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telephoto lens

noun

, Photography.

a lens constructed so as to produce a relatively large image with a focal length shorter than that required by an ordinary lens producing an image of the same size: used to photograph small or distant objects.

telephoto lens

/ ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊtəʊ /

See zoom lens
a compound camera lens in which the focal length is greater than that of a simple lens of the same dimensions and thus produces a magnified image of a distant object See also zoom lens

First recorded in 1940–45

How does telephoto lens compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

OnLeaks pegs one of the cameras as being a periscope telephoto lens but doesn't have details on the other two.

The new Pro phones got much improved cameras, with a telephoto lens that can zoom in up to 5X, up from 2X in last year’s models.

The main camera array includes three individual modules, including a typical wide-angle, a super-wide angle, and a telephoto lens.

That telephoto lens boasts an insane maximum zoom of 100X, what Samsung’s calling “Space Zoom.”

From Time

In this era of the telephoto lens, she can have no bad hair days for the rest of her life.

This in turn I have displaced with a Dallmeyer telephoto lens, mounted in aluminum, which I consider a marvelous instrument.

The telephoto lens is a great help in taking the more timid subjects.

Through my high-powered telephoto lens I saw Yardley come into the room and sit down at his desk.

I am sorry I did not have a telephoto lens, for I could have secured a fairly good picture of the group.

Thaneford, with his telephoto lens, sees that Graeme is dozing in his chair.

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