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Definitions for telephoto
ˈtɛl əˌfoʊ toʊtele·pho·to

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. telephotograph, telephotonoun

    a photograph made with a telephoto lens

Wiktionary

  1. telephotonoun

    A photograph taken through a telephoto lens.

  2. telephotoadjective

    Of or pertaining to a lens system used to produce an enlarged image of a distant object.

  3. Etymology: tele-, from τῆλε + a shortening of photograph

Wikipedia

  1. telephoto

    A telephoto lens, in photography and cinematography, is a specific type of a long-focus lens in which the physical length of the lens is shorter than the focal length. This is achieved by incorporating a special lens group known as a telephoto group that extends the light path to create a long-focus lens in a much shorter overall design. The angle of view and other effects of long-focus lenses are the same for telephoto lenses of the same specified focal length. Long-focal-length lenses are often informally referred to as telephoto lenses, although this is technically incorrect: a telephoto lens specifically incorporates the telephoto group.Telephoto lenses are sometimes broken into the further sub-types of short telephoto (85–135 mm in 35 mm film format), medium telephoto: (135–300 mm in 35 mm film format) and super telephoto (over 300 mm in 35 mm film format) .

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  1. telephoto

    Telephoto relates to photography and refers to a specific type of lens with a long reach, allowing photographers to capture subjects from a significant distance. The term is also often associated with the perspective and visual composition such cameras or lenses can produce, providing a narrow field of view and larger image of the distant subject.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of telephoto in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of telephoto in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of telephoto in a Sentence

  1. Victor Sedinger:

    It doesn’t require a ladder, and you certainly don’t have to get on a roof to look, use binoculars or a camera or smartphone with a telephoto feature if you need to.

  2. The National:

    Yellowstone regulations require visitors to stay 100 yards from black and grizzly bears at all times. The best defense is to stay a safe distance from bears and use binoculars, a telescope or telephoto lens to get a closer look.

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