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Anti-reflective coating
Optical coating that reduces reflection
Autocollimator
Optical instrument for non-contact measurement of angles
Bifocals
Eyeglass lens with two distinct optical powers
Binoculars
Pair of telescopes mounted side-by-side
Carbon-dioxide laser
Continuous or pulsed source of coherent radiation
Collimator
Device which narrows a beam of particles or waves
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis
American non-profit pro-Israel organization
Diffraction grating
Optical component which splits light into several beams
Digital photography
Photography with a digital camera
Digital single-lens reflex camera
Digital cameras combining the parts of a single-lens reflex camera and a digital camera back
Dye laser
Equipment using an organic dye to emit coherent light
Electron microscope
Type of microscope with electrons as a source of illumination
Exposure (photography)
Amount of light captured by a camera
Fine-art photography
Genre of photography
Flash (photography)
Device producing a burst of artificial light
Fresnel lens
Compact composite lens
Gas laser
Laser in which the active medium is a gas
Glasses
Form of vision aid
Helium–neon laser
Type of gas laser
Hidden camera
Type of camera used to make film or video recordings of people without the people recorded noticing
High dynamic range
Enhanced signal representation in images, videos, audio or radio
Holography
Recording to reproduce a three-dimensional light field
Instant camera
Type of camera whose film self-develops a short time after the picture is taken
Interferometry
Measurement method using interference of waves
Landscape photography
Photography genre
Lens
Optical device which transmits and refracts light
Loupe
Small cylindrical or conical magnifying device without handle
Magnifying glass
Convex lens used to magnify images
Maser
Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
MICROSCOPE
Satellite
Mirror
Object that reflects light
MPEG-4 Part 20
Rich media standard
Nd:YAG laser
Crystal used as a lasing medium for solid-state lasers
One-way mirror
Glass that allows people on one side to see those on the other but not vice versa
Optical fiber
Light-conducting fiber
Optical filter
Device that selectively transmits light of certain wavelengths
Optical isolator
Optical component which transmits light in one way only
Optical microscope
Microscope that uses visible light
Pentaprism
Five-sided reflecting prism
Periscope
Instrument for observation from a concealed position
Photographic film
Visual storage media used by film (analog) cameras
Photographic plate
Target medium in photography
Photography
Art and practice of creating images by recording light
Polarizer
Optical filter device
Portrait photography
Type of photography aimed at expressing the personality of the human subject(s)
Prism
Transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refract light
Rangefinder camera
Camera fitted with a rangefinder
Ruby laser
Solid-state laser with ruby as gain medium
Scanning electron microscope
Type of electron microscope
Scanning tunneling microscope
Instrument able to image surfaces at the atomic level by exploiting quantum tunneling effects
Single-lens reflex camera
Camera that typically uses a mirror and prism system
Solid-state laser
Laser that uses a gain medium that is a solid, rather than a liquid such as in dye lasers or a gas as in gas lasers
Street photography
Photography genre
Thin lens
Lens with a thickness that is negligible
Transmission electron microscopy
Technique in microscopy
Twin-lens reflex camera
Type of camera