Lens or Lense

[H@rry]

I see it spelled both way. Which is correct in the context of photography?

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Lens

Lenses is plural

Lense is probably meant to be plural and the "s" was forgotten...or maybe it's French.

 

[Reef Bass]

+1 for lens. I see it spelled both ways too. Either is ok. I prefer lens. Lenses is the plural form.

Lense seems British. They spell color colour and check cheque.

 

[Absolute Reef]

so, if i say
my new macro lens consists of 9 pieces of lens.
or my new macro lenses consist of pieces of lens.

which one is correct? i kinda feel they are both wrong.

 

[Reef Bass]

I would rephrase #1 as "My new macro lens consists of 9 optical elements".

I agree #2 seems plain wrong.

"A rose by any other name..."

What matters is what you do with it, not how you spell it.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

"My new macro lens consists of 9 elements in 'x' groups"

and element is an individual piece of glass. These elements are grouped together to form...well...groups.