telephoto lens

noun

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

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Unlike the rest of the S series, there's no telephoto lens on the Edge. Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 13 May 2025 There's no telephoto lens here, but Google's capable image processing helps a lot. ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025 To achieve the slimness, the report says Samsung has ditched the telephoto lens. Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025 It’s got a flagship processor from Qualcomm, a flagship 120Hz OLED screen with thinner bezels than what the iPhone 16/Pixel 9a/Galaxy S25 offers, and a pretty good camera system with a strong telephoto lens. Ben Sin, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 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 28 May. 2025.

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