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telephoto lens

noun as in zoom lens

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

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

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But they set aside for me this new camera she owned with a telephoto lens.

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