telephoto lens

English

Noun

telephoto lens (plural telephoto lenses)

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

Synonyms

long lens, narrow-angle lens, telephotographic lens

Translations

telephoto lens

Chinese:
Mandarin: 望遠鏡頭, 望远镜头 (wàngyuǎn jìngtóu), 長焦距鏡頭, 长焦距镜头 (chángjiāojù jìngtóu)
Finnish: kauko-objektiivi, teleobjektiivi
Hungarian: teleobjektív (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: teleobjektiv n, telelinse m or f

Nynorsk: teleobjektiv n, telelinse f

See also

normal lens
long-focus lens
wide-angle lens

References

telephoto lens at OneLook Dictionary Search

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