euryscopen.
/ˈjʊərɪskəʊp/ Now disused.
A rapid rectilinear photographic lens of wide aperture.
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portrait lens1852
short-focus lens1862
periscope1865
rectilinear1867
pantoscope1868
wide-angle1868
long lens1876
apochromatic1887
anastigmat1890
concentric lens1890
euryscope1890
landscape lens1890
rectigraph1890
symmetrical1890
concentric1893
telelens1893
telephoto1894
monocle1897
stigmat1901
stigmatic1902
Long Tom1910
zoom lens1932
Panavision1955
teleconverter1959
macro lens1961
zoom1969
macro1971
1890 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Photogr. 277 Euryscope.
1892 Photogr. Ann. II. p. v The Rapidity of this series is equal to that of the Rapid Euryscopes.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 694/2 Voigtländer's ‘Euryscopes’..are..still largely in use.
1906 R. C. Bayley Compl. Photographer vi. 71 Many [rapid rectilinear lenses] have been made which could be used at F/6; these are known as ‘Euryscopes’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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