional 50-megapixel sensor with a longer 50mm-equivalent focal length for portraits, and a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2023
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1682, in the meaning defined above
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Kids Definition
focal length
noun
: the distance of a focus from the surface of a lens or inwardly-curved mirror
Medical Definition
focal length
noun
: the distance of a focus from the surface of a lens or concave mirror
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