telephoto lens

noun

: a lens for a camera that makes things that are far away appear to be closer

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When planning your visit, think about packing binoculars or a camera with a telephoto lens. Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 17 June 2026 Using a drone and a telephoto lens, Felix Belloin’s winning image in the Wildlife category captured a polar bear tucked into a crack in the ice, asleep. Sam Peters, CNN Money, 29 May 2026 Visitors had to make their way down a narrow private drive that wound through 650 acres of woods and fields to find the viscount’s villa, but that didn’t stop an enterprising female photographer from taking the photos from a public road 1,500 feet away using a telephoto lens. Christopher Andersen, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026 But Horálek captured this image with just a camera and telephoto lens. Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for telephoto lens

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“Telephoto lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telephoto%20lens. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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