telephoto lens

noun

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

Examples of telephoto lens in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The photographer, who is from Salt Lake City, hid behind a tussock and used a telephoto lens to capture the fox, who was about 75 feet away with her kits sleeping nearby. —Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 10 Dec. 2025

Using a commercial camera and a wide-aperture telephoto lens, Horálek photographed the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy over three nights from Cerro Pachón in Chile, the home of Gemini South, part of the U.S. National Science Foundation's International Gemini Observatory. —Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 3 Dec. 2025

This incredibly versatile device has a dual-lens design, combining a regular 4K camera with a 130-degree field of view with a 2K telephoto lens that supports 3x optical zoom. —Simon Hill, Wired News, 1 Dec. 2025

The telephoto lens has been redesigned to let in more light and capture sharper details, offering a true 4x zoom. —Larry Magid, Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2025

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