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Since last spring, on gray days, Staller has been prowling the perimeter of the Gateway tunnel site, by the West Side rail yards, with his giant telephoto lens, like a birder who has lost his way.
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Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Dressed in a plaid button up, the 41-year-old leans into a digital camera on a tripod, with a long telephoto lens pointed toward that plane, and slowly counts.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 Feb. 2026
Why not also try your hand at astrophotography by using a DSLR camera and telephoto lens to capture the scarred face of the lunar disk and track how the shifting shadows alter its appearance throughout the month?
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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
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Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
Dressed in a plaid button up, the 41-year-old leans into a digital camera on a tripod, with a long telephoto lens pointed toward that plane, and slowly counts.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 6 Feb. 2026
Why not also try your hand at astrophotography by using a DSLR camera and telephoto lens to capture the scarred face of the lunar disk and track how the shifting shadows alter its appearance throughout the month?
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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
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 3 Mar. 2026.
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