macro lens
noun
: a camera lens designed to focus at very short distances with up to life-size magnification of the image
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The main camera includes optical image stabilization and is joined by a 13MP ultra-wide lens with an integrated macro lens, as well as a 32MP front camera for selfies.
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Sarah Lord, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Crucially, this uses the main camera lens rather than the ultrawide lens or a dedicated macro lens used by other smartphones from several manufacturers.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
This is joined by a 20-MP night-vision camera (not color) for revealing hidden secrets in the shadows, as well as a 2-MP macro lens.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
The macro lens has an even harder time capturing detail.
—PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Lord, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Crucially, this uses the main camera lens rather than the ultrawide lens or a dedicated macro lens used by other smartphones from several manufacturers.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
This is joined by a 20-MP night-vision camera (not color) for revealing hidden secrets in the shadows, as well as a 2-MP macro lens.
—New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2025
The macro lens has an even harder time capturing detail.
—PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for macro lens
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“Macro lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macro%20lens. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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