The table shows what happens to the image as an object is brought from infinity

toward a convex lens.

Object Position

Image Position

Image Characteristics

At infinity

At focal point

Image is a point

Moving toward 2F

Moving from F toward 2F

Increasing in size, real, inverted, smaller than

object

At 2F

At 2F

Real, inverted, same size as object

Moving from 2F
toward F

Moving from 2F toward

infinity

Real, inverted, larger than the object

At F

At infinity

Infinitely big

Moving from F
toward lens

Moving from -infinity

toward lens

Decreasing in size, virtual, upright, larger

than the object

Object position
u <f
u=f
f < u < 2f
u = 2f
u > 2f
u=
V = Virtual
U = Upright
M = Magnified
I = Inverted
S = same size
D = Diminished
R = real

Image position
v=
v > 2f
v = 2f
f < v < 2f
v=f

Image characteristics
V, U, M
V, U, M
R, I , M
R, I, S
R, I, D
R, I, D