telephoto
- noting or pertaining to telephotography.
Origin of telephoto
Telephoto
- a brand of apparatus for electrical transmission of photographs.
- a photograph transmitted by this apparatus.
Examples from the Web for telephoto
Contemporary Examples of telephoto
Each time, the 1920s version of paparazzi found him and trained their telephoto lenses on his barracks.
In this era of the telephoto lens, she can have no bad hair days for the rest of her life.
Historical Examples of telephoto
Thaneford, with his telephoto lens, sees that Graeme is dozing in his chair.
In JeopardyVan Tassel Sutphen
I got the telephoto camera out of the hamper, checked it, and aimed it.
Four-Day PlanetHenry Beam Piper
I am sorry I did not have a telephoto lens, for I could have secured a fairly good picture of the group.
Trails and Tramps in Alaska and NewfoundlandWilliam S. Thomas
This in turn I have displaced with a Dallmeyer telephoto lens, mounted in aluminum, which I consider a marvelous instrument.
American Big-Game HuntingVarious
A telephoto attachment increases the photographer's power of rendering distant details on a large scale.
Word Origin and History for telephoto
1898, shortened form of telephotographic (1892), from tele- + photographic.