telephoto

¹

[tel-uh-foh-toh]

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to telephotography.

Telephoto

²

[tel-uh-foh-toh]

Trademark.

1. a brand of apparatus for electrical transmission of photographs.

2. a photograph transmitted by this apparatus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telephoto¹

1890–95; short for telephotographic; telephotograph, -ic

Example Sentences

A telephoto lens offers higher resolution, while a wide-angle lens allows a larger field of view.

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He experimented restlessly with technology, trying out telephoto pictures of Kanchenjunga.

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Armed with binoculars and a telephoto camera, they watch the cobalt waters for one of its great treasures - pygmy blue whales.

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Sometimes she was using a short lens when she should have been using a telephoto lens and vice versa.

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Sporting a telephoto lens with her camera, Philbin now can identify individual whales from their fins and tails and is second to Muul in sorting sighting tips and sending alerts.

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