Term - Principal point
|Principal point||SWPP Photographic Glossary|
Monday 2nd March 2015
A point from which the focal length is measured. The principal point of a simple lens is located at the center of the lens. Compound lenses have two principal points, the location of which cannot be determined by appearance.
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