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Word: lensed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Tintoretto of the Peons | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Through a Lens Darkly | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Is This the Family Gun, Dad? At Close Range | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Focus | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Focus | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

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