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Equipment and materials · term

Lens breathing

Also known as focus breathing.

A visible change in image magnification or framing as a lens changes focus.

In practice

Breathing can be measured in lens tests and managed through lens choice, focus strategy, reframing, or post work. It is not film flutter in a camera gate, which is a different mechanical instability.

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Sources

  1. Lighting Handbook · ARRI
  2. Glossary of Motion Picture Terms · Kodak

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