: a lens for a camera that makes things that are far away appear to be closer
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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 The former is a key part of the package, given the lack of a telephoto lens in the package, while the latter is part of a processing suite that brings AI to the color grading process.—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2026 The Air is limited to 1x and 2x optical quality, while the Pro models push it out to 8x with optical zoom quality, thanks to the additional telephoto lens.—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for telephoto lens