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Definition of Telephoto lens
1. Noun. A camera lens that magnifies the image.
Definition of Telephoto lens
1. Noun. (photography) A lens having a long focal length which produces a magnified view of distant objects. ¹
2. Noun. (photography) 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). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telephoto Lens
Literary usage of Telephoto lens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"That is where the telephoto lens comes in. lt is to the ordinary photographic lens
... 2068 lu its simplest form the telephoto lens is a wonderful little ..."
2. The Science and Practice of Photography: An Elementary Textbook on the by John Ransom Roebuck (1918)
"telephoto lens. — There is yet one lens which requires some mention. ...
telephoto lens. tus and very steady support, which would be needed if the enlarging ..."
3. Thick-lens Optics: An Elementary Treatise for the Student and the Amateur by Arthur Latham Baker (1912)
"By reference to the diagram it will be seen, however, that in the case of the
telephoto lens, the back focal distance is very much less than the focal ..."
4. The Photographic Times (1908)
"In other words, in such a case, the relative exposure must be increased when the
telephoto lens is used. These qualifications may seem to complicate the ..."
5. The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography Magazine in America (1917)
"Generally in a telephoto lens the definition is not quite so good as that of an
... The last resort is the telephoto lens, by which extra focal length is ..."
6. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1913)
"With plenty of time at your disposal you can find out the distance on the screen,
between two points, first with the telephoto lens then with the ordinary ..."
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