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tele·photo lens

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. telephoto lens, zoom lensnoun

    a camera lens that magnifies the image

Wiktionary

  1. telephoto lensnoun

    A lens having a long focal length which produces a magnified view of distant objects.

  2. telephoto lensnoun

    A lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects and which is sufficiently compact to have a physical length shorter than its focal length (as distinct from a long-focus lens).

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  1. Telephoto lens

    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 lens

    A telephoto lens is a type of camera lens designed for capturing long-distance subjects, providing a high level of magnification, closer detail, and narrower field of view. This lens makes objects appear larger and closer than they actually are, which is ideal for wildlife photography, sports photography, or any situation where the photographer can't get close to the subject. A true telephoto lens has a focal length longer than the physical length of the lens itself.

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  1. Telephoto lens

    In photography and cinematography, a telephoto lens 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 medium telephoto: lenses covering between a 30° and 10° field of view, and super telephoto: lenses covering between 8° through less than 1° field of view.

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    The numerical value of telephoto lens in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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    The numerical value of telephoto lens in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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    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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