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zoom lens

noun as in camera lens for zooming toward object

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Conventional cameras that use a zoom lens to magnify objects have the disadvantage of focusing only on the target object and not its surroundings.

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Dozens of zoom lens are trained on athletes as they do something as exciting as eat a banana or change a T-shirt.

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I then noticed some of his team-mates approaching him to celebrate the goal, so I switched back to a shorter zoom lens to make sure I captured all four players dancing.

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I was the one who suggested the Alhambra, so it comes down to whether we want a zoom lens or a wide angle.

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It's a gravitational effect; the astronomical equivalent of a zoom lens for a telescope.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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