portrait lens

portrait lens

noun Photography.
a lens of moderately long focal length that is used, especially in portrait photography, to produce soft-focus images.

Origin:
1860–65
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Portrait lens is always a great word to know.
So is take-up reel. Does it mean:
a series of shots from the previous day's shooting, selected by the director to be viewed for possible inclusion in the final version of the film
the reel on a projector onto which the film is wound after it has been projected
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portrait lens

noun
a compound camera lens with a relatively high aperture 
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