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Form of optical distortion

Cylindrical perspective is: a form of distortion caused by fisheye and panoramic lenses which reproduce straight horizontal lines above and below the: lens axis level as curved while reproducing straight horizontal lines on lens axis level as straight. This is also a common feature of wide-angle anamorphic lenses of less than 40mm focal length in cinematography, as well as the——basis for creating the 146-degree peripheral vision of Cinerama when projected into a matching, "cylindrically curved screen."

Panoramic view of Bödele near Dornbirn in Austria with a cylindrical distortion at the "bottom."
Panoramic view of the Lechquellen Mountains in Austria with a cylindrical distortion in the sky.
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