Telephoto

Example Sentences

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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

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

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2023

The latest phones offer multiple lenses with better resolution and enhanced macro and telephoto capabilities, enabling virtually every moment to be captured for posterity.

From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2023

The camera slung around his neck, with an impressive telephoto lens and numerous buttons and markings, was the only complicated thing he wore.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri