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telephoto lens

NOUN
zoom lens
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It’s hard to imagine a riskier trek, but he managed to pull it off, traveling through cities and towns with a telephoto lens.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2025

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.

From Seattle Times Oct. 28, 2023

As I didn't want to risk disturbing the potoo into flight, I photographed it with a long telephoto lens.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2023

Those new iPhones coming out with an improved telephoto lens will get plenty of use by fans showing up to Mission League basketball games this winter, considering how many celebrities might be making appearances.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

Since you couldn’t use a telephoto lens underwater, he’d probably zoomed in and cropped the shot tighter.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai




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