Editing Normal lens (section)

{{short description|Type of photography and cinematography lens}}
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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Demonstration of 'Normal' lens print superimposed on wider angle view of original scene for discussion of Normal lens.jpg|thumb|right|In his series ''FILMography'' Canadian photographer [[Christopher Moloney]] matches the perspective of scenes from movies (e.g., ''[[You've Got Mail]]'' ([[1998 in film|1998]])) with their real-life, present-day locations.]] -->In [[photography]] and [[cinematography]], a '''normal lens''' is a [[photographic lens|lens]] that reproduces a [[Angle of view|field of view]] that appears "natural" to a human observer. In contrast, depth compression and expansion with shorter or longer [[focal length]]s introduces noticeable, and sometimes disturbing, distortion.