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Lenses & optics · Specialist

Normal lens

Also called: standard lens

ELI5

A lens producing an angle of view often perceived as neither strongly wide nor strongly telephoto for the format.

Used in conversation

“Let’s test the normal lens before we lock the camera and lighting setup.”

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains what the image should look like and how it can be framed, captured and lit.

Connected terms

  • LensNormal lens is a narrower kind of Lens.
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