Camera lenses are made up of not just one single lens but many different lens ‘elements’, sometimes cemented or fixed together in ‘groups’. A comparatively simple prime (non zoom) lens may have 6-7 elements while a complex zoom lens might have 17 or more. The different lens elements are needed to compensate for a variety of common lens aberrations and offer autofocus and zoom capabilities.
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