WONDER #1311: How Does a Round Camera Lens Produce a Rectangular Picture?

Question 1 of 3

Early camera makers quickly discovered that lenses of what shape would work best?

1. square
2. rectangular
3. round
4. triangular

Question 2 of 3

Both traditional film and modern electronic image sensors take which shape?

1. square
2. rectangular
3. round
4. triangular

Question 3 of 3

The outer edges of the circular image from a camera lens contain distortions known as what?

1. aberrations
2. ketones
3. fragments
4. histograms

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