Entrance pupil
（重定向自Entrance port）
![A camera lens adjusted for large and small aperture. The entrance pupil is the image of the physical aperture, as seen through the front of the lens. The size and location may differ from those of the physical aperture, due to magnification by the lens.](/Images/godic/202501/11/Apertures4622.jpg")
![The apparent location of the anatomical pupil of a human eye (black circle) is the eye's entrance pupil. The outside world appears to be seen from the point at the center of the entrance pupil. (The pupil itself, which lens designers would call the aperture, is in a slightly different location because the image is magnified by the cornea.)](/Images/godic/202501/11/030608_Pupil4622.jpg")
In an optical system, the entrance pupil is the optical image of the physical aperture stop, as 'seen' through the front of the lens system. The corresponding image of the aperture as seen through the back of the lens system is called the exit pupil. If there is no lens in front of the aperture (as in a pinhole camera), the entrance pupil's location and size are identical to those of the aperture. Optical elements in front of the aperture will produce a magnified or diminished image that is displaced from the location of the physical aperture. The entrance pupil is usually a virtual image: it lies behind the first optical surface of the system.