Word: lensed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Throughout his life, which was flushed with publicity, Diego Rivera was often photographed. He filled the frame--a 300-lb. Silenus in suspenders and open- neck shirt, the liquid eyes bulging at the rival lens. One image shows him feigning sleep. He lies mountainously in the garden of his house...
How does one quasar produce two images? The answer, astronomers say, lies in a "gravitational lens," an immense object with a powerful gravitational field located somewhere between the quasar and the earth. As light from the quasar approaches the object, it is diverted from its original path by the intense...
But Director James Foley (Reckless) wants to iconize the whole pathetic crowd with his wide-screen technique. The telephoto lens sets small-town streets ashiver; dramatic lighting illuminates a face from no earthly source. The two Brads share an idyllic toke of "wacky tobaccy," gazing out at the rolling Appalachian...
In recent years, the makers of home photography equipment have had few triumphs to put in their picture albums. Sales of once promising products like disk-film cameras have been lackluster, and videotape recorders have become strong competitors for the consumer dollar. Against this dim background, Minolta has been a...
...tiny motor inside the camera to focus automatically. The camera, which will be priced at about $460 for the body alone when it arrives in U.S. stores in April, will include an optional converter to make it compatible with the company's existing line of 35-mm lenses, some 15 million of which have been sold. The Maxxum, by contrast, requires a special set of lenses...